The construction industry is plagued by a multitude of rising costs that threaten to curb achievable profit margins. This rise in costs is ultimately transferred to the end-user, as the construction industry seeks to maintain the viability of their business model. Nexite High Performance Envelope (Nexii) panels are composite polymer-concrete cladding panels with a finished […]

First Canadian Financial Group (FCFG) provides services and products to automotive and recreational vehicle dealers across Canada. First Canadian Insurance Corporation is a life company providing creditor group products on vehicle loans. Millennium Insurance Corporation is a property and casualty company offering after-market warranties, protection products and agreements, and total loss assistance on financed vehicles. […]

Drug Checking is a harm reduction method that allows people who use drugs to be more informed on what they are consuming, and public health to better understand what substances are in their communities. The U.S. CDC has estimated the cost of the opioid crisis annually in America is over one trillion dollars, so this […]

Vertical farming is an emerging industry driven by the intersection of rising food prices, climate volatility and reduced technology costs. However, there are two major barriers to the widespread adoption and long-term viability of vertical farming among prospective entrepreneurs, farmers, and food businesses: high capital costs associated with turn-key vertical farm systems and limitations to […]

The Highbanks Society, located in Calgary, Alberta, provides long-term, safe, affordable housing and social programs that provide security, stability, and eliminate barriers to growth for pregnant or parenting women between 16-24 years of age. This internship will assess the impact of the current Highbanks Society housing program ‘Homes for Heroes’ and identify opportunities for expansion, […]

A Venture Capital Internship focused on investment deals in Asia-based startups.

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 […]