Projets novateurs réalisés

Multi-Use Transit Corridors

This project, in partnership with the City of Saskatoon, will develop the parameters for Active Transit corridors. While the long term goal is for multiple corridors, this initial exploration and research will focus on the College Corridor adjacent to the University of Saskatchewan Campus and one that has a great deal of daily traffic. This corridor is an important access route for traffic from East to West with destinations including U of S Campus, Downtown, and two of Saskatoon’s 3 hospitals.

Usages et appropriations des droits humains au Nicaragua et au Guatemala (1990-2022)

Partant du constat de l’écart entre le grand écart existant entre l’adoption de normes de droits humains et leur application réelle dans les pays centraméricains considérés, comment et pourquoi des acteurs continuent à s’appuyer sur ces normes pour entreprendre leurs luttes? La recherche comporte un triple objectif : (1) comprendre les raisons de l’adoption de ces normes de droits humains par les “défenseur·es” (2) comprendre comment ces acteur·ices interprètent et rediffusent ces normes (3) les liens de ces phénomènes avec leurs contextes nationaux et comment cela conditionnent ces stratégies. Je souhaite ainsi à contribuer à produire des données, aujourd’hui peu nombreuses, sur ces pays. J’aspire également à décloisonner les approches en sciences sociales sur les droits humains, en faisant dialoguer les études sur les mouvements sociaux, et celles sur la circulation, l’interprétation et la diffusion des normes. Enfin, en rendant visibles ces luttes, je souhaite réfléchir à la manière de combler l’écart entre reconnaissance formelle et protection réelle des droits humains.

Implementation of Canada Digital Adoption Program technology/process recommendations

We are an independent financial advisory family-owned firm based in Edmonton. We have two financial advisors, a CFP, certified financial planner, and a CHS, certified health insurance specialist. We also have three support admin staff; two at our West Edmonton office and one remote. Are focus is providing advice to certain health professionals with income protection plans, life insurance and tax efficient savings strategies. We are licensed in BC, AB SK and ON. We recently completed a CDAP and have attached it for reference, as it includes many of our challenges and opportunities that we plan to focus on.

NAIT BSI for Zero Point Cryogenics 2024

This Mitacs BSI internship will help Zero Point Cryogenics achieve its goals of serving the market of quantum technologies, by improving our advanced assembly and manufacturing capabilities.

UW Fall Internship

Penrose Partners is a blockchain startup firm that provides transactional, educational, and corporate consulting/material production services to businesses, institutional investors, and disruptive tech companies in the blockchain space. We are the trusted advisor that bridges the gap between businesses with great ideas and blockchain adoption. In April 2023, Penrose Partners hosted the 4th annual International Tech Summit in sunny Bermuda. The summit featured sponsors and speakers from industry-leading firms and government officials. The associate cohort for Fall 2023 will work together to plan the sponsorship outreach, speakers panels, and logistics for the 5th summit in April 2024. Additionally, the interns will work alongside the Partners to assist in client work for various web3 companies. The tasks for these clients will include industry research, organizational duties, sales efforts, and pitch deck building.

Accounting Associate Intern

Tutor Teach, a nationwide educational organization, supports students in academics, extracurriculars, self-confidence, and life skills.

As our current intern’s term concludes, we recognize their significant strides in streamlining our accounting processes, but there’s more work to enhance automation and efficiency. In the 2022-23 fiscal year, financial losses underscored the need for improved tracking and monitoring.

Integration between our internal and external accounting systems is pending. We partner with an independent corporate accounting team to reconcile books, review taxes, and scrutinize expenses. The incoming intern will dive into QuickBooks, taxation procedures, book balancing, and reporting, aiming to reduce expenses and improve accuracy.

This internship offers a chance to automate internal accounting, integrate it with external practices, and gain practical accounting skills, making it a valuable opportunity for the chosen candidate.

The Launch of TradesLink Application

The Edmonton Construction Association is preparing to launch a new trades application. TradesLink is a professional social network for the construction industry. The network operates via an app that tradespeople download to their smartphone, where they build a detailed profile that showcases their education, accomplishments, and skills. TradesLink monetizes by charging employers a subscription fee to search and contact the database of tradespeople. An innovative and dynamic startup dedicated to revolutionizing the trades industry. The trades industry is experiencing an unprecedented lack of young people entering the trades professions. An app such as TradesLink is attempting to modernize the industry. Additionally, the ability to build community within the trades is very fragmented. An app such as TradesLink brings tradespeople together socially so they can build community amongst themselves. Finally, professional development for trades is also very fragmented. TradesLink brings these learning areas together so there is a single resource to find the right place to go to improve their skills.

Insect Pests Detection in Stored Grains

The proposed project is to develop a market viable insect pests detection in stored grains system based on the interns novel active microwave sensing technique. This proposal seeks to build upon optimizing the sensing capabilities of the prototype and to coherently develop a functional array of sensors. Building upon these fundamentals the project will extend to large scale testing in grain silos for real-world scenarios. Throughout the project, live-demonstrations will be put in place to focus the development towards end-user functionality designed through feedback and to later compare with any competitors. The benefits to the partner organization would be helping to foster a Canadian-based startup company through their guidance and the future possibility of the work to significantly impact the grain-managing sector in Canada.

Laser assisted cell lysis with continuous treatment setup

In this project, a process improvement will be developed for splitting open cultured algal cells to release nutritional oils contained within. A high-energy pulsed laser will be used to deliver short but intense light bursts to cause the lysis of algal cells. This technology will be applied at the production scale at Mara Renewables in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

AI/ML-Powered Talent Acquisition/Assessment Chatbot (TAC) via harnessing enhanced NLP algorithm

The talent acquisition process is crucial for organizations to meet their business objectives. However, traditional methods often have biases and inefficiencies, such as a shortage of qualified candidates, time-consuming processes, and unconscious biases. The proposed solution, known as “ATAP,” leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, a Technical Assessment Chatbot (TAC), and data analytics to improve the process of Talent Acquisition. ATAP has the potential to integrate job platforms, automate data assessment, and reduce biases. In particular, AI/ML-based technologies can improve the procedure, providing organizations with valuable insights into potential candidates and obtaining a competitive edge when hiring the right talent. In addition, AI/ML-based technologies can also help to improve Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the hiring process, reducing potential bias in the recruitment and selection process. The main objective of the proposed collaborative research is to integrate the AI/ML-based Chat Assessment feature “TAC” with the data acquisition and management platform. TAC will offer an interactive element that will enable candidates to undergo automated target evaluation and provide real-time feedback that will lead to a comprehensive candidate evaluation process. The solution will promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) practices, ensuring EDI considerations are at the forefront of the hiring process while reducing resource consumption, improving hiring timelines, and encouraging digital technology adoption in companies.

Impact of early vaccination during influenza outbreaks

Vaccination is an important preventive measure against influenza infection during both seasonal
epidemics and pandemic outbreaks. This research aims to understand the effect of early vaccination
during influenza outbreaks. The objectives are to measure the effectiveness of early vaccination in
terms of reducing disease burden (e.g., infection, hospitalization). We apply an important
methodology, namely mathematical and computational techniques, to achieve our objectives. The
goal is to evaluate vaccination scenarios that minimize morbidity and/or hospitalization, based on age profiles and other demographic variables of the population. These scenarios will identify an adaptive vaccination that could be adjusted weekly or bi-weekly, based on incidence of disease in different age groups of the population. The results will be used to inform vaccination policies, improve practices, and direct messaging for improving vaccination uptake and prioritization.

Workers Rights Toolkit Design

Alberta Workers Association for Research and Education (AWARE)is a non-profit organization that focuses on raising awareness through research and education on issues related to non-unionized workers and workers with precarious immigration status. We create educational materials and facilitate programs pertaining to workers’ rights education, precarious workers’ challenges, and unemployment.
For years, AWARE has seen the need to empower newcomers by providing educational resources. Many of our community members have expressed “We did not know how the Canadian system is.” “It would have been helpful to have information when we first came to Canada, so we could have avoided exploitation” “Having information easily accessible in multiple languages is needed”. So, with this research project, the intern will be able to make a useful and accessible information toolkit about labour rights in Alberta with Spanish translation.
There is a growing population of temporary workers in Canada. Many come to Alberta because of its strong economy. In 2021, the 775,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada represented a 92 percent increase from 2015 and a 600 percent increase from 2000 (Globe and Mail). There has also been a significant increase in international students on temporary resident permits, with over 800,000 students in 2022 which has been a 30% increase (Pie News 2022), for example, there has been an increase of 300,000 students entering Canada during 2019 to 2022.
This project will benefit our community by sharing knowledge and building AWARE capacity to better serve Edmonton, as well as building community collaboration with other organizations.