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Women in Need Society – Business Intern

Finance & Accounting
· Collaborate with the F&A team on:
· Performing basic account reconciliations
· Filing Accounting documents and retrieving documentation as needed
· Compile data and a variety of reports
· Assisting team members in daily operations and special projects as needed
· Review and assess impact on financial numbers as we navigate through the Covid-19 crisis

Funds Development
· Maintain and update the WINS donor database by:
· Managing data, donor profiles, and donor research
· Validating donor records to ensure data is accurate and up to date
· Research and develop best practices for donor database management
· Collaborate with the Fund Development team on:
· Research and mapping of key policies and procedures
· Attend Fund development meetings to provide administrative support (i.e. meeting agendas, minutes, action items, etc.)
· Support the Funds Development team as they react to changing donor behavior as a result of Covid-19

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Women in Need Society

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Retail trade

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

An Investigation of the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Its Applicability to the Fort Chipewyan Community

The United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) is an international non-binding agreement signed by 187 countries, including Canada, which was formed to build community resilience through disaster risk management. The research question for this capstone project is: can the United Nations SFDRR build community resilience through improved disaster risk management including climate change adaptation measures in Fort Chipewyan? In order to respond to this question, this project will employ a multi-disciplinary approach and analyze the energy, environment, and policy dimensions in the Fort Chipewyan community. The combined impacts of environmental risks in remote communities can disproportionately affect its residents. In order to take proactive measures to ensure that these communities are not faced with significant consequences, this project will identify the current policies and strategies in place and assess whether the SFDRR can improve the community’s disaster risk management and resilience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Kleffner

Student:

Partner:

ATCO Frontec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture; Utilities

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Investigating the early marine dynamics of Skeena River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchusnerka) using scale pattern analysis

This project will address questions about the variable marine survival of different Skeena river sockeye stocks. Zooplankton sampling will be conducted along the smolt outmigration route to determine the timing of peak abundance of important sockeye prey items. The scale
characteristics of a number of different Skeena sockeye stocks across different years will be compared to determine relationships between early marine growth and smolt size, migration timing, and zooplankton abundance. Statistical analysis of historical escapement data will provide insights about spatial trends in sockeye productivity and abundance. The Lax Kw’alaams fishing community will benefit from improved predictions of future sockeye abundance in order to plan for poor returns and identify new potential terminal fisheries. The data from the zooplankton project, combined with new knowledge about smolt migration timing and growth in the early marine environment will provide insights into the differential productivity of Skeena sockeye stocks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Moore

Student:

Partner:

Lax Kw’alaams Fishing Enterprises Ltd;Lax Kw’alaams Band

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Caractérisation des lignes de fusion produites après rechargement dur sur substrat d’acier

Le procédé de soudage occasionne une modification des propriétés des matériaux adjacents. Les ingénieurs de Vélan notent la présence d’indications à la ligne de fusion suite au soudage de certaines valves. Après inspection, ces indications provoquent quelques fois le rejet du produit, car celui-ci est jugé non conforme.

Les ingénieurs de Velan soupçonnent que :
• les indications à la ligne de fusion sont des carbures,
• les non-conformités assimilables à un manque de fusion sont des fissures,
• la formation de carbures fragilise le matériau facilitant la formation de fissures et donc que les deux défis sont liés.

Un phénomène similaire a été identifié dans le passé lors du contrôle de la qualité de soudage du même type appliqué sur un acier. Ce phénomène se produisait suite à l’exposition à de hautes températures des composants. Dans le contexte actuel, la problématique se dévoile dès la fabrication des valves, avant même que les composants aient été exposés aux températures élevées de l’environnement en service.

Le projet du stagiaire consistera donc à faire une investigation métallurgique pour identifier la cause de formation des hétérogénéités qui mènent à la non-conformité des composants. On étudiera plus spécifiquement la zone de contact entre le métal dur déposé et le métal de base, en fonction de différentes conditions de déposition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Myriam Brochu

Student:

Partner:

Velan Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Resource Assistance for Youth

The project I will work on will be a research/evaluation report on the housing programs at RaY and their work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. I will utilize RaY’s service database to do a quantitative assessment of the outcomes our housing department achieved throughout the 2020-2021 fiscal year (April 1 2020 – March 31 2021). I will also collect qualitative data from staff and participants, likely through web-based surveys or questionnaires to minimize interpersonal contact. The expected end result will be a report that highlights the accomplishments of RaY’s housing programs, the needs of the youth they serve both internally and externally, and creates actionable recommendations for improvements to RaY’s housing programs. This product will help the organization because they will be able to use the findings to advocate for more or different resources when applying for funding and will be able to use the recommendations to help influence relevant local policy. Most, if not all, work can be done remotely.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Resource Assistance for Youth

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stage en développement et commercialization d’un nouveau marché (Toronto)

Activité principale développement commercial du nouveau marché de Toronto
– Analyse de marché;
– Optimisation du projet d’expansion;
– Élaborer des processus pour améliorer scalabilité du projet;
– Soutenir l’équipe de gestion des partenariats;
– Effectuer des analyses des campagnes des partenaires pour le marché de Toronto;
– Analyse de la compétition;
– Soumettre des recommandations pour le lancement de la plateforme

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Tastet

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Polykar – Michael Ménévichian

Ce projet nous apportera un nouveau regard sur nos processus et façons de travailler. Nous travaillons sans cesse pour améliorer nos processus dans le but d’être plus efficient.
Comme la pérennité est l’une de nos valeurs, nous croyons fortement qu’investir dans les jeunes d’aujourd’hui nous permettra de rester à l’affut des nouvelles technologies et des meilleurs pratiques de l’industries. Nous éviterons par le fait même de tomber dans de mauvaises pratiques archaïques. Notre industrie est assujettie à toute nouvelles lois et règlementations en matière de plastique, c’est pourquoi nous devons toujours innover afin de rester à jour dans notre offre de produit. Pour cette raison nous avons ajouter un département de recyclage des rebuts et la production de sacs compostable et biodégradables.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Les Industries Polykar Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

AYE3D Inc. – FSA UL

AYE3D a été nommée l’une des 5 startups innovantes à suivre dans le monde dans le domaine de l’affichage en 3D sans lunettes (https://www.startus-insights.com/innovators-guide/5-top-emerging-light-field-display-startups/). Notre produit initial est un écran qui permet de voir en 3D sans lunettes. Notre stratégie de marketing consistait à faire des démos dans des salons et chez des clients potentiels. Il est impossible de continuer avec cette stratégie dans le contexte actuel. Par ailleurs, la pandémie a mis en lumière la fatigue causée par Zoom et aussi le manque de “présence” à la fois pour les travailleurs et pour le monde en général, et en particulier chez les aînés. Nous avons donc réfléchi à utiliser nos moniteurs 3D sans lunettes pour faire de la téléprésence 3D d’un réalisme inégalé. Le stagiaire doit donc élaborer un modèle d’affaires, de même que la stratégie de marketing pour un nouveau produit/service à être lancé dans le domaine de la réalité virtuelle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margaret Schomaker

Student:

Partner:

AYE3D Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Saskatoon’s Open Door Society – Women’s Business Hub

The Women’s Business Hub is a program under the Saskatoon Open Door Society which is designed to help women and refugee immigrants living in Saskatoon to break into the world of entrepreneurship. As an intern, one of the main focuses is to assist the Women’s Business Hub in developing effective and sustainable strategies that relate to any future investments given to the program in the future. Alongside this task, the Women’s Business Hub is also working to enhance an e-commerce platform that can be used by entrepreneurs to sell their products. A part of my job will be to assess consumer feedback analysis from the e-commerce platform while helping entrepreneurs get accustomed to the platform. This will lead to constantly trying to better and improve the e-commerce platform. The mix of supply chain management and entrepreneurship is also relevant, leading to me taking on responsibilities that are aimed to improve efficiency and reliability of resources while considering environmental factors. Given that all participating entrepreneurs in the program are from a variety of different backgrounds, the Women’s Business Hub classified it as an asset on top of business knowledge for the intern to have had previous exposure to these different groups. Having worked as a surveyor that was responsible for communicating with Syrian newcomers and refugees in their native tongue and a background in business strategy, I believe that I can add value to the Women’s Business Hub.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tyler Case

Student:

Partner:

Saskatoon Open Door Society - Women's Business Hub

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Click and Mortar – Marilou Audet

Étant donné l’axe performance de ce projet, Marilou sera d’abord amené à intégrer ce département pour mettre la main à
pâte à différents projets d’implantation et d’optimisation de campagnes numériques. Cette phase initiale comporte
plusieurs objectifs, soit de lui permettre d’être formée par des collègues d’expériences ainsi que de lui faire découvrir la
réalité de nos clients pour qu’elle puisse à terme mieux cerner ce qui est valorisé par ceux-ci. Une fois ces acquis derrière
nous, le projet deviendra davantage axé sur la recherche et le développement puisque Marilou sera chargée de créer
notre méthodologie interne pour bien gérer des tests AB sur des sites web et ainsi augmenter les taux de conversions
numériques de nos clients. Qui plus est, elle devra réfléchir à la façon optimale de présenter ce travail aux clients.
Finalement, elle sera mandatée de prendre le pouls des besoins du département performance et de communiquer ces
besoins d’affaires au département de Data Science qui pourra développer des solutions à cet effet. Il s’agit d’un projet qui
demandera rigueur et qui comporte un fort aspect fédérateur entre besoins clients et départements internes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Click & Mortar

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Project Delivery Associate Intern – RES0054370

At AltaML, we take an invested partner approach – we combine our industry partners’ subject matter expertise with our comprehensive business and technical AI expertise. Our teams translate narrowly defined business problems into problems that can be solved through the application of machine learning to our partners datasets. Our project delivery team plays an integral role here in ensuring alignment between partner needs and ML solutions through all project phases – from concept to solution deployment. This project will increase capacity to our project delivery and resource management teams. The prospective project delivery intern will improve their knowledge base in Applied AI and gain valuable skillsets in project management, project delivery, critical thinking, and business communications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tim Hannigan

Student:

Partner:

AltaML

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Associate Product Manager Intern – RES0054369

On the product side, AltaML works with organizations looking to test and validate emerging, pre-commercial AI-powered products with an eye towards adopting the product upon launch. We have several pre-commercial products in our pipeline across various verticals that we are testing, validating, and adjusting based on customer feedback. This project will increase capacity in our product management team and improve our customer research & product validation capabilities. The intern will gain valuable experience in conducting primary research, project management, business communications, and product management for the Applied AI sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tim Hannigan

Student:

Partner:

AltaML

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship