As the company is actively looking for scaling opportunities, the business data quality assessment & monitoring project aims to unlock the unrealized value of data from internal systems such as CRM and Inventory Proprietary Inventory System to discover high-impact insights for internal stakeholders. The data project is looking to align data extracted from such systems […]

As a Cansbridge fellow, the intern will research and develop reports related to global educational pedagogy and strategic business plans for educational technology companies to promote innovation in the EdTech industry in Canada. The intern will work alongside a managerial team and relevant stakeholders within an EdTech company to develop a strategic business plan for […]

Through research and iterative testing, an intern will develop resources that will guide Social Entrepreneurs through a process of building branding and communications strategies for their ventures. The student will research industry best practices and then apply their gatherings by creating a curriculum that entrepreneurs can work through at their own pace. The student will […]

Memorial University’s Centre for Social Enterprise presents this type of organization in the following light: “Social enterprise challenges the predominant understanding of business as pursuing wealth at the expense of people and the planet. A traditional view of business measures a healthy economy by wealth gained through the trade of goods and services. Social enterprises, […]

La crise sanitaire de la Covid-19 a révélé plusieurs enjeux autour de la filière agroalimentaire, notamment celui de notre dépendance aux chaînes d’approvisionnement extérieures. Alors que de nombreux gouvernements déploient des stratégies d’adaptation à la pandémie et multiplient en parallèle les initiatives pour lutter contre les changements climatiques, quel peut être l’apport des entreprises d’économie […]

Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities (EIWFSC) is a province-wide collaborative of Indigenous women with representation from the four Indigenous groups in the province. Throughout the duration of the project, 45 Indigenous women were trained as Peer Facilitators and have been leading culturally based workshops in their respective communities with a goal to impact positive […]

Serious environmental problems exist in Mexico, but changes can still be made, especially where renewable energy initiatives can help individual companies derive economic benefits from responsible disposal of the waste they produce. This project will conduct market research for Mexico to understand food processing businesses and explore other potential target markets. By quantifying the advantages […]

This project will investigate the impact of the suspension of the distribution connected generators credit by the Alberta Utilities Commission in July 2021 on the economics of utility scale renewable energy projects in Alberta, and how their economics compare to transmission connected projects. A cost benifit analysis will then be preformed. Based on the results […]

This study examines best practices for winter economic opportunities with the desired outcome of increased economic activity during the winter months. This study will employ a social impact lens to evaluate the policies and programs in place which support economic activity in winter in Saskatoon. Adopting a social impact lens allows the research team to […]

Le présent projet, mené conjointement avec l’organisme Accent international et avec la collaboration du Cégep de Thetford et ses équipes sportives (les Filons), vise à améliorer les pratiques relatives à l’équité, diversité et l’inclusion (ÉDI) dans l’encadrement des quelque 300 étudiants-athlètes du Cégep de Thetford. Au-delà des bénéfices sociaux apportés par la mise en place […]

Project Objectives: 1. To identify the best practices in knowledge recombination by comparing science-based multinational corporations and start-up firms. 2. To suggest refinements in alliance strategies for science-based multinational corporations and start-up firms. 3. To uncover processes and organizational structures to productively exploit the confluence of biotechnology and nanotechnology by MNCs. Motivation for Research: Successful […]

This project recognizes the significant business challenges First Nations forestry enterprises face which have the effect of limiting the benefits to First Nations from forests (Wellstead and Stedman 2010). There is limited awareness of the conditions that affect the success and failure of Aboriginal enterprises in the forest sector (Trosper et al 2008). Research on […]