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The partnership support comes in the form of 100 Mitacs internships for COVID-19-specific projects, funded by a $375,000 investment from Innovate BC. The funding infusion from Innovate BC coupled with Mitacs’s leveraged funds offsets the standard company-partner contribution towards the intern’s stipend and increases access to research during this pandemic. This funding will be distributed […]

Vancouver, BC — In order to fast-track solutions to COVID-19 and mitigate its adverse economic impacts, Mitacs and Innovate BC are partnering to support business in the province of British Columbia. Innovate BC is investing $375,000 towards 100 Mitacs internships for COVID-19-specific projects. The funding infusion from Innovate BC coupled with Mitacs’s leveraged funds offsets […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs has launched a new summer program, the Mitacs Business Strategy Internship, to stimulate Canada’s economic recovery in the COVID-19 era; the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business (UBC Sauder) is the first academic partner. Mitacs’s Business Strategy Internship intends to bolster Canada’s economic recovery by supporting businesses that need […]

The technology is being given to Western University scientists, who hope to harness the technology to produce antibodies from microalgae. Serology tests – i.e. testing for antibodies – will be an important tool for managing both the economy and the disease, since these tests can determine who has immunity to the virus. Suncor had developed technology […]

Vancouver, BC — In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the goal of promoting an inclusive response for those with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families, a new partnership between Mitacs and Kids Brain Health Network provides leveraged funding to support interns working on challenges specific to this vulnerable population. The Mitacs–Kids Brain Health collaboration […]

Montréal, QC, May 5, 2020 — A two-million-dollar investment will be used to address the high demand in companies for a workforce qualified in artificial intelligence (AI), enabling them to increase their innovation capacity through the integration of student interns. This endeavour has been made possible by an agreement between Mitacs — a not-for-profit organization […]

London, ON and Calgary, AB — Mitacs is helping businesses fast-track solutions to combat COVID-19, and Suncor is the first industry partner to take advantage of the expedited approval process from application to completion. Building on an existing relationship with Mitacs, Suncor has provided additional funding, equipment, and expertise in hopes of developing a fast […]

Montréal, QC, May 1, 2020 — ENCQOR 5G and Mitacs are pleased to announce they have joined forces to support Quebec small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and 5G innovation to address the new challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis. Through this new Mitacs-ENCQOR agreement, additional funding is available for Quebec SME businesses and post-secondary partnership […]

Energy giant Suncor is joining the fight against COVID-19 by putting technology currently employed in its wastewater treatment processes to use with the aim of developing an at-home antibody test kit. The project — a partnership between the Calgary-based energy company and scientists at the University of Western Ontario — aims to use equipment and […]

VANCOUVER — If you’re a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) with an idea that can contribute to Canada’s fight to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a national research organization is ready to help. Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization based in Vancouver that fosters research related to industrial and social innovation, has announced an initiative that will fast-track projects. […]

When Canada closed its borders to visitors, growers lobbied for migrant workers to be excluded from the restrictions. The Canadian government agreed and demanded that the newly arrived workers be placed in a 14-day mandatory quarantine. Forced to share their living quarters with many other workers, the migrants will be hard-pressed to maintain the social […]

Governments and technology companies around the world are working quickly to unveil contact tracing abilities, which could prove to be an important tool in limiting the spread of COVID-19, especially as more countries begin to loosen restrictions and reopen their economies. Yet while these types of tools are expected to be useful in protecting the general population, […]