Okanagan College interns to develop Multi-Channel User Acquisition Marketing System for technology start-up, ShopHopper. Interns will develop a multi-channel marketing system to allow ShopHopper to hit user acquisition and sales goals. This research and applied project will involve the development of detailed processes for each type of marketing initiative, testing and re-testing different content strategies […]

Suu?aa (Chinook salmon) and mi?aat (sockeye salmon) populations have been in decline due to climate change and other human-caused impacts. However, managing these populations and associated fishing activities is often complicated by a lack of information. This purpose of this project is to gather more information on suu?aa and mi?aat populations in the Ha’uukmin (Kennedy) […]

Over the past years, Internet of Things (IoT) has been gradually making up essential parts of our life whether as autonomous vehicles, smart homes or other forms. The main job of IoT devices is data collection. Data collection can be considered as the building block of IoT. In the current IoT architecture, the data collected […]

The proposed research project objectives are to enable the participating First Nations to identify strengths and weaknesses related to economic development and governance; develop policies and support for entrepreneurship; develop programs for capacity building; strengthen leadership and management skills; build trust and new networks that will inform and involve outsiders. The partners, Heiltsuk Nation, Haida […]

This project builds on ongoing research within the project ((Border-Crossing Books) which focused on the ways in which book cultures explicitly intersect with national identities in the twenty-first century. This project began by examining the circulation and reception of national literatures in the US, UK, and Australia from 2000–2020; this project will also be expanded […]

Teck Metals Ltd. operates one of the world’s largest integrated lead-zinc smelting operations based in Trail, British Columbia. An important part of Teck’s normal day-to-day operations is to carefully track and report on any pollutants generated on site that are released into the environment. The purpose of this internship is to assist their Company in […]

Detection of natural gas diversion in residential pipelines is important for public safety. Detection of such diversion in a nonintrusive manner is important for customer satisfaction and the companies’ reputation. This project aims to develop non-intrusive guided-wave ultrasonic testing methods combined with machine learning to detect and locate diversions in residential gas pipes. These pipes […]

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a product construction process by adding successive layers of materials according to computer-aided design models. Recently, metal AM products have been increasingly applied in aerospace, automotive, and biomedical industries. However, the complex interactions (i.e. thermal field) between metallic components and manufacturing processes make the product qualities inconsistent and unreliable, resulting in […]

Esdilagh Development Corporation(EDC) business Interns to perform business development research to inform the composition of business plans, ensuring we have professional business guidance tools to assist EDC in engaging in business sectors as identified in the Esdilagh Economic Development Plan and Investment Profile completed in 2011. Project goals are to produce professional quality Business Plans […]

Generating 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions the fashion industry’s heavy reliance on synthetic, petroleum-derived, fabrics such as polyester, is projected to create over a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions by 2050, according to the Ellen MacArthur foundation. Unlike its bio-based counterparts, such as cotton, wool or silk, polyester does not biodegrade, and its […]

In mathematics, a group is a set (an accumulation of items) together with a certain operation. For example: the integers with addition, the symmetries of an equilateral triangle. Being one of the simplest algebraic structures, groups are ubiquitous in mathematics and have applications in other disciplines. Informally, a group is called profinite if it can […]

Marine emergency incidents pose major environmental risks that are detrimental to the ocean ecosystem and present significant dangers to both people and property. Current response options are very limited and the existing tools to deal with nearshore environmental spills are neither timely nor efficient. SHIFT Environmental is developing innovative solutions as part of a Coastal […]