By Kiernan Green This 12th year of the Mitacs Globalink internship sees Fulbright Canada scholar and Georgia Institute of Technology chemical engineer Andrea Green assisting the University of Victoria in the development of arsenic-water detectors that are compatible with cell phones. Read more…

By Mia Rabson Ms. Prakash, 21, is working with a Queen’s University professor, although virtually, on a rapid test that will diagnose the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in ticks in just a few hours. Read more…

Queen’s researchers building rapid testing device for Lyme disease By Alan Neal We talk to two researchers who want to shrink the time it takes to detect Lyme disease in ticks. Listen here…

Interview with Indumathi Prakash and Dr. Robert Colautti. Watch here…

By John Daly Interview with Hossein Kamali, a Mitacs postdoctoral researcher in Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University, and Co-founder and CTO of Vancouver-based Autonopia. Listen here…

By Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed Negin Ashouri immigrated to Canada from Iran only three years ago. She invented a made-to-measure, biodegradable and disposable intravaginal prosthetic for women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Watch here…

Innovations Poised to Boost Economy, Improve Lives of Canadians By SK Five up-and-coming researchers-turned-entrepreneurs have been recognized for their groundbreaking discoveries that are helping to propel Canada’s economy forward — and ultimately improve the lives of Canadians. Even the challenges of a global pandemic haven’t stopped these innovators from advancing their first-of-a-kind technologies. Read more…

By Tyler Orton A local robotics firm is set to pilot AI-powered window-cleaning robots next year in a bid to address labour shortages within an industry that often finds it tough to recruit workers for what typically amounts to weather-dependent seasonal gigs. Read more…

By Kenneth Chan The business of washing windows on a tower with human labour is a dangerous, inefficient, and costly practice, but a Vancouver innovator’s robotic solution could potentially disrupt this service globally. Read more…

Lia Fabre-Dimsdale obtained an internship with the animated TV show, “Molly of Denali”. The production tells the stories of a young Indigenous girl in Alaska. Catherine Urquhart reports. Watch here…

We chat with up-and-coming entrepreneur Marciel Gaier to talk about being awarded the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneur Award. The Halifax innovator is the co-founder of Graphite Innovation and Technologies and has developed a first-of-its-kind smart coating for ships that tackles the most pressing environmental issues for the global shipping industry. Watch here…

MONTREAL – Negin Ashouri (pictured) is on a mission to elevate women’s quality of life, one medical device at a time. Even the challenges of a global pandemic haven’t stopped the up-and-coming entrepreneur from advancing her first-of-its-kind technology. Read more…