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Self-driving technology has rolled into the city with a University of Toronto-created autonomous wheelchair. The wheelchair was seen cruising down the atrium of the University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre for Information Technology last week, pausing for a person in its path before rotating around them — all without a driver. It’s a prototype that uses […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national non-profit research and training organization, announced its year-end highlights today for the period ending March 31, 2017. Last year, Mitacs delivered 4,261 research internships with universities and industry, trained close to 4,100 students and postdocs, and facilitated 738 international research collaborations — all representing $71.9 million in funding towards […]

A local initiative between the University of Alberta and Ledcor Group strives to bring construction visualization into a new dimension.   Students in the U of A’s civil and environmental engineering department are in the final stages of developing a new virtual platform aimed at simplifying the planning, monitoring and management of construction projects .   “It’s […]

Canada has an opportunity to establish itself among the best performing countries in science and innovation. At a time when the current international situation is creating uncertainty for scientists, researchers and innovators around the world, Canada’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness is making Canada an especially attractive destination. Recent initiatives such as the federal government’s […]

Rod Wales of Ledcor Construction explains how the company partnered with researchers from the University of Alberta to advance construction modelling to make your summer commute faster. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by Alberta Innovates and the Government of Canada in the province of Alberta.

Ledcor Construction partnered with researchers from the University of Alberta to make summer construction faster. Mitacs Accelerate is funded by Alberta Innovates and the Government of Canada in the province of Alberta.

Working with University of Alberta researchers, Edmonton-based Ledcor Group has developed a way to blend the virtual world of 3D models with real world imagery, giving the company a hands-on way to manage large infrastructure construction projects from off-site. In addition to infrastructure and residential and commercial construction, Ledcor is heavily involved in various aspects […]

Ilyass Tabiai and Rolland Delorme, with Yahya Abderrafai are recipients of the 2017 Mitacs Change agent entrepreneur award.​

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs’ Accelerate and Elevate programs are advancing research in Canada and providing grad students and postdocs with the professional skills they need to transition to the job market determined a longitudinal survey released this week. Of the university professors surveyed, an overwhelming 92 percent reported they would recommend the programs. Mitacs’ Accelerate program pairs […]

Finding a job can be tough, especially for newcomers, but one Toronto-based organization is trying to make that search easier with an innovative platform called the Livelihood Project. Developed by Arash Samimi and Parin Kothari, the digitally-based mobile career coach combines digital technology with behavioural science to equip newcomers with the skills they need to […]

Thousands of refugees and other newcomers arrive in Toronto every year, but many struggle to find a job, let alone one they want. To solve that, problem Arash Samimi co-founded The Livelihood Project — a community space, an agency and a mobile app all designed to help newcomers find employment and build careers. While supports for refugees and […]

Arash Samimi, after living in Kingston from 2009 to 2016, calls it his Canadian home. Now based in Toronto, the Iranian immigrant wants to replicate the sense of community he felt here for other newcomers to Canada, through his first not-for-profit organization. Launched in the fall of 2016, the Livelihood Project is focused on finding […]