- 0January 2023A Kelowna-based wildlife ecologist’s work supports Splatsin efforts to recover endangered caribou populations within their traditional territory
- 0September 2022Throughout Canada, stark disparities exist when it comes to accessing mental health services and resources, especially within Indigenous communities. To close the gap, we must examine these issues through a decidedly placed Indigenous lens.
- 0February 2022Four Indigenous-led interns at the Sanyakola Foundation build a framework to help recover Kwak’wala – one of the world’s endangered Indigenous languages.
- 0October 2021Small business owner and entrepreneur aims to disrupt the $9 billion rope-access industry with “human-like” robot that improves safety and delivers three to four times faster than traditional methods.
- 0September 2021A Globalink research intern from the U.S. is helping a University of Victoria team promote global access to clean drinking water by developing an at-home cellphone-based arsenic test.
- 0August 2021Mitacs’s Business Strategy Internship program connected Emily Carr University student and animator Lia Fabre-Dimsdale with the opportunity of a lifetime – to work at Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons on the show Molly of Denali.
- 0July 2021One of the world’s leading tech companies—1QBit—shares common ground with Mitacs, driving innovation by fostering bright minds and developing the highly qualified talent pipeline.
- 0June 2021To address fresh food access barriers faced by Nisga’a Nation members living in Prince Rupert, BC, Ecotrust Canada’s North Coast Innovation Lab (NCIL) and Gitmaxmak’ay Nisga’a Society designed a unique initiative that reflects community needs and values.
- 0September 2020Simon Fraser University students collaborate with the Metlakatla Stewardship Society on a management program that equips the Metlakatla First Nation to make well-informed decisions on the cumulative effects of resource exploration within their territory
- 0July 2020Researchers based at the University of British Columbia work with Indigenous partners to create an app to help translate children’s stories published in global sites into Indigenous languages of Mexico.
- 0February 2020Indigenous languages do not translate word for word into English. There are phrases in Indigenous languages that reflect day-to-day practices within the culture, and there are simply no words in English to adequately encapsulate these practices.
- 0January 2020According to the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, an estimated 12.6 percent of Canadian children, youth, and young adults experience mental health disorders. As an on-going epidemic in Canadian society, mental health disorders and substance use are serious concerns for the future of our younger generation.