The Mitacs Accelerate program allowed me to work on an innovative project that is in sync with the future of a flourishing industry, especially in a city like Québec where many of the big players of the video game world work hard at developing new and cutting edge approaches to create new gaming experiences.

The objective is to improve upon screening and surveillance methods by investigating the role of genetic events and related cancer susceptible genes that occur in ovarian cancer.

“I was inspired by one of my colleagues at university who was part of the program last year and now promotes it in India. I was lucky enough to be selected to come here to Canada for research into leukemia in children.”

Saumya is working on enhancing hearing aid technology to make it more effective for users, especially in noisy environments.

This experience has provided me with international exposure, as well as prospects to explore new possibilities in electronics and communications.

Having students of various cultures and backgrounds in the laboratory is one of the best parts of hosting Mitacs Globalink students.

It has ultimately helped us design better LED lighting products which will help Canadian greenhouse growers become more profitable and competitive in the global marketplace.

This program is cultivating leaders by giving us a chance to communicate with people from all over Canada and the rest of the world.

“This has been so much more than a summer internship,” says Nayantara Duttachoudhury of the Vellore Institute of Technology, “—it has been a complete experience of Canada.”

Mitacs-Accelerate is allowing our company to create an off-the-shelf and user-friendly tool that will allow artists to add 3D layers to their work in spatial drawing applications. We hope that it eventually become an industry-standard stereoscopic 3D animation tool.

David Quiroz Marin has developed a system to visualize the evolution of a software program from its first inception to the latest edition.

When a chance for Pragyan Hazarika to take part in a Mitacs Globalink summer research internship came along, he knew it was his chance to use his skills at a top university in Canada.