NANAIMO – B.C. has a new International Education Strategy that supports the two-way flow of students, giving local students new opportunities to study abroad, and welcoming those arriving from overseas. As part of the strategy, Advanced Education Minister Naomi Yamamoto announced $5 million for scholarships and research internships to assist students embarking on an […]

Mitacs announces $10.25 million for undergraduate internships, graduate fellowships   São Paulo, Brazil, April 27, 2012 – Canadian universities and their Brazilian counterparts are announcing 75 new partnerships and scholarship programs worth $6,736,800 (CAD) in university and government funding during the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada’s university presidents’ mission to Brazil, April 25 […]

Mitacs Board Chair Brad Bennett commended the Government of Canada for today’s announcement of $14M in new funding for Mitacs to significantly increase student access to industrial internships. “The Federal Government has sent a clear message that they want to encourage organizations like ours to work more intensively with our business and academic partners to […]

Ottawa, Ontario — The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today announced a Government of Canada contribution of up to $4,227,500 to Mitacs Inc. that will give graduate students and recent graduates of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs real world business skills […]

Vancouver, B.C. – February 29, 2012 – Mitacs is formalizing the important role that Canada’s universities play in its programs by announcing the creation of an Academic Partnership Strategy.  This new strategy will ensure that university objectives are accurately reflected in Mitacs strategies and that they have the opportunity to explore pilot programs and new […]

Oscar-winning producer debuts theatrical production that brings math to life for high school students Vancouver, BC, December 14, 2011: What do you get when an Academy Award-winning producer, a film and television actor-director and an acclaimed choreographer team up to put high school math in the theatrical spotlight? A professional production with original music, dance, sets, […]

A $1.2 million funding arrangement announced today between the Research & Development Corporation (RDC) and Mitacs will provide graduate-level researchers with new research and development (R&D) opportunities in Newfoundland and Labrador. The funding for the Mitacs Accelerate research internship program enables graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to lead R&D projects, connect with local businesses and […]

The expert panel leading the Review of Federal Support to R&D submitted its final report today to the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology. It makes a series of recommendations that call for a simplified and more focused approach to the $5 billion worth of R&D funding provided by the federal […]

From the BC Ministry of Jobs, Tourism & Innovation   VANCOUVER – Eighteen of China’s future science stars are experiencing the world-class research going on at British Columbia universities – and finding out why they should return here for graduate school, or to become entrepreneurs. This is the first time Chinese undergrad students have taken […]

Vancouver, BC, June 9, 2011: “Kon-yay” West and Christopher Columbus gave Grade 8 – 12 students at Vancouver Technical Secondary School a lesson in drama and math today at a sneak preview of Show Math, a live, multimedia comedy play getting set to travel to high schools across British Columbia. Show Math – a core […]

TORONTO, Ontario (May 12, 2011): After serving for 12 years as Canada’s premiere Network of Centres of Excellence in the mathematical sciences, Mitacs announced today that it is transforming itself into two separate organizations that will work, each in their own way and focus, on supporting the country’s innovation agenda. Mitacs Inc. will concentrate on […]

  Vancouver, BC – May 10, 2011 – A $3.5-million grant announced today by Premier Christy Clark will generate jobs and promote innovation by creating new research opportunities in the province. The grant – awarded to Mitacs, a Vancouver-based research network which creates and manages unique research and training programs – will enable B.C. graduate […]