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    Sustainability

    Robot generates images to prepare the soil for the future of agriculture

    December 2020
    Multidisciplinary team led by University of Winnipeg researchers develops robotic system that automatically generates and labels large datasets of prairie crop plants and weeds to unlock innovation in food production
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    Business ROI

    Mitacs research fellow helps pivot decontamination from fruit to N95 masks

    June 2020
    Research team from the University of Guelph is helping an Ontario-based company to provide a health care solution, innovate, and diversify their business by turning UV technology for cleaning fresh produce into a mask decontaminant.
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    International collaboration

    Can cannabinoids be grown in algae? Yes — according to Mitacs-supported research team

    March 2020
    The process of metabolic engineering extracts the genes responsible for cannabinoid production from cannabis plants and inserts them into algae, creating a type of cannabis surrogacy in algae.
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    Business ROI

    Tapping chemists to solve maple syrup’s buddy mystery

    October 2019
    ‘Buddy’ is no friend to maple syrup producers, costing the industry millions of dollars each year across eastern North America.
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    Commercialization

    Mitacs supports USask team developing unique harness to help save injured horses

    March 2019
    Mitacs supports USask team developing unique harness to help save injured horses
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    Business ROI

    Brewing up innovation

    February 2018
    As Canada’s fourth largest crop, barley is an important part of the national agricultural landscape. It’s a key component in beer production, which generates 5.8 billion in the economy, and much of it is exported to international markets. Nine out of 10 barley farmers rely on exports for a significant part of their income.
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    Commercialization

    Seeding frenzy

    November 2017
    Sometimes the seeds of a great career in engineering lie in a project studying seeds themselves — or the technology that helps farmers plant them.
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    Sustainability

    SFU lab and Chilliwack company are buzzing with tech advances

    October 2017
    Mitacs intern Oldooz Pooyanfar, a graduate student from Simon Fraser University’s School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering, is working on a ‘smart’ system that monitors the health of honey bees and their hives.
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    Sustainability

    Mathematician fights water waste with robotic sprinklers

    December 2016
    When InteliRain CEO Cam Cote realised that wind was thwarting the efficiency of his sprinklers, he turned to a University of Alberta mathematician to develop an innovative solution through a Mitacs internship.
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    Commercialization

    Beehive data creates buzz with farm-to-table technology

    May 2016
    Determined to meet new standards for food traceability, Allan Campbell sought a technology-based solution to improve record keeping and management of his entire beekeeping operation.
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    Entrepreneurship

    Sowing the seeds of success

    May 2016
    “By collaborating with other businesses and customers at the local level who share my values, I hope to develop locally-oriented solutions to food security. I see cooperation as key to establishing a local food industry that rivals the global industrial food system.”
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    Commercialization

    Award Winner Interview: Adam Metherel

    November 2013
    One of the truly unique aspects of the Mitacs Elevate program is the availability of professional development workshops. As a career student, I had rarely been exposed to a formal work environment and these courses have been truly beneficial to my development as a researcher.

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