Wakopa Financial, along with other social enterprise ecosystem players, is looking to create a Social Finance Fund specifically for Manitoba. The fund could consist of loans, equity investments, simple agreements for future equity (SAFE), revenue-sharing agreements and other financial instruments to help finance socially oriented businesses, co-ops and non-profits. I will be helping create the […]

Thrive Community Support Circle, formerly known as Pregnancy Distress Service & Family Support Services has developed a substantial presence in Winnipeg’s inner-city. They have a therapy department, a resource centre, a childcare centre and a thrift shop, where I will be working. In the thrift shop I will be helping to increase revenue through creating […]

At Florists Supply, the intern will be working on two marketing-related projects. The first project will be to develop a marketing initiative around Florists supplies 85th anniversary. Here, the intern, with help from the partner, the organization will create a streamlined marketing strategy for this project, which the intern is to implement. The intern then […]

This project will ‘bring to market’ a new and innovative fishery by-product business in Grand Rapids/Misipawistik Cree Nation. This business is significant for Grand Rapids/Misipawistik Cree Nation as it will enhance the viability of fisheries in this community, enhance food security for those enjoying healthy and affordable fish products and stimulate economic development in northern […]

Numerous studies in the application of Machine Learning to mental health have demonstrated a range of benefits in the areas of diagnosis, treatment and support, research, and clinical administration. COVID-19 is an unprecedented health crisis causing a great deal of stress in populations in Canada. In this project, our aim is to apply practical machine […]

Manitoba’s 55 community foundations (CF) play a critical role in community development. These CFs are committed to building their community for generations to enjoy yet each are unique in their experiences and capacities. Many CFs capacities are stretched and they are pulled between advancing their organizational and operational capacities in order to plan for and […]

Rangelands store carbon, regulate water, and conserve biodiversity. This research will study the effect of cattle grazing on wet meadow rangelands and their soils. Specifically, this project will measure the effect of changes in plants on soil nematodes. Soil nematodes are important in the cycling of nutrients and carbon and help sustain soil health. We […]

Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are usually employed to quickly render images on everyday computer screens, and do so quickly and efficiently for relatively little cost compared to the use of Central Processing Units (CPUs) that make up the “brain” of the computer. Modern GPUs are able to do hundreds or thousands of simultaneous calculations; rewriting […]

The problem considered in this work is how to produce highly accurate and consistent land-use/land-cover (LULC) maps significantly faster than current semi?automated methods for use by Manitoba Hydro. The goal is to improve the ability to produce maps quickly and efficiently as priority needs arise. This project will use an approach for automated LULC mapping […]

The goal of this research is to map forest structure (height, plant cover) in the rain forest region of Queensland, Australia. This requires the use of RADAR data as it is not weather dependent, i.e., can see through clouds in a region that experiences 1,424 mm of rain annually. This work builds upon my undergraduate […]

We envision a future where it will be possible to lavish the same attention on individual plants in a large prairie crop farm as one might on those in a backyard garden. As camera sensors shrink in size, and self-driving vehicles continue to improve, such an idea is no longer the realm of science fiction. […]

The Endogenous retrovirus-K (ERVK) group are retroviruses which are found in human DNA and are linked to the disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Research has found that ERVK is more active in the brains and spinal cords of ALS patients. ALS is a disease that results in a patient’s gradual paralysis and for which there […]