Alaska Highway News: Research organization wants ideas to beat virus pandemic

A national research organization is calling on businesses to knock on its door if they have an idea to help combat COVID-19. Mitacs, a government-funded organization that designs research and training programs, is offering to help fast-track any idea if it can help in dealing with the pandemic. “Our team is committed to supporting the […]

These are tough times for small and medium-sized businesses in B.C. and across the country. But if you’re an SME with an idea that could contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a new program can help you spring into action.  Mitacs, a government-funded national nonprofit that aims to foster growth and innovation in […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs is collaborating with governments, businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and academia to develop COVID-19 solutions. Post-secondary researchers have started working on COVID-19 projects, and Mitacs announces that college students can be enlisted to contribute to these projects to accelerate the research development. Mitacs is connecting resources from the Canadian post-secondary education sector with […]

Benoit Pelletier, Co-founder and Head of ENCQOR 5G at Ciena and Director of Business Development, and Eric Bosco, Chief Business Development of Mitacs, write about the positive effect of a global recruitment strategy for Canada’s most promising companies and their workforce.  “Having a partner to help bridge the gap and find that talent certainly helps, […]

Alejandro Adem, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and former CEO and scientific director at Mitacs, writes about his concern with the growing trend for questionable online sources to inform public opinion that in turn may affect important policy decisions. He highlights the positive impact of the Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship program, which […]

Vancouver, BC — From improving masks to developing a vaccine, Mitacs is rapidly deploying resources to mobilize Canadian researchers to develop solutions to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. In response to the Government of Canada’s and provinces’ announcements of funding for coronavirus research, Mitacs’s nationwide team of 80 business development experts are available to connect businesses […]

As the Canadian economy prepares for the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, Toronto-based market data company Hockeystick has released a new list of the active equity funders, lenders, and government funders in Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have a significant impact on the Canadian economy and tech startups are not excluded. Speaking with Raymond Luk, the founder and […]

Vancouver, BC–Countries, businesses, organizations, and post-secondary institutions are working to contain and understand COVID-19 (coronavirus). Our priority in this matter is public health. We are following Government of Canada’s advisories, provincial advisories, and individual Canadian university’s policies to keep our staff and program participants as safe as possible. Specific program updates: Globalink Research Internships (inbound […]

March 10, 2020, Winnipeg, MB – Today, Research Manitoba and Mitacs announced the release of an Impact Report titled: Research Partnerships in Manitoba Leverage Innovation. Research Manitoba collaborated with Mitacs to develop this report to describe the results and impacts of Manitoba-based research and communicate the impacts to a wide variety of audiences. Some of […]

A new surgical mask designed by an Edmonton researcher could help stem the ongoing coronavirus outbreak as the public continues to stockpile supplies. The mask created by Hyo-Jick Choi, a biomedical engineer at the University of Alberta, will kill viruses on contact. Surgical masks are among the items people are stockpiling, leading to stores running […]

WINDSOR, Ont. — The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), a researcher and developer of mobility and transportation technology, announced over $1.1 million in funding from its partners and the federal government to establish the National Academic Cluster for Smart Vehicles (NAC-SV). CUTRIC and its members are contributing $797,900 in funding, with an […]

Ottawa, ON — Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) — the national organization that represents publicly-supported colleges, institutes, CEGEPs, and polytechnics — and Mitacs — a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada — signed an historic agreement today. The partnership creates up to 1,000 work-integrated learning Mitacs research internships for students from CICan member institutions […]