Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. is interested in understanding the reasons behind the underrepresentation of women in its Nova Scotia manufacturing workforce. Female representation in its workforce remains disproportionately low at approximately 15%, compared to a gender balance rate of staff recruitment at approx. 36%. Despite Michelin’s reputation for competitive wages, benefits, and career development, […]

TxtSquad will develop an AI-driven intake and screening system that begins over SMS and continues in a secure web portal. Patients can upload documents and describe their symptoms, which are processed using OCR and AI to generate structured, FHIR-compatible records for EMR integration. The project will reduce administrative effort and improve intake quality for healthcare […]

This project aims to help ALS improve how employees access and use information by creating an advanced AI assistant that can understand questions, search internal documents, and provide accurate answers across HR, training, and technical departments. ALS manages large amounts of complex material—such as lab procedures, policies, and technical reports—which can be difficult and time-consuming […]

NBCGSS will collaborate with UNBC’s Computer Science department to integrate artificial intelligence solutions into administrative operations, addressing critical organizational efficiency challenges. This project aims to automate time-consuming manual processes, reduce dependency on individual staff members, and create sustainable operational systems for the 600+ graduate student community. The project will focus on AI integration into documentation […]

The Textile Transformation Nova Scotia (TTNS) Phase II project will study how Nova Scotians donate, reuse, and discard textiles to reduce waste and build a circular economy. Led by EnsembleCo Consulting Services and the National Association for Charitable Textile Recycling, this project includes a province-wide textile waste audit, donation behaviour study, and market analysis for […]

This project will extend the functionality of FloatVR, a VR mental health application for the Meta Quest. The project includes upgrading our analytics platform, extending our loading system and building a generic tagging system to modularize functionality. We would also like to build a simple area sequencer for users. These upgrades will enhance our ability […]

This project addresses a key innovation challenge: how to ensure equitable access to electoral information and foster meaningful participation, especially among underrepresented groups such as tenants, youth, seniors, newcomers, Indigenous individuals, and persons with disabilities. It builds on a Council commitment made in November 2024 to improve voter and candidate support through inclusive, accessible communication. […]

The Medventions Atlantic – NL program is based on the proven model from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre which enables high-performing students and recent graduates from diverse academic backgrounds to engage directly with frontline clinical and innovation challenges. The interns are embedded within clinical environments to identify unmet needs, apply early-stage innovation thinking, and co-develop solutions […]

Our Mitacs intern, Paula Renee Boldut will be assisting with the launch of a new Co-op and carrying out research for her Master’s degree into challenges and strategies to achieve food sovereignty in rural and urban communities The project sponsor, the provincial non-profit group Food Producers Forum (www.foodproducersforum.com), is a six-year old non-profit group developing […]

PataBid Quantify is a construction estimating software platform that helps construction professionals manage bids and project estimates. Our current user interface was built using multiple free, open-source tools pieced together during our early bootstrapped startup phase when we couldn’t afford commercial development solutions. While this approach allowed us to launch our product, it has created […]

This project involves upgrading the PDF rendering infrastructure for Quantify, a digital construction estimating platform. The current in-house PDF engine was originally designed for AI training purposes and lacks the features, performance, and scalability required for displaying construction drawings and specifications in a cloud-based environment. The existing system has significant limitations including missing critical functionality […]

To achieve population-wide benefits, artificial intelligence and digital healthcare tools and services must scale to new settings without losing their impact. Our goal is to identify challenges and facilitators to maintaining compassionate care throughout the scaling process, based on the experiences of 15-20 people with lived/living experience who have partnered on scaling projects. We will […]