Mitacs Entrepreneur Award recipient and first place ($20,000) winner, Richard Beal, was interviewed on CFRA Ottawa radio.

Three years ago, Clayton Hiles took the more difficult path ahead of him. That decision is paying off for the University of Victoria graduate. Hiles, who in 2012 founded coastal engineering firm Cascadia Coastal Research, has seen his business grow in each of the last three years. Last week, he was presented with one of […]

Mitacs Entrepreneur Award recipient and first place ($20,000) winner, Richard Beal, was interviewed on 1310 News Ottawa radio.

How many PhDs does it take to figure out if the PhD degree should survive? Hundreds. That’s the number of academics, current and aspiring, attending a conference at Montreal’s McGill University this week that will propose transforming graduate school. “Maybe 15 to 20 per cent of people who enter PhDs get full-time academic work. That’s […]

A couple of Edmonton entrepreneurs are helping Canadian students become stronger, more confident writers. Neesha Desai and Kit Chen are being recognized for creating a “first-of-its-kind” game that encourages kids to write, while making it easier for educators to assess the abilities of their students. The game is being launched through Desai and Chen’s company […]

​Two University of Alberta students are being honoured on Tuesday for an educational game they created that encourages kids to write.  Neesha Desai and Kit Chen, both working on doctorates in computer science, run a startup company, Alieo Games, where they developed a web app, known as COW, that uses prompts and incentives — like […]

A game that helps students become better writers has landed two Edmonton entrepreneurs national recognition.  Neesha Desai and Kit Chen are PhD students in computer science at the University of Alberta and developed an online web app called COW to improve writing fluency.  “A lot of students feel ashamed of their handwriting and won’t write […]

The federal government is pumping an additional $10 million into a program that pairs researchers with Canadian businesses to foster innovation and help develop cutting edge products. Minister of State for Science and Technology Ed Holder made the funding announcement Friday at Vision Extrusions in Woodbridge, alongside Vaughan MPP Julian Fantino. The money goes to […]

When B.C. established its universities they were generally located some distance from urban centres. UBC, for example, was separated from downtown Vancouver by the University Endowment Lands and Simon Fraser was built on the top of Burnaby Mountain. Perhaps there was fear academia might be corrupted by urban centres, but I suspect there was also […]

Canadian businesses need to innovate to stay competitive, but this country is lagging its counterparts in research and development, according to the new head of Mitacs. Alejandro Adem, who has replaced now-University of B.C. president Arvind Gupta as CEO, told The Sun in a recent interview that his organization can boost Canadian innovation by pairing […]

The Government of Canada announced Wednesday it will be matching the $1 million in funding raised recently by Own the Podium through various donors, with the money going towards the Innovations 4 Gold program, which will provide key and more often than not expensive help for athletes dreaming of climbing atop medal podiums in the future. Announced by Bal Gosal, […]

  The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society (CSDCMS) announced that it has received a $50,000 funding contribution from The Boeing Company for continued support of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC). More from the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society’s news release: The competition, featuring Canadian and international universities, challenges student teams to design, build, […]