CKWS – TV – Program draws international students to Queen’s

Mitacs Globalink intern Luis Arvizu from Mexico speaks about the research he is doing at Queen’s University to CKWS – TV. 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 […]

Click here to read the article, about a Mitacs-Accelerate internship with University of New Brunswick Engineering masters student, Rohan Bandekar

KINGSTON – Canada is looking to boost its research output to compete on an international scale, and Queen’s University is playing its part. Out of 5,000 applicants worldwide, 280 students were chosen to participate in a 12-week internship conducting research at 35 Canadian universities — nine of which have been placed at Queen’s. The placement is known […]

18 international students arrive in Waterloo Region today to begin a summer of learning. The students, from India, China, Brazil and Mexico will be working under the direction of professors at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. The Vice-President of Research and Policy at Mitacs, Rob Annan, works with the team that reviews […]

Mitacs Globalink Research Interns Adrian Gil and Mónica Arias of Mexico speak about the research they’re doing at the University of Calgary to Global Calgary News. 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 […]

OTTAWA — For civil engineering students in India, hands-on experience is hard to come by. “I assisted my professor in some construction projects which he had, but I didn’t do any research projects as such,” said India native and newly appointed University of Ottawa intern Anupriya, who only goes by one name, Studying at the […]

The University of New Brunswick is one of 32 Canadian institutions that have become benefactors of some of the top young minds in the world. UNB hopped on the two-way knowledge exchange in May as it welcomed four students from India, Mexico and Brazil to its Fredericton and Saint John campuses for a 12-week program […]

Ottawa has been running a series of TV ads for its Canada Job Grant that makes fixing the country’s unemployment problem look easy. An actor dressed as a construction worker says he’s been looking for a job for weeks but doesn’t have the right skills for the work available. How can he get more training, […]

Ottawa, ON – May 29, 2013 – Innovation is the key to Canada’s economic prosperity as agreed by panelists at a Mitacs forum in Ottawa yesterday. They also identified that one vital piece of the puzzle is missing: skilled R&D managers. “Business innovation is a driver of growth, productivity and competitiveness and it is easy […]

  Toronto, ON – Thursday, May 2, 2013 – Mitacs thanks the Government of Ontario for a new $10 million investment to develop the next generation of skilled research and development managers. This new funding will allow exceptional PhDs in Ontario to lead and manage an industry research project, promoting commercialization and economic benefit, while […]

HAMILTON, ON April 30, 2013 — A comprehensive report released today offers new insights into worries of graduate students and how universities can better help them find meaningful work. The report, entitled Beyond Labs and Libraries: Career Pathways for Doctoral Students, comes at a time when more and more students are pursuing graduate studies—generating potentially […]

Two young Nova Scotia researchers are getting help from businesses to turn their smart ideas into better health care and better products. Olga Hrytsenko and Marek Lipczak, both completing post-doctoral fellowships at Dalhousie University, are the first Nova Scotia recipients of the Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship program. Mitacs brings business and top researchers together to […]