Good Local – Developer 2

The intern shall participate in a research and development project to create applications for the Goodlocal organization, that will help the organization expand it’s support of local businesses by providing logistical and operational services. Goodlocal’s body of work have confirmed that their successful online marketplace has largely benefited local business owners and in line with […]

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Good Local – Developer 3

The intern shall participate in a research and development project to create applications for the Goodlocal organization, that will help the organization expand it’s support of local businesses by providing logistical and operational services. Goodlocal’s body of work have confirmed that their successful online marketplace has largely benefited local business owners and in line with […]

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Statistical Analysis of Truckload Transportation Rates

Times series freight rates for trucking is notoriously difficult to obtain. The industry is comprised of different kinds of trucks (e.g., vans and flatdecks), serves different traffic lanes and has a very large number of carriers and shippers. Moreover, the data varies with the tempo of the general economy and seasonal variations. Aggregate data is […]

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Level It Up – service expansion feasibility report

Level IT Up is considering expanding its current training and assessment process to include more adults with ASD working in skilled employment in Manitoba. This project will look at the feasibility of including additional element that address both employment readiness skills as well as social and independent living skills.

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Reconstruct the Saskatchewan Construction Legislation Act

The aim of the project is to assess the benefits for Saskatchewan’s construction industry in adopting legislation similar to Manitoba’s Construction Industry Wages Act. The Manitoba legislation has been held up as a model of industrial stability by both employer associations and the building trades in that province. This project seeks to determine what benefits […]

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Asper School of Business- Carbon Block 2

Carbon-Block Inc. is an environmental auditing start up focused on automation of the verification requirements of carbon offsets. Carbon Block is establishing a double-sided carbon marketplace with 1) Corporations with Corporate Sustainability Goals. 2) Governments and utilities unable to bring their offsets to market due to the audit burden, and decarbonization technologies seeking access to […]

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Business Development Researcher

Because of the renewed interest in building health due to COVID-19, there has been a surge in demand for building audits – particularly around air quality testing. Demand by commercial property managers is increasing, particularly as businesses plan return-to-work arrangements. These buildings are looking for solutions to measure their building health, performance and energy efficiency […]

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CEDA Winnipeg Central Global Market

I will be running the Winnipeg Central Global Market and contributing to the community gardens for CEDA. I will provide an outline for the social media to ensure that there is a strong presence throughout the summer and suggest any input and ideas that I have throughout the summer. Throughout the summer I will be […]

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Low income intermediary project

The project will include research on the lives of social assistance recipients, Furthermore, we will research what life on welfare is like for its recipients, and the struggles of applying, and being denied social assistance. We will create a webpage designed to help community organizations better assist individuals on welfare. In doing so, we will […]

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Sara Riel’s Equal Housing Initiative

Sara Riel Inc.’s Equal Housing Initiative is working on the McLaren Hotel redevelopment project. The McLaren Hotel is a single room occupancy hotel that houses 150 residents and is in dire need of repair. Last year, the owner proposed the construction of an addition to make more room for dignified living space (108 new suites) […]

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Main Street Project Language Audit

The intern will be co-developing the methodology and framework for conducting an internal language audit through five potential lenses: 1) gender equality / neutrality 2) Reconciliation 3) diversity and inclusion 4) harm reduction 5) trauma-informed care. This audit should ensure that the language used is reflective of the commitment to these philosophies and result in […]

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