Front page photo of student, Pavithra Natarajan, who is at Western University this summer through Mitacs Globalink. Click here to view.

An article on productivity and talent retention in B.C. including interviews with Mitacs CEO Arvind Gupta and Iain Black, President & CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

A story on Mitacs Globalink ran on the CTV Edmonton noon news cast, featuring the Globalink students on a tour at the Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures facility. 

Canada must raise the profile of its research and innovation excellence around the world if it is going to attract top international students, said panelists at a forum in Ottawa. The panelists, part of the Mitacs Globalink Symposium – Canada as an International Innovation Destination — focused on two key issues. Firstly, how Canada is […]

British Columbia has to build on both cutting-edge technologies and its traditional strength in natural resources In an increasingly global market-place, economies must find new ways to adapt and grow. Innovation is the engine of that growth and productivity the key to increasing standard of living. Today’s policies and investments will lay the foundation for […]

  A $5-million investment from the province will support international students who want to study in B.C. and B.C. students who want to study abroad. Naomi Yamamoto, Advanced Education Minister, announced the funding and the province’s new international education strategy Monday at Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus. The money is for scholarships and research internships […]

By Jonathan Fowlie Government earmarks $5 million for scholarships and internships over next four years    Premier Christy Clark’s BC Liberal government will today commit $5 million toward scholarships and research internships as it unveils details of how it plans to attract 47,000 additional international students into the province over the next four years. “[International […]

In our rapidly evolving global context, Western nations, including Canada, are asking the question “To whom does the future belong?” We watch with wonder, and not a little envy, as emerging economies spread their wings and take off, seemingly overnight. Countries that have struggled with poverty and development are becoming economic miracles, blessed with stratospheric […]

Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of Canada — even with us hosting the film awards. Jamil sums it up: “We simply don’t register.” “Not even […]

Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of Canada — even with us hosting the film awards. Jamil sums it up: “We simply don’t register.” “Not even […]

Just prior to the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards being held in Toronto last summer, Indo-Canadian journalist and reporter Faiz Jamil prepared an essay for CBC online focusing on the awareness that contemporary Indians have of Canada – even with us hosting the IIFA awards. Jamil sums it up: “We simply don’t register.” “Not […]

  The global population explosion of the past century, unprecedented in human history, poses a thorny tangle of interconnected challenges. With the population expected to reach 9.3 billion by 2050, meeting human needs will require science-based answers to urgent questions about food, energy, water, disease prevention and many other issues. Increasingly, innovation will hinge upon […]