This column is part of Globe Careers’ Leadership Lab series, where executives and experts share their views and advice about leadership and management.  Think you’re the only one with the latest and greatest idea or next big game changer? Think again. If there’s one thing I learned at the helm of my own high-tech start-up, […]

Harrison Brown had a choice after completing his Master of Science degree three years ago: Take a job in the U.S. related to his research in sports concussions or keep studying and build his own company. For Mr. Brown, it was a no-brainer. He and a fellow University of British Columbia student, MBA graduate Kerry […]

Compelled by government requirements, several energy companies with operations in Alberta’s oilsands have constructed fake lakes nearby to replace fish habitat their companies have destroyed. It’s not enough to dig a pit, fill it with water and leave, says University of Alberta biologist Mark Poesch, an assistant professor in the department of renewable resources. “It’s […]

Carbon Engineering’s pilot plant in Squamish, British Columbia, sucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. But that’s only the first step. The company will soon begin work on how to combine the captured greenhouse gas with hydrogen to create synthetic gasoline. It’s a big idea that has attracted significant investments from Bill Gates and other […]

The Government of British Columbia announces a $6M investment to Mitacs programs as part of the BC Tech Strategy.

The province’s advanced education minister was at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna Monday to talk up B.C.’s strategy for the tech industry and announce $6-million in funding for research internships. Minister Andrew Wilkinson said that B.C. plans to give the money to a non-profit called Mitacs, which coordinates research internships and fellowships. The internships pair students […]

The provincial government is investing $6 million into emerging tech research. The announcement was made in Kelowna, at UBC Okanagan’s engineering building, where a project between students and industry partner Helios Global Technologies is underway. The partnership is researching energy-absorbing materials in helmets with the aim of reducing concussion severity from sports impacts. Advanced Education Minister […]

The Government of British Columbia is investing $6 million for the next generation of talent in tech research and business to support the recently announced #BCTECH strategy. The not-for-profit organization Mitacs will use the funding to bring students together with industry and business, giving students the opportunity to do research on real-world projects in a […]

The Government of British Columbia is investing $6 million in tech research and business as part of their #BCTECH strategy. The province has partnered with Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization, which offers research and training programs to 60 universities across the country, one being UBC Okanagan. The B.C. Government funding announcement was hosted by Kelowna-Lake […]

Mitacs Chief Research Officer Rob Annan speaks about how Canada can better encourage foreign direct investment into R&D.  For more information, read the accompanying report: Leveraging Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem

A Saint John native has received national recognition for his work in biomedical engineering, designing smaller, more efficient electronics in therapeutic ultrasound. Hugo Vihvelin, 27, recently completed his masters degree at Dalhousie University and has been awarded a Mitacs award for outstanding innovation in his field. “In the electronics world when you develop something that is […]

Recientemente un joven estudiante de doctorado en física y astronomía de la Universidad York de Toronto,  George Conidis, se hizo acreedor al premio Mitacs que promueve la innovación e investigación científica,  por su descubrimiento de galaxias cósmicas similares a las nuestras. George Conidis ha identificado y medido con éxito por primera vez 174 agrupaciones de galaxias, […]