With the world’s population increasing rapidly and expected to hit 9.7 billion by 2050, researchers at the University of Manitoba are looking into one of the greatest challenges associated with population growth. How can we feed growing numbers of people while reducing the food industry’s environmental footprint?

“Sea lice are difficult to control,” says Albert Solares, a Mitacs researcher at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Ocean Sciences Centre. “They’re tiny, spread quickly, and attach themselves to voraciously feed on salmon.”

A New Brunswick biotech start-up is working to keep your food fresh using a revolutionary compound made from an ingredient you might find in your fridge.

“I live near a protected Garry oak ecosystem, and I bring my daughters there, so I know how important these areas are,” says Alina.

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

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.

Hayfa's research will help the team at UQTR better understand the health of regional bodies of water.

Asha Srinivasan, co-founder of Boost Environmental Systems, is a recipient of the Mitacs Global Impact Entrepreneur Award.

By attaching an RFID tag to a milk carton, Rahma will make it easier for recycling services to detect the presence of milk cartons.

I worked with a group of students to develop a smart nanocomposite that can simultaneously detect and scavenge the heavy metal ions in water.

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.

We are trying to put together a comprehensive assessment that will lead to regular water quality monitoring, which is a crucial aspect of long-term water security.