Optimizing the design and implementation of technology education programs to advance skills and diversity in Information and Communications Technology in Canada

There is ample evidence that increasing Canada’s innovation, productivity and competitive advantage depends on expanding its skilled digital workforce to both implement and adopt innovative technologies. Despite the pressing need to increase the digital skills and participation of underrepresented groups in Information and Communications Technology industry and programs to diversifying computer science, the numbers have […]

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Electric bus demonstration and integration trail

Electrification of transit vehicles is a part of Ontario’s long-term strategy to reduce transportation-related GHG emissions. However, transit agencies and utility/local distribution companies face significant technological and operational hurdles in integrating “off the shelf” electric bus technologies. This project aims to overcome the social and technical challenges associated with a lack of international standardization for […]

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ADVANCED TRAINING PACKAGE DEVELOPMENT – RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE COST TRAINING

Maintenance Engineering (ME) at Bombardier Aerospace, Toronto is currently offering a 3-day-in-class Reliability and Maintenance Cost Training to airlines operating Bombardier products. The idea behind this training package is to increase the understanding of the breadth of data that needs to be collected to make logical inferences and analytical methods that can be applied to […]

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Q SERIES – MAINTENANCE PROGRAM EVOLUTION (Q SERIES C CHECK)

This project is a statistical study to verify whether the average interval between each heavy maintenance inspection checks, also known as C-Checks, can be escalated from 6000 Flight Hours (FH) to 8000 FH for Q400 aircraft. The internship serves as a crucial part of this heavily analysis- and review-oriented process. Interns are responsible for three […]

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AUDIT TOOL DEVELOPMENT FOR ENHANCING AERODYNAMICS OF AIRCRAFTS

With the rise in fuel prices, operators are constantly pushing aircraft manufacturers to find new ways to reduce their aircraft’s operating costs. One of the objectives of this project is to create a Bombardier toolkit for the C Series. This will allow the operators to input parameters such as the miss-rigging present on their control […]

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Measuring Sustainability in the Supply Chain at TD Bank Group

The purpose of this project is to develop an original model for evaluating TOBFG’s suppliers on the basis of environmental, social, and/or economic criteria. TOBFG has several initiatives to implement its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. The research will focus on helping TOBFG align its CSR strategy with its supply chain management practices, particularly as […]

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Social Media Impact Tool: Measuring ROI for Social Media Engagement

Currently there are no effective tools to capture and measure return on investment (ROI) in social media in conjunction with more traditional data points that come from sources such as Flyer Tracking and Point of Sale (POS) systems. Using visual analytics techniques, this project will develop and evaluate a set of ROI metrics that will […]

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A community capacity-building approach to educate mothers about toddlers’ & children’s oral health: An impact evaluation study.

This qualitative study will explore the social impacts provoked by the toddler & children-targeted health promotion program “Happy Smile” in small urban areas (state of São Paulo- Brazil). Mothers experiences within the program will be collected by the MITACS student , who will conduct interviews, informal conversations, and discussion groups to explore their understanding of […]

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Analysis of Narrative Driven Social Media Content Use Within Successful Social Media Campaigns Across Multiple Social Platforms To Develop a Campaign Strategy.

The proposed research will take a look at how Non-profit organizations can use storytelling to affect the outcome of their social media campaigns. The intern will be taking a look at narrative driven social content, which is social media content whether videos, audio, infographics, images, etc., that are created to tell a story and its […]

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Evaluating the impact of an educational arts program on adolescent socio-emotional and academic growth among inner-city, high needs schools

Capturing the impact of program performance on adolescent outcomes is an important way to understand the ways in which a program has best provided its services for optimal outcome success. However, there is limited literature on valid measurement of program success among arts-based educational programs. The project will undertake an outcome evaluation, which focuses on […]

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