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One-of-a-kind pilot project in Vancouver high schools teaches teens how to identify, respond to mental health challenges among peers  

Burnaby, BC—Students throughout the province are benefiting from a provincial investment of $10 million in internship programs that connect budding researchers with industry partners to solve real-world problems. “Research internship programs are giving our students and researchers the skills, knowledge and experience they need to advance our knowledge-based economy and build the best B.C.,” said […]

Youth in Vancouver are participating in a pilot project called Core Connectors to teach them about mental health and how to support friends who are struggling. “There has been a vast movement towards mental health awareness, but what we’re teaching is mental health literacy – how to support and identify a friend in need of […]

Taking ideas that were born in the lab and bringing them to the market has been a long-standing goal of Dr. Alli Murugesan. This goal has manifested in what is now BioHuntress Therapeutics, an incubator within academia that is meant to do just that. Dr. Murugesan founded the company in 2016 while working on her […]

A Toronto-based company is behind the development of a cleaner burning alternative to charcoal, which it hopes will save the lives of millions in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 4.3 million people, predominantly women and children, in developing countries die every year due to diseases related to the air pollution caused by the burning of wood charcoal. Lumbrick, […]

Mitacs Social Entrepreneur Award winner Erin Goldberg is aiming to change the way Canadian hospitals approach nutrition with the launch of a first-of-its-kind nutritional support beverage that is a healthier and better-tasting alternative to traditional in-hospital meal replacement drinks.

Ottawa, ON—Canada and France are building on a partnership to increase international research exchanges for university students in both countries through Mitacs’s programs. The signing builds on an existing relationship established between Mitacs and Campus France in 2014, and aims to expand Mitacs research internships to university consortia and other higher education institutions in France. […]

The only thing five-year-old Erin Goldberg could stomach when she was undergoing chemotherapy was Kraft Dinner. Now 29, the Winnipeg researcher has developed a plant-based nutritional supplement beverage — “not as sweet” and “better tasting” than traditional options, such as Boost — for patients struggling to eat solid food and anyone without an appetite. Goldberg accepted […]

The nutritional supplements Boost and Ensure are no doubt familiar to anyone who has had to look after ailing, elderly parents, or other family members who suffer from a loss of appetite related to their illnesses or treatments. Erin Goldberg has had first-hand experience being gravely ill, and being nauseous and lacking any appetite due […]

Innovation is happening all around us, and the sports industry is no exception. As tech continues to take over the planet, here at ITBusiness.ca, we’ve been exploring how tech intersects with sports and health and fitness. We recently had a chance to speak with Joshua Goreham, a Dalhousie University PhD candidate and sports scientist studying […]

Montreal, QC—Seven up-and-coming Canadian researchers-turned-entrepreneurs received recognition, and a total of $25,000, for their groundbreaking industry contributions that are helping to improve lives in Canada and globally at the 2018 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards. The awards celebrate start-up companies founded by outstanding former Mitacs interns, postdoctoral fellows, and training participants, who have gone to lead their […]

Hospital food can hardly be called gourmet. For this reason, a young Winnipeg entrepreneur is being awarded for creating a healthier and better-tasting food replacement for patients in hospitals. Erin Goldberg, a 29-year-old entrepreneur and co-founder of ViTal Functional Foods Inc., is being awarded the Social Mitacs Entrepreneur Award in Montreal on Tuesday for her […]