Many reports have indicated that with the current state of Canada’s science and technology, Canada is not globally competitive in business innovation, and the current state of growth is not sustainable. How to drive continuous innovation growth in Canada? This proposal centers on three areas: (1) continuous innovation growth in large incumbents, (2) viable business […]

Although inside sales is the fastest growing title in the sales industry with companies hiring inside salespeople at a much higher rate than outside salespeople, little is known about the types of activities that drive their success, particularly the conversion of leads to customers (i.e., customer acquisition). Accordingly, the current project aims to develop a […]

West 5 community in London, Ontario, will pursue high penetration of electric vehicles, and is exploring an innovative marketing program of including them with the sale of each new condominium unit. The primary objective of this project is to determine an economical approach to create an acceptable infrastructure for these electric vehicles that will be […]

Le Québec assume un leadership national et international en matière de lutte aux changements climatiques. Considérant le faible niveau d’émissions de gaz à effet de serre per capita du Québec et sa performance enviable dans le domaine de l’énergie grâce à la production d’hydroélectricité, le Québec a un défi de taille dans la poursuite de […]

The necessity of cost-efficient and reliable wastewater treatment processes has increased in order to meet more stringent levels of environmental regulations, increased system reliability requirements and tightening operational budgets. To aid in meeting these operational goals, a strong market for low-cost, high-fidelity sensor technology that can relay real-time information to system operators on all aspects […]

Prostate cancer is the third leading cause of death from cancer in men in Canada. However, prostate cancer is highly treatable if diagnosed early. Unfortunately, due to lack of cost-effective and meaning test detecting the early presence of the cancer. Most prostate cancer (92%) are found when the career is spreading to nearby organs. This […]

L’Automatisation Robotisée de Processus (ARP) est une approche efficace pour améliorer la productivité des organisations par l’automatisation des tâches répétitives. La mise en oeuvre de l’approche ARP est peu coûteuse et facile à réaliser (Willcocks & Lacity, 2016). Cependant, aucune étude n’a porté spécifiquement sur l’élaboration d’une approche permettant aux organisations d’adopter efficacement l’ARP pour […]

The legalization of Cannabis (marijuana) is now supported by 66% of Canadian voters. Aphria Inc., was the first approved and licensed producer under the MMPR to begin growing in a greenhouse and is currently the second-largest marijuana producer in Canada. Unfortunately, Cannabis is attacked by a plethora of phytopathogens leading to a number of diseases […]

Ce projet vise à doter les gestionnaires des usines d’eau potable d’outils concret et opérationnelle pour améliorer leur résilience, c’est-à-dire, assurer un fonctionnement acceptable et ce, malgré des perturbations. L’eau potable et sa disponibilité sont des éléments essentiels pour les citoyens d’une municipalité. À terme, les outils identifieront les mesures nécessaires pour assurer ce fonctionnement […]

Balch Exploration Consulting Inc. (BECI) develops low cost geophysical survey solutions to the natural resources sector. BECI recently built an unmanned helicopter for magnetic surveying for mineral exploration. The objectives of this internship is to equip the BECI unmanned helicopter with a custom-designed frame carrying two magnetometers recording simultaneously and to perform a demonstration survey […]

Les changements climatiques pourraient modifier la composition des forêts d’Amérique du Nord, notamment parce que les espèces méridionales migreraient vers le nord. Les gestionnaires de nos forêts peuvent accompagner la forêt dans ces changements en plantant des espèces méridionales dans la forêt mixte. Cette migration assistée pourrait toutefois échouer si le broutement par les grands […]

CHLNet identified the need for valid, reliable tools to determine the impact of these health leadership development programs. This project will develop a practical, easy to use toolkit to facilitate the measurement of program outcomes and impacts. The toolkit will be pilot tested and evaluated across the country according to defined selection criteria. The finalized […]