The research would evaluate the existing financing options for home building in the first nation community. It would also look at the viability of using alternative finanCing vehicle for channeling private equity from the various markets. This research hopes to provide the First Nations communities with the necessary financial tools to leverage the existing equity […]

Background: The Creative Destruction Lab is a seed venture development program for massively scalable science and technology based ventures founded to positively impact the human condition. The CDL has instituted a unique summer program in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerates ventures that address Covid-19 in terms of information-based solutions. CDL-West, based at UBC […]

The Creative Destruction Lab is a seed venture development program for massively scalable science and technology based ventures founded to positively impact the human condition. The CDL has instituted a unique summer program in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerates ventures that address Covid-19 in terms of information-based solutions. CDL-West, based at UBC Sauder […]

This particular version of a volatility model was shown to be effective using past deutschemark against dolier data. Since the introduction of the common euro currency and the recent turmoil to afflict financial markets it is scientifically Interesting and Socially !mportant to determIne if this model can be calibrated to provide an accurate fit to […]

With the onset of COVID-19, the commercial real estate industry has been greatly impacted as fewer individuals and businesses are using office spaces. As such, with growing uncertainty, it is imperative to adapt, develop, and strategically plan for the foreseeable future. This project serves two purposes: 1) Assist in operational transformation using cloud-based technology and […]

Compass offers a wide range of decision support services, analysis, and innovative tools to help people, government, and industry make informed decisions. We help groups balance technical, social, environmental, and financial objectives to make sure things that matter most are evaluated correctly and fairly. Much of our work relies on face-to-face interaction which has been […]

Go Bee, Inc. (Go Bee) is an experiential marketing company that provides customized marketing campaigns in order to introduce brands to consumers, converting consumers into customers. Facing unprecedented times, Go Bee has decided to add a new division, Connector to leverage the firm’s strong capabilities in the digital product sampling space by providing a virtual […]

We are launching an innovative new business that will deliver premium, hospital-grade sanitization services to small and medium businesses impacted by COVID-19. In Vancouver alone, 14,000 businesses have faced mandatory closures as a result of COVID-19. More than 80 percent of restaurants and hotels are closed, and getting these businesses back open and operating safely […]

Today, decisions on which products continue in the product line even when it’s near its end of the lifecycle are arbitrary and often made intuitively based on gut feelings. This could incur serious and unnecessary financial loss, and also means the decision is made in a mostly qualitative fashion and doesn’t include as much quantitative […]

Arbutus Search Group is a recruitment and placement agency that due to the effects of COVID-19, is pivoting to offer a new service that will allow them to create a better more broad service offering that will include training and development services in the area of recruitment. The Marketing Research Analyst Intern will build a […]

The goal for this internship is to devise a marketing plan to re-educate the public on what Independent Living and Assisted Living are and how they are different than Long Term Care, and instill a feeling of safety from making the choice to move to our residence during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The marketing strategy […]

Company Background: Popul8 aims to build immersive and intelligent technologies to map the industrial world. Our goal is to enable workers to solve complex problems by communicating visual information and facilitating remote and real-time collaboration. In order to safely restart businesses, Popul8 applications help address social distancing and travel restrictions by enabling remote team collaboration […]