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Vancouver, BC – Mitacs announced its year-end highlights today for the period ending March 31, 2018. Last year, the organization delivered almost 8,000 internships to help reach its goal of 10,000 work-integrated placements by 2020–21. Of those, Mitacs supported 6,740[1] research internships with industry in Canada and 1,159 international research collaborations, representing $123.5 million[2] in […]

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 […]

The nutritional supplements Boost and Ensure are no doubt familiar to anyone who has had to look after ailing, elderly parents, or other family members who suffer from a loss of appetite related to their illnesses or treatments. Erin Goldberg has had first-hand experience being gravely ill, and being nauseous and lacking any appetite due […]

Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, announced the opening of a new office, co-locating with Startup Canada at 56 Sparks Street in Ottawa, Ontario. Supporting Startup Canada’s initiative to build a multi-organizational entrepreneur hub in Ottawa, Mitacs is sharing the space with Startup Canada, the Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC), […]

Caitlin Miron received her Mitacs Awards for her groundbreaking discovery of a DNA binder that could ‘switch off’ cancer cells and prevent them from spreading.  

A local researcher is being recognized for her ground-breaking work on sleep in athletes. Amy Bender is an adjunct professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. She has received the Mitacs Award for Commercialism. “It’s one of six awards from Mitacs awarded annually out of over 1,000 researchers that were nominated, […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, announced its year-end highlights today for the period ending March 31, 2017. Last year, Mitacs delivered 4,261 research internships with universities and industry, trained close to 4,100 students and postdocs, and facilitated 738 international research collaborations — all representing $71.9 million in funding towards […]

Toronto, ON — At Mitacs’s 2017 Entrepreneur Awards ceremony a panel discussion titled Coopetition: A global advantage for Canadian business united experts from entrepreneurship and academia to discuss how cooperation among competitors can strengthen Canadian start-ups and business. The panel discussion preceded the presentation of the Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, and was moderated by Dianne Buckner, […]

Toronto, ON — Six up-and-coming Canadian entrepreneurs received recognition, and a total of $25,000, for their groundbreaking industry contributions that are helping to improve the lives of Canadians. They were awarded at the 2017 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards tonight at MaRs Discovery District in Toronto. Mitacs launched the awards in 2015 as a way to celebrate […]

Asha Srinivasan, a recipient of the 2017 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, tells about her company that uses the patented IMPACT process to treat agricultural and municipal waste and sludge. Asha is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia.

The American immigration ban that is the subject of a battle between Donald Trump and the country’s courts has mobilized universities around the world because it strikes right at the heart of the principles of higher education, Canadian universities say. Under an executive order signed by the U.S. President, citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, and the Australian Government Department of Education and Training signed an agreement today creating opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from both countries to participate in research internships. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Paul Maddison; High Commissioner of Canada to Australia, […]