SNAP Halifax – Up-and-Coming Halifax Researcher Receives Award for Outstanding Innovation

An up-and-coming Halifax researcher has been presented with a prestigious award recognizing his outstanding innovation of creating a miniature, low-cost, high-resolution ultrasound probe that is helping to advance important clinical research. Andre Bezanson, a 26-year-old PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Dalhousie University, was awarded the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation – PhD following a […]

Mitacs, a national research and training network, and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Queen’s University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide enhanced industrial research experience to Queen’s graduate students. Under the terms of the MOU, the organizations will offer 125 joint academia-industry Mitacs Accelerate internships over the next […]

Mitacs and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council are pleased to announce a joint initiative to create stronger connections between Canadian companies and social sciences and humanities graduate students. Industry will have increased access to vital skills that will help them succeed in today’s global marketplace including strong analysis and communications skills, the ability […]

A UBC masters student has beat out hundreds of other academics to win a major national research award for her work around genetics and mental health. Emily Morris won the masters Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation. Connecting forward-thinking researchers with partner organizations, Mitacs recognizes five students at different academic levels each year. “It was a huge […]

Five students from universities across Canada were recognized on Tuesday night for their significant research achievements which are advancing industry innovation, creating new products and services and transforming the lives of Canadians. Each of the students received an award at the 3rd Annual Mitacs Awards Reception, held to honour the amazing contributions of these emerging […]

Mitacs, a national research and training network, and SIM-one, the Ontario Simulation Network, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will see the organizations work together to enhance research connections between the members of the healthcare simulation community. SIM-one and Mitacs, through the Mitacs Accelerate program, will connect healthcare simulation companies with faculty and […]

Medical researchers should have more money for actual research because of a Dalhousie University student’s work on a new high-resolution ultrasound probe. While there are probes available that use electromagnetic motors, Andre Bezanson came up with a way of using piezoelectric actuators instead. They are commonly used for things like the autofocus on digital cameras. […]

Industrial and academic labs are saving time and money these days, thanks to Adam Metherel’s innovation.  Metherel, a 32-year-old post-doctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, is receiving an award this week to recognize his work on an innovation that improved the time-consuming and tedious process of measuring fatty acids and cholesterol in food and […]

University of British Columbia researcher Emily Morris is being recognized nationally for her work in linking stigmatized attitudes toward mental illness by medical professionals with a higher risk of psychiatric disorders in patients with a rare genetic condition. “I feel very honoured and privileged to be receiving it,” Morris, 28, said of the Mitacs Award […]

University of B.C. researcher Emily Morris is being recognized nationally for her work in linking stigmatized attitudes toward mental illness by medical professionals with a higher risk of psychiatric disorders in patients with a rare genetic condition. “I feel very honoured and privileged to be receiving it,” said the 28-year-old Morris of the Mitacs Award […]