Top international students choose Canada as research and study destination

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs Globalink is attracting the world’s top students to Canada in a “reverse brain drain,” a survey released this week determined.  Bringing top talent to Canada is essential in order for the country to compete in the global marketplace for business partnerships and opportunities. The survey revealed Mitacs Globalink is contributing to […]

Ottawa, ON – Today, at the Canadian Science Policy Conference, Mitacs announced the Canadian Science Policy Fellowships program — an initiative that will contribute to evidence-based decision-making in federal public policy. In its pilot year, the program will see up to ten academic researchers embedded in federal government departments or agencies. The researchers will apply […]

Ottawa, ON – Six researchers from across Canada were recognized last night for their efforts to advance innovation and transform the lives of Canadians. Their contributions range from enhancing children’s literacy and discovering new galaxies to uncovering cancer-fighting natural remedies. The innovators were recognized at the 5th annual Mitacs Awards, which honours the work of outstanding […]

York University PhD student George Conidis is the recipient of the 2015 Mitacs PhD Award for Outstanding Innovation.

Dalhousie Master’s student Hugo Vihvelin was the recipient of the Mitacs Master’s Award for Outstanding Innovation.  

Tiene 21 años, es mexicano, y acaba de ser galardonado en Canadá por una importante investigación sobre soldadura de alta tecnología, llevada a cabo en la Universidad de Alberta. Es su primera experiencia a nivel internacional. Su objetivo es regresar para perfeccionarse. Alberto se permite soñar porque ya sabe que puede lograr lo que se […]

University of Windsor Postdoctoral fellow Pamela Ovadje was the recipient of the 2015 Mitacs Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Innovation.  

A York University PhD student is being recognized for his breakthrough discovery that is helping us to better understand our own place in the universe — and that our Milky Way isn’t alone in being a “bully.” George Conidis, a Toronto astrophysics student at the university, is being awarded the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation–PhD in Ottawa […]

A University of Windsor postdoctoral student received a prestigious award in Ottawa Tuesday night for her work in studying the efficacy of using dandelion extract to battle cancer. “It feels amazing,” said Pamela Ovadje, 29. “It was unexpected but I’m very excited.” Ovadje, who is in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University […]

University of Windsor postdoctoral fellow Pamela Ovadje was the recipient of the Mitacs Postdoctoral Award for Outstanding Innovation.

A Dalhousie graduate student will be recognized Tuesday night in Ottawa for discovering a more efficient way to build therapeutic ultrasound equipment. For his university masters thesis research, 27-year-old Hugo Vihvelin was focused on miniaturizing the electronics in implanted devices like hearing aids. “There are advantages for cosmetic purposes and then there are also advantages on the […]

As a child, George Conidis dreamily watched the heavens from his North York home. Binoculars in hand, he asked himself questions like, “What is existence?” Today, he is finding answers in astrophysics. On Tuesday, Conidis will be presented with an award for outstanding innovation by Mitacs, a research not-for-profit. We spoke to the 32-year-old York […]