Ming Pao – Article on Mitacs Globalink

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Four top university students from countries like India, China, Brazil and Mexico are working in research labs at the University of Lethbridge this summer during a three-month internship through a program called Globalink. Mariel Rodriguez, a student at UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has been in Lethbridge since May working in Claudia Gonzalez’ […]

Mitacs Globalink student Mariel Rodriguez featured on CTV Lethbridge, discussing her research project on how the human mind perceives the hand. Mitacs would like to thank the following government and international partners, in addition to our full and associate university partners, for their support of Globalink in 2013: Western Economic Diversification Canada, the Government of […]

Montreal, Quebec – July 30, 2013 – Mitacs and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) have signed an agreement to help bring industry and academia together to boost innovation in the region. Support from NRC-IRAP will enable Mitacs to provide more opportunities to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Quebec to […]

Mitacs Director International, Laura Wood, joins Mitacs Globalink interns Megha Tak, Mariana Guimaraes and Mariana Boeira to discuss their research projects and the Mitacs Globalink program on CTV’s Canada AM. Mitacs would like to thank the following government and international partners, in addition to our full and associate university partners, for their support of Globalink […]

Mitacs and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) have signed an agreement to help bring industry and academia together to boost innovation in the region. Support from NRC-IRAP will enable Mitacs to provide more opportunities to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Atlantic Canada to access university-based researchers to help […]

EDMONTON – Brazilian student Henrique Vieira has been in Edmonton for just a few months, but already he’s designed about 50 different storylines for an educational video game for high school students. Vieira is one of more than 250 undergraduate students coming to Canada from India, China, Brazil and Mexico as part of the Mitacs […]

Train accidents – such as the one earlier this month where a runaway train loaded with oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic – can be devastating. But new technology being studied by a woman from India at the University of British Columbia could make railway accidents less likely to occur. Madhuri Suthar, 21, is in […]

Dr. Arvind Gupta, CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs, extends his congratulations to the new cabinet ministers appointed today by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.   We look forward to working with the new ministers, including the Hon. James Moore, Minister of Industry, the Hon. Greg Rickford, Minister of State for Science and Technology, the Hon. […]

For Jorge Peña and Anup Daté, a summer at the University of Victoria provided hands-on training in high-tech research, and a chance to explore a scenic new city. For Canada, it’s a 12-week opportunity to convince the brightest young minds from emerging economies to relocate here. Peña, a 23-year-old biotechnology student from the Monterrey Institute […]

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Mitacs CEO & Scientific Director, Arvind Gupta, and UBC Globalink student Diego Parra joined host Bill Good in studio to discuss Mitacs Globalink and the need for Canada to recruit the best and brightest international talent.