Organization: MITACS Accelerate

The Short Report – July 29, 2020: Facebook Canada moves against online hate, Alberta rediscovers R&D grants, and more

FedDev Ontario will give $4.8 million to Trent University to create the Trent Enterprise Centre (TEC) in its upcoming Cleantech Commons; less than a year after slashing R&D tax credits and grants, Alberta’s United Conservative Party government has reversed course; Gerald Butts helps Eurasia Group with global climate policy, sustainable finance, and artificial intelligence; and more.

Mitacs and RDC fund 100 Memorial internships

Newfoundland’s Research & Development Corp (RDC) and Mitacs Accelerate are contributing $500,000 and $720,000 respectively to support 100 collaborative R&D internships for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows at Memorial Univ. The internships will provide each successful student with $15,000 over a four-month period ($7,500 from Mitacs/RDC and $7,500 from the industry partner). Their time will…

MITACS restructures as NCE funding winds down

MITACS is being restructured as two separate organizations to ensure sustainability as it nears the end of its life as a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE). Mitacs Inc will have broader mandate than its predecessor and retain the organization’s suite of programs to address attraction, retention and training of highly qualified personnel in collaboration…

Carleton Univ cancels Foundry Program

Carleton Univ‘s Foundry Program has been cancelled after 12 years. The program — designed to provide students with entrepreneurial and commercialization training and assistance in creating tech-based businesses — was operated out of the university’s technology transfer office with support from the office of the VP research. The university is defending the decision to end…