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By Tyler Orton A local robotics firm is set to pilot AI-powered window-cleaning robots next year in a bid to address labour shortages within an industry that often finds it tough to recruit workers for what typically amounts to weather-dependent seasonal gigs. Read more…

By Kenneth Chan The business of washing windows on a tower with human labour is a dangerous, inefficient, and costly practice, but a Vancouver innovator’s robotic solution could potentially disrupt this service globally. Read more…

Lia Fabre-Dimsdale obtained an internship with the animated TV show, “Molly of Denali”. The production tells the stories of a young Indigenous girl in Alaska. Catherine Urquhart reports. Watch here…

We chat with up-and-coming entrepreneur Marciel Gaier to talk about being awarded the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneur Award. The Halifax innovator is the co-founder of Graphite Innovation and Technologies and has developed a first-of-its-kind smart coating for ships that tackles the most pressing environmental issues for the global shipping industry. Watch here…

MONTREAL – Negin Ashouri (pictured) is on a mission to elevate women’s quality of life, one medical device at a time. Even the challenges of a global pandemic haven’t stopped the up-and-coming entrepreneur from advancing her first-of-its-kind technology. Read more…

Graduate and post-graduate student research interns will work on the National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) collaborative research and development programs Ottawa, ON — Today, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and Mitacs announced they are investing $2.5 million over five years, to support 250 graduate and post-graduate student internships to support the NRC’s Challenge and Supercluster support programs. The funding will accelerate research and innovation by reducing the costs of collaborations between the public and private sectors and academia. It […]

Mitacs is extending its support to Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through significant cost reductions Vancouver, BC – Mitacs is announcing today that it is extending its support to Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the second year in a row through significant cost reductions to building innovation partnerships. Qualifying businesses will pay […]

The window for students to find work is closing, but the province’s reopening plan provides some hope By Bryan Labby Griffin Matheson has never had trouble landing a summer job. But that was before COVID resulted in the disappearance of so many employment opportunities — not just for him, but for tens of thousands of […]

By Jenna Congdon Conservation of highly endangered species is a critically important issue in these days of climate and anthropogenic change. Modern zoos, like the Toronto Zoo, are at the forefront of efforts to save species from extinction, and to ensure that animals in their care live enriched, healthy lives in species-typical environments. Read more…

Funding for the internship program was provided by the Mitacs Business Strategy Internship program, made up of $7,500 from Mitacs and $2,500 from Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons. By Denise Ryan  When Lia Fabre-Dimsdale, a member of the Liidlii Kue Frist Nation, landed an internship with Atomic Cartoons, the production company that creates the award-winning animated PBS […]

Interdisciplinary training program avails up to $2 million to produce skilled Canadian workers Montréal, QC — Today, the Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP) announced a new national program to boost the skills and expertise of researchers working in the health innovation and digital technology sectors of Canada’s knowledge economy. Mitacs is pleased to be […]

By SK John Hepburn studied at the University of Waterloo (BSc, 1976) and the University of Toronto (PhD, 1980), followed by two years as a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He began his academic career back at the University of Waterloo, where he was appointed an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and […]