As one of the market leaders in the eCommerce space in the US, Cymax Group has experienced elevated growth, and more recently a step-change increase in volume that can be attributed to COVID-19. With the closure of Brick and Mortar retail throughout the pandemic, there has seen a significant lift in the e-commerce sector. As […]

The intern will work directly with the CEO (and independently) to assess the current operations of the business and industry and develop an e-commerce strategy and marketing plan on how to approach the market for its products. This will include an analysis of all social media platforms. The intern will need to: 1. Get an […]

SCHMEAR Naturals is an early stage natural skincare company based out of Vancouver BC. Since our launch in 2018, we have seen steady organic growth in our D2C markets and B&M wholesale channel. With the impact of the pandemic, we have seen an over 60% decline in our turnover directly attributed to the cancellations of […]

As one of the market leaders in the eCommerce space in the US, Cymax Group has experienced elevated growth, and more recently a step-change increase in volume that can be attributed to COVID-19. As part of the company’s strategy to drive sustainable growth in this new industry dynamics, the engagement of an intern will contribute […]

The project is to plan an integrated digital marketing strategy for the remainder of the year. Through analyzing sales and advertising data, I will translate the results into insights for future campaigns. Working with the photographers and graphic designers, I will schedule and execute the campaigns accordingly. Following execution, success of the campaigns will be […]

Numerous studies have recently proposed and highlighted novel techniques for recommendation, motivating the project of building the next generation of recommender systems for ecommerce platforms. This proposal aims at experimenting with one high-potential technique for modelling the recommendation problem, that makes great usage of the complexity of ecommerce data: Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). GNNs are […]

The project will combine aspects of strategy, business development, and marketing. Research will include conducting market research and analysing past financial statements in order to help elaborate on a five year growth strategy plan that the company will be using. Additionally, marketing strategies will be researched and implemented during the project. Results will then be […]

Charla Huber wants to identify how employers can better support Indigenous employees. Many companies have identified they want to increase the number of Indigenous employees, but little success has been found. Charla will receive guidance from Indigenous Elders and leaders across British Columbia to understand the differences in how Indigenous people communicate and how their […]

We do not have Standard Operating Procedures, and in the Strategic Plan this has been identified as a critically important need. What if a team member does not come back from layoff? What if they get sick with COVID-19 and need to be off even longer? This is a critical priority yet with a limited […]

La pratique du hockey est actuellement interdite en raison de l’absence de mesures de protection des joueurs éprouvées contre la COVID-19. La compagnie CCM souhaite ainsi développer un dispositif de protection individuelle contre la COVID-19 pour les joueurs de hockey. Les concepts actuellement à l’étude visent à éviter la projection et l’inhalation de gouttelettes qui […]

The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, which started in Dec. 2019, has so far not been contained due to unpreparedness and unsuccessful development of antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2. In response to this pandemic, we propose strategies for the development of novel antiviral agents against a number of known viral targets using in-silico modeling and laboratory testing to rapidly […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming one of the most critical aspects in both business and science, and an increasing number of leading technology companies in Canada are at the forefront of AI development and innovation. The proposed research project aims at developing AI algorithms that have the ability to accurately classify the sport practiced […]