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As a child, George Conidis dreamily watched the heavens from his North York home. Binoculars in hand, he asked himself questions like, “What is existence?” Today, he is finding answers in astrophysics. On Tuesday, Conidis will be presented with an award for outstanding innovation by Mitacs, a research not-for-profit. We spoke to the 32-year-old York […]

A Dalhousie graduate student will be recognized Tuesday night in Ottawa for discovering a more efficient way to build therapeutic ultrasound equipment. For his university masters thesis research, 27-year-old Hugo Vihvelin was focused on miniaturizing the electronics in implanted devices like hearing aids. “There are advantages for cosmetic purposes and then there are also advantages on the […]

University of Windsor postdoctoral fellow Pamela Ovadje was the recipient of the Mitacs Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Innovation.

A University of Windsor postdoctoral student received a prestigious award in Ottawa Tuesday night for her work in studying the efficacy of using dandelion extract to battle cancer. “It feels amazing,” said Pamela Ovadje, 29. “It was unexpected but I’m very excited.” Ovadje, who is in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University […]

A York University PhD student is being recognized for his breakthrough discovery that is helping us to better understand our own place in the universe — and that our Milky Way isn’t alone in being a “bully.” George Conidis, a Toronto astrophysics student at the university, is being awarded the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation–PhD in Ottawa […]

University of Windsor Postdoctoral fellow Pamela Ovadje was the recipient of the 2015 Mitacs Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Innovation.  

Montreal, QC –Today, Jacques Daoust, Quebec Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Exports announced a new collaboration to support the province’s innovation agenda, with a $15 million investment. The Ministry is launching several initiatives that will stimulate the creation of partnerships between researchers, small-to-medium enterprises, and not-for-profit organizations — in order to achieve innovation and R&D […]

Vancouver, BC — Today, Mitacs is launching a longitudinal survey for former Mitacs Elevate fellows. This review is the first to tackle long-term impacts of Mitacs’ Elevate postdoctoral fellowship program. The study builds on the success of previous surveys, including the Accelerate longitudinal intern survey, and the Accelerate longitudinal business partner survey. Mitacs Elevate is a […]

Toronto, ON —Mitacs and Compute Canada are collaborating to support the development of advanced research computing (ARC) skills across Canada to address the growing needs in industry for high performance computing and big data expertise. The partnership will focus on leveraging the ARC expertise of graduate and postdoctoral fellows engaged with Compute Canada in a […]

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

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, is pleased to welcome Dean Cristina Amon and Professor Farid Golnaraghi as new members to the organization’s research council. The Mitacs Research Council (MRC) is dedicated to maintaining the research integrity of Mitacs programs. MRC members provide representation of research in Canada across regions, disciplines, and […]

Vancouver, BC – The Mitacs Board of Directors announce the appointment of Ridha Ben-Mrad as the new Associate Academic Director. Currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto and the Director of the Mechatronics and Microsystems group, Ridha Ben-Mrad will assume his new role on January 1, 2016. Professor Ben-Mrad […]