- 0August 2016Most of Quebec’s rivers where Atlantic salmon swim are expansive networks of forest roads and watercourses that intersect at culverts.
- 0August 2016Kaidi’s internship has her working on a hand-held sensor that can detect common allergens such as brevetoxin and okadaic acid (from shellfish) and lysozymes (from egg) in food samples.
- 0July 2016One approach to helping these issues that is gaining traction is participatory arts and culture activities made by and for members of Indigenous communities. By creating tools for storytelling and culture-sharing, researchers and community members are working together to empower Indigenous youth to explore their creative capacities and imagine possibilities for bright futures.
- 0July 2016Denisse’s project explores the experiences of female migrants and their patterns of sending money earned abroad back to their country of origin, known as remittances.
- 0July 2016Smart homes are part of an evolution of wireless technologies called the “internet of things.” With these technologies, occupants will be able to automate daily tasks while maintaining their security.
- 0July 2016During his 12-week internship, Leonardo is helping develop a self-replicating, solar-powered, 3-D printing machine for the moon that can mine lunar bedrock — like dust, soil, and broken rocks — extract the raw materials, and input them into a series of 3-D printers.
- 0July 2016Clara’s research involves a comprehensive account of land use and occupancy relationships for the Lac Seul and Slate Falls First Nations, both Anishinabe (Ojibwa) communities in Northern Ontario.
- 0June 2016"In my lab, people from all around the world are working together. It really shows how welcoming Canada is to people from every background."
- 0June 2016From apples to yogurt, and everything in between, the average grocery store has upwards of 38,000 unique products for sale. So what do you do when you can’t find just one?
- 0June 2016The devastating impacts of flooding are widely understood, but for Mitacs Globalink intern Ashwini Petchiappan they hit close to home. Ashwini and her family were living in Mumbai when the city experienced a catastrophic flood in 2005.
- 0June 2016This summer, Brazil is at the centre of a worldwide epidemic of Zika virus, a mosquito-borne illness now confirmed to be a cause of microcephaly (underdeveloped brains) in newborns.
- 0December 2015Canada is the land of opportunities! Academic researchers here work on immensely interesting projects and welcome students from around the globe to contribute.