Bill Bland, CEO of Mitacs industry partner Medidas Group, shares how his company is helping drivers build safer habits through an app that combines real-time feedback, friendly competition, and self-coaching to reduce vehicle collisions and prevent injuries and fatalities.

Dr. Susanne Ouellet, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Calgary, is creating a state-of-the-art monitoring system using highly sensitive fibre optic sensing to give mine operators unprecedented insights into tailings dams performance.

Through a collaboration with Mitacs and the University of Alberta, startup Innova Cleantech is producing hydrogen and graphite from natural gas to create clean energy and cleaner byproducts for use in tech manufacturing.