Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a nascent field that recently gained a lot of media attention. DeFi refers to financial service applications that are operated on blockchain technologies such as Ethereum. Such financial service applications include lending and borrowing, leveraged trading, asset management, insurance, and many new products and services that come out every day. These […]

Nunavut’s Inuit organizers have identified conservation, including the establishment of parks and protected areas, as an important pillar of culturally appropriate and sustainable economic development in Northern Canada. This project responds to this goals of establishing a ‘conservation economy’ in Nunavut by examining the economic costs and benefits associated with Marine Protected Areas in Nunavut. […]

The research associate would be involved in one or more of the following projects: – A banking customer is interesting in identifying small-business property holders with specific financial attributes that may be responsive to a special funding opportunity – A major global data provider has requested “special cuts” of data from our global database on […]

Technological innovation drives economic growth, improves business efficiency, disseminates knowledge and often lays the foundation for social change. We look to innovation to help us overcome the many challenges that the global community faces. In order to foster innovation, researchers and inventors must have a nurturing environment in which they have pathways to licensing and […]

This project would accelerate the work Rainmaker is doing to create new opportunities for Canadian companies expanding to new markets in order to survive; and recover from the COVID economic impact. Rainmaker will expand its market knowledge, and by extension become more effective in our support for Canadian companies as they recover from the covid […]

This project will investigate the ways businesses in the tourism, events and convention industry as well as the energy services industry, dealt with or are dealing with the crisis. These are the two hardest hit industries according to the Prime Minister.

The student will benefit by working with a fast-paced, innovative company that is making a difference in organizations. The student will be in a collaborative environment and will be encouraged to experiment with fresh marketing concepts. The student will also benefit from being immersed in our culture that is committed to growing the leadership capability […]

La transition énergétique est un des efforts nécessaires pour ralentir et limiter le réchauffement climatique et ses impacts. La mission de ce projet commun entre l’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) et Power Factors est de favoriser l’énergie éolienne par une réduction des coûts d’opération et maintenance de ce type d’énergie. Plus précisément, notre ambition est […]

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory disease induced by SARS-CoV-2. To date >1,000,000 deaths have been reported worldwide. Although testing capacity has expanded, Canada still faces challenges to realizing wider scale testing. A promising alternative to large-scale population testing in Canada may lie literally beneath our feet in our municipal sewer systems. […]

In order to accelerate the transition of our electricity system to renewable sources, it is important that buildings participate effectively as distributed generators. However, traditional integration methods for solar energy often add complexity to our electricity system. With the rapidly declining costs of battery systems, building-level microgrids are becoming a viable alternative allowing buildings to […]

Research in organizational behavior studies suggest that racial discrimination and bias exist in the workplace. Although explicit forms of racism are in decline, new forms of racial discrimination (i.e., implicit and unconscious) continue to compromise the inclusion and diversity in organizations. One of the challenges that HR specialists face is evaluating employees’ unconscious bias. This […]

The product has a high potential of growth in the future because of its unique mission. However, the company has been focusing on the product development and introducing the products in senior care homes. The company now wants to introduce the products to direct customers and expand the product presence as well as brand awareness. […]