Castanet: $6M boost for tech

The provincial government is investing $6 million into emerging tech research. The announcement was made in Kelowna, at UBC Okanagan’s engineering building, where a project between students and industry partner Helios Global Technologies is underway. The partnership is researching energy-absorbing materials in helmets with the aim of reducing concussion severity from sports impacts. Advanced Education Minister […]

The Government of British Columbia is investing $6 million for the next generation of talent in tech research and business to support the recently announced #BCTECH strategy. The not-for-profit organization Mitacs will use the funding to bring students together with industry and business, giving students the opportunity to do research on real-world projects in a […]

The Government of British Columbia is investing $6 million in tech research and business as part of their #BCTECH strategy. The province has partnered with Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit organization, which offers research and training programs to 60 universities across the country, one being UBC Okanagan. The B.C. Government funding announcement was hosted by Kelowna-Lake […]

Vancouver, BC —Mitacs, a Canadian organization that funds research and training, signed a letter of intent with Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT) creating opportunities for graduate students from both countries to participate in industrial research internships. The Letter of Intent was signed by Dolores Sanchez Soler, CONACyT’s Deputy Director of Graduate Studies […]

Vancouver, BC — A new report by Mitacs, prepared with support of Canada’s Public Policy Forum, seeks to better understand factors that attract or deter multinational investment in Canadian R&D. Based on interviews with executives from Canadian subsidiary firms, Leveraging Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem identifies key drivers and barriers in attracting foreign direct investment in Canadian […]

Mitacs Chief Research Officer Rob Annan speaks about how Canada can better encourage foreign direct investment into R&D.  For more information, read the accompanying report: Leveraging Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem

Vancouver, BC — His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced Mitacs Board of Directors members Nassif Ghoussoub and Meric Gertler to the Order of Canada. Nassif Ghoussoub was awarded as an Officer of the Order of Canada for his scientific contributions to the study of differential equations, and for advancing […]

A Saint John native has received national recognition for his work in biomedical engineering, designing smaller, more efficient electronics in therapeutic ultrasound. Hugo Vihvelin, 27, recently completed his masters degree at Dalhousie University and has been awarded a Mitacs award for outstanding innovation in his field. “In the electronics world when you develop something that is […]

Recientemente un joven estudiante de doctorado en física y astronomía de la Universidad York de Toronto,  George Conidis, se hizo acreedor al premio Mitacs que promueve la innovación e investigación científica,  por su descubrimiento de galaxias cósmicas similares a las nuestras. George Conidis ha identificado y medido con éxito por primera vez 174 agrupaciones de galaxias, […]

Dalhousie University Masters student Hugo Vihvelin is the winner of the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – Masters.

Ottawa, ON – Mitacs and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) are pleased to announce a bilateral student research mobility agreement through a memorandum of understanding exchanged yesterday. The agreement, signed by Alejandro Adem, Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of Mitacs, and Dr. Dorothea Rüland, DAAD Secretary General, fosters student mobility between Canada and […]

Mitacs Chief Research Officer, Dr. Rob Annan, joined a panel of experts on-air to discuss employment challenges and options for PhD graduates in Canada.