As an essential service involved in the importation and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other disposables for foodservice, janitorial/sanitation, and healthcare industries, we have been significantly impacted by COVID-19. Our sales of disposable woodenware, which normally account for over 60% of revenue, have declined due to the negative impact on the restaurant industry. […]

FinnAI aims to build simple, easy-to-use conversational banking platforms for financial institutions so their customers can easily manage their money and improve their financial literacy. Although FinnAI’s business model has proven resilient to COVID, the move to fully remote work has been challenging as their policies, company rituals, customer service and culture were not designed […]

Due to Covid-19, we were required to shift our product launch and sales strategy. The original launch plan and sales strategy was focused on in-market travel, conferences and events in target markets such as London, NYC and San Francisco. Face to face gatherings is no longer an option for our global market reach. We now […]

Research will be conducted to determine the best way to visualize and operationalize electric and diesel engine performance data collected in real-time for vessel owners and operators. The boats involved in this research work are candidates for using hybrid electric/diesel drive. The methods of displaying data will be explored to determine the best way to […]

The COVID-19 pandemic affected every aspect of our lives, and recreational water facilities were not immune to this with several questions and concerns about potential exposure to the virus at these facilities. This research project aims to understand experiences, needs, and attitudes towards the use of recreational water facilities, namely, public pools and spas during […]

Oil sand tailings could take ages to naturally dewater enough to be reclaimed. Finding ways to accelerate dewatering fluid tailings is crucial to improving overall reclamation planning and performance. The goal of the proposed project is to establish a new thermoanalytical technique for quantification and analysis of free and bound water contents in both individual […]

This proposed project seeks to develop a bio-based alternative, made from Canadian wood pulp, to the current petroleum based non-woven filtration materials used in face masks. The waste issue associated with petroleum based disposable face masks is becoming a significant issue in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the need for disposable masks is […]

The Africa Trade Desk promotes bilateral trade and commerce between Canada and the African continent. This project will help the organization finalize its corporate messaging and promote upcoming summits through social media marketing. The goal of the activates of this project is to increase knowledge of business opportunities between Canada and countries in Africa.

The work will focus on finalizing Africa Trade Desk’s corporate messaging since the company is re-branding and creating an Ecosystem. The overall messaging to Africa Trade Desk’s potential members is undergoing a revision, this will be one of the key activities. As well as, creating a dedicated marketing strategy to be developed and implemented for […]

The overall goal of the proposed project is to help SSW determine the best service model for supporting non-traditional organizations and minimizing the impact of supply disruption on Ontario’s healthcare system. While these non-traditional customers have historically managed their own supply chain services, the vast disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left them vulnerable […]

As a high tech AI company, we are fortunate that our business model has proved to be resilient to COVID. However, we have moved to a fully remote work environment and do not plan on ever returning to an in office company. This proves challenging as our policies, company rituals, customer service and cultural were […]

When a company has excess power generation at its disposal, a natural course of action will be to seek to market that power. However, power markets are notoriously volatile, and this makes the cash flows that result from selling the power unpredictable and hard to plan for. The aim of this project is to help […]