A 27-year-old Halifax researcher is working on the next wave of therapeutic ultrasound technology, and winning awards for it. Hugo Vihvelin has developed new electronics for ultrasound machines that can be used to treat cancerous tumours or break up gallstones, for instance. The technology is more energy efficient, allowing for the creation of smaller devices. […]

Medical start-up Zephyr Sleep technologies leverages Mitacs Accelerate to tap into research talent from the University of Calgary. Reporter: Brad Macleod, CTV Calgary

Youth refugees who make it to Canada still face an uphill battle. But a study conducted by University of Winnipeg professor Jan Stewart is aimed at helping youth refugees navigate school and transition into meaningful careers. While Syrian refugees dominate world news at present, they aren’t the only ones. Every year almost 250,000 newcomers reach […]

They’re bright young minds from around the world — India, Mexico, China — and a record number have been lured here this summer to add brainpower to some of Canada’s most cutting-edge research. Some 750 international university students — nearly 60 per cent more than last year — are here under a federally funded program […]

Es Licenciado en Matemáticas de México, doctor en la Universidad de Princeton,  co-presidente del Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas de Investigación en Berkeley, Presidente del Departamento de Matemáticas de la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison. Su experiencia internacional incluye estancias de investigación en Zúrich, Hong Kong, Bonn, y Paris. Podría haber trabajado en cualquier centro de investigación  prestigioso […]

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern Abhijit Chilukuri from India is working with Professor Mehran Mehrandezh to develop a rope-climbing robot for use in offshore oil and gas safety inspections.

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern Suranjana Samanta is working with Professor Mrinal Mandal at the University of Alberta to develop a tool for faster skin cancer diagnosis.

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern Orchisama Das is working with Professor Mike Smith as part of the University of Calgary’s Ranchlands Noise Investigation Team this summer.

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern Orchisama Das is working with Professor Mike Smith as part of the University of Calgary’s Ranchlands Noise Investigation Team this summer.

If you’ve ever pressed one of the low keys on a piano softly and felt the note hang in the air, then you know what it’s like to hear the Ranchlands hum. The approximately 40 hertz hum has been plaguing residents of the northwest Calgary community since 2008, and nobody can figure out where it’s […]

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern Krissia Quesney Nevarez and her professor, Jeremy Laliberté, talk about their research at Carleton University where she is developing an off-the-shelf drone for crop monitoring.  

An internship program is seeing a 58% increase in the amount of international students coming to Canada. The Mitacs Globalink program helps top performing undergrad students, from all over the world, come to Canadian universities. And 55 students in the program have come to the University of Alberta this summer. CEO of Mitacs, Alejandro Adem […]