Up-and-Coming Quebec Researcher Earns Prestigious Award for Innovative Work to Accurately Assess the Risk and Impact of Flooding

Quebec City, QC — On the heels of historic flooding in parts of Eastern Canada, a Quebec entrepreneur is working to improve flood risk management, and ultimately keep people safe, with the launch of a first-of-its-kind online tool that accurately assesses and predicts the impact of flood waters on people, buildings and infrastructure. The ground-breaking product […]

Halifax, NS – The 4th annual Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards recognize five up-and-coming Canadian researchers-turned-entrepreneurs, and one company, for their ground-breaking innovations. Their innovations serve to strengthen Canada’s economy and improve the lives of Canadians. The Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards, held this year for the first time in Halifax, celebrate start-up companies founded by outstanding former Mitacs interns and postdoctoral fellows, […]

Montreal, QC —  It started with three doctoral students and their PhD supervisor getting together in a basement to figure out how machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) could improve predictions in risk-associated industries such as insurance and finance. Two decades later, key members of that original team are at the helm of Element AI, a […]

Because most small aircraft are not required to have flight recorders on board, many deadly crashes are never properly explained. But a Kelowna-based entrepreneur is offering a new solution. SkyVU is billed as a lightweight, relatively affordable, simple-to-install flight video camera designed for small aircraft. Mounted behind the pilot, it provides data from aircraft gauges, […]

A Kelowna entrepreneur is receiving an award today for an aviation invention inspired by the fatal plane crash that killed former Alberta premier Jim Prentice. Ephraim Nowak, 26, has invented a first-of-its-kind lightweight cockpit video recorder that can serve as a cost-effective flight data monitoring solution for small aircraft. He will be honoured today in […]

Halifax, NS – Five outstanding, up-and-coming entrepreneurs will soon be announced as the 2019 Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards winners thanks to industry leaders from across Canada sharing their entrepreneurial insights. The judges bring a wealth of experience in start-ups, investment, research and development, and business innovation to the selection process. The awards, to be held May 28 […]

A made-in-Manitoba product is paving the way for safer travels in rural areas. Local researchers have come up with a way to change the makeup of unpaved roads, while also cutting back on the environmental impact. “The dust is such a problem. It coats vegetation. It’s a problem for farmers. It obscures the vision of […]

When the prehistoric Assiniboine River — the one that actually filled its present valley walls — slammed into Lake Agassiz 13,000 years ago on the east side of Brandon, it carried massive amounts of sediment. The sediments were gravel, sand, silt and clay but gravel was heaviest so it fell first, creating an enormous gravel […]

U of S marketing master’s student Stephanie Pankiw studies positive feminist messages in jewelry ads. Showing real women in everyday settings rather than using professional models is key for jewelry advertising that can empower women, a University of Saskatchewan researcher has found. Marketing master’s student Stephanie Pankiw has been working with Regina-based jewelry company Hillberg […]

Regina, SK – Mitacs research interns shared their work in a brilliant display of talent at the Saskatchewan Legislature. Their projects represented a broad array of Saskatchewan industry sectors including agriculture, mining, manufacturing, protein extraction, advanced engineering technologies, luxury retail, and veterinary medicine. The Mitacs interns approach Saskatchewan business challenges from their own research areas […]

“You can imagine the amount of frustration when you go to a foreign country and people there speak a language that you don’t understand.” Thanks to a partnership between the University of Regina and the Regina Public Library (RPL), Arabic-speaking refugees and recent immigrants now have another way to improve their English skills. A pilot project […]

U of S biomedical engineering student Samantha Steinke is working with veterinary assistant professor Dr. Julia Montgomery and the Saskatoon-based firm RMD Engineering Inc. to develop and test a lift and harness to better support horses while injured limbs heal. Samantha Steinke knows what it’s like to lose a horse to injury. Hers had to […]