Taal Innovation Advisors Summer Internship

Taal Innovation Advisors Inc. (“Taal”) is an innovation firm focused on business, and technical consulting, and go-to-market execution for SME sized innovative businesses. Its clients primarily include small startups that have or are receiving their first few rounds of funding and looking to enter the market. Taal currently has experienced professionals that work and operate […]

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Understanding Chinas Role in Canada’s Economic Independence from the United States

With the recent geopolitical frictions between Canada and China impacting businesses, there have been discussions about reducing the trade an investment between the two markets. However, China-related interactions generated more than $55 billion of cumulative GDP in 2018, and as of 2020, Statistics Canada demonstrated that there was $31.7 billion in trade (2) between the […]

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CommNeeds Pilot Launch

CommNeeds is a community resource-sharing platform that enables, local businesses, startups, small home-based entrepreneurs and community members to access skills and resources available in their vicinity. CommNeeds nurture micro-economy with the exchange of services locally and also establish a mechanism to equip the future workforce with the skills and experience they need. COVID and other […]

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Locally based surface extraction techniques for handheld imaging technologies

The research aims to develop a device technology and software to recover surface information from a handheld scanner. The idea is to combine pre-existing object analysis technologies with a local device capable of reconstructing an objects shape from data collected by simple (shelf component) electronics as the device is passed over the object in the […]

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Student Self-Assessment Processes: Unpacking the Critical Role of Affect

Student self-assessment (SA) refers to a suite of classroom activities wherein students reflect on their own work, abilities, and learning processes. When tailored to students’ needs and systematically integrated in classroom instruction, SA activities cultivate students’ capacity to manage their own learning, making SA foundational for success in K-12 classrooms and dynamic environments beyond (e.g., […]

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Implementing and Evaluating School Street Initiatives in Ontario: Pilot Testing Street Reallocation Initiatives in Kingston, Markham, Hamilton, and Mississauga

Compared to previous generations, Canadian children today are much more likely to be driven to school daily. This trend can be explained by various issues, including parents’ concerns about the hazards posed by traffic congestion in and around school sites. School Street initiatives are intended to make it easier for children to walk or roll […]

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Nanomaterials Based Electroencephalography Electrodes for Auditory Attention Decoding in Hearing Assistance Devices

This project aims to form a collaboration between Queen’s University with AAVAA Inc. AAVAA is developing hearing aids with capability of attention detection decoding by recording and analyzing brain waves, which are recorded non-invasively through the skin around the ear and within the ear canal. One of the main components of this system contributing to […]

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Utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Improve Agricultural Production in Developing Countries Struggling with Pre and Post Harvest Food Loss

This project aims to bridge Canadian talent with the rapidly growing technology scene in Asia, and vice versa. A huge opportunity – and challenge – that the world faces in the coming years is the issue of feeding the ever increasing global population without harming the environment. Currently, the agricultural industry is failing at this […]

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Improved AI 2D Area Plot from Laser Scan Data

Computer Vision – Business and AIoT Product Innovation Focus Applying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to solve area plot, merging, outlier, and line segmentation problems for use cases with laser scan and point cloud data.

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Playbookology Delivery Model Development

Playbookology is a new service provided by Open Door Media that focuses on strengthening small and medium-sized businesses’ operational and sales processes through various assessment tools and coaching opportunities. This new service will provide businesses with the tools and processes needed to help accelerate and sustain their growth.

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Socioculturally Responsive Classroom Assessment in Science

To support next generation learning, classroom assessment innovations are needed to promote next generation classroom practices and to signal what sociocultural perspectives we value in learning. The summer intern project will focus on applying socioculturally responsive assessment practices to analyze, critique, and refine example assessment prototypes and develop pedagogical strategies to support science learning and […]

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