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BSI Application – Jared Aleong, EDC, Winter Semester 2021

The intern plans to engage with the Data Management & Stewardship (DMS) team at EDC, which is responsible for the governance of information on all companies that are relevant to EDC’s business, as well as the people who are associated with those companies. The DMS team is responsible for company and individual records from the time they are created through to the end of their lifecycle. The impact of the DMS team is significant, as they are responsible for ensuring the quality of data used by EDC’s other lines of business. Working on the DMS team at EDC, the intern will gain a thorough understanding of EDC’s mandate, its different lines of business, in addition to various customers and operations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Howard Nemiroff

Student:

Partner:

Export Development Canada Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Enablers and Constraints in the International Scaling of Technology SMEs

See attached pdf

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Faculty Supervisor:

Majid Eghbali-Zarch

Student:

Partner:

Husky Centre

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

AI Software Co-op Position

Researching AI concepts and technologies
– Search for peer-reviewed, state-of-the-art methods
– Implement features and evaluate effectiveness
– Develop new/modified methods for applying to our project specifically
Deep Reinforcement Learning model training and validation
– Train RallyAI using different algorithms
– Might be involved implementing/designing algorithms
– Examine training logs for learning trends
– Validate model(s) with demo environment
Collaborative design with AI team
– Be involved with
– planning discussions
– design and implementation of new features
– improving the speed/efficiency of scripts
-assessing learning progress
– algorithm design and implementation

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Trappenberg

Student:

Partner:

Potential Motors

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

La fidélisation des bénévoles par le développement du sentiment d’appartenance : recherche-intervention dans un organisme à but non lucratif de lutte contre le cancer

Avec la marchandisation du secteur non-lucratif, le changement d’idéologie du milieu philanthropique et les bouleversements vécus à l’heure actuelle à cause de la pandémie mondiale, les Organismes sans but lucratif (OSBL) ont de plus en plus de mal à fonctionner et donc remplir leur mission.
Ce contexte particulier exerce de plus en plus de pression sur les bénévoles, qui représentent la ressource première des OSBL. Or, de plus en plus aux prises avec de l’épuisement professionnel, engendré par les demandes et tensions grandissantes du milieu non-lucratif, les bénévoles voient leur engagement diminuer avec le temps.
Ceci est un enjeu de société, puisque nous avons tous intérêt à préserver la vitalité de nos OSBL, socle communautaire et social de première importance. Ce pourquoi ce projet proposera des pistes de solutions pour aider les bénévoles à se sentir bien dans leur bénévolat, grâce à la mise en place d’un plan d’action de communication favorisant leur sentiment d’appartenance face à leur pratique et à l’organisation dans laquelle elle s’inscrit.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Consuelo Vásquez

Student:

Partner:

Société canadienne du cancer (Montréal, QC)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Estimating Market Potential and Location-Allocation for Land-Use Modelling

As Lowe’s Companies Incorporated expands their organization across Canada they face tough decisions about where to locate new retail stores. These decisions take place at different scales and require choices to be made about what towns or cities would benefit from a new home improvement center and where within these towns or cities the center should be located. This project extends traditional site-location analysis and develops new approaches and customized tools to assess the best locations for new stores. More broadly, the project establishes a baseline of analysis routines that can be incorporated into models of land-use change to evaluate how drivers of retail site selection change over time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Derek Robinson

Student:

Partner:

Lowe's Companies Canada Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Advanced Manufacturing; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Relever le défi de l’intégration par les gestionnaires de propriété immobilière des nouvelles pratiques et connaissances développées durant la crise de la COVID-19 de 2020 pour gérer les risques de santé, sécurité, bien-être et confort des usagers d’un immeuble à bureaux

Ce projet a pour but de fournir aux investisseurs en immobilier commercial investissant sous forme de capitaux propres dans les entreprises de construction impliquées dans les projets de développement immobiliers au Québec une analyse des meilleures pratiques et techniques d’investissement commercial en bâtiment durable recensé dans le milieu académique et identifié dans le milieu professionnel auprès d’acteurs de renommée en la matière. Le partenaire de stage recevra également à la fin du stage un outil d’analyse comprenant une liste de critères spécifiques à l’investissement en immobilier commercial propre au bâtiment durable qui lui permettra d’adapter ses modèles d’investissements actuels afin d’y inclure des critères spécifiques au développement durable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrée De Serres

Student:

Partner:

BOMA Quebec

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Étude sur la résilience des initiatives d’agriculture urbaine communautaires dans le cadre de la COVID19 : constats et apprentissages

L’agriculture urbaine est un outil d’intervention sociale utilisé par de nombreux groupes communautaires montréalais afin de fournir des fruits et légumes aux personnes en situation d’insécurité alimentaire. Ce projet évaluera l’impact du COVID19 sur ces projets d’agriculture urbaine et sur les organisations communautaires portant ces initiatives. Elle identifiera les enjeux alimentaires soulignés par cette crise pour les organismes communautaires venant en aide aux personnes vulnérables en situation d’insécurité alimentaire. Depuis 2009, de nombreux projets en agriculture urbaine ont été développés par les organismes communautaires en sécurité alimentaire (jardins collectifs) et depuis quelques années des projets en innovation sociale et de plus grande envergure ont été mis sur pied (fermes urbaines sociale). Si littérature scientifique existante montre que l’agriculture urbaine est un outil mobilisé pour faire face aux crises, il reste que très peu de recherches ont été effectuées dans le domaine. Cette recherche vient apporter son effort afin de combler cette lacune, tout en s’inscrivant dans une démarche d’analyse sur les bonnes pratiques et sur la résilience alimentaire urbaine que peuvent apporter les initiatives en agriculture urbaine montréalaise en temps de crise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Duchemin

