Electronic Health Records (EHR) are the digital collection of a patient’s health information. EHRs can benefit clinicians, healthcare administrators and patients through the use of information technologies to manage various aspects of healthcare. These investments require sustained efforts to engage a multitude of stakeholders, and allow them to seek opportunities to automate, integrate and digitize […]

Create a Social Innovation Franchising (SIF) model for CMIM CMIM would like to expand their operations regionally and nationally to provide programming to students across all of Canada through what is called social franchising. The social franchising model is defined as using entrepreneurial principles that make up traditional franchising to create, organize and manage a […]

The Social Innovation Academy will be working with a network of Mitacs interns to develop national-scale backend infrastructure resources for incubation and acceleration organizations across Canada. These resources may include (but are not limited to): initiatives for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion; impact measurement frameworks; In addition, interns will provide marketing, research, and financial analysis […]

The project seeks to understand how the financial regulation of large scale cash transactions negatively impacts Indigenous communities. As well as, the time and cost associated with the regulatory burden of tracking large scale transactions for small, Indigenous credit unions. The partner organization, Me-Dian Credit Union, will benefit from cost savings and regulatory changes by […]

MechMonkey is an innovative technology platform dedicated to facilitating Auto repair shops’ appointment management system. With MechMonkey, Auto repair shops can manage their appointments and interactions with their customers. Additionally, a mobile app allows their customers to schedule services, save invoices, and have reminders set for their vehicle maintenance. MechMonkey is a one-stop solution for […]

Lighthouse Coffee Roasters is a company that focuses on supporting the small town farmers in the rural Myanmar, by importing coffee cherries every year from the harvest, and selling it post roasting in the local Canadian market. Currently, they have built a loyal customer base that has a sustainable return ratio, but want to have […]

3Common is a social scheduling application that looks to solve the problem of scheduling and finding activities ideas within our users’ social lives. This tool will be like a Microsoft teams’ group where you can view your friends’ schedules, send invites, track RSVP’s, retain event details, and see which events your friends are attending. In […]

Ayrshire is an investment management firm focused principally on real estate investing in Alberta. We own retail, office and residential properties in multiple markets. Recently we have seen a shift in investment demand associated with new acquisition and developments of multifamily apartment housing in Western Canada. Recently Ayrshire received federal funding through CHMC Rental Construction […]

Royal Auto Group needs to expand their market and create a new more diverse client base for their products and services. The intern, Randi will develop new marketing strategies and implement plans for media campaigns, ad buys and work with staff to market to clients in the region.

Accidents can be predicted and avoided with the use of health and safety data management software. (Guzman 2013) While a variety of IT health and safety management solutions have been developed for Fortune 500 companies, few of these solutions meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. One that does is Business2Mobile’s (B2M) Web API […]

The District of Squamish (District) declared a climate emergency in 2019 and set the target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. In support of this declaration, the District launched a Circular Economy (CE) Roadmap in 2021. There is a global groundswell of collaboration recognizing the […]

Le projet de recherche vise à étudier le processus de réalisation d’une stratégie en développement durable au sein d’une entreprise minière. Pour se faire, une étude longitudinale de quatre à huit mois sera réalisée dans deux ou trois secteurs de l’entreprise Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) afin d’obtenir une idée globale de la perception […]