The Vancouver Sun – Global environmental challenges require unprecedented teamwork among scientists
By Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — Bigger challenges need bigger solutions.In an academic environment, that can mean pulling together a team of researchers dispersed across a campus, a country, or the entire world. “If I’m able to solve the problem myself I shouldn’t be working on that problem, it would be too trivial,” University […]
“Canada-India Workshop Adds New Chapter to Relationship”
Highlights from the opening session of the IC-IMPACTS Canada-India Workshop to Build Health Communities is featured in an article appearing Friday, February 22, 2013 in the City of Nagpur’s newspaper, The Hitavada. Excerpts from the article: “Ivy Lerner Frank, First Secretary and Trade Commissioner, Canadian High Commission in India, said that Prime Minister of India […]
IC-IMPACTS Featured in NCE Newsletter
Canada-India Research Centre Builds Healthier Communities – IC-IMPACTS feature story in Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada publication Communities in Canada and India will be the first to try out new technologies related to water quality, infrastructure and public health, thanks to the new India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation […]
IC-IMPACTS formed
Top Canadian, Indian institutions form $30M partnership to improve water and infrastructure safety, eradicate diseases Scientists from the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto and 11 leading institutions in India are joining forces to tackle urgent issues in both countries with a $30-million partnership. Supported by the Canadian government and state […]
IC-IMPACTS Announced
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces creation of IC-IMPACTS New Delhi, INDIA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the Government of Canada has selected the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS) as the winner of the Canada-India Research Centre of Excellence (CIRCE) competition announced in Budget 2011.
UBC Newsletter – Top Canadian, Indian institutions form $30M partnership to improve water and infrastructure safety, eradicate diseases.
Ingeunity – Faculity of Applied Science Engineering NewsFall 2012/Winter 2013.
IC-IMPACTS Funds 5 New Health Projects in the Public Health Sector
IC-IMPACTS has successfully funded 5 new projects in the public health sector. Please click on the images below to learn more about each project. For a full list of each researcher and parter on each project, please visit our Research Projects page. Dr. Mira Johri (University of Montreal) and Dr. Jitendra K. Sharma (NHSRC Ministry of Health […]
IC-IMPACTS co-hosts Indo-Canadian Workshop to Augment Treatment Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury Patients
The ‘Design Thinking Workshop’, hosted by the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre in collaboration with IC-IMPACTS and Praxis Spinal Cord Institute (formerly known as Rick Hansen Institute) took place on December 10, 2019, in New Delhi as a part of the Canada-India Science and Technology Innovation Dialogue. Leading spinal cord injury research agencies from Canada and India were present to […]