Digital marketing is central to the success of many small businesses and particularly important to e-commerce businesses such as Endur Apparel. Endur Apparel sells high performance custom socks, subscription socks, and individual pairs of socks to athletes and other customers who seek a unique combination of style and performance, with an exclusively digital strategy. The […]

Online business incubation is a rapidly growing field. For many First Nations entrepreneurs who live in remote locations away from large cities, these online incubators allow access to resources that would otherwise be unavailable. While online incubators are becoming more prevalent, the majority of business incubators still operate through face-to-face methods. As such, there is […]

Mentorship programs are integral to the success of startup businesses. However, there are currently no mentorship programs designed specifically for Aboriginal entrepreneurs. This internship aims to create a guide for a successful Aboriginal mentorship program that emphasizes a productive relationship between mentor and mentee. To this end, the project will examine: successful non-Aboriginal youth mentorship […]

Care providers who work with, and support, people with intellectual disabilities often lack knowledge about physical activity implementation and may be unaware of existing resources and organizations to support participation. There are many specifically designed, and readily available, physical activity resources for people with intellectual disabilities, including those freely provided by Special Olympics Canada. This […]

This project will provide the necessary research for the development of a business model for Aboriginal entrepreneurs in Northwestern British Columbia. Nesika Management Ltd. has previously used Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas to teach First Nations entrepreneurs, but finds that the model lacks cultural specificity and is not ideal for the needs of Aboriginal entrepreneurs. […]

Elder financial abuse is a nation-wide problem that affects banks and investment firms. Many experts recognize that a large number of these elder financial abuse cases involve power of attorney arrangements (Sasha Angus, personal communication, July 2013). Ambiguity exists regarding the role of banks and financial institutions regarding this problem. OBSI regularly encounters these types […]

Off the coast of British Columbia, Resident Killer Whales are considered at-risk and increasing evidence points to a lack of food (salmon) as one of their main threats. Resident Killer Whales have a complex social structure, where family groups are stable, matriarchal, and form associations with other family groups. The family groups or “matrilines” forage […]

An increasing number of primary health care clinics have made the transition from paper-based record keeping to computer-based patient information systems, so-called electronic medical record (EMR) systems. One advantage of using EMRs is that data becomes more readily accessible for computerbased analytics in order to inform medical research and investigate compliance to clinical guidelines on […]

Palladium-catalyzed cross coupling is one of the most powerful tools in modern synthetic chemistry, with is collaborative discovery recognised with the 2010 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. This class of reactions has had a huge impact on the way in which chemists think about building fine chemicals, because it allows for clipping of two molecules together […]

The Quantum Algorithms Institute (QAI) brings together industry, academia, and the government of British Columbia and launches the first Quantum Software engineering bootcamp. The goal is strengthening and growing the quantum computing ecosystem in British Columbia and Canada. A major pain point for quantum computing startups is to onboard new researchers and train them on […]

Seleste needs to develop an app to integrate with our hardware. For this project we need interns to help us develop this app which includes two major components. First is the React Native app where interns will develop our partner integrations. This includes companies like Be My Eyes and Aira which provide services that we […]

Changes in sea-level are attributable mainly to crustal deformation, changes in global ocean volumes (eustasy) and the response of the Earth’s crust to glaciation (isostasy). On the British Columbia coast, sea-level history is complex owing to regional differences in these factors. A geographic data gap exists in our understanding of Holocene (past 10,000 years) sea-level […]