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Vancouver, BC — Mitacs is pleased to announce the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) as a new Full Partner and Laurentian University as an Associate Partner. Full and Associate university partners inform Mitacs’ priorities and program development, while promoting alignment with their institutions. The addition of UQAM and Laurentian bring Mitacs partners to a […]

Montreal, QC — Seventeen business and entrepreneurship leaders from across Canada are contributing their expertise to determine the five winners of the 2018 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards. The judges bring a wealth of experience in start-ups, investment, and business innovation to their roles. The awards will celebrate researchers-turned-entrepreneurs whose work starting or building a business demonstrates […]

Mississauga startup company LeNano Diagnostics Inc. has helped design an effective and low-cost way to monitor for heart failure, developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo. Patients simply prick their finger, rub the blood on a special strip, insert it into an electronic reader, and obtain a number within 20 minutes. An […]

For years, diabetics have been able to test their blood glucose levels with a simple prick of a finger. Now, an Israeli researcher who’s working in Canada has developed a similar technology for heart patients – an advancement that promises to save lives. The first-of-its-kind finger-prick technology will monitor the risk of heart failure the […]

Toronto, ON — Monitoring for heart failure both in hospital and at home is about to get easier, more effective and less expensive, thanks to a first-of-its-kind finger prick technology developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo with support from Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics Inc. Considered a disruptive technology, the test kit is […]

Monitoring for heart failure both in hospital and at home is about to get easier, more effective and less expensive, thanks to a first-of-its-kind finger prick technology developed by a Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo with support from Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics Inc. 

A new device is being developed that could help easily detect whether you’re at risk of heart failure. You will be able to do the test from the comfort of your home, and receive the results in 20 minutes, thanks to Mitacs researcher at the University of Waterloo, Yael Zilberman-Simakov. It would work similarly to […]

Ontario researchers have developed a faster way to test if someone has heart failure. Current testing in a lab takes up to 24 hours. Heart failure is a condition that develops after the heart becomes damaged or weakened from heart attacks, high blood pressure or other heart conditions. It can cause abnormalities in heart function […]

Mississauga start-up LeNano Diagnostics partnered with Mitacs-University of Waterloo researcher Yael Zilberman-Simakov to develop the test.      

Prince Edward Island’s energy system is one step closer to becoming 100 per cent carbon-free, thanks to a federal grant. Researchers Matthew Hall and Andrew Swingler from UPEI’s School of Sustainable Design Engineering were granted $150,000 to develop a detailed framework for the Island’s electrical system, to increase its renewable energy integration and decrease its […]

Saskatoon, SK – Four Northern Saskatchewan Métis and First Nations communities will have access to policy research through a new $1.02 million pilot research project spearheaded by the University of Saskatchewan, in partnership with Mitacs and Western Economic Diversification Canada. Researchers from the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan […]

Years of run-off caused by farming practices and golf course maintenance have caused sea lettuce to explode in Island waterways, and one Island-based team is looking to make use of the pesky plant. Mike Cassidy, owner of Transcon International Ltd., a company with a history of battling sea lettuce, first tried to tackle the problem […]