It’s Amrita Nair’s first time in Canada and after spending the last two months studying at the University of Alberta, she’s not sure she wants to leave. “Edmonton is a great and diverse city, with really friendly people and many interesting opportunities,” said Nair, an economics student at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras. “This time […]

Amrita Nair, an economics student, is just one of 28 elite students from India who travelled more than 12,000 km for the opportunity to collaborate on important research taking place at the U of A as part of the Mitacs Globalink program. “This time here has opened my eyes to the great opportunities here in Canada,” she says. […]

By Campbell Clark, Page A1  OTTAWA — In Canada’s attempts to reach around the world to build ties to emerging powers, one of the most important initiatives is coming from Canadian universities lured by the pot of gold in India’s millions of bright young students. Vast numbers of young Indians demanding a middle-class lifestyle and university education […]

An article on the partnership between Mitacs and the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute to deliver the Mitacs-Accelerate internship program.  Click here to read more.