Launching and Online Career Preparation and Self Development Course for Under Resourced Youth in Canada

Purpose and Background The “Ahead of the Game Youth Mentoring Organization” (AOTG) seeks to address the significant challenges faced by “side-lined” youth, including lack of direction, underdeveloped skills, financial literacy issues, and career preparation barriers. AOTG aims to empower youth (ages 12-29) through mentoring programs focused on leadership, emotional intelligence, and life transitions, especially for […]

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Entrepreneur Marketing Needs

This research project aims to help entrepreneurs in the Westman Region of Canada, especially those who are newcomers or from underrepresented groups, overcome their marketing challenges. Many of these entrepreneurs struggle to promote their businesses effectively due to limited access to funding and a lack of market knowledge. By working with participants in the Lending […]

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Sii T’ax Development Corporation Five-Year Strategic Plan

This project is a strategic planning project designed to transfer skills and capacity building in the form of a five-year strategic plan for the Sii T’ax Economic Development Corporation. This project will also include an assessment of the current business units of the Sii T’ax Economic Development Corporation. Based on recent and current ISIS projects […]

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5N2 Business Launchpad

5N2 is a Scarborough-based non-profit tackling food insecurity and food waste in marginalized communities. Since starting as a small soup kitchen in 2013, it now distributes over 4,200 free meals and groceries weekly, repurposing surplus food from local businesses. This reduces waste and provides essential support to those in need. In 2023, 5N2 launched 5N2 […]

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Pasture Poultry Market Potential and Cost of Production Assessment

After several years of exploration, SSMPA members believe there to be opportunity for growth of the pasture-based poultry sector in BC, given an increasing number of small-scale poultry farmers, increasingly adequate processing facilities and access to the significant consumer markets. This belief was confirmed in 2022-2023, when SSMPA leadership met with producers all over BC. […]

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Solid State Business Strategy Internship

Solid State, based in Surrey, provides support to BIPOC and racialized communities through cooperative development and social enterprise incubation. To meet our goal of onboarding 12 new cohorts annually, we need to build capacity within our development team by training young post-secondary students in cooperative development, a field growing in importance as communities seek sustainable […]

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L2M – Link Between Worlds

The Link Between Worlds is a project that focuses on bringing creative expression to peoples and communities that typically are not given a voice. The objective of The Link Between Worlds is to create sustainable and repeatable film creation opportunities for Indigenous people to grow and learn skills in the film industry, creating an outlet […]

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Forecasting for Default Recovery

The proposed project aims to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to develop a predictive model that assists in predicting delinquency in financial contexts. By integrating AI and predictive modelling approaches, the project seeks to enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and interpretability of delinquency predictions within the residential mortgages space. The focus […]

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Trend Emergence and Evolution Prospection using Machine Learning in Fully Developed Insurance Claims

This Mitacs Business Strategy Internship project unites Intact Insurance’s extensive insurance data and industry expertise with Western University’s Banking Analytics Lab’s advanced skills in deep learning, actuarial science, and data analysis. The project’s goal is to build an unsupervised deep learning model for detecting significant changes in claim patterns, surpassing the limitations of traditional change-point […]

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