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Configuration Design of Pedal-assist Electric Hydrofoil Water Bike

Electric mobility offsets the impact of fossil fuels and reduces noise. Electric water bike is an environment sustainable solution for clean transportation. But, electric batteries do not offer the same level of energy density as fossil fuels. Thus, for the same level of performance, an electric system must be more efficient. Hydrofoil is one of the most efficient watercraft. Hydrofoil supports the weight of the water bike and lifts it out of the water to decrease drag. This project will develop an electric hydrofoil water bike. The developed water bike is lightweight, portable, fast, quiet, and environmental friendly. It can help us to do sports, explorations, and near-shore rescue.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hang Xu

Student:

Partner:

Envo Drive

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Machine Learning for Speech Enhancement

The core value of Nureva is to provide reliable and easy-to-use audio-conferencing products that offer a good user experience and maximize productivity. The unique Microphone Mist™ technology unlocks new possibilities to pick up audio from anywhere in the room. One subtopic of this research is to investigate ML as it relates to sound event localization and detection so we can track when and where a person is talking in the room. As a result, this can allow virtual microphones to be activated near the talker while attenuating noises in the room. The other topic is to investigate ML for the purpose of improving the sound signature coming out of the virtual microphones and improve the overall intelligibility. Consequently, better audio experience can be achieved to allow efficient collaborations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gerald Penn

Student:

Partner:

Nureva Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Analyse des discours, des visions et des revendications exprimées autour de la transition socioécologique à Montréal dans le but de nourrir la démarche de l’alliance Transition en commun.

A Montréal, la démarche Transition en commun porte au coeur de ses objectifs la volonté´ de construire collectivement une vision de la transition socioécologique partagée par les citoyen.ne.s engagé.e.s dans les différents quartiers de Montréal. Notre projet de recherche vise à nourrir la démarche de Transition en commun en produisant une catégorisation des visions et revendications exprimées et liées à la transition socioécologique dans les quartiers. L’organisation partenaire bénéficiera d’une grille d’analyse supplémentaire pour mieux comprendre les particularités et les invariants à travers les quartiers de Montréal. Le projet de recherche enrichira les démarches de Transition en commun et de ses partenaires. Le travail du stagiaire sera donc pleinement orienté vers les objectifs de l’alliance, c’est-à-dire vers la co-construction d’un récit collectif autour de la transition socioécologique, qui aboutira à un premier évènement public rassembleur à l’horizon 2024.

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Faculty Supervisor:

René Audet;Sylvain A. Lefèvre

Student:

Partner:

Transition en Commun

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Social Innovation; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Nipîy (Water Song): Creative Collaboration with Canadian Chamber Choir and Sherryl Sewepagaham (Cree/Dene)

Nipîy (Water Song), is Phase 2 of a longitudinal project with the Canadian Chamber Choir (CCC) and Sherryl Sewepagaham (Cree/Dene). In Phase 1 (Where Waters Meet, Windsor and London, Ontario), the CCC and Sherryl explored Indigenization of music education and decolonization of choral practice in workshops and concerts in university and community settings, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. In Phase 2, the CCC and Sherryl will engage in creative collaboration in Owen Sound, Elora, and Kingston, Ontario in July 2023. Drawing from Indigenous methodologies, this research will explore Indigenous/settler artistic relationships through reciprocal creative incubation, (e.g., rehearsals, workshops, and performances); and pedagogical reframing of these creative activities informed by Indigenous/settler artistic relationships, for the development of curricular resources for use in university and school contexts. This creative research has significance for teacher education; school music education; vocal/choral practice at professional and community levels; and future Indigenous/settler collaborative artistic work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Sirek

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Chamber Choir

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator for Residential Real Estate Mortgages in Canada

The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) is a global collaboration of financial institutions that aims to develop and promote a standard methodology for measuring and disclosing greenhouse gas emissions associated with their lending and investment portfolios. Although the financial sector gradually accepts this standard, practitioners still face several implementation challenges. In this project, we will work with the partner to formulate the carbon accounting implementation methods in line with the PCAF standard and design a GHG emissions calculator for Scope 3 emissions of residential real estate mortgage products in Canada. A final report will be provided to summarize the project achievements for the partner’s business development on carbon disclosure products for lenders.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qian Zhang

Student:

Partner:

Teranet Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Implementing AI models to improve persona classification and portfolio performance predictions

Finliti is planning to use AI to improve their business operations. Some areas they are looking into involve using AI to sort clients into the most appropriate persona which will reflect their investing preferences, and assessing the future performance of a proposed portfolio while accounting for a client’s persona and financial goals. AI is intended to be used to improve the efficiency of the decisions and predictions and eliminate human bias that can affect decision-making. Gavin will assist with the research, setup, training, evaluation, and fine-tuning of these models. At the end of the term, Gavin will produce an executive summary that outlines the use of the code for the organization, and a technical report to allow other mathematicians at Finliti to pick up from his work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christiane Lemieux

Student:

Partner:

Finliti

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation de vêtements de protection contre les pesticides : vers de nouvelles recommandations au Canada ?

