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Vancouver, BC – The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, will welcome more than 500 participants to the Western Innovation Forum on April 16–17, 2014, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hosted in collaboration with Mitacs and the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), this two-day event brings together innovators from […]

Saskatoon, SK. –  Saskatchewan’s International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII), the national research and training organization Mitacs, and University of Saskatchewan are partnering on a novel research and training initiative through an investment valued at more than $600,000. The Mitacs Industry Executive in Residence—Minerals (MIER-Minerals) will identify and create new research initiatives that will lead to […]

Mitacs was saddened to learn of the passing of former Finance Minister and longstanding public servant, Jim Flaherty. “Mr. Flaherty leaves behind an impressive record of bringing policies that made Canada stronger economically, socially and culturally,” said Dr. Arvind Gupta, Mitacs CEO and Scientific Director. “He managed the country’s finances during turbulent economic times and […]

The Mitacs Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Robert Annan as interim chief executive officer (CEO) and scientific director of Mitacs, effective July 1, 2014. Dr. Annan will replace Dr. Arvind Gupta, current CEO and scientific director, who will move to his new role as the 13th president and vice chancellor of the University of […]

Saskatchewan’s Education Ministry is investing a total of $365,000 into research internships for graduate and international students through the non-profit, national Mitacs program. An amount of $225,000 will go to 30 research and development internships for Saskatchewan graduate and post doctoral students, while $140,000 will fund 20 international research opportunities for international students and Saskatchewan […]

The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $365,000 in student research opportunities through Mitacs programs. The funding includes $225,000 for graduate research and development internships in Saskatchewan through Mitacs Accelerate, and $140,000 for graduate and senior undergraduate international research opportunities though Mitacs Globalink. CKRM AM Regina covers the story:  

The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $365,000 in student research opportunities through Mitacs programs. The funding includes $225,000 for graduate research and development internships in Saskatchewan through Mitacs Accelerate, and $140,000 for graduate and senior undergraduate international research opportunities though Mitacs Globalink. “Facilitating innovation and research excellence, with an eye to international competitiveness, is the […]

UBC’s next president, Arvind Gupta, still remembers the plane trip that brought him from the Indian state of Punjab to North America as a five-year-old boy in the late 1960s. His father, a chemist, had come a year earlier on a visiting professorship to Wayne State University in Detroit. In an interview in his office […]

A computer science professor with a reputation for putting students in jobs, partnering with industry, and attracting government funding in fiscally conservative times will be the University of B.C.’s new president. When Arvind Gupta steps into his role as UBC’s 13th president on July 1, he will take over a university from outgoing president Stephen […]

The University of British Columbia, one of Canada’s largest universities, has found its new president on campus in computer-science professor Arvind Gupta. The expert on science and innovation policy was named the 13th president of UBC Tuesday morning in a ceremony that was twice disrupted by chanting animal-rights protesters. Dr. Gupta later said he relished […]

The University of British Columbia’s next president will be Arvind Gupta. Current president Stephen Toope is leaving June 30 to become director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. Gupta is now chief executive officer of Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization that strives to make Canada more innovative and that is headquartered […]