Unlocking Innovation Insights: Bridging Academia and Industry

October 16, 2024 Blog

5 Small Businesses Making a Big Impact in Canada Read More

October 27, 2020

Time for COVID-19 early detection and monitoring Read More

October 16, 2020

Using 3D printing to accelerate production of protective gear during COVID-19 Read More

October 13, 2020

Pets have reason to smile thanks to start-up innovation Read More

October 7, 2020

Canada’s first self-driving truck company disrupts how goods are moved Read More

October 2, 2020

From humanitarian crises to pandemics: technology to the rescue Read More

September 29, 2020

A community-based approach to managing impacts in northwest BC Read More

September 23, 2020

Researching how algorithms ‘fail’ at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Read More

August 12, 2020

Special bracelet provides key to COVID-19 monitoring and contact tracing Read More

July 13, 2020

App helps translate stories in multiple Indigenous languages Read More

July 8, 2020

CO-Away: a digital tool to help northern communities address COVID-19 Read More

June 26, 2020

What do researchers do when stuck abroad? Work on a COVID-19 vaccine Read More

June 9, 2020

Young entrepreneurs improve medical storage for reliable transportation Read More

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May 15, 2024 Policy paper

From Invention to Innovation: Redefining Canada via Entrepreneurship

Advancing entrepreneurship is an essential part of Mitacs’s mission to bring innovation into reach. We take a holistic approach to fostering entrepreneurship in Canada through targeted programming, tailored skills development offerings to students, and through foundational aspects of our innovation platform model. Learn more about our approach to boosting entrepreneurship as a lever that helps […]

August 25, 2023 Policy paper

Diverse Nation: Unlocking the potential of inclusive innovation

Ecosystem partner content Diverse Nation: Unlocking the potential of inclusive innovation The Innovation Economy Council (IEC) is a coalition of tech-sector leaders dedicated to shaping Canada’s industrial innovation policy. The IEC works with active members of Canada’s innovation ecosystem to identify areas for in-depth analysis and offer timely insights to increase Canadian productivity and sustainable […]

October 1, 2022 Policy paper

Mitacs Innovation Challenge

The Mitacs Innovation Challenge project examines application and evaluation materials from the Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) program to better understand what barriers are limiting the innovation performance of Canadian SMEs. In this report, we find that talent access is a key issue inhibiting SME innovation performance throughout Canada’s innovation ecosystem. We further explore how skilled talent […]

September 1, 2022 Policy paper

Mitacs Skills for Innovation

The Mitacs Skills for Innovation project will deliver a series of reports examining the skills needed for different innovation activities in the Canadian economy. The project leverages Mitacs’s unique ability to survey employer organizations and interns involved in a wide array of innovation projects and offers granular insights into the specific skills required by individuals and organizations […]