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Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom By Paul Basken John Hepburn, CEO of Mitacs, comments on the current state of innovation in Canada noting that instead of focusing on producing more scientific innovation, we should provide a policy of industrial support for Canadian […]

Yellowknife, NT — Denendeh Development Corporation (DDC) and Mitacs have partnered to focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, and independent research in the Northwest Territories, where the starting point is the perspective of northern residents.  DDC — a not-for-profit corporation that fosters employment growth and career development in Dene Communities — and Mitacs have entered into an agreement to jointly recruit a Business Development Director to be strategically positioned with Denendeh Development Corporation to support […]

By Angie Seth UBC Okanagan researcher Seyyedarash Haddadi has earned the Mitacs & NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization for his breakthrough work to create a 99 per cent effective antimicrobial fabric coating that prevents transmission of COVID-19. Watch here…

Vancouver, BC – The growth of economic activities in the Arctic, compounded with the ongoing global climate change crisis, has created an urgent need for new research priorities and initiatives in the North. Through a new partnership announced today, Mitacs and ArcticNet will collaborate to fund research projects that address research gaps and needs identified […]

Halifax, NS – Mitacs and Atlantic Colleges Atlantique (ACA) are announcing a new collaboration to boost innovation and research partnerships between businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and college students in the Atlantic region through the recruitment of a new co-funded Business Development Specialist. Mitacs offers programs and funding that help businesses, not-for-profits, municipalities, and healthcare facilities leverage […]

By Gabriel Friedman Ideon Technologies, a Vancouver-based company recieved government suport worth $5.6 million under Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster to help commercialize a technology that harnesses invisible cosmic rays to stare deep into the earth and identify where the richest mineral and metal deposits are located. Knows as the ‘World’s first Earth X-ray discovery platform’, it could be used […]

By Paul Brothers Winner of Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation-Post Doctoral, Dalhousie Univeristy’s Diz Glithero led a team that developed the world’s first national ocean literacy strategy, positioning Canada as a global leader in the effort to promote and sustain ocean health. Yahoo! News Canada, MSN Canada Watch here…

2021–22 research fellows to work with government offices to support critical policy decisions Ottawa, ON — Starting this fall, 19 researchers are undertaking one-year placements in participating government offices across Canada as part of the 2021–22 Canadian Science Policy Fellowship (CSPF). With diverse expertise ranging from anthropology to computer science, the fellows will work on the development of policy-based […]

By Joanne Cochrane Dr. Moneca Sinclaire, a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and postdoc fellow at the University of Manitoba, rolled out the first of its kind mobile app that allows #Indigenous communities to control their own data. Dr. Sinclaire was awarded the 2021 Mitacs Awards for Outstanding Innovation — Indigenous. Watch here…

By Felisha Adam McGill University’s Prisca Bustamante was recoognized by the 2021 Mitacs Awards for Outstanding Innovation — PhD for developing the world’s first non-invasive blood screening test for uveal melanoma, the most common eye cancer found in adults. Her novel test is currently being used in a clinical study at the McGill Academic Eye Centre and […]

Vancouver, BC —Mitacs welcomes two leaders in Canadian business innovation, stretching from applied AI solutions to export development, Nicole Janssen and Wendy Luther bring valuable insights and experiences to the Mitacs board. The new directors were appointed at the board’s AGM on September 14. Philippe Gervais, Principal, Navigator Ltd., was appointed Board Chair. Gervais succeeds […]

Dalhousie University researcher Lisa (Diz) Glithero has received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – Post Doctoral for spearheading an all-women team that led to the world’s first national ocean literacy strategy. Glithero, a post-doctoral researcher, led a study to measure people’s understanding of the ocean and will help position Canada as a global leader in the effort to […]