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A new surgical mask designed by an Edmonton researcher could help stem the ongoing coronavirus outbreak as the public continues to stockpile supplies. The mask created by Hyo-Jick Choi, a biomedical engineer at the University of Alberta, will kill viruses on contact. Surgical masks are among the items people are stockpiling, leading to stores running […]

March 10, 2020, Winnipeg, MB – Today, Research Manitoba and Mitacs announced the release of an Impact Report titled: Research Partnerships in Manitoba Leverage Innovation. Research Manitoba collaborated with Mitacs to develop this report to describe the results and impacts of Manitoba-based research and communicate the impacts to a wide variety of audiences. Some of […]

WINDSOR, Ont. — The Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), a researcher and developer of mobility and transportation technology, announced over $1.1 million in funding from its partners and the federal government to establish the National Academic Cluster for Smart Vehicles (NAC-SV). CUTRIC and its members are contributing $797,900 in funding, with an […]

Ottawa, ON — Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) — the national organization that represents publicly-supported colleges, institutes, CEGEPs, and polytechnics — and Mitacs — a not-for-profit organization that fosters growth and innovation in Canada — signed an historic agreement today. The partnership creates up to 1,000 work-integrated learning Mitacs research internships for students from CICan member institutions […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just wrapped up his visit to Ethiopia, but we need to go back – and soon. We have a pressing need to ramp up our engagement with Ethiopia, and it has nothing to do with the success of the Prime Minister’s trip or the reason for it – garnering votes for […]

Vancouver, BC — The editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers have named Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization, as one of British Columbia’s top employers for 2020. The award reflects excellence in social, financial, and professional aspects of the workplace and employee experience. This is the fourth consecutive year Mitacs has been named one of BC’s […]

ENCQOR 5G is a partnership with a focus on driving innovation in the 5G space between Ontario, Quebec, and Canada and five industry leaders: Ericsson, Ciena, Thales, IBM Canada and CGI. Benoit Pelletier, the head of ENCQOR 5G, spoke in a press release about the need for talent in the space. “In the extremely competitive […]

Their new technique could make face masks more than just a shield against potentially life-threatening illnesses. Dr. Hyo-Jick Choi, a biomedical engineer and professor, has been investigating how salt crystals can essentially cut through and destroy airborne viruses, like a sharp, briny needle piercing a balloon. But he is quick to warn that his research […]

Montreal/Ottawa, February 11, 2020 — Canada’s 5G future is driving forward at full speed thanks to the crucial ingredient — talent. Baking this recipe is Mitacs, which provides a collaborative innovation model for industry leaders that connects them with academic research to help solve their critical R&D challenges. Mitacs — a not-for-profit organization that fosters […]

Canadian researchers are putting the finishing touches on a face mask that will destroy, not spread, at least three different flu viruses.  The new and improved surgical masks, and first of their kind in the world, will very likely work on the coronavirus, said biomedical engineer Prof. Hyo-Jick Choi at the University of Alberta.  The […]

Consumers may be flocking to stores to buy surgical masks to guard against the coronavirus – clearing out store shelves across Canada – but is this really the best course of preventive action? According to our research, the answer is no. What most people don’t realize is that current masks are limited when it comes […]

The sodium chloride coating applied to the surface of the surgical mask is designed to kill any virus particles which can otherwise survive for up to a week — a risk researchers say the average person isn’t aware of. “Viruses can survive on the surface [of a mask] for a few hours, to a week […]