Vancouver, B.C. – March 5, 2013 – Mitacs congratulates Dr. Suzanne Fortier, current President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, for being selected as the 17th Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. “In appointing Dr. Fortier, McGill is ensured a tireless advocate for research and innovation, not to mention undergraduate and […]

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 21, 2013—The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), visited Vancouver’s Recon Instruments today, where he announced a $35-million investment by the Harper Government in Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research organization. The funding, which is part of Economic Action Plan 2012, supports industrial research and development (R&D) internships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. “Collaboration […]

Ontario is helping to connect graduate students with internship opportunities to grow the province’s knowledge-based economy and create new jobs. The government is extending support to the Mitacs Accelerate program, which connects graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with applied research opportunities at companies across Ontario. This will help provide about 1,400 four-month internships to Ontario […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 7, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Canadian research organization Mitacs have created a new Visual Analytics (VA) consortium to bring together Canadian academics, research agencies and industry to expand VA technology to aerospace-related markets.  VA allows analysts to rapidly explore and synthesize large, complex sets of data using interactive visual […]

VICTORIA – B.C. businesses will get their products to market more quickly, thanks to an innovative pilot program that will place graduate students from B.C.’s post secondary research institutions with established companies for job experience. The BCIC-Mitacs Commercialization Voucher Program, a key component of the BC Technology Strategy – announced in July 2012, was created […]

Ottawa – From decreasing patient radiation exposure in CT scans to transforming sugar into biofuel, students across the country are advancing industry innovation, creating new jobs, and transforming the lives of Canadians through their research. On Wednesday evening, the 2nd Annual Mitacs Awards Reception was held to recognize the amazing contributions of these emerging researchers, […]

Fredericton, NB – November 16 – 2012 The University of New Brunswick is pleased to announce the university has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate with Mitacs on a international fellowship initiative, the Globalink Graduate Fellowship Program. As part of a full partner collaboration between UNB and Mitacs a number of Globalink Graduate Fellowships […]

 Halifax, NS – November 15, 2012 – The Government of Canada today announced its support for two programs that aim to address the shortage of highly skilled workers by placing young researchers in internship positions in some of Atlantic Canada’s leading research and development (R&D) organizations. Delivered by Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research and training organization, […]

  Vancouver, BC – November 6, 2012 – Mitacs, today, commended the Government of Canada’s creation of a new research network aimed at fostering collaborative research activities between Canada and India. The India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) will bring expert researchers from three of Canada’s leading universities […]

  OCAD University partners with Mitacs to offer funded Internships (Toronto—October 15, 2012) OCAD University and Mitacs, a not-for-profit research organization, have signed an agreement that will give OCAD University’s graduates and current graduate students access to a federally funded internship program. Mitacs Enterprise is funded through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario […]

Vancouver, BC – August 15, 2012: Mitacs congratulates the Government of Canada on the newly released report of the Advisory Panel on Canada’s International Education Strategy, entitled International Education: A Key Driver of Canada’s Future Prosperity. The task force behind the report, led by Dr. Amit Chakma, President of Western University, made a number of key […]

Over 150 graduates and post-doctoral fellows to break boundaries in innovation to better serve Canadian patients Toronto, ON – July 27, 2012 – Mitacs and the Techna Institute of University Health Network have signed an unprecedented memorandum of understanding to deliver at least 80 Mitacs-Accelerate 4 month-long internships per year. This 5 year agreement will result […]