Memorial University’s Centre for Social Enterprise presents this type of organization in the following light: “Social enterprise challenges the predominant understanding of business as pursuing wealth at the expense of people and the planet. A traditional view of business measures a healthy economy by wealth gained through the trade of goods and services. Social enterprises, […]

The Stephenville Theatre Festival produces a season of professional theatre each summer. A strong technical and production team is required to produce our work and innovate the theatrical experience for our audience. There is currently a skill/talent gap in the province of NL in the area of theatre production expertise. The selected Intern, and her […]

Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities (EIWFSC) is a province-wide collaborative of Indigenous women with representation from the four Indigenous groups in the province. Throughout the duration of the project, 45 Indigenous women were trained as Peer Facilitators and have been leading culturally based workshops in their respective communities with a goal to impact positive […]

The main aim of this research project is to utilize the paper mill sludge, an organic waste product, as a value added product by converting it to animal feed that can be used by the poultry and aquaculture industries. The local paper mill produces wet paper sludge daily as an organic waste material. Currently this […]

Beaufort Solutions is a software development company located in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador with software products available via Mobile, Websites or Photo Kiosks. Our software combines responsive design, e-commerce ready platforms and robust promo engines. We have a growing customer base in Canada, the US and Europe that include Costco and Shoppers Drug Mart. […]

Project objectives and approach: 1. Develop an innovative strategy for developing and helping them launch the Town of Stephenville’s composting program 2. Launch the composting program in the Town of Stephenville for their Phase 1 run this summer. 3. This phase is planned to start with 25-50 homes in Stephenville (composter has capacity for waste […]

Beaufort Solutions is a software development company located in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador with software products available via Mobile, Websites or Photo Kiosks. Our software combines responsive design, e-commerce ready platforms and robust promo engines. We have a growing customer base in Canada, the US and Europe that include Costco and Shoppers Drug Mart. […]

Acquiring labelled data for training supervised learning models is a barrier to a wider adoption of machine learning strategies in several industries. The data annotation task is generally complex and time-consuming. In this project, we will use raw unlabeled data generated by fiber sensors to reduce the burden of labelling data with problems within the […]

Pipelines are extensively used across Canada and worldwide as a safe, reliable, and environmentally friendly way of transporting oil and gas. The pipelines traversing different ground conditions are sometimes subjected to minor mechanical damages from external interference. A dent is a type of mechanical damage resulting in a plastic deformation of the pipe wall. The […]

The project aims to development a series of embroidery kits from one of our exhibits, the Treaty of Utrecht. Four historical images as well as one new image created by our intern will be produced and sold in the form of embroidery kits four our Gift Shop at the French Shore Interpretation Centre as part […]

Sea cucumber is part of the Inuit traditional diet in certain regions of the Canadian Arctic. Both sea cucumber and closely related sea urchins are among the favourite foods in the Arctic. Currently, there is currently no commercial fishery for sea cucumber or sea urchin anywhere in the Arctic, whereas harvests from the North Atlantic […]

French Heartworm is a very real threat to the health of domesticated and wild dogs in Newfoundland. The purpose of this research project is to validate the sensitivity and specificity of a newly developed fecal test for this parasite. This will be done by collecting fecal and heart/lung samples from deceased dogs and wild canids […]