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Key Innovations Inc – Brand and Business Development – Jackson Drew

After it started as a home-based custom uniform manufacturing business over a few decades ago, Key Innovations is now creating exclusive merchandise that businesses use to make their brand more tangible, lasting, and memorable. Our mission is to provide not only innovative, but also sustainable branded products that support business development and create a strong market awareness. The Brand & Business Development intern will employ creative technical ideas to improve our order processing system and to create an efficient flow for our orders from quoting to delivery. This project will enable an innovative strategic plan, built on a fresh perspective, to be used in improving our website design. The intern will take the lead and identify what would be the best approach to promote our services and will support the design of a marketing plan focused on a well-formulated market penetration strategy. The project will also involve developing a campaign and using surveys in order to expand our geographical customer base.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Harrison

Student:

Partner:

Key Innovations Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Hybrid Small UAV Powerplant

An analysis is to be conducted to investigate the integration of a hybrid power system for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A hybrid power system is proposed as a substitute to the existing batteries to enhance the endurance of UAV systems. A UAV with flexible PV?panels and a proton exchange membrane fuel cell is to be modeled. UAV propulsion tests are to be conducted to determine the required electrical power. The required power is to be used to determine the endurance of the UAV with the hybrid power system. This endurance enhancement is a novel design that can result in reduced operating cost for the UAVs. The partner organisation can benefit from it as they intend to expand their business. This new development in the UAV can expand the partner organisation’s customers and the market potential.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ibrahim Dincer

Student:

Partner:

Mono Lights Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Unravelling the challenges of preventing and treating musculoskeletal disorder in performing artists

Musculoskeletal disorder episodes (MDEs) are widespread among dancers and can have severe consequences on one’s physical and mental health. Given their impact, prevention and treatment of MDEs is essential. However, dancers and health care professionals face challenges during the rehabilitation that could affect its outcome. This study will explore the views of professional ballet dancers and their health professionals regarding the prevention and treatment of MDEs. We will conduct interviews among both populations to identify challenges and potential facilitators related to the rehabilitation of dancers. Following these interviews, we will identify at least one facilitator that can be implemented in the dance community investigated. More interviews will be conducted to assess the satisfaction of dancers and health care professionals following the implementation of a facilitator. This project will yield important results that will lead to a better understanding of the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal disorder episodes in performing artists.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mélanie Morin

Student:

Partner:

Amsterdam UMC

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Technical and Procedural Knowledge Extraction with Question Answering

Engineering organisations like Thales rely on large quantities of technical knowledge. When resolving a technical problem, for example, users have to follow a multi-step procedure in which the steps are described with various levels of detail, may not be up to date, or may not target the exact problem they are facing. In this context, our project aims at developing AI language and knowledge representation models that will represent technical knowledge from an unstructured dataset of procedures, in order to identify missing knowledge through a question-answering process. By integrating such models with our knowledge management solutions, we expect to identify procedures that need to be improved, the specific information that needs improvement, and which information or person in the organisation could provide this improvement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bang Liu

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Finning Canada – Human Resources Internship – Nadia & Ruth

Finning is the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer delivering unrivalled service for over 80 years. We sell, rent and provide parts and services for equipment and engines to customers in various industries, including mining, construction, petroleum, forestry and a wide range of power systems applications. This project will provide us with support in developing our onboarding program for our heavy equipment technicians. The interns will work closely with our Learning and Development and Talent Acquisition teams to pilot and schedule a rotating onboarding program based on where most of our technicians are being hired. The project work will include executing an onboarding plan, facilitating focus groups, and conducting surveys to understand areas for improvement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Harrison

Student:

Partner:

Finning International

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Mining

University:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

FairbnbTO: De-financializing housing through platform cooperative innovation

The recent unregulated growth of short-term rental (STR) platforms such as Airbnb have increasingly affected both tourism and housing affordability in main urban centers. FairbnbTO mobilizes STR platform technology to help housing affordability and sustainable tourism in the neighbourhood. FairbnbTO is an evidence-based research project that aims to reinstate the social benefits of STR platforms into local communities by bringing STR platform technology together with the co-operative and the community land trust movements in Canada, starting with the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) in Toronto. In collaboration with our international partner Fairbnb.coop, a short-term rental platform co-operative based in Italy, FairbnbTO provides a similar STR platform to that of Airbnb, with the major differences that the platform (1) is owned by a worker cooperative, (2) complies with the City of Toronto’s recent STR regulations, and, (3) will give 50% of the booking fees directly to the KMCLT to offset operational costs of the land trust. A key innovative objective of our demonstration project is to use the STR platform technology that has been increasingly contributing to the financialization of housing to begin to de-financialize housing in the tightest housing markets across Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jason Spicer;Luisa Sotomayor

Student:

Partner:

Fairbnb Canada;Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Accommodation and food services

University:

University of Toronto; York University

Program:

Accelerate

Opérationnalisation des réductions de gaz à effet de serre de la production du lait : développement d’une approche systémique et intégrée d’agriculture régénératrice

Dans le cycle de vie du lait, environ 70-85% des émissions de GES sont produites au niveau de la ferme. Des stratégies de réduction de GES existent. Cette opportunité permet l’application d’une agriculture régénératrice ayant un potentiel de réduction des GES. Une opérationnalisation concrète de mesures au niveau de la ferme laitière est nécessaire. C’est dans un tel contexte que le partenariat avec la firme Logiag et ses fermes laitières clientes répondra à l’objectif principal du stage visant à développer une méthodologie pour quantifier l’empreinte carbone du lait au niveau de la ferme et de déterminer des pistes de réduction crédibles de GES. Cet objectif se réalisera par une approche systémique et intégrée dans le cadre d’une agriculture régénératrice. Ce projet est en cohérence avec le rôle de Logiag en transition climatique où on guide les producteurs agricoles à lutter contre les changements climatiques tout améliorant la santé des sols.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Faubert;Maxime Paré;Claude Villeneuve

Student:

Partner:

Logiag Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

A simple method for subcutaneous vein detection in self-cