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Canada and France to expand higher education research collaboration

Ottawa, ON—Canada and France are building on a partnership to increase international research exchanges for university students in both countries through Mitacs’s programs. The signing builds on an existing relationship established between Mitacs and Campus France in 2014, and aims to expand Mitacs research internships to university consortia and other higher education institutions in France. […]

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Winnipeg Free Press: Winnipegger thrives with tasty supplement creation

The only thing five-year-old Erin Goldberg could stomach when she was undergoing chemotherapy was Kraft Dinner. Now 29, the Winnipeg researcher has developed a plant-based nutritional supplement beverage — “not as sweet” and “better tasting” than traditional options, such as Boost — for patients struggling to eat solid food and anyone without an appetite. Goldberg accepted […]

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Canadian entrepreneurs recognized for innovations in health, food, and environment

Montreal, QC—Seven up-and-coming Canadian researchers-turned-entrepreneurs received recognition, and a total of $25,000, for their groundbreaking industry contributions that are helping to improve lives in Canada and globally at the 2018 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards. The awards celebrate start-up companies founded by outstanding former Mitacs interns, postdoctoral fellows, and training participants, who have gone to lead their […]

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Winnipeg Sun: Young entrepreneur honoured for better-tasting hospital food replacement

Hospital food can hardly be called gourmet. For this reason, a young Winnipeg entrepreneur is being awarded for creating a healthier and better-tasting food replacement for patients in hospitals. Erin Goldberg, a 29-year-old entrepreneur and co-founder of ViTal Functional Foods Inc., is being awarded the Social Mitacs Entrepreneur Award in Montreal on Tuesday for her […]

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Huddle: Meet the Saint John Researcher Helping Bring Life-Saving Drugs to Market Faster

 A Saint John-based researcher’s startup is helping get life-saving research to market faster – and it’s getting some national recognition too. Dr. Alli Murugesan is the founder of BioHuntress Therapeutics Inc, an incubator that encourages and supports commercialization of academic health research. Murugesan, who is also a senior scientist at the Reiman cancer research laboratory at the University […]

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Canada and the European Commission announce new research partnership

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, and the European Commission, announce a new partnership to expand research opportunities for Canadian and European graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who receive funding through the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. Through the partnership, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE) […]

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Mitacs and Mexico’s ITESM renew partnership for international student research

Vancouver, BC — During Universities Canada’s mission to Mexico, Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, renewed and expanded an agreement with the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), a private, multi-campus university based in Monterrey, Mexico. The partnership builds on Mitacs and ITESM’s long-standing relationship and will see up to 20 Canadian […]

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