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Diane Gray appointed new chair of Mitacs

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs announced the appointment of Diane Gray as the chair of the organization’s board of directors. Gray replaces outgoing chair Brad Bennett, who was in the position since 2011. Bennett served on the Mitacs board of directors and as its chair since 2011. He is the president of McIntosh Properties, a real […]

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Halifax Chronicle Herald: Halifax researchers team up with students to tackle health care, environment projects

A national organization is pairing international students with Halifax researchers this summer in an effort to bolster the economy and form global connections. Every year, the not-for-profit organization Mitacs brings in 565 students representing a global alphabet of countries — from Australia, Brazil, China and beyond. It’s an all-expenses paid, 12-week work-cation made possible by […]

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Mitacs and Genome Canada announce innovative genomic projects

Victoria, BC – Today, Parliamentary Secretary for Science, Terry Beech, announced the recipients of Round 5 funding under Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP), which includes three Mitacs projects: Dr. Christoph Borchers, University of Victoria, and Dr. Gerald Batist, McGill University, are working with AstraZeneca to validate new technology that will help healthcare professionals […]

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Metro Halifax: Accessible care, climate change and more being studied in Nova Scotia by international students this summer

The IWK Health Centre is getting a jump start on creating accessible programs for parents of children with developmental delays and disruptive behaviour disorders, thanks to an international internship program. Brazilian university student, Lisandra Oliveira, 24 is trading in the sunny beaches of Brazil for a cramped, dark office at the Halifax children’s hospital in […]

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Mitacs and the Quebec Metro High Tech Park to use R&D internships for innovation

Montreal, QC — Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, and the Quebec Metro High Tech Park have partnered to provide research internships and training opportunities to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Quebec universities. The new initiative connects university researchers with businesses within the High Tech Park — a Quebec City-based community of more […]

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The Globe and Mail: Business leaders are increasingly urged to embrace failure. Don’t believe it.

This column is part of Globe Careers’ Leadership Lab series, where executives and experts share their views and advice about leadership and management.  Peruse recent headlines on the subject of botched business and it begins to sound as though failure is actually a requirement for success: Failure is Good. Why Success Always Starts With Failure. How to be […]

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First-ever bilateral industrial internships for Canada and Mexico

Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, and Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) signed an agreement today creating opportunities for graduate students from both countries to participate in industrial research internships through Mitacs’ Globalink program. The bilateral agreement, which was welcomed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican […]

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