Northern Ontario Business: Lakehead U researcher receives grant for new breast cancer detection system

A Lakehead University scientist seeking to commercialize a breast cancer detection device has been awarded $448,000 by the Canadian Cancer Society to continue her research. The grant allows Dr. Alla Reznik of Thunder Bay to spend the next three years developing the Positron Emission Mammography (PEM), molecular imaging equipment and a new method of diagnosing […]

A researcher at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., has received a national award for his work on creating a breast imaging alternative to traditional mammograms. Sasha Bubon is part of team that has developed a way to use positron emission tomography (PET) to deliver high-resolution images at a much lower dose of radiation. “To […]

Six years ago, Douglas Kondro designed a unique prosthetic for an abandoned rooster that had lost its toes to frostbite. That would be a major life accomplishment for any 20-year-old. But the University of Calgary PhD student in Biomedical Engineering in Graduate Studies, now 26, is receiving new acclaim, this time for his work scaling […]

  Vancouver, BC — The Mitacs Board of Directors announced today the appointment of John Hepburn, PhD, as its new Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director. Currently the Vice-President of Research and Partnerships at CIFAR (formerly the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research), Hepburn will assume his new role on February 18, 2020. With an extensive […]

Toronto, ON — Colleges Ontario and Mitacs will collaborate on awarding up to 200 internships to college students in 2020 on applied research projects. This research will stimulate economic growth throughout the province, particularly in rural and northern communities. It will also provide new work-integrated learning opportunities to full-time college students throughout the province. One recent example […]

Vancouver, BC Mitacs is pleased to welcome Marie-Hélène Labrie to its board of directors. Ms. Labrie brings a breadth and depth of experience to the Mitacs board, with an extensive background in Canadian government relations, as well as in public communications and marketing in technology companies. Ms. Labrie joins the Board of Directors to oversee Mitacs’s […]

A UVic graduate student has been setting traps to harvest pictures of animals instead of their skins, to demonstrate how animals shift their behaviour when humans disturb their habitat. Sandra Frey completed her work for a master’s degree at the University of Victoria in 2018, using image data collected by cameras in the Rocky Mountains […]

Sounds fishy, but it’s not. A professor at the University of Québec at Trois-Rivières has been recognized for her part in helping to identify a natural, viable and cost-effective way that could reduce the price level of cannabinoids by growing THC and CBD inside microscopic algae. For that, Isabel Desgagné-Penix has received the Mitacs Award for Exceptional […]

Ottawa, ON Six researchers, a leading professor, a spin-off company, and a humanitarian-response company are receiving recognition for their game-changing achievements in Canadian research. Their innovations include developing a less costly and more environmentally friendly way to produce cannabinoids, launching a leading-edge breast imaging device that provides high-resolution images at a lower radiation dose, advancing […]

Stereotypes about teen parents prevent them from finding secure housing and isolate them from the community supports they need to thrive, a new Edmonton study suggests.  But a unique, made-in-Edmonton housing program for pregnant teens, teen moms and their children is proving that a little extra support — including counselling and parenting classes — can […]

Melissa Tremblay received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation — Indigenous for her involvement with the Successful Families Program, which provides supportive housing for teen parents and their children in Edmonton. “The goal is to work with teen families to build on their strengths and empower them towards independence and to reach their goals, whatever […]

A Lakehead University postdoctoral fellow has been nationally recognized for his innovative “breakthrough” technology in breast cancer detection. At a Nov. 26 ceremony in Ottawa, Thunder Bay’s Oleksandr Bubon received an outstanding commercialization award from Mitacs, a not-for-profit organization that promotes innovation by solving business challenges through academic research. While studying under Canada Research Chair, Professor and Senior […]