Connective Intelligence Analytics

Connective Intelligence is a niche professional services firm which specializes in organizational growth, innovation and transformation. While Connective Intelligence has been in business for over 20 years, it’s in a new phase of growth driven by two (2) recent successful product innovations which now require digital innovation and data analytics to further accelerate growth with […]

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Youth Action Initiative: Needs Assessment & Outcome Evaluation Research

Youth-facing service providers in Waterloo Region have historically faced challenges when engaging marginalized youth. Through the Youth Action Initiative (YAI), Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) in partnership with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council (WRCPC) aim to address barriers to equity and engagement for youth in Waterloo Region, particularly for youth who have been historically and […]

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Developing a real-time early warning system for potable water sources

Healthy freshwater ecosystem plays a vital role in every Canadian’s daily life as primary drinking water source and sustains the social and economic status of Canada. However, Canada’s freshwater ecosystem has been negatively impacted by population growth, urbanization, industrialization, agriculture, and climate changes. The 2017 national assessment by World Wildlife Fund-Canada found that 60 among […]

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Assessing the mental health impact of COVID-19 on Canadians: Phase 2

MHRC is conducting ongoing polling of Canadians to assess the effect of COVID-19 on mental health. We require additional support to expand our capacity to analyze the datasets we are creating. Our poll is extensive including a number of markers of mental health along with an array of demographic controls and is rolled out every […]

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Low Cost Eye-Tracking Data Analytic System for Vision Therapy

A significant percentage of children around the world are affected by vision problems, such as lazy eye, that cannot be fixed by eyeglasses. When left untreated, vision problems may lead to learning difficulties. Vision therapy offers treatment to many of these problems where eye-trackers are tools used to diagnose and measure the progress of patients […]

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Low cost SERS substrates with rapid manufacturing

The proposed research will develop cost-effective substrates for application in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. The substrates will be made using self-assembly methods for nanomaterials in aqueous medium and a final step of simple filtration. The nanoscale material will provide high sensitivity as a SERS substrate for detection of specific chemicals and microbes. The developed SERS […]

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Venture Studio Fellow

Futuresight as a venture studio is a startup and VC fund that invests in and builds different software companies. Our goal for Benjamin in the next 6 months is to play an active role on the Validation Team being responsible for activities related to: – Ideation – Customer discovery – Assumption mapping and Lean canvas […]

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Penrose Partners i3 Incubator Associate

The primary focus of the internship program will be assisting Penrose Partners in the development, programming, and execution of our I3 Innofund Incubator program. Currently in its first iteration, the Innofund Incubator is the premier destination for blockchain and digital asset startups looking to accelerate their growth and expand to international markets. In partnership with […]

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Understanding the role of impurities in Made-in-Canada cathode active materials for automotive lithium-ion batteries

The reliance on raw materials from overseas to build lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is a major concern for automotive companies building battery electric vehicles in North America. Canada’s rich Ni deposits is a potential solution to this problem. However, Canadian Ni ore are sulfides, so battery manufacturers are reluctance to use it due to possible trace […]

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Exploring the antidepressant response to 2-Bromo-LSD in female mice

Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and other psychedelic drugs have been shown to have therapeutic effects, including for the treatment of depression. However, their hallucinogenic effects may represent an undesirable side effect. Non-hallucinogenic derivatives of these drugs represent a promising alternative; one such alternative is 2-bromo-LSD (BetterLife drug TD-0148A), but data on its effectiveness as an […]

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Controlling inhaled gasses for novel clinicalapplications

The general objective of this MITACS project is to introduce RespirAct (TM) as a unique device that provides a precise, repeatable vasoactive stimulus to extend the capabilities of imaging modalitites such as PET, CT, MRI and ultrasound. In the first project, the development and standardization of the cerebrovascular stress test will provde a means to […]

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