London Free Press: Ivey students reaching out to help COVID-clobbered local businesses

By Heather Rivers Some top-notch talent is helping London-area businesses better navigate the near-constant chaos and interruptions caused by COVID-19. Students from Western University’s Ivey Business School are joining other business school interns across Canada to help employers manage and even expand their pandemic–ravaged businesses through a first-of-its-kind program backed by Vancouver-based Mitacs. Read more…

By Sijia Liu WINDSOR, ONT. — A first-of-its kind program is offering an unexpected resource for businesses looking to adapt during the pandemic — top local business students. Read more…

London businesses grappling with the impact of COVID-19 are getting support from an unexpected resource: top local business students. Calvin Ncube, Ivey Master of Science in Management student who did some work for Bosco and Roxy’s, a gourmet bakery for dogs, joins Devon Peacock on the Morning Show to discuss. Listen here…

London businesses grappling with the impact of COVID-19 are getting support from an unexpected resource: top local business students. Eric Bosco, Chief Business Development and Partnerships Officer at Mitacs, joins Devon Peacock on the Morning Show to discuss. Listen here…

Windsor Business Students Step in to Help Local Organizations Impacted by COVID-19 Interview – John Hepburn, CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs Read more…

By Cameron Thomson The Vancouver-based international research organization Mitacs has come up with a way to give employment to business and business students. Read more…

Thanks to an injection of government funding, 5,000 new internships mean opportunities for students and pivots for companies during COVID-19 Following the federal government’s investment of $40M to create 5,000 new internships, Mitacs is pleased to report that all of the work-integrated learning opportunities stipulated in the agreement have been generated. The purpose of the […]

Reporter Tyler Orton hosts John Hepburn is the CEO and scientific director of Mitacs, a non-profit dedicated to solving business challenges across Canada. He joins BIV Today to discuss a new initiative pairing up business students with companies hit hard by the pandemic. Watch here…  

By Christy Somos Getting Indigenous students into the corporate world and “bridging the gap” between academia and businesses is paramount, says Candice Loring of non-profit organization Mitacs. Read more…

Montréal, QC — The Fonds de recherche du Québec — Société et culture (FRQSC) and Mitacs are joining forces to advance bilateral research exchange by deploying the Accelerate program, which will support research internships in five areas: social sciences and humanities, education, management, arts, and literature. Up to 65 grants of $15,000 will be offered to […]

By Nathan Caddell After graduating from UBC Okanagan with a bachelor’s degree in business management and a minor in psychology, Candice Loring spent some time working in finance in West Kelowna before she went back to school. Well, kinda. Loring switched career paths to work out of her alma mater, in business development for national research […]

By Matthew Halliday It’s no wonder that Canadian industry is keen to find its way onto the country’s university campuses. For decades, Canada’s postsecondary institutions have accounted for a rapidly growing share of the country’s R&D activity – roughly 41 percent of the national total in 2019, according to Statistics Canada, worth nearly $15 billion. Read […]