Energy storage can help address the intermittency of renewable energies (such as solar and wind power). Different methods were developed to store energy for later uses. D’Arcy Mann, the founder of TESS Research Ltd., developed a method of high temperature thermal storage that would allow surplus power from renewables to be input year-round and given […]

The COVID-19 pandemic is the greatest public health disaster in over a century resulting in the death of nearly 6 million people world-wide. The virus has evolved over the last two years to highly transmissible variants, outpacing our efforts to contain it by mass vaccination. Effective drugs that can curtail the infection at early stages, […]

The CXN360 service by Ag Exchange Group (https://cxn360.ca) is an online grain marketing service that allows grain buyers to make offers to purchase grain commodities and allows grain growers to make offers to sell grain commodities. CXN360 currently services the Canadian Prairies and Ag Exchange Group plans to extend the service into international markets and […]

The intern will assist the company in the successful implementation and tweaking of a new ERP system. These duties will include learning the company’s operational processes, auditing inventory counts, updating SOPs to work with the new automated processes, integrating supply chains, and aligning orders to inventory. The expected benefit is that the company will have […]

The interns will be tasked with creating a unique online platform for healthcare providers and veterinarians to be validated, and able to order custom medications. This type of platform does not exist yet. It will involve a thorough embedded validation process, user management, an advanced search and filter function, embedded educational/regulatory/product information, a complex pricing […]

The proposed research aims at overcoming the issues with oat hulls waste management by developing green processes for its conversion to higher value chemicals. The intern will be investigating hydrothermal extraction and microwave assisted hydrolysis system for the extraction of hemicellulose and its conversion to arabinoxylan and furfurals. Richardson Milling Limited (RML) is a global […]

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has been impacted by COVID-19, but also our members have been impacted by the challenges and opportunities currently facing business in this environment. We are a member driven organization that serves the business community in a few key ways. We are an advocate for the business community, we offer networking […]

The Saskatchewan REALTORS® Association (SRA) merged the local and provincial membership associations together as of January 1, 2020. A global pandemic hit just two months later, forcing our organization (like many others) to shift quickly for our members. However, between the pandemic and merging of associations, SRA struggles with low engagement with its members, and […]

Environmental Instruments Canada Inc. (EIC) develops, manufactures, and sells innovative radiation safety equipment. Our current flagship product is an extremely fast radon detector – an essential tool used by radon mitigation contractors to locate the optimal point to install radon mitigation systems. Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally when uranium breaks down in […]

Western Canada produces 40% of world’s flax for oil. After the harvesting of oilseed, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 tonnes of flax straw is produced annually. Only small fraction of the straw is used and remaining are currently underutilized. The flax straw calorific value is similar to the woody biomass. Flax straw combustion for power […]

This project will examine bird-habitat relationships at the Nature Conservancy of Canada Old Man on His Back Conservation area. Understanding how conservation grasslands can be managed to maintain high quality Species at Risk habitat is critically important for Canada to meet its obligations under the Species at Risk Act. We have three objectives: 1) determine […]

Naturally saline lakes are highly productive ecosystems that support a wide variety of species and are of commercial value for sodium sulphate production used as detergents and other commercial products. Saskatchewan contains the most saline lakes in all of Canada, and many of these lakes are critical staging habitat for migratory shorebirds that rest and […]