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Pragya Chawla spent her summer analyzing data from the Planck Telescope as part of an internship in Dr. Locke Spencer’s research lab at the University of Lethbridge. Her work has earned her a Mitacs Undergraduate Award for Outstanding Innovation. “I am delighted that she was selected out of all the Canadian-based Mitacs students,” said Spencer, […]

Ottawa, ON – Startup Canada announced today it will expand the Startup Canada Task Force from six to 11 member organizations in 2015 to better sync government and entrepreneurs. The Startup Canada Task Force provides a platform for key national organizations advancing entrepreneurship to engage with government to advance mutually beneficial initiatives, programs and policies. The organizations set […]

Rafael Falcon was the recipient of the NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization at the 4th annual Mitacs Awards on November 18th, 2014.

London-based Trojan Technologies has received an award for exceptional leadership. The award —presented in Ottawa on Nov. 18 by London West MP Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) — recognizes Trojan’s collaboration with researchers across the country to help advance the company’s innovative UV disinfection systems. The systems are used to treat common […]

Trojan Technologies, which has been working with researchers to improve water treatment, has been presented with the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership. The London-based company is a world leader in water treatment, including ultraviolent disinfection and filtration, to deal with common microbial contamination issues in drinking water and wastewater. The inaugural award was presented by […]

Rafael Falcon was the recipient of the NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization at the 4th annual Mitacs Awards on November 18th, 2014.

Daniela Tuchel won the 2014 Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation- Masters for her research examining Chinese immigrant’s experiences of Canada in partnership with the Asia Pacific Foundation.

Ottawa, ON – From developing a first-of-its-kind innovation that is helping aerial surveillance missions operate more efficiently, to creating new policies that will provide pre-migration training for Chinese immigrants, five researchers from across Canada were recognized last night for their efforts in advancing industry innovation, creating new jobs, and transforming the lives of Canadians. Each of […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs is pleased to announce the launch of our longitudinal survey for Accelerate business partners. This review will build on the success of last year’s Accelerate longitudinal intern survey. Mitacs values the feedback provided by all past partners and participants of our programs. Such feedback allows for continual program evaluation and improvements. Mitacs is […]

Ottawa, ON, Nov. 3, 2014 — Mitacs and Campus France signed a memorandum of understanding to promote research exchanges between Canada and France under Mitacs’ Globalink program. Mitacs is a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization that works with all Canadian universities. Campus France is a public institution in charge of promoting higher education and […]

Victoria, BC — Mitacs, Own the Podium, Orpyx Medical Technologies (“Orpyx”), the University of Victoria and the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific have joined forces to provide a new opportunity for applied sport science research. These forward-thinking organizations are collaborating on a project with PhD candidate Samuel Blades from the University of Victoria’s Department of Exercise Science, […]

October 15, 2014, Wallenstein, Ontario – The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) and Dr. Pierre Meulien, President and CEO of Genome Canada, are pleased to announce the first 12 projects selected for funding under Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP). The announcement was made at Wallenstein’s Feed & Supply Ltd., […]