HAMILTON, ON April 30, 2013 — A comprehensive report released today offers new insights into worries of graduate students and how universities can better help them find meaningful work. The report, entitled Beyond Labs and Libraries: Career Pathways for Doctoral Students, comes at a time when more and more students are pursuing graduate studies—generating potentially […]

Two young Nova Scotia researchers are getting help from businesses to turn their smart ideas into better health care and better products. Olga Hrytsenko and Marek Lipczak, both completing post-doctoral fellowships at Dalhousie University, are the first Nova Scotia recipients of the Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship program. Mitacs brings business and top researchers together to […]

  Vancouver, BC – March 21, 2013 – Mitacs commends the Government of Canada for new investments in skills training including $13M over two years for Mitacs Globalink, an international internship program. This new funding will enable an expansion of Mitacs Globalink and provide international research internships in countries around the world to Canadian undergraduate […]

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 20, 2013) – The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced the appointment of new members to the Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC). “Science, Technology and Innovation Council members are highly accomplished and respected Canadians,” said Minister Paradis. […]

Waterloo, Ontario – The Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) and Mitacs, a national non-profit research organization, have announced a Memorandum of Understanding to open strategic partnership opportunities between Ontario’s innovative water companies and local, highly-trained university graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. This agreement builds on the programs available through Mitacs, which connect high-calibre researchers with […]

Vancouver, B.C. – March 5, 2013 – Mitacs congratulates Dr. Suzanne Fortier, current President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, for being selected as the 17th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. “In appointing Dr. Fortier, McGill is ensured a tireless advocate for research and innovation, not to mention undergraduate and […]

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 21, 2013—The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), visited Vancouver’s Recon Instruments today, where he announced a $35-million investment by the Harper Government in Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research organization. The funding, which is part of Economic Action Plan 2012, supports industrial research and development (R&D) internships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. “Collaboration […]

Ontario is helping to connect graduate students with internship opportunities to grow the province’s knowledge-based economy and create new jobs. The government is extending support to the Mitacs Accelerate program, which connects graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with applied research opportunities at companies across Ontario. This will help provide about 1,400 four-month internships to Ontario […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 7, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Canadian research organization Mitacs have created a new Visual Analytics (VA) consortium to bring together Canadian academics, research agencies and industry to expand VA technology to aerospace-related markets.  VA allows analysts to rapidly explore and synthesize large, complex sets of data using interactive visual […]

VICTORIA – B.C. businesses will get their products to market more quickly, thanks to an innovative pilot program that will place graduate students from B.C.’s post secondary research institutions with established companies for job experience. The BCIC-Mitacs Commercialization Voucher Program, a key component of the BC Technology Strategy – announced in July 2012, was created […]

Ottawa – From decreasing patient radiation exposure in CT scans to transforming sugar into biofuel, students across the country are advancing industry innovation, creating new jobs, and transforming the lives of Canadians through their research. On Wednesday evening, the 2nd Annual Mitacs Awards Reception was held to recognize the amazing contributions of these emerging researchers, […]

Fredericton, NB – November 16 – 2012 The University of New Brunswick is pleased to announce the university has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate with Mitacs on a international fellowship initiative, the Globalink Graduate Fellowship Program. As part of a full partner collaboration between UNB and Mitacs a number of Globalink Graduate Fellowships […]