Research our organization’s current ability to adapt to events such as COVID-19 and options we could take to improve this flexibility (I.e. what is our cross-training status across the organization, how well are we operating and completing tasks digitally, without face-to-face contact, could this be made more efficient)

This project will investigate the ways businesses in the tourism, events and convention industry as well as the energy services industry, dealt with or are dealing with the crisis. These are the two hardest hit industries according to the Prime Minister.

This project would accelerate the work Rainmaker is doing to create new opportunities for Canadian companies expanding to new markets in order to survive; and recover from the COVID economic impact. Rainmaker will expand its market knowledge, and by extension become more effective in our support for Canadian companies as they recover from the covid […]

Blue Monarch Management is a Canadian, privately-owned Management Consulting firm operating in Calgary and Toronto specializing in critical inquiry, strategy and business transformation. At every touch point, our consultants and business development staff reflect on what experience we want our prospects, clients, partners, and team members to have. Blue Monarch Management consultants speak ‘digital’ and […]

A strategic analysis and development of possible digital technology solutions and virtual event applications, along with implementation assistance that will assist our organization in restoring and/or modifying our operations toward success in a new environment disrupted by and likely changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This project will also allow AMI RockChain to identify and potentially obtain assets that are on the market due to the impact of COVID-19 within this industry. The increased market intelligence is also essential as infrastructure and construction industries that were shut down during COVID-19 are now commencing their projects under tighter deadlines and with […]

Integrated management of land and water resources is critical to best addressing increasing resource demands of society while maintaining a healthy environment. Combining computer mapping and satellite data at the watershed scale with integrated resource management models will provide governments, industry and nongovernmental agencies with a new generation of resource planning and management capabilities. Watersheds […]

Quantifying the current extent of wetlands and how they have changed over the last number of years is important for understanding how wetland ecosystem services (including flood mitigation, food services, and migrating bird habitats) are sensitive to climate change. In this project, we will work with the partner organization to develop accurate methods for wetland […]

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, which started in Dec. 2019, has so far not been contained due to unpreparedness and unsuccessful development of antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2. In response to this pandemic, we propose strategies for the development of novel antiviral agents against a number of known viral targets using in-silico modeling and laboratory testing to rapidly […]

Although recreational and medicinal marijuana is legal in Canada regulations limit the content of certain cannabinoids, such as ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9THC) in commercially grown strands. With close collaboration with our industrial partner Plantbiois Ltd., this research project will develop methods to produce ?9THC by synthetic conversion from highly abundant cannabinoids in unregulated, low THC strains. We […]

With the legalization of cannabis, a serious issue facing Canadians is: how will consumers know their products are safe and created with their health in mind? Many Cannabis products claim diverse health benefits, ranging from treating pain to reducing inflammation and affecting tumor growth. While this is incredibly exciting, have all of these products been […]

Robots and other autonomous machines currently have limited sound awareness and speech recognition capabilities, which limits their ability to interact with humans. Applying insights from cognitive neuroscience provides novel ways to improve these interactions. The primary objective of this proposal is to implement an auditory AI for robotics that finds human talkers in the environment […]