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Calgary Herald Startup of the Week: July 12, 2014 This week we talked to Stephen Dwyer, Jamie Yuen and Nicolas Olmedo, founders of Copperstone Technologies. Copperstone develops small, low-cost devices that measure equipment location and other important variables such as temperature, vibration and environmental conditions to help companies understand whether their equipment is working properly […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit  training and research organization, announced a set of strategic partnerships to fund the creation and training of four Business Development Specialist roles, based at University of British Columbia – Okanagan, University of Calgary, Carleton University and Western University, all with the mandate to advance key industry-academia research partnerships. […]

VANCOUVER – The provincial government is providing $3 million to support cutting-edge research through Mitacs, a not-for-profit research and training organization, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today. “The funding we are announcing today will help Mitacs support its trainees to further cultivate their business and scientific skills,” said Lake. “This will help them in developing innovative discoveries to assist […]

Mitacs welcomes the appointment of Dr. B. Mario Pinto as the next president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). “We congratulate Dr. Pinto as he takes on the presidency at NSERC. His accomplishments in practical research along with his experience in innovation leadership will ensure the council continues its mandate […]

Vancouver, BC – Mitacs Inc., a national, not-for-profit organization that designs and delivers unique research and training programs, announced its year-end highlights today for the year ending, April 1, 2013–March 31, 2014. Program highlights 2,240 Mitacs Accelerate internships, including a three-year, multi-university project, between the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Carleton University and […]

A locally written how-to book for musicians and other artists has been made into an interactive app. The New Rockstar Philosophy app has multimedia features that include sharing capabilities, original images of music industry icons by a local artist and video interviews with bands. “We believe we’re on the front edge of having experimented in […]

Saskatoon, S.K., –  A how-to book for musicians and bands has been rendered into an interactive app with multi-media features thanks to collaboration among University of Saskatchewan software developers, a local street artist, and Saskatoon publishing house Indie Ink. Media received a sneak peek at The New Rockstar Philosophy app at the U of S […]