Simbi is an online platform designed to help students improve their reading comprehension and fluency gains. As the community engagement strategist, I am responsible for outreaching to Simbi’s stakeholders and pursuing potential partnerships. Specifically, I will be working with Holocaust survivors and First Nation communities to upload their stories to the platform, and obtaining celebrity […]

The baseline will be to build a current competitor landscape analysis which will also include mapping their key technology, integrations, and go-to-market strategy. Assessing where their key focus and what they consider the advantage will then be aligned with what we see happening in the market and how we are shaping our product to succeed […]

Social Media Presence – develop strategies to utilize social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and how best to raise the profile of the organization. Additionally, utilize these platforms to engage with our potential clients Review current Communication Plan and suggest any recommended changes and implementation processes. Assist in our community engagement procedures (town […]

CannSight Technologies is an expert in impairment detection technology development. With a solid customer base and protected screening technology, the company was poised to enter the market of workplace impairment detection by mid-2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic cost the company to lose its customers’ interests and investment opportunities. As the company is flexible and the […]

CannSight Technologies is an expert in impairment detection technology development. With a solid customer base and protected screening technology, the company was poised to enter the market of workplace impairment detection by mid- 2020. However, the COVID-19 pandemic cost the company to lose its customers’ interests and investment opportunities. I will be helping the company […]

We are in a critical growth stage. In December of 2019, we leased our own 2500 square foot facility in North Vancouver with big plans for the summer of 2020. When quarantine started, we were down 90% in wholesales compared to weekly sales a month ago. About 80% of our accounts were food service or […]

a2o Materials Inc. is a nascent start-up company that has developed an adhesive material that will serve as a platform technology: it can bond to Teflon (at scale without heat) and can self-heal. a2o has emerged from the research programs of Prof.s Laurel L Schafer and Savvas G Hatzikiriakos at the University of British Columbia […]

Understanding that “class as usual” is now a relic of the past and that schools have rapidly adopted technology-first teaching approaches, ideal interns will assist in conducting market analysis to gather insights surrounding the new distance learning landscape. This analysis will require interns to meaningfully connect with our community of more than 18,000 educators to […]

As one of the market leaders in the eCommerce space in the US, Cymax Group has experienced elevated growth, and more recently a step-change increase in volume that can be attributed to COVID-19. With the closure of Brick and Mortar retail throughout the pandemic, there has seen a significant lift in the e-commerce sector. As […]

The intern will work directly with the CEO (and independently) to assess the current operations of the business and industry and develop an e-commerce strategy and marketing plan on how to approach the market for its products. This will include an analysis of all social media platforms. The intern will need to: 1. Get an […]

The intern’s primary activity will be developing Flywheel’s go-to-market strategy & materials for potential clients. This will include working on positioning, writing case studies, updating proposals, and performing customer interviews. The intern will also provide marketing support for Flywheel’s clients when relevant. This may include reviewing online ads, updating websites for SEO, supporting with research […]

My internship at Merchant Equities Capital Corp. will be an opportunity for me to work directly with the principal of the company and get an intimate experience in the finance industry, specifically merchant banking and private equity. During my time at Merchant Equities I will be supporting the principal, Mr. Leslie, in an audit of […]