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With the technology hub in B.C. growing rapidly, students and industry leaders conveyed their skills training needs at a roundtable discussion with the Minister of Advanced Education and the Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services. “B.C. is gaining a competitive digital edge in the global marketplace and post-secondary education and skills training are vital […]

Mitacs, a national research and training network, and Communitech, the Waterloo Region’s hub for the commercialization of innovative technologies, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to extend their partnership to foster innovation and commercialization in southern Ontario. In the first year of the Communitech and Mitacs partnership, over $1.1 million in funding was awarded […]

Nuraleve is proud to announce the product launch of their leading-edge neurotherapy device, the SmartStim Model 1000. Nuraleve has designed, manufactured, and tested this device in Ontario. The device is being marketed for the reduction of smoking cravings. Randomized, double-blind controlled clinical trials show a significant reduction in cravings. Additionally, Health Canada has now approved […]

Mitacs congratulates the Government of Canada and the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), for launching the Southern Ontario Prosperity Initiatives (SOPI), an investment of $530 million over five years, beginning April 1, 2014. This investment will be delivered through four initiatives designed to […]

An up-and-coming Halifax researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding innovation of creating a miniature, low-cost, high-resolution ultrasound probe that is helping to advance important clinical research. Andre Bezanson, a 26-year-old PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University, was awarded the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – PhD following a […]

An up-and-coming Waterloo researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding achievement of accelerating the time-consuming and tedious process of measuring fatty acid and cholesterol content in food and tissue samples, a necessary step required to comply with mandated food labelling regulations in Canada. Adam Metherel, a 32-year-old Kinesiology student at the […]

Mitacs, a national research and training network, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Queen’s University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide enhanced industrial research experience to Queen’s graduate students. Under the terms of the MOU, the organizations will offer 125 joint academia-industry Mitacs Accelerate internships over the next […]

Mitacs and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council are pleased to announce a joint initiative to create stronger connections between Canadian companies and social sciences and humanities graduate students. Industry will have increased access to vital skills that will help them succeed in today’s global marketplace including strong analysis and communications skills, the ability […]

A UBC masters student has beat out hundreds of other academics to win a major national research award for her work around genetics and mental health. Emily Morris won the masters Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation. Connecting forward-thinking researchers with partner organizations, Mitacs recognizes five students at different academic levels each year. “It was a huge […]

Mitacs, a national research and training network, and SIM-one, the Ontario Simulation Network, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will see the organizations work together to enhance research connections between the members of the healthcare simulation community. SIM-one and Mitacs, through the Mitacs Accelerate program, will connect healthcare simulation companies with faculty and […]

Five students from universities across Canada were recognized on Tuesday night for their significant research achievements which are advancing industry innovation, creating new products and services and transforming the lives of Canadians. Each of the students received an award at the 3rd Annual Mitacs Awards Reception, held to honour the amazing contributions of these emerging […]