UBC’s next president, Arvind Gupta, still remembers the plane trip that brought him from the Indian state of Punjab to North America as a five-year-old boy in the late 1960s. His father, a chemist, had come a year earlier on a visiting professorship to Wayne State University in Detroit. In an interview in his office […]

A computer science professor with a reputation for putting students in jobs, partnering with industry, and attracting government funding in fiscally conservative times will be the University of B.C.’s new president. When Arvind Gupta steps into his role as UBC’s 13th president on July 1, he will take over a university from outgoing president Stephen […]

The University of British Columbia’s next president will be Arvind Gupta. Current president Stephen Toope is leaving June 30 to become director of the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. Gupta is now chief executive officer of Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization that strives to make Canada more innovative and that is headquartered […]

The University of British Columbia, one of Canada’s largest universities, has found its new president on campus in computer-science professor Arvind Gupta. The expert on science and innovation policy was named the 13th president of UBC Tuesday morning in a ceremony that was twice disrupted by chanting animal-rights protesters. Dr. Gupta later said he relished […]

India and Canada have inked a Letter of Intent (LOI) to collaborate on research exchanges to increase student mobility between the two countries. The agreement was formalised by Mitacs CEO Arvind Gupta and Additional Secretary Amita Sharma, representing the Ministry of Human Resource Development. “This LOI represents the start of a long and fruitful collaboration […]

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.