Building the knowledge economy through partnerships

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 21, 2013—The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), visited Vancouver’s Recon Instruments today, where he announced a $35-million investment by the Harper Government in Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research organization. The funding, which is part of Economic Action Plan 2012, supports industrial research and development (R&D) internships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. “Collaboration […]

KITCHENER – A program that matches graduate student interns to businesses looking to develop new products or improve efficiency has received an $8.4-million funding boost from the Ontario government. The money for the Mitacs Accelerate program will help businesses across the province hire about 1,400 graduate students for four-month internships over the next two years.

Ontario is helping to connect graduate students with internship opportunities to grow the province’s knowledge-based economy and create new jobs. The government is extending support to the Mitacs Accelerate program, which connects graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with applied research opportunities at companies across Ontario. This will help provide about 1,400 four-month internships to Ontario […]

Academic and research institutions are crucial to driving Canada’s innovation economy—that’s why governments across the country offer over 2000 funding programs supporting this sector. In Budget 2010, the federal government announced a comprehensive review of support for research and development (R&D) activities in Canada, which resulted in what is often referred to as the Jenkins […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 7, 2012 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Canadian research organization Mitacs have created a new Visual Analytics (VA) consortium to bring together Canadian academics, research agencies and industry to expand VA technology to aerospace-related markets.  VA allows analysts to rapidly explore and synthesize large, complex sets of data using interactive visual […]

  It is often said that governments don’t create jobs—that is the role of the private sector. But governments can indeed support innovators and B.C.’s burgeoning technology sector is a prime example. More than 10 years ago, our government began creating an atmosphere, a strong foundation as a jumping-off point for researchers and businesses in […]

VICTORIA – B.C. businesses will get their products to market more quickly, thanks to an innovative pilot program that will place graduate students from B.C.’s post secondary research institutions with established companies for job experience. The BCIC-Mitacs Commercialization Voucher Program, a key component of the BC Technology Strategy – announced in July 2012, was created […]

Ottawa – From decreasing patient radiation exposure in CT scans to transforming sugar into biofuel, students across the country are advancing industry innovation, creating new jobs, and transforming the lives of Canadians through their research. On Wednesday evening, the 2nd Annual Mitacs Awards Reception was held to recognize the amazing contributions of these emerging researchers, […]

Michael Gilbert is waging a war on bedbugs. And he’s winning. The president and chief scientific officer of the British Columbia biotech start-up SemiosBio has figured out how to keep the pesky parasites at bay without resorting to toxic pesticides. SemiosBio uses pheromones, chemicals that insects secrete to communicate with each other – signalling an alarm, an attraction […]

Fredericton, NB – November 16 – 2012 The University of New Brunswick is pleased to announce the university has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate with Mitacs on a international fellowship initiative, the Globalink Graduate Fellowship Program. As part of a full partner collaboration between UNB and Mitacs a number of Globalink Graduate Fellowships […]

 Halifax, NS – November 15, 2012 – The Government of Canada today announced its support for two programs that aim to address the shortage of highly skilled workers by placing young researchers in internship positions in some of Atlantic Canada’s leading research and development (R&D) organizations. Delivered by Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research and training organization, […]

WHEN OLGA HRYTSENKO was finishing up her PhD in biology, the Ukraine native began looking for work in her field. But every job that piqued her interest required industry experience. “Every single open position required industrial experience, but how do you get industrial experience no one will hire you?” Hrytsenko asked in an interview Thursday. Then […]