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Population study of First Nations Communities and the Quebec population to determine HLA frequencies and common and rare haplotypes

The determination of HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) is of crucial importance for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The wide variability of the HLA system has some progressive advantages, but can make the search for compatible donors more complex for specific populations. While populations in the regions of Quebec were characterized several years ago for the HLA system, First Nations communities were not included in this study. Lack of HLA characterization of these communities may have important clinical implications, in access to care (e.g., stem cell transplantation), but is also of interest at the anthropological level (understanding the evolutionary differences of the First Nations of Quebec).
This project will aim to estimate the differences in allele frequencies across communities. In addition to comparing HLA frequencies within First Nations communities, we will also compare those to frequencies observed in the Quebec population, as well as nationally and worldwide. This work is expected to enhance our appreciation of complexity and specificity of HLA data of the diverse population of Quebec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze

Student:

Partner:

Héma-Québec (Montreal)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Indigenous Affairs

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Accelerate

Gnowit BSI-Madiha

The purpose of this internship is to develop a marketing and sale process implementing automation tools to scale the Gnowit business. This could be achieved by applying strategies based on effective digital marketing, prospecting, account management and customer care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Muegge

Student:

Partner:

Gnowit Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Pulsating Airlift Pumps for Vertical Farming Applications

The need for food (26.6% increase since the year 2000 according to Statistics Canada 2016) and the cost of energy are increasing rapidly as the world population continues to grow exponentially. Moreover, world-wide demand for fresh water is rapidly increasing while supply is very limited. Agriculture uses 70% of the global fresh water supply as compared to hydroponics that only use 10%. However, these systems require large amounts of energy to operate. Reducing energy cost and improving productivity is critical for the sector to expand. In this project, the new airlift pumping technology developed by FloNergia will be evaluated. This pumping technology operates by air with no moving parts, no lubrication required, no noise or vibration involved and require 50-70% less energy. It improves water quality by circulating water and aerating simultaneously which improves productivity by 10%.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marwan Hassan;Wael Ahmed

Student:

Partner:

Flonergia Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Clean Technology; Energy and Utilities; Agriculture and Food

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Business Strategy Internship – ECAH

The current pandemic has been a tough time for everyone, but especially for people who are in deep need of care. ECAH promises to verify each care professional that joins the ECAH ecosystem, providing the care recipients with ease of mind in the fact that they are hiring a verified professional. The rating system also gives the care recipients the ability to provide feedback to the care takers, while informing the local community of their personal experience. For care professionals, this is an opportunity to gain financial stability while providing a helping hand within their local community. In the current economic environment, it has become tough for PSW to visit home of the people in need of care. In addition, homeowners have a tough time trusting a stranger to enter their home and take care of their loved one. ECAH provides the flexibility to these concerned individuals while taking on the liability upon themselves.
My personal contribution will be to listen to the voice of these customers and understand their true concern.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arcan Nalca

Student:

Partner:

Easy Care at Home

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Student Intern

Liberty Mutual Canada is seeking an intern to consult and lead a project to assess current state of EDII and help identify best practices and available resources to improve EDII efforts. This position will report to the head of the Liberty Mutual Canada D&I Committee and SVP, Chief Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer and work closely with other departments, including HR, underwriting and operations. Specifically, the intern position will be assigned with analyzing the current state of EDII within Liberty Mutual Canada, assess any root causes of deficiencies and recommend solutions. This will include assistance in establishing measurable goals/ objectives and reporting metrics to measure and analyze outcomes as they related to EDII. In addition, this will require will involve internal and external benchmarking towards recommending best practices or a specific defined course of action.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arcan Nalca

Student:

Partner:

Liberty Mutual Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

BSI Application_Kevin James_Entos_AlbertaSoB

Entos Pharmaceuticals (Entos) is an Edmonton-based company that has developed a novel DNA-based vaccine against COVID-19, called Covigenix. Covigenix, is a pan coronavirus vaccine that is being rapidly deployed using Entos’ patented Fusogenix technology. The role of the MBA intern will be to work with Entos’ Regulatory and Business Development teams to develop and execute a Quality and Chemical, Manufacturing, and Chemistry (CMC) strategy that will enable the Covigenix vaccine to meet all regulatory approvals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

Entos Pharmaceuticals

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Service Delivery Model proposal for non-traditional Healthcare

