It’s not superglue, but hot bone glue being developed in Halifax could make cranial and facial surgery simpler, quicker and more effective. “It will bring a lot of comfort for patients,” said Mehdi Kazemzadeh-Narbat, in an interview Wednesday. He is an Iranian native who holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering from the University of British […]

The Canadian federal government is investing Can$8 million (US$7.3 million) over two years to tackle the country’s shortage of research and development managers. Mitacs, a nonprofit organization in Vancouver, will run a fellowship programme to support 125 to 150 postdocs in industrial research, providing training in skills such as management and leadership. Researchers who have […]

In the 21st century, prosperous markets are consumer-driven, high-performing schools are student-centered, effective health care is patientcentered, and successful technology is user-centered. This people-centered focus has made social sciences and humanities skills essential to the innovation agendas of businesses, community organizations and governments alike. Social sciences and humanities graduates are uniquely equipped to help organizations […]

The Harper government is hoping to attract more students to Canada from overseas and that could ultimately benefit the University of Lethbridge. Ed Fast, international trade minister, launched the International Education Strategy (IES) Wednesday morning. The program’s goal is to double the number of international students studying in Canada to more than 450,000 by 2022. […]

Earlier this week, the federal government launched a new International Education Strategy designed to maintain and enhance Canada’s global position in higher education. The comprehensive plan sets targets to attract more international researchers and students to Canada, deepen the research links between Canadian and foreign educational institutions and establish a pan-Canadian partnership with provinces and […]

The Harper government will outline plans today to double the number of international students in Canada by targeting China and other fast-growing countries, The Sun has learned. It is the latest step in the federal strategy to make economic development the heart of Canada’s foreign policy. More diplomatic, visa-processing and marketing resources will be shifted […]

Mitacs CEO Arvind Gupta, Minister of Advanced Education Amrik Virk, and Mitacs Accelerate intern Katie Birdsall joined host Bill Good in studio to discuss Mitacs Accelerate and the importance of connecting post-secondary students with industry for skills training.    

An up-and-coming Waterloo researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding achievement of accelerating the time-consuming and tedious process of measuring fatty acid and cholesterol content in food and tissue samples, a necessary step required to comply with mandated food labelling regulations in Canada. Adam Metherel, a 32-year-old Kinesiology student at the […]

An up-and-coming Halifax researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding innovation of creating a miniature, low-cost, high-resolution ultrasound probe that is helping to advance important clinical research. Andre Bezanson, a 26-year-old PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University, was awarded the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – PhD following a […]

A UBC masters student has beat out hundreds of other academics to win a major national research award for her work around genetics and mental health. Emily Morris won the masters Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation. Connecting forward-thinking researchers with partner organizations, Mitacs recognizes five students at different academic levels each year. “It was a huge […]

Medical researchers should have more money for actual research because of a Dalhousie University student’s work on a new high-resolution ultrasound probe. While there are probes available that use electromagnetic motors, Andre Bezanson came up with a way of using piezoelectric actuators instead. They are commonly used for things like the autofocus on digital cameras. […]