This series of internships will draw heavily upon the expertise within SiMPACT, towards the purpose of developing Social Value Canada as a non-profit professional network that is more equipped to operate independently, including generating ongoing and future revenue. Benefits to SiMPACT include the opportunity to embed its knowledge into a vehicle that can further the […]

Scientific research papers are complex, dense, and filled with jargon, so traditionally the valuable knowledge they contain has been accessible to only a handful of experts. SAGE publishing, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, and Dr. Adam Frost, a cognitive neuroscientist, independently created video formats that help scientists directly communicate their discoveries and practices […]

The intern will be conducted industry-focused research geared towards increasing the understanding of native plant species survivability in various green roof systems. This will include plant species selection based on reported survivability in a green roof microclimate, and recording any differences in plant health (evapotranspiration, biomass, etc.), during the season when grown in multiple green […]

Road safety affects everyone, not just Geotab customers. With several years of driving and environmental data from over 2 million connected vehicles we have an opportunity to make our customers safer, as well as our communities and cities. To reduce accidents, we need to understand both the driving behavioural patterns that are predictive of accidents, […]

Globally, obesity continues to be a growing public health challenge and has been associated with cardiometabolic diseases including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Current strategies aimed at reducing these cardiometabolic diseases include treatments aimed at controlling hypertension, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. In more severe cases, bariatric surgery is used to decrease […]

Modern mobile phones have become the dominant photography device in recent years. However, their users are often not professional photographers. Thus, they lack the skills of choosing proper lighting, proper shot framing, and proper settings on the camera. In particular, photographs are often taken in unfavourable conditions where the scene of interest is obstructed by […]

Road safety affects everyone, not just Geotab customers. With several years of driving and environmental data from over 2 million connected vehicles we have an opportunity to make our customers safer, as well as our communities and cities. To reduce accidents, we need to understand both the driving behavioural patterns that are predictive of accidents, […]

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has set out four high-level pillars for a nationwide campaign to improve response and outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Heart and Stroke in Atlantic Canada, which covers the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, requires a process that will translate the high-level pillars […]

“Social and Community Economic Development Planning” is a BSI project is comprised of four internships associated with four non-profit partner organizations engaged in organizing, advocacy and planning for affordable housing and community supports in low-income, racialized and marginalized neighborhoods. The shared context for this work is the ongoing gentrification in downtown Toronto , coupled with […]

With the ultimate goal of enhancing Nexxt Intelligence’s market research SaaS platform, inca, this project will create a flexible framework for facilitating conversations with consumers using an agent powered by natural language processing and deep learning models. This ‘discourse representation framework’ will be capable of engaging with consumers in fluent English, and is designed to […]

Periprosthetic Joint Infections (PJIs) are infections involving an implanted joint prosthesis and surrounding tissue that occur following joint arthroplasties. Management of these infections is challenging and often surgical due to the antibiotic-resistant nature of the biofilm produced by infecting organisms. In 2019-2020, more than 63,000 Total Hip Arthroplasties (THAs) and 75,000 Total Knee Arthroplasties (TKAs) […]

While taking foreign language tests, people may record responses with different environments and equipment. sometimes the recording may not be very clear. The low-quality audios can lead to unusual results in speech recognition and scoring by the scoring systems. Audios with a higher resolution (sample rates) contain richer information since greater frequency ranges can be […]