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By John Hepburn Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19 won’t be easy. Luckily, there’s a talented new generation ready to grow Canada’s innovation economy – but they’ll need help to do it. Read more…

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to innovation, warmly welcomes Andrew Fursman, CEO of 1QBit, as Chair of the newly formed Mitacs Industry Council.   As Co-founder and CEO of 1QBit, Fursman leads the technology company that partners with Fortune 500 clients and top hardware providers to solve problems in the areas of optimization, simulation, and machine learning. In seven years, the company has grown from a four-person start-up to […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to innovation, warmly welcomes Carol Anne Hilton to its Board of Directors. Mitacs’s Board of Directors oversees its organizational mandate in fostering innovation and growth through partnerships with Canadian post-secondary institutions and companies. Hilton is the CEO and Founder of Indigenomics Institute, an Indigenous economic advisory […]

By Cheryl Chan The B.C. government is launching a $45 million youth employment program it estimates will provide more than 5,000 youth and young adults with jobs and skills training. Read more…

By Joy Johnson and John Hepburn Building a new path to prosperity for B.C. after the devastating impacts of COVID-19 won’t be easy, but the new generation of top talent coming out of our post-secondary institutions can make it happen more quickly and smoothly. Read more…

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By Leigha Farnell and Jennifer Basa HALIFAX — An innovative screening tool, created by a New Brunswick team, could soon simplify the process of detecting lung cancer. A partnership between the University of New Brunswick and Picomole Inc. – a Moncton-based company – has resulted in a “first-of-its-kind” technology that could make screening for lung cancer as simple […]

First Mitacs–The Hong Kong Polytechnic University collaboration creates 60 research internships in Canada Vancouver, BC — Mitacs and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have signed an agreement that creates research exchange opportunities in Canadian universities for 60 senior undergraduate students. The partnership supports Mitacs’s commitment to foster international connections, which enhance research quality, create training opportunities, and build knowledge networks. Starting in the summer of 2022 through 2024, up to 20 PolyU students will have the opportunity to join the annual cohort […]

By Athena Bonneau Candice Loring is being recognized by Canadian SME Business Magazine for her efforts to ensure Indigenous companies and academics in Canada are supported. Read more…  

Research innovations can advance more quickly thanks to support for highly qualified personnel at Canada’s universities Ottawa, ON — NSERC and Mitacs are pleased to build on the success of their existing partnership with a new joint initiative that will support the R&D efforts of Canadian university researchers and their partners, while supporting highly qualified personnel […]

College-level Research Internship Award aims to fund 90 projects in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering; applications due on May 3, 2021 Montréal, April 1, 2021 — For the second year, CEGEP and college students will have the opportunity to undertake paid internships with post-secondary institutions in Quebec. Created by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – […]

By Shelley Steeves A Moncton-based company is working with the University of New Brunswick on a new way to detect lung cancer and your breath may be all that’s needed. Read more…