Through this project, the intern will further enhance and learn more about: • Knowledge in a business field- not only will this opportunity expand his understanding of B2B marketing, but it will also provide further exposure to the Canadian business culture • Methods for solving business problems- this project will allow the intern to use […]

Through this BSI internship, the student intern will make themselves available to the startups within the Town of Innisfil’s (“TOI”) business incubator, to provide them with business strategy and legal guidance. Much of this work will include assisting a variety of technology startups with intellectual property research and strategic guidance in the interest of ensuring […]

Buzaker Law Firm is looking for ways to innovate and bridge access to justice for small businesses, struggling to stay afloat, meeting their commercial tenancies obligations and protecting their intellectual property. Provision of legal information on the business, legal, and IP strategy to small businesses during the Pandemic can help alleviate some of the challenges […]

We are a start-up on a mission to redesign how we work and how we hire. We have built an innovative platform that allows clients / employers and professionals to connect. While the start-up was born in the pre-COVID-19 world, it aligns perfectly with the current and post-COVID-19 world. We are disrupting an established industry […]

Manzer Hair Studio is a friendly/ welcoming small female owned and operated hair salon business located in downtown Toronto. Manzer Hair Studio was able to pivot to an online store that sells personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, face shields, hand sanitizer to the local Toronto community. Unfortunately, Manzer hair has missed out on many […]

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality internationally. Current CVD diagnostics are limited to basic tools that provide a generalized number without quantitative indication of overall health, such as blood pressure, or lifestyle risk scores. More invasive diagnostic imaging can be done, but at great cost to the healthcare system. We […]

The underlying technology will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze oculomotor (eye movement) data to learn and extract human translatable features/symptoms of concussion. The software is computationally light-weight that is capable of running on portable hardware with minimal computational power. The intern will examine the system’s commercialization by conducting interviews with potential customers and identifying […]

Heme is a naturally occurring molecule found in our blood and as well as in animals, responsible for carrying oxygen throughout our body. Interestingly, heme has been commercially used in various products such as in cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and food. The traditional production of heme however often involves animal slaughter and harsh chemical processing, which is […]

We are looking to drive the operational cost down for Corda R3 nodes. Corda R3 is a smart-contract Distributed Ledger technology. Our strategy is to do so by minimizing the cloud computing resources. Using machine learning and historic data we can proactively orchestrate a large number of nodes on behalf of our clients. The interaction […]

Our method reveals the interaction landscape of a given drug. We will generate a two-part biosensor inside living cells. The first part involves a genetically encoded reactive ‘beacon’. The second part is the drug of interest, synthetically modified with complementary reactivity to the beacon. When present together in cells, both parts chemically combine to form […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased depression and anxiety in Canada, adding to the current opioid drug dependency crisis. Mental health supports can be used with drug options to relieve symptoms and promote better health. Some cases of depression are resistant to treatment, and alternatives are needed that bring patients relief. Psilocybin is a compound found […]

Median sternotomy is the standard approach in heart surgery. Over 1.5M operations are performed worldwide annually; 45K in Canada. Wires are used post-operatively to close the sterna, leading to instability, micro-motion and pain. Alternative techniques lack effectiveness or are cost prohibitive. Glass polyalkenoate cements (GPCs) are used in restorative dentistry, orthodontics and ear, nose and […]