Le projet de recherche vise à caractériser les performances de vêtements de protection normalisés contre les pesticides pour les producteurs agricoles. L’efficacité de protection sera mesurée en conditions réelles d’utilisation auprès de producteurs de pommes québécois. Les performances mesurées devront mener à des niveaux d’exposition acceptables, selon les critères de l’agence règlementaire de lutte antiparasitaire. Les niveaux d’exposition seront également comparés à ceux rapportés dans la littérature. Dans l’hypothèse où les résultats seraient positifs, il faudrait envisager de développer leur utilisation grâce au transfert de connaissances, mais aussi grâce à l’inclusion de leur recommandation dans les étiquettes de produits antiparasitaires.
Ces livrables et retombées sont totalement en phase avec les attentes de l’organisme partenaire, l’IRSST dont la mission principale est de contribuer à la santé et à la sécurité des travailleuses et travailleurs par la recherche […], ainsi que la diffusion et le transfert des connaissances, et ce, dans une perspective de prévention et de retour durables au travail.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérôme Lavoué

Student:

Partner:

IRSST

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Investigation of Lithium Mineralization, Distribution Trends, and Remobilization in the Tanco Pegmatite, Manitoba

The Government of Canada considers lithium as a critical element because it is a major component of rechargable batteries in, for example, electric vehicles, but it is also used in lubricants, ceramics, and glasses. The Tanco mine in Manitoba supplies approximately 5% of the world’s lithium, but little is known about the distribution of lithium in the ore body and what geological events led to that distribution. The intern will study this using data and samples supplied by the partner organization, by doing geological mapping and modelling, and by using advanced analytical methods. The benefit to the partner organization will be a much better understanding of their ore body and more efficient mining and ore processing. The results will also benefit future lithium mining in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lee Groat;Robert Linnen

Student:

Partner:

Tanco

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Crowdiate Summer Innovation Internship

As new innovation (AI) develops and grows, Crowdiate must constantly shift and adapt to maintain their competitive advantage, while also seeking opportunities to implement the new advances into their offerings. They additionally are looking to grow their creative community – prioritizing quality over quantity, along with deepening the relationships with these creative individuals. The team feels as though they would benefit from having a fresh set of eyes to provide insight and feedback on their internal operations, as well as promotional strategies and initiatives. As a relatively small yet ambitious team, Crowdiate has large aspirations, and could benefit in terms of adding on an intern to achieve all of the tasks they envision for this summer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Crowdiate

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Education, training, networking and mobilization on social housing resources

This project will show WCWRC as an active organizer in the Right to Housing coalitions public education campaign. This campaign will promote the need and reasoning for governments and society to invest in the social housing that WCWRC participants and the community needs. Increasing the stock of social housing is a critical element, necessary to address the financial needs of housing, and to ensure that housing is financially accessible to all who need it. August, Martine (2022). Increasing the stock of social housing also ensure that the housing remains affordable in perpetuity. This community based process will engage with residents and partners to develop education and training materials to work towards increasing the number of social housing units.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

West Central Women's Resource Center

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Inner-City Work Study program at Elizabeth Fry Society

Elizabeth Fry Society Manitoba (EFSM) also caters to women who are at risk of becoming involved with the criminal justice system. This organizations’s overall goal is to reduce recidivism, and have the group and individual supports needed in order to help women thrive in the community, by learning new methods of pro- social coping mechanisms. The goal of the programs provided by the Elizabeth Fry Society is to teach women safe and non-judgemental practices. The organization also helps women with legal resources, assistance, and support for the court system they will experience. Elizabeth Fry Society helps women who struggle with addiction, by providing self-help programs for women to battle their substance use and empower them to beat their addiction. The Elizabeth Fry Society is also inclusive to women, transgender, two-spirit, and non-binary folks in a non-judgemental setting to be there for support, guiding their needs, and helping with their skills.
Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba (EFSM) is an independent not-for-profit organization that works with the needs of women who have had contact with the provincial and federal justice system, including women currently awaiting trial, those who are post-bail, and post-release.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Development of a Strategy to Design and Optimize a Non-Licensed Band RF System for Operations under Harsh Buried Telemetry Applications

L ynkz Instruments is providing wireless industrial electronic products used for monitoring of industrial activities. The wireless products of Lynkz are developed to save the time and costs for its customers. The Internet of Things (IoT) technology is used to connect things to the network, such that the devices can be monitored or controlled using the internet. Therefore, smart devices that can react with the environment and are autonomous in their performance are achieved. This project should result in a strategy that should minimize robustly the costs for Lynkz telemetry applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Xiupu Zhang

Student:

Partner:

ContinuumRD inc;Lynkz Instruments

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.