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News Release
Mitacs Year in Review 2020–21

Vancouver, BC — As COVID-19 rocked the world, we at Mitacs have rolled up our sleeves to create new job opportunities for students and support businesses. As we reflect on these past months, we share our top-10 of the year in a social media campaign. See below. #COVID19 strikes; the Government of #Canada turns to us […]

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Mitacs welcomes 1QBit CEO Andrew Fursman as Chair of the new Mitacs Industry Council

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to innovation, warmly welcomes Andrew Fursman, CEO of 1QBit, as Chair of the newly formed Mitacs Industry Council.   As Co-founder and CEO of 1QBit, Fursman leads the technology company that partners with Fortune 500 clients and top hardware providers to solve problems in the areas of optimization, simulation, and machine learning. In seven years, the company has grown from a four-person start-up to […]

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Founder and CEO of Indigenomics Institute Carol Anne Hilton joins Mitacs’s Board of Directors

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to innovation, warmly welcomes Carol Anne Hilton to its Board of Directors. Mitacs’s Board of Directors oversees its organizational mandate in fostering innovation and growth through partnerships with Canadian post-secondary institutions and companies. Hilton is the CEO and Founder of Indigenomics Institute, an Indigenous economic advisory […]

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Media Coverage
CTV News: 6. N.B. team develops breakthrough innovative screening tool for lung cancer

By Leigha Farnell and Jennifer Basa HALIFAX — An innovative screening tool, created by a New Brunswick team, could soon simplify the process of detecting lung cancer. A partnership between the University of New Brunswick and Picomole Inc. – a Moncton-based company – has resulted in a “first-of-its-kind” technology that could make screening for lung cancer as simple […]

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Partnership with Hong Kong to support research, training, and knowledge-sharing

First Mitacs–The Hong Kong Polytechnic University collaboration creates 60 research internships in Canada Vancouver, BC — Mitacs and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have signed an agreement that creates research exchange opportunities in Canadian universities for 60 senior undergraduate students. The partnership supports Mitacs’s commitment to foster international connections, which enhance research quality, create training opportunities, and build knowledge networks.  Starting in the summer of 2022 through 2024, up to 20 PolyU students will have the opportunity to join the annual cohort […]

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NSERC and Mitacs offer streamlined opportunity to support university R&D

Research innovations can advance more quickly thanks to support for highly qualified personnel at Canada’s universities Ottawa, ON — NSERC and Mitacs are pleased to build on the success of their existing partnership with a new joint initiative that will support the R&D efforts of Canadian university researchers and their partners, while supporting highly qualified personnel […]

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CEGEP and college students eligible for internships in Quebec

College-level Research Internship Award aims to fund 90 projects in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering; applications due on May 3, 2021 Montréal, April 1, 2021 — For the second year, CEGEP and college students will have the opportunity to undertake paid internships with post-secondary institutions in Quebec. Created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – […]

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