Canadian SME: Business Magazine: Q&A With Mitacs CEO and Scientific Director, Alejandro Adem

Alejandro Adem, former CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs, discusses his definition of ‘innovation’ and why it’s important for companies to innnovate and invest in modern technoogies.  Read more…(page 35)  

A team at the University of Alberta is developing high-tech wearable sensors that can precisely track people’s movements and provide feedback on how to improve them. “We started this project with rehabilitation applications,” assistant professor Hossein Rouhani said Wednesday, “for example, walking, standing or other typical daily activities. Rouhani, an instructor in mechanical engineering, also […]

A computer science researcher from China is working with the University of Alberta to develop wearable sensors that will help athletes perform better and reduce injuries. Shengjie Xiu, a 20-year-old undergraduate student at China’s Sun Yat-sen University, is spending three months in Edmonton to develop match box-sized sensors that can be embedded in athletic gear […]

A computer science researcher from China is working with the University of Alberta to develop wearable sensors that will help athletes perform better and reduce injuries. Shengjie Xiu, a 20-year-old undergraduate student at China’s Sun Yat-sen University, is spending three months in Edmonton to develop match box-sized sensors that can be embedded in athletic gear […]

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are collaborating with Fenix Advanced Materials of Trail to design and develop a battery that is smaller and more powerful than what’s currently available. Using raw materials from B.C.-based companies such as Fenix, Teck Metals, Retriev Technologies, Eagle Graphite and Deer Horn Capital, the goal is to create a tellurium-based cathode […]

Batteries. They’re an inescapable fact of life in today’s tech-driven society. From cellphones to remote controls to cameras and a million other uses, batteries, in an ever-growing range of shapes and sizes, are everywhere. Enter researchers at UBC Okanagan in Kelowna, who are collaborating with B.C. companies in researching a new battery; one that will […]

Vancouver, BC Mitacs’s new partnership agreement with India’s Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) focuses on research mobility, and will create a unique opportunity for students from both India and Canada to study internationally, opening borders to research and innovation. Mitacs and SICI’s three-year strategic partnership will leverage the strengths of each organization and is expected to significantly […]

  An artificial intelligence project aims to train companionship robots to feel empathy for humans. The project involves students at Ontario Tech University, who are trying to program Zenbo, a robot produced by Asus, to be able to read human emotions. “This development of empathy is going to enable the robot to respond to a […]

As the world learns to understand AI, there are some who believe privacy shouldn’t be sacrificed. Professor Miguel Vargas Martin and 22-year-old undergraduate Eduardo Perez Valle are two supporters of this view. Valle is an industrial engineering researcher from Mexico, who is spending three months in Oshawa to contribute his expertise in artificial intelligence to […]

Vancouver, BC — As Canada moves forward with its ambitious plan to become an innovation powerhouse, a national organization is already attracting top young talent from around the world this summer. More than 1,200 international students are at 55 Canadian universities this summer helping to solve tough innovation challenges through a unique summer internship program […]

For First Nations communities in northern Canada and other remote regions, access to safe and clean water, toilets, and food preparation areas present a serious challenge to communal gatherings. For Elders, women, youth, and gender-diverse community members, this often means they simply do not participate in community events. And chemical porta-potties and rental shower units […]

UBC Okanagan researchers are looking into the benefits of injecting hydrogen into natural gas distribution networks in the search for cleaner and more efficient energy. Assistant professor and researcher Sina Kheirkhah said the goal of the research, funded in part by FortisBC and Mitacs, is to see how hydrogen can improve combustion of natural gas—making […]