Ottawa, ON — Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, announces a new pilot program, the Canadian Science Policy Fellowship, which sees PhD holders from all disciplines inform policy development, implementation, and/or evaluation in the Government of Canada’s departments and agencies. In partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy and […]

Montreal, QC — Mitacs partner Sigma Energy Storage was honoured last week at a ceremony in Montreal as the Canadian winner of the 2016 National Energy Globe Award. More than 170 countries participate in the National Energy Globe Awards, making it one of the world’s largest environmental prizes. The awards recognize projects that conserve resources or […]

Halifax, NS — Nova Scotia students will have more opportunity to further their studies in China, thanks to new scholarships. The Government and Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, will fund five, $5,000 scholarships each year for the next three years. Premier Stephen McNeil announced the scholarships today, Sept. 12, while in Shandong […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a not-for-profit research and training organization in Canada, announced the winning entries in its annual photo contest, which documents the research experiences of its Globalink research internship program participants. Six photographs were chosen as winners in two categories. My research: Interns shared their Globalink research. First place Piyush Rai analyzed how […]

Brad Bennett recently ended his five-year tenure as Mitacs’ board chair. Having steered the organization through several key milestones and achievements, Brad possesses a particular insight into Mitacs’ success and unique position in Canada. In 2004, Brad was entering a six-year term on the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) board of governors.  Later that year, […]

Calgary, Alberta – Dr. Justine Dowd, a Mitacs researcher at the University of Calgary, has a strong gut feeling — and it’s a healthy one. For more than a year, Dowd has been working alongside Registered Dietitian Desiree Nielsen and WholeLife HealthTech CEO Darlene Higbee Clarkin to launch ‘My Healthy Gut,’ a first-of-its-kind app for […]

Halifax, NS — Tourism in Halifax is getting a boost this summer with the infusion of 19 Mitacs Globalink interns — some of the brightest young minds in the world. They’re helping to bolster the economy by spending time in local labs, focused on helping Halifax researchers make ground-breaking discoveries and form global connections in a […]

Montreal, QC — The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, have partnered to see graduate and postdoctoral researchers solve challenges in collaboration with businesses and not-for-profit organizations using applications of mathematical sciences. The partnership will provide companies and organizations with access to top mathematical scientists from Quebec […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, announced its year-end highlights today for the year ending March 31, 2016. Last year, Mitacs delivered 3,785 collaborative research internships with universities and industry, trained close to 5,800 students and postdocs, and facilitated 967 international research collaborations, representing $67.9 million in funding toward innovation […]

London, ON and Calgary, AB – You snooze, you win. That’s the belief of the Canadian women’s eight rowing team, whose members have been taking action to improve their sleep as a winning strategy to bring home the gold at the Rio Olympics next month. From sporting blue light-blocking glasses and shutting off electronic devices […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs announced the appointment of Diane Gray as the chair of the organization’s board of directors. Gray replaces outgoing chair Brad Bennett, who was in the position since 2011. Bennett served on the Mitacs board of directors and as its chair since 2011. He is the president of McIntosh Properties, a real […]

Victoria, BC – Today, Parliamentary Secretary for Science, Terry Beech, announced the recipients of Round 5 funding under Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP), which includes three Mitacs projects: Dr. Christoph Borchers, University of Victoria, and Dr. Gerald Batist, McGill University, are working with AstraZeneca to validate new technology that will help healthcare professionals […]