Canada has an opportunity to establish itself among the best performing countries in science and innovation. At a time when the current international situation is creating uncertainty for scientists, researchers and innovators around the world, Canada’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness is making Canada an especially attractive destination. Recent initiatives such as the federal government’s […]

A local initiative between the University of Alberta and Ledcor Group strives to bring construction visualization into a new dimension.   Students in the U of A’s civil and environmental engineering department are in the final stages of developing a new virtual platform aimed at simplifying the planning, monitoring and management of construction projects .   “It’s […]

Rod Wales of Ledcor Construction explains how the company partnered with researchers from the University of Alberta to advance construction modelling to make your summer commute faster. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by Alberta Innovates and the Government of Canada in the province of Alberta.

Ledcor Construction partnered with researchers from the University of Alberta to make summer construction faster. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by Alberta Innovates and the Government of Canada in the province of Alberta.

Working with University of Alberta researchers, Edmonton-based Ledcor Group has developed a way to blend the virtual world of 3D models with real world imagery, giving the company a hands-on way to manage large infrastructure construction projects from off-site. In addition to infrastructure and residential and commercial construction, Ledcor is heavily involved in various aspects […]

Ilyass Tabiai and Rolland Delorme, with Yahya Abderrafai are recipients of the 2017 Mitacs Change agent entrepreneur award.​

Finding a job can be tough, especially for newcomers, but one Toronto-based organization is trying to make that search easier with an innovative platform called the Livelihood Project. Developed by Arash Samimi and Parin Kothari, the digitally-based mobile career coach combines digital technology with behavioural science to equip newcomers with the skills they need to […]

Thousands of refugees and other newcomers arrive in Toronto every year, but many struggle to find a job, let alone one they want. To solve that, problem Arash Samimi co-founded The Livelihood Project — a community space, an agency and a mobile app all designed to help newcomers find employment and build careers. While supports for refugees and […]

Arash Samimi, after living in Kingston from 2009 to 2016, calls it his Canadian home. Now based in Toronto, the Iranian immigrant wants to replicate the sense of community he felt here for other newcomers to Canada, through his first not-for-profit organization. Launched in the fall of 2016, the Livelihood Project is focused on finding […]

Arash Samimi, co-founder of the Livelihood Project, tells about his company. Arash is a recipient of a 2017 Mitacs Entrepreneur Award and a PhD graduate of Queen’s University.

Asha Srinivasan, a recipient of the 2017 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, tells about her company that uses the patented IMPACT process to treat agricultural and municipal waste and sludge. Asha is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia.

Finding meaningful work in Toronto, let alone any job, can be difficult even with the right qualifications and connections. Strip all that away, remove the easy benefit of speaking English, and the job hunt becomes close to impossible. Enter the Livelihood Project. Co-founded by Parin Kothari and Arash Samimi, the initiative began in 2015 with […]