It’s hard to verbalize the intangibles of what made my experience with Mitacs Globalink so good. The payback has been enormous.

Globalink Students under Dr. Ni’s guidance have the opportunity to work on many industry-focused projects in materials engineering and chemistry.

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

The interns, she says, have always come well-prepared, enthusiastic and ready to learn.

I’ve always been impressed by the quality, knowledge and work ethic of the Mitacs Globalink students I’ve hosted, and it’s been very good to have a student come from another country who brings good ideas and a new perspective to the challenges in my lab.

Having the power to choose which direction he will take his project is both fulfilling and motivating, because he feels that he can truly make a difference if he puts his mind to it.

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

Zoey says she will leave Canada as a more mature, independent and confident individual. Her experiences through Globalink have shown her the importance of having a multicultural perspective and the power that comes from connecting with others.

During his recent visit to India, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver met with some of the brightest minds the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has to offer at an event meant to foster future opportunities for collaboration between India and Canada.

After having come to Canada for a summer English language camp in 2010, Barbara Paes of Universidade de Brasília was always looking for opportunities to return to Canada. So when her friend told her about the Mitacs Globalink program one week before the application deadline, she hurried to apply before it was too late.

“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.”