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We recently visited a lab at the University of British Columbia’s Food, Nutrition and Health building and found researchers hard at work on a home test kit to help detect food poisoning in your kitchen. They’ve developed a small cube made of natural fiber material that contains antibodies to react with salmonella. “It’s a very […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs announced its year-end highlights today for the period ending March 31, 2018. Last year, the organization delivered almost 8,000 internships to help reach its goal of 10,000 work-integrated placements by 2020–21. Of those, Mitacs supported 6,740[1] research internships with industry in Canada and 1,159 international research collaborations, representing $123.5 million[2] in […]

At Hydrogen in Motion, we partner with Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that supports internships for students from any discipline. Our internships allow us to support our innovation needs and access highly skilled, motivated workers — through post-secondary institutions here in B.C. A recent discussion paper from the Government of Canada calls for input into the changing nature […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs welcomes nominations for the 8th annual Mitacs Awards, a series of honours that recognize outstanding students, fellows, and professors who have participated in Mitacs programs. Past winners were recognized for their outstanding contributions, such as research to stop cancer from spreading, help elite athletes overcome sleep disturbances, and improve efficiency of […]

Lincoln, ON—Putting research in the hands of those who use it to create and innovate leads to increased competitiveness, economic growth and job creation. That’s why the Government of Canada continues to support the country’s researchers whose discoveries inspire entrepreneurs and innovators in the agriculture, health and commercial sectors. Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister […]

The crunchy, puffed product made from yellow peas and bread crumbs in the lab at the University of Manitoba by research student Maria Arzamendi. Arzamendi said the crunchy puffed product, that has the distinct taste of a legume, could one day replace the bags of empty carb snacks currently lining supermarket shelves. “We know the […]

For the majority of students, the summer months mean a break from studies and a chance to recuperate from the stress of the previous school year. But for 45 international students, this summer was a chance to turn research projects into economy boosting innovations. As a part of the Mitacs Globalink program, the group of […]

VANCOUVER—While traditional methods for detecting salmonella are labour-intensive and time-consuming, a new and ever-so-small device can now identify the potentially deadly bacteria within minutes. Following several outbreaks across Canada this year, University of British Columbia researchers say the “user-friendly” tool is overdue and there’s a “real potential” to benefit both consumers, and companies. “Salmonella is […]

Vancouver, BC—Mitacs and the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) signed an agreement this week to provide research internship opportunities for graduate students in Canada and Brazil through CAPES’s Program for Institutional Internationalization (CAPES-PrInt) and Mitacs’s international research program. The initiative promotes Canada and Brazil as destinations for research opportunities, […]

Globalink interns Maria Arzamendi and Luis Garibay are at the University of Manitoba this summer contributing to research projects in the food and health sectors.

Tucked in a lab at the University of Manitoba is a group of students cooking up a new snack. They’re using leftover bread crumbs from a local baker combined with yellow peas to craft a healthy snack mimicking Cheetos.  “We like the puffy snacks so we are trying to get a snack people we know […]

Mitacs CEO Alejandro Adem, Globalink intern Roshan Mishra, and UBC master’s student Claire Preston talk about the development of a first-of-its-kind soft, artificial skin for robots.