A Vancouver innovator is working to improve air quality worldwide by giving farmers an environmentally friendly alternative to open-air burning and foresters a better way to manage flammable forest residue.

#MitacsImpact: Selkirk College students work with nine community partners to address local challenges in areas from conservation to culture and, ultimately, advance social and economic wellbeing in its rural region.

#MitacsImpact: Since 2017, BC-based Hydra Energy works with Mitacs-funded interns from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University to develop technology that reduces the carbon footprint of trucking companies.

#MitacsImpact: Simon Fraser University researchers are working with the fuel cell manufacturer Greenlight Innovation to help scale up the technology needed to lead the transition to a hydrogen economy

Postdoctoral researcher works to fundamentally change the treatment of aggressive prostate tumours by focusing on suppressing lactic acid, a by-product generated by cancer cells, which has up until now largely been ignored

A Kelowna-based wildlife ecologist’s work supports Splatsin efforts to recover endangered caribou populations within their traditional territory

Throughout 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.

Four Indigenous-led interns at the Sanyakola Foundation build a framework to help recover Kwak’wala – one of the world’s endangered Indigenous languages.

Small 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.

A 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.

Mitacs’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.

One 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.