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Three years ago, Clayton Hiles took the more difficult path ahead of him. That decision is paying off for the University of Victoria graduate. Hiles, who in 2012 founded coastal engineering firm Cascadia Coastal Research, has seen his business grow in each of the last three years. Last week, he was presented with one of […]

Vancouver, BC – Yesterday, Lois Mitchell was named as Alberta’s next Lieutenant Governor. Lois is a dedicated and recognized business person, volunteer, and a community leader in Alberta. Of her many roles, she has provided direction to Mitacs as a director since 2013. In a federal news release, the Prime Minister describes Lois as “an exceptional Canadian […]

Calgary, AB – Four up-and-coming Mitacs entrepreneurs received recognition for their groundbreaking industry contributions with the launch of the Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, awarded on May 12, 2015, in Calgary. For the first time, Mitacs celebrated start-up companies founded by outstanding alumni—former interns, postdoctoral fellows and workshop participants—who have gone on to be independent business owners and […]

Vancouver, BC – McGill Associate Professor Richard King was the recent recipient of two Grammys at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. King’s work was recognized in two categories: Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, for Bass & Mandolin, and Best Engineered Album, Classical, for Adams, John: City Noir. King is currently collaborating with a Mitacs Accelerate intern on […]

Rafael Falcon was the recipient of the NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization at the 4th annual Mitacs Awards on November 18th, 2014.

Rafael Falcon was the recipient of the NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization at the 4th annual Mitacs Awards on November 18th, 2014.

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs Inc., a national, not-for-profit organization that designs and delivers unique research and training programs, announced its year-end highlights today for the year ending, April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014. Program highlights 2,240 Mitacs Accelerate internships, including a three-year, multi-university project, between the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Carleton University and […]

An up-and-coming Waterloo researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding achievement of accelerating the time-consuming and tedious process of measuring fatty acid and cholesterol content in food and tissue samples, a necessary step required to comply with mandated food labelling regulations in Canada. Adam Metherel, a 32-year-old Kinesiology student at the […]

An up-and-coming Halifax researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding innovation of creating a miniature, low-cost, high-resolution ultrasound probe that is helping to advance important clinical research. Andre Bezanson, a 26-year-old PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University, was awarded the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – PhD following a […]

Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of Canada — even with us hosting the film awards. Jamil sums it up: “We simply don’t register.” “Not even […]

Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of Canada — even with us hosting the film awards. Jamil sums it up: “We simply don’t register.” “Not even […]

Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of Canada – even with us hosting the IIFA awards. Jamil sums it up: “We simply don’t register.” “Not […]