In a column published recently in The Hill Times, Perrin Beatty and Paul Davidson argued that Canada has to up its game when it comes to connecting post-secondary students with international learning experiences. “In our rapidly changing world,” they wrote, “Canadian employers need workers who are culturally aware, resilient, and adaptable—skilled in problem solving, communication, and teamwork. These […]

Anaconda Mining, CNA collaborate, NL partnership aims to reach hard-to-get gold deposits and lead mining innovation. Developing a means of obtaining gold from a streambed has been difficult. This undeveloped access to the gold deposit at Deer Cove on the Baie Verte Peninsula has been bandied about since 1986. A new partnership announced on Tuesday […]

Buddy sap … the dreaded burnt Tootsie Roll taste and smell that marks the end of the maple syrup season. Maple syrup producers in the Algoma region dread its arrival each year, because, if undetected, it can result in an unsaleable batch of maple syrup. Researchers are now investigating the exact chemical compound that makes […]

Scientists are using high-tech to identify and locate the gauntlet of threats facing wild salmon, particularly in the fresh water environment. Fewer than 10 per cent of juvenile salmon even make it out of the river to live their adult lives, according to research from Scott Hinch’s lab at UBC. Young researchers there are combining tiny […]

Dalhousie University PhD student Lyna Kamintsky recently won a Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation in recognition of her work with Emagix to diagnose brain bleeding injuries.

Paul Addo, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Calgary, recently won a Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation for his work developing a CO2 conversion technology in partnership with ATCO.  

Rachel Bouserhal, École de technologie supérieure, tells us about the work that won her the Mitacs & NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization.  

UBC Okanagan alumna Emily Giroux was recognized on the national stage this week for her innovative work in helping to shape research priorities for those living with spinal cord injury. Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada for business and academia, awarded Giroux a prestigious Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation for […]

Liquefied natural gas has been called a “bridge” fuel that will help countries meet climate change objectives, because it is a lower-carbon alternative to coal for power generation. But further out, as governments move to free their economies from fossil fuels entirely – 2050 being one of the target dates – even natural gas could […]

Barring something unforeseen, Tuesday night was one to remember for Lyna Kamintsky, who was born in Russia, raised in Israel, and now calls Halifax home. A doctoral student in medical neuroscience at Dalhousie University, she was in Ottawa to receive the award for Outstanding Innovation at the PhD level, awarded by Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that […]

The numbers floating around Scott Hinch’s mind are daunting, if not impossible, to fathom. Infrastructure costs that veer into seven digits. Thousands of kilometres of water. Tens of millions of fish. A forestry professor with the University of B.C.’s Forest and Conservation Sciences department, Hinch is responsible for heading up first-of-its-kind research into salmon tracking […]

Austin Engineering Ltd. and its team of like-minded partners are constantly analyzing dams, including how they react during earthquakes. The innovative thinkers are pleased to announce that their research, recently presented at the Canadian Dam Association, has received another accolade: the Clean Energy BC ‘Operational Excellence’ award, which will be presented at the Clean Energy BC Generate […]