Traditional Land Use Mapping and Environmental Assessment with Maawandoon

This research will assist First Nation members to monitor First Nations territories, lands and waterways and document Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS). To document cultural aspects of land use and assess the environment through video, maps and workshop teachings. In the process, Elders and Knowledge keepers will honour their cultural traditions of transferring and sharing knowledge […]

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ioAirFlow, Summer Technical Researcher

Because of the renewed interest in building health due to COVID-19, there has been a surge in demand for building audits – particularly around air quality testing. This position is created to focus predominantly on expanding ioAirFlow’s analysis capacity into air quality testing, while continuing to build on the company’s existing indoor environmental quality analysis […]

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Meteorological Assistant

The position of a Meteorological assistant will be worked at Weatherlogics during the 2021 summer. The beginning of the internship will include being brought up to speed on Weatherlogics tools and procedures for creating their various products. Most notably including agriculture forecasts and reports, severe weather outlooks, and weather model enhancements. Next the specific project […]

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Gandhi – Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

This project involves an opportunity to enhance on-line educational programming for the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and also forge greater collaborations with other wildlife protection agencies and organizations in the province of Manitoba, in Canada, and/or internationally. Through this project a template will be designed for the Centre that will build connections between Manitoba educational curriculum […]

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Kitigay: Indigenous food systems research with Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, Manitoba

This research documents the social impact of an Indigenous food systems development and education program called Kitigay. Kitigay means to plant in Ojibway to describe planting food but also ideas and education. This proposed participatory research supports farm and wild rice paddy design, implementation, training, and food product marketing in the First Nation of Brokenhead […]

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Kisik clean energy solar photovoltaic power with Sayisi Dene First Nation

Sayisi Dene First Nation is a fly-in remote northern Manitoba community wanting to shift to clean energy. Kisik Clean Energy focuses for this project on shifting this diesel energy-dependent First Nation communities to solar energy integrating energy storage with lithium-ion batteries for assisting with microgrid technology. The Sun will soon deliver the Sayisi Dene community’s […]

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Zoonotic Officer

The position of Zoonotics Officer will help in managing the care of wildlife patients and ambassadors at the Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation Centre and lead the Wildlife Haven Hospital team in zoonotic compliance and protocol development. I will be in charge of any Zoonotic diseases on site, and enforce protocols ensuring the safety of staff/volunteers and […]

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Delphi Tecnologies 2 – Asper school of Business

It is forecast that by 2023, Canada will be facing a critical shortage of pilots. If the launch of Delphi technology’s MVP is successful, it is predicted that the project will significantly aid Canada in this critical shortage. The main challenge with this project is raising the desired amount of awareness for the brand, given […]

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An Integrated Software Suite for Rail Condition Analysis using Machine Learning

Rail transit and freight rail properties apply rail grinding to maintain rail condition and ensure satisfactory performance of rail infrastructure systems. The proposed research investigates and applies a variety of computationally intelligent algorithms to establish useful relationships between rail corrugation, noise generation, and vibration. These relationships will support more timely and effective rail grinding interventions. […]

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Asper School of Business – REES Technology Group

REES Technology Group Inc. (Respect, Educate, Empower, Survivors) is an early-stage start-up that provides a clear and consistent reporting platform to sexual assault survivors and victims. Founded in 2019, the social impact technology company specializes in the design, development and implementation of online reporting for sexual violence. It provides a centralized online reporting hub with […]

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Asper School of Business – Mitacs BSI – Carbon Block

The day to day will be conducting research into (1) What the existing carbon offset methodologies are and how they are composed,( 2) how solar specifically reduces coal/natural gas, (3) How to prove solar production by location, (4) how to calculate grid CO2 intensity from different grid inputs, i.e. 50% coal, 25% natural gas, 20% […]

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PI3K-dependant regulatory B cells in immunity

Our research focus is to understand the function of the PI3K family of enzymes, and the intracellular signals they produce, in immune system defenses and regulatory functions. Our specific aim is to understand how the dynamics of immune responses generated by B cells are controlled by these signaling enzymes to produce protective or ineffective immune […]

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