CTV Atlantic: Federal internship program brings top talent to Nova Scotia research

Mitacs Globalink Research Interns Vinetha Jagadeesan and Dhanush Dineshan are contributing to research at Dalhousie University with professors Sean Myles and Adam Donaldson.

Mitacs Globalink Research Intern Vinetha Jagadeesan is contributing to genome mapping research at Dalhousie University’s Apple Biodiversity Collection in Kentville, Nova Scotia, with Professor Sean Myles.

Vancouver, BC – At the Australian Canadian Economic Leadership forum yesterday, Universities Australia (UA) and Mitacs, a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization, signed an agreement that will allow Australian undergraduate students to participate in an elite research internship program in Canada for the first time. Mitacs’ Globalink Research Internships is a competitive initiative already available to […]

Montreal, QC — Among two thousand entries, three Mitacs partners stood out at the annual Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest. The competition’s mission is to inspire entrepreneurship in order to build a proud, innovative, committed, and prosperous Quebec. Entrepreneurship is a key driver in our economy, contributing to job creation, productivity growth, and the ability to commercialize high-quality […]

University of Alberta graduate students Neesha Desai and Kit Chen were recipients of the third place, $10,000, Mitacs Entrepreneur Award for their innovative educational technology company, Alieo Games.

Vancouver, BC — Two distinguished leaders from Mitacs, a national not-for-profit research and training organization, were awarded honourary doctorates at the Universities of Victoria and Ottawa this week for their significant contributions to Canadian mathematics research and the public good. Mitacs co-founder and Board of Directors member, Nassif Ghoussoub, was the recipient of a Honourary […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs, a Canadian organization that funds research and training, along with Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) announced a partnership to support international research opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Canada and Mexico are working together to increase student mobility, which will see researchers travel for international collaborations through […]

Victoria, BC – The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society (CSDCMS) recently presented a ceremonial cheque to the University of Victoria’s Satellite Design Club, ECOSat. The approximately $11,500 cheque was a prize for winning the second bi-annual Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC). The CSDC is a Canada-wide competition for teams of university students to design, […]

Ottawa, ON – This morning, Mitacs and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the delivery of complementary research programs.  The partnership formalizes the working relationship between Mitacs and NSERC and provides university researchers and their industry partners with greater flexibility in accessing programs offered by both organizations. Through […]

Daniel Munro is a doctor of political philosophy from MIT, but says he’s “almost” never asked to write a report on Aristotle for work. That’s because, like 80 to 90 per cent of PhDs in Canada, Munro works outside academia. There are 208,480 PhDs in Canada with more than 6,000 joining the ranks of “doctor” […]

Ottawa, ON – Yesterday at Congress 2015, Mitacs participated in two panel discussions where key themes were experimental learning and collaborative research. Organized by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress brings together academics, researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners to share findings, refine ideas, and build partnerships. The first session, Innovation in Learning, was hosted […]