A Vancouver medtech entrepreneur is being recognized for developing a minimally invasive, affordable treatment for urinary incontinence — a condition affecting nearly one in two Canadian women over 65. Fattah Haeri, co-founder of Femera Med Tech, has been named Mitacs Canadian Startup Innovator of the Year. The award, presented November 17 in Ottawa, honours entrepreneurs […]
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Mitacs CEO Stephen Lucas on Mobilizing Research Talent to Power BC’s Innovation Economy
British Columbia has quietly become one of Canada’s most dynamic innovation hubs, home to global leaders in clean technology, artificial intelligence, life sciences, and advanced manufacturing. But behind the province’s success is an equally powerful enabler: access to research talent that turns big ideas into market-ready solutions. Few organizations have been more instrumental in bridging […]
Timber House Brings Prefab Innovation to Northern B.C.
Next month, Nak’azdli Development Corp. (NDC) will unveil its first Timber House — a prefabricated home that combines lumber from local sawmills with an innovative panel system developed by forestry startup Deadwood Innovations. The project shows what’s possible when business and academia work together to tackle Canada’s housing crisis. While mass timber construction is being […]
Innovator Wins Mitacs Award for Life-Changing Water System
Growing up in rural Kenya, Dr. Paul Onkundi Nyangaresi witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of contaminated water on his community. Determined to bring change, the Environmental Engineering and Electronic Science Technologist has achieved his dream by developing a cost-effective rainwater disinfection system now providing clean water to the Rianyabayo Memorial Academy in Kisii County, Kenya. […]
Vancouver Entrepreneur Wins Award For Window Washing Innovation
Five up-and-coming researchers-turned-entrepreneurs have been recognized at the sixth annual Mitacs Entrepreneur Awards for their groundbreaking discoveries that are helping to propel Canada’s economy forward. Among the five celebrated innovators is Vancouver’s Hossein Kamali who was named Outstanding Entrepreneur. Kamali is a Mitacs postdoctoral researcher in Mechatronic Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University, and Co-founder […]
Innovate BC Partners With Mitacs To Drive COVID-19 Business Solutions
Mitacs and Innovate BC are partnering to fast-track solutions to COVID-19 while mitigating the pandemic’s adverse economic impacts to business. The partnership support comes in the form of 100 Mitacs internships for COVID-19-specific projects, funded by a $375,000 investment from Innovate BC. The funding infusion from Innovate BC coupled with Mitacs’s leveraged funds offsets the […]