The overall goal of the proposed project is to help SSW determine the best service model for supporting non-traditional organizations and minimizing the impact of supply disruption on Ontario’s healthcare system. While these non-traditional customers have historically managed their own supply chain services, the vast disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left them vulnerable to supply shortages and, in some cases, unable to procure the necessary products to re-open.This body of work is extremely significant to SSW for a number of reasons. Firstly, having a clearer understanding of the best service model will enable SSW to provide more value to the entire healthcare system (i.e. from hospitals to home care to community care) and minimize the impacts of COVID-related supply disruptions on patient care. Secondly, completion of this project is urgent for SSW as these non-traditional customers typically do not have a robust supply chain strategy and are in immediate need of supplies. Additionally, SSW has continuously made it a priority to adapt its service model for greater value and set itself apart in the industry, to which this project would significantly contribute.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Medcof

Student:

Partner:

Shared Services West

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Promera Inc. – Community Builder

We are looking for the intern to help redesign our marketing strategy focused on building brand awareness through outreach to the patient and healthcare provider communities. We foresee this strategy encompassing identifying the various channels that can be used for marketing innerme, how those channels should be used (e.g., messaging), and the respective key performance indicators that can be measured to determine the effectiveness of the channel/message fit. This strategy should cover a short- to medium-term timeline (approximately 18 months) – the minimum length of time we foresee our original marketing plan being displaced by the Covid-19 pandemic – and include a budget. Promera is faced with the challenge of launching its platform in an environment where face-to-face meetings are limited. Traditionally, this has been one of the most effective ways to market to the healthcare sector. The intern will provide Promera with a national marketing strategy that can be executed while Covid-19-related restrictions are in-place (e.g., reduced travel, restrictions on medical clinic access, and cancelled conferences).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Promera Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Natural and Anthropogenic factors affecting the Nechako river watershed

Prince George Pulp and Intercontinental Pulp Company (both part of Canfor) are located in Prince George, the geographic centre of BC. The process of making Kraft pulp requires access to a considerable volume of water, which is why most pulp mills are located close to major rivers. Canfor Pulp clearly recognizes their dependence on the Nechako watershed and the role that Canfor must play in water management and stewardship. In order to manage this water resource effectively, we must understand the ways in which we use water now, as well as what our water needs will be in the future. Canfor is willing to gain knowledge about this watershed, and understand how climate change affects on this watershed as well knowledge if other sectors (e.g. agriculture or mining) affect on this watershed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jueyi Sui

Student:

Partner:

Canfor Corporation (Prince George, BC)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The Cartelle Group Ltd. – Digital Marketing Intern

This role is has less to do with helping the business pivot per se and more to do with helping the business manage the growth that is coming from more businesses recognizing that digital marketing is a necessity to growth. This role is a front seat to seeing what it is like to work as part of a start-up that works at the C level with other entrepreneurial companies and start-ups. This role is a practical, hands on, get the job done, make a difference and drive results for clients along with the business. Strategically, this role will help participating in crafting the event sequence needed to scale Cartelle along with its clients. From an organizational point of view this role is a pivotal role to help scale Cartelle as a company. At a bigger picture this role helps our clients grow which further develops Calgary’s competence for growing technology start-ups. Calgary has fallen behind due to our over-reliance on the oil and gas industry. As a business community we desperately need to learn how to create and scale start-ups to make them global leaders. We work with our clients to do that.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

The Cartelle Group Ltd

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Meta Capital Partners – Business Analyst Intern

Meta is seeing fewer Sell Side M&A Business Opportunities through third party brokers as a result of COVID-19. We believe that utilizing an intern to analyze and research our key acquisition segments and target companies would allow us to make more outbound business development approaches to pursue more investments and transactions. The internship is intended to aid in the identification of investment opportunities for Meta Capital. With successful opportunities identified, Metal will be deploying investment capital into the Canadian SME market. This investment is intended to continue the economic advancement of active business providing continued and additional economic activity in Canada (driving employment, tax revenue, etc.).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Meta Capital Partners

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Placeholder Canada Inc. – Operations Analyst (1)

As mentioned above, we are in the process of pivoting (or expanding) our business into flexible Warehouses in addition to our core Office vertical. We will continue to pursue both verticals, but Warehouses are our primary focus until the end of 2020 (at least). As the demand for new office space slowly comes back, and in whatever form people are comfortable with, the flexibility of our product makes us well-positioned to take advantage of this “new normal.” An intern will help us understand both markets and how we can be best positioned to address their needs. An intern will help us analyze our organization in the context of a post-COVID world and what the next phase of the global commercial real estate market will be. An intern will help us answer questions such as: 1) What does the demand for office space look like post-COVID? 2) How much of the increased demand for flexible Warehouse space we’re seeing right now is COVID-related versus business as usual? 3) Going forward, how should we allocate our time between our Office and Warehouse verticals?

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

PlaceHolder Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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