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Global News Radio: Western University students get real life work experience while offering support to local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic

London businesses grappling with the impact of COVID-19 are getting support from an unexpected resource: top local business students. Calvin Ncube, Ivey Master of Science in Management student who did some work for Bosco and Roxy’s, a gourmet bakery for dogs, joins Devon Peacock on the Morning Show to discuss. Listen here…

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Mitacs creates new opportunities for Canada’s COVID-19 generation thanks to $40M

Thanks to an injection of government funding, 5,000 new internships mean opportunities for students and pivots for companies during COVID-19 Following the federal government’s investment of $40M to create 5,000 new internships, Mitacs is pleased to report that all of the work-integrated learning opportunities stipulated in the agreement have been generated. The purpose of the […]

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New program for social sciences and humanities innovation in Quebec

Montréal, QC — The Fonds de recherche du Québec — Société et culture (FRQSC) and Mitacs are joining forces to advance bilateral research exchange by deploying the Accelerate program, which will support research internships in five areas: social sciences and humanities, education, management, arts, and literature. Up to 65 grants of $15,000 will be offered to […]

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BC Business: Kelowna’s Candice Loring is on a mission to advance Indigenous businesses and communities

By Nathan Caddell After graduating from UBC Okanagan with a bachelor’s degree in business management and a minor in psychology, Candice Loring spent some time working in finance in West Kelowna before she went back to school. Well, kinda. Loring switched career paths to work out of her alma mater, in business development for national research […]

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University Affairs: Cognit.ca: a one-stop shop to bring researchers and industry partners together

By Matthew Halliday It’s no wonder that Canadian industry is keen to find its way onto the country’s university campuses. For decades, Canada’s postsecondary institutions have accounted for a rapidly growing share of the country’s R&D activity – roughly 41 percent of the national total in 2019, according to Statistics Canada, worth nearly $15 billion. Read […]

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Castanet: Helping First Nations thrive

By Sarita Patel A local West Kelowna woman is out to change the narrative of Indigenous research in Canada. Candice Loring, 36, a member of the Gitwangak band from the Gitxsan nation, is the first Indigenous person to be hired by Mitacs — a national innovation organization that fosters growth by solving business challenges with research solutions […]

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