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Government, researchers discuss role of evidence-based decision making

Ottawa, ON — The Minister of Science, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, joined Mitacs CEO, Alejandro Adem, along with 10 postdoctoral and faculty fellows from across the country for a roundtable in Ottawa yesterday at Parliament Hill. The roundtable, hosted by Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization that funds research and training, discussed the value of connecting government […]

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Windsor Star: 3D video game technology, University of Windsor research to help Ford improve assembly line design

The technology behind the movie Avatar and your favourite video game characters is coming to Ford Motor Company assembly lines. In the new year University of Windsor researchers expect to have Ford workers in Oakville wearing special gloves and gear with 36 sensors to record their movements and find ways to make assembly lines safer. The two-year, $170,000 collaborative […]

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Quebec-based partnership to develop global R&D opportunities in food and nutrition

Quebec City, QC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, Université Laval, Altrove Innovation, and global food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé, have partnered on a new initiative to fund a business development position based in Quebec City. The business development specialist will work to identify and develop R&D opportunities in Canada for joint […]

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Accomplished researchers named in new Mitacs fellowship

Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, announces the recipients of the Canadian Science Policy Fellowship, a new pilot program that fosters relationships between government decision makers and academic researchers to help support policy challenges facing Canada. The Canadian Science Policy Fellowship sees accomplished PhD holders inform policy development, implementation, and/or evaluation […]

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Metro Calgary: Calgary app helps those with celiac disease

It was almost three years ago Jocelyn Holland found out she had full-blown celiac disease, so she scoured the dark crevices of the internet looking for any information about it. Holland, is one of many celiacs who felt overwhelmed looking for information about the autoimmune disease – that is, until My Healthy Gut was available […]

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Mitacs leader appointed to advise on innovations in Canadian healthcare research

Montreal, QC — Mitacs’ Vice-President of Business Development, Josette-Renée Landry, was named to the Institutes Advisory Board (IAB) for Health Innovation for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The IAB for Health Innovation is one of five IABs introduced this summer to present advice to the CIHR’s institutes. It will advise on accelerating discovery, development, evaluation, […]

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Academics and federal policy-makers work together through new Mitacs fellowship initiative

Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, announces a new pilot program, the Canadian Science Policy Fellowship, which sees PhD holders from all disciplines inform policy development, implementation, and/or evaluation in the Government of Canada’s departments and agencies. In partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy and […]

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Mitacs partner wins the 2016 National Energy Globe Award for Canada

Montreal, QC — Mitacs partner Sigma Energy Storage was honoured last week at a ceremony in Montreal as the Canadian winner of the 2016 National Energy Globe Award. More than 170 countries participate in the National Energy Globe Awards, making it one of the world’s largest environmental prizes. The awards recognize projects that conserve resources or […]

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