London Community News: London tech firm Trojan receives leadership award for water treatment efforts

London-based Trojan Technologies has received an award for exceptional leadership. The award —presented in Ottawa on Nov. 18 by London West MP Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) — recognizes Trojan’s collaboration with researchers across the country to help advance the company’s innovative UV disinfection systems. The systems are used to treat common […]

Ottawa, ON – From developing a first-of-its-kind innovation that is helping aerial surveillance missions operate more efficiently, to creating new policies that will provide pre-migration training for Chinese immigrants, five researchers from across Canada were recognized last night for their efforts in advancing industry innovation, creating new jobs, and transforming the lives of Canadians. Each of […]

Vancouver, BC — Mitacs is pleased to announce the launch of our longitudinal survey for Accelerate business partners. This review will build on the success of last year’s Accelerate longitudinal intern survey. Mitacs values the feedback provided by all past partners and participants of our programs. Such feedback allows for continual program evaluation and improvements. Mitacs is […]

Ottawa, ON, Nov. 3, 2014 — Mitacs and Campus France signed a memorandum of understanding to promote research exchanges between Canada and France under Mitacs’ Globalink program. Mitacs is a Canadian not-for-profit research and training organization that works with all Canadian universities. Campus France is a public institution in charge of promoting higher education and […]

Victoria, BC — Mitacs, Own the Podium, Orpyx Medical Technologies (“Orpyx”), the University of Victoria and the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific have joined forces to provide a new opportunity for applied sport science research. These forward-thinking organizations are collaborating on a project with PhD candidate Samuel Blades from the University of Victoria’s Department of Exercise Science, […]

October 15, 2014, Wallenstein, Ontario – The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology) and Dr. Pierre Meulien, President and CEO of Genome Canada, are pleased to announce the first 12 projects selected for funding under Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP). The announcement was made at Wallenstein’s Feed & Supply Ltd., […]

Montreal, October 2, 2014 – NEOMED, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to serve as a bridge between academic research and the pharmaceutical industry, along with Mitacs, an organization developing the next generation of innovators in Canada, are announcing the selection and launch of the first project in their strategic partnership.  The selected project is […]

VANCOUVER — In response to pre-budget consultations for the Government of Canada’s Budget 2015, Mitacs provided a submission that recognizes the critical links between skills training, research and development (R&D), and innovation.   Mitacs’s submission identifies areas where Canada can leverage its excellent research talent pool to improve innovation performance. Specifically, Mitacs makes recommendations to increase […]

VANCOUVER — Mitacs and Inria formalized a partnership to support two-way international research opportunities for graduate researchers at Canadian universities and at eight Inria Research Centres in France. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Mitacs — a Canadian not-for-profit organization that connects university-based researchers with businesses and government — and Inria, the French […]

Canada’s borders are safer thanks to the groundbreaking work of an up-and-coming Ottawa researcher who is being recognized for his contributions to developing a first-of-its-kind innovation that is helping aerial surveillance missions in Canada operate more efficiently and accurately. Rafael Falcon, who graduated with a PhD from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science […]

A University of Ottawa PhD graduate who spearheaded the development of unique mission planning software the Department of National Defence purchased to secure Canada’s borders will be given a special award Tuesday. Rafael Falcon spent two years as an intern at Mitacs working on the technology called Risk Management Framework (RMF), which he says is […]

A passion for math runs deep in Arvind Gupta, the University of B.C.’s new president. His mother was a math professor in India before the family moved to Canada. One of his daughters is a math teacher in Toronto. When he was a boy, his mother gave him math puzzles to solve for fun, a […]