Virtual Funerals Canada is a start-up seeking to provide virtual online funerals for an industry decimated by the COVID-19 virus. Currently, there is no service like this available to families that wish to have an interactive service for their deceased loved ones in many funerals homes and cremation providers. The intern will be working with […]

Focus will be on doing market research and analysis to help support our business development and sales team identify new target markets, find new prospect customers. Focus on staying active in marketing and sales and developing a new understanding of our customer now with the “new normal”. Evaluate if there are opportunities in new segments […]

Focus will be on doing market research and analysis to help support our business development and sales team identify new target markets, find new prospect customers. Focus on staying active in marketing and sales and developing a new understanding of our customer now with the “new normal”. Evaluate if there are opportunities in new segments […]

As we are a smaller and nimble company, we have been able to drive home the importance of moving to digital infrastructure. Discussions with clients have been very positive in this regard. There are structural changes in mentality and operations occurring which our organization benefits greatly from. We are looking to drive adoption on multiple […]

This internship is focused around operations strategy and project management. Consilium is growing in both the number of product offerings as well as headcount and is in need of a more robust set of systems and processes for managing the overall growth and product development. The student will be involved with improving existing processes, implementing […]

Cold Garden’s strategy to combat the negative revenue impacts of Covid-19 restrictions is to develop creative alternatives to generate event revenue while increasing brand exposure. We. believe this differentiating strategy will provide the company with a competitive advantage in the tight craft brewing market space. Cold Garden is forecasting that the current Covid-19 restrictions will […]

With this partnership, we seek to develop a better understanding of community (custodial) efforts and approaches to saving place as they are currently being mobilized by rural and remote communities. Rural and remote communities in Canada currently face rising levels of poverty, unemployment, and deteriorating infrastructure, as well as educational and healthcare deficits. At the […]

I will be working on Cowichan Green Community’s (CGC) two proposed public projects: Garden Education Center and reFRESH Cowichan Marketplace. The Garden Education Center is an organic community farm and it acts as a store where people can buy plants and fresh produce. Its objective is to educate farmers and community members on the importance […]

Project consist of a Business Analyst who will be the vital link between our information technology capacity and our business objectives by supporting and ensuring the successful completion of analytical, building, testing and deployment tasks of our software product’s features for our platform.

I will be working with the LEAP Pecaut Centre for Social Impact, supporting the team on various strategic initiatives and go-to-market strategies. My work will consist of conducting market research, presenting strategic initiatives to the core LEAP team, and helping with implementation.

CARM&A Health is a health-related startup that is in its early stages of development. Part of building the company’s foundation requires careful business planning that is rooted in market research. The Mitacs intern will conduct this essential research and compile findings into a business plan and pitch deck. These will then help to inform CARM&A’s […]

Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children Inc. (SSPC), a not-for-profit organization, focuses on providing services to children and families that will allow for the safety of children and the healthy development of families. Previously, the organization was working on a professional rebranding, including a name change. Therefore, this project would include supporting SSPC to […]