Student:

Partner:

Montréal métropole en santé

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Digital Readiness: An Evaluation of Rural Broadband Models in British Columbia

Connectivity is a critical service, a foundational need to actively participate in the economy and society. However, rural communities in British Columbia (BC) continue to face challenges with connectivity. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on this digital divide, demonstrating the inequities resulting from connectivity challenges.
Across rural BC, local governments have been increasingly taking ownership over connectivity. The result is a wide range of innovative approaches relating to infrastructure, network operation, and internet service provision. Little research has been done to investigate or understand these approaches, leaving communities with no information to demonstrate what enables models to be successful, or to help communities to understand what models may be appropriate to use.
The goal of this research is to identify, understand, and evaluate existing models of rural connectivity in rural BC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah-Patricia Breen

Student:

Partner:

City West

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Selkirk College

Program:

Accelerate

Yóntstha Ka’nikonhrí:yo (Using a Good Mind)

This research project seeks to examine the Haudenosaunee cultural principles of Kayaneren’kó:wa (The Great Law), Skén:nen (Peace and Balance), Ka’satsténshera (Power and Unity), and Ka’nikonhrí:yo (Good Mind / Righteousness). Through research of historical documents, investigation of the current literature, and consultation with Haudenosaunee knowledge keepers, this project seeks to discover innovative ways that these cultural concepts can be applied in the twenty-first century and beyond. In collaboration with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, the findings of this research will be utilized to develop operating principles and a strategic plan to be used by the partner organization. The findings of this research will also benefit Indigenous individuals and organizations that seek to promote the revitalization of Indigenous culture and language through Indigenous cultural based principles.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ivona Kucerova;Michael Doxtater;Brandon Martin

Student:

Partner:

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Le développement des nouvelles pratiques de l’innovation ouverte au Québec : L’excubation comme nouveau modèle d’innovation

L’excubation est une des pratiques de l’innovation ouverte qui permet aux entreprises de mettre en place des collaborations avec différents acteurs externes, afin d’identifier de nouvelles technologies et d’accélérer leurs processus d’innovation. En effet, cette nouvelle pratique consiste à externaliser une partie ou l’ensemble du processus d’innovation afin de se libérer des rigidités organisationnelles. Elle semble ainsi être un modèle gagnant-gagnant qui permet aux grandes entreprises de surmonter leurs inerties organisationnelles et aux PME innovantes et startup de déployer leurs innovations à grande échelle. Cependant, pour bien mener des projets d’excubation, une structure d’intermédiation s’avère nécessaire afin d’effectuer le maillage entre les deux entités. La présente recherche vise à mieux comprendre les enjeux de la mise en place d’un projet d’excubation par un intermédiaire en innovation. La méthodologie choisie est l’étude de cas, à l’aide d’entrevues réalisées avec les différentes parties prenantes du projet étudié.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexie Labouze-Nasica

Student:

Partner:

Continuums

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Management of companies and enterprises; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Mapping Intangible Cultural Resources through Reading Culture Analysis

In 2011, the City of London started developing a cultural resource database and mapping capability to provide a calculation of the economic impact of culture in the city and an assessment London’s cultural facilities infrastructure, with focus on tangible cultural resources. Although potentially more valuable than the tangible cultural assets, intangible cultural resources have not been explored in equal depth as they require specific methodologies and approaches to be captured and mapped out. The aim of this post-doctoral research is to define and apply a new methodology to discover intangible cultural resources of the City of London based on assessment of library and museums habits obtained via statistical analysis of public library and museums databases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandra Parmegiani

Student:

Partner:

City of London;Canadian Urban Institute;Novita Interpares Limited

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Risk Analysis of Affordable Housing Mortgage Models

Habitat for Humanity (H4H) Halton-Mississauga (HM) provides affordable housing to families in the Halton-Mississauga region. This research project examines the viability – from a financial, organizational risk and family impact point of view – of different mortgage models. It is anticipated that the research would present practical and practicable analytics that would enable H4H-HM, and other local H4H affiliates, to advance mortgage models that foster long-term financial sustainability, represent modest/manageable risk to affiliates but which, importantly, maximize a positive impact on the families that Habitat for Humanity affiliates serve.
The research involves models describing the evolution of interest rates, housing prices, and other relevant economic variables such as unemployment. The analysis will provide insights into the risk profile of different mortgage models and their potential impact on the organization (H4H-HM). This information is crucial to sustain the H4H-HM’s mission of providing affordable housing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

R. Mark Reesor;Adam Metzler

Student:

Partner:

Habitat for Humanity Halton-Mississauga

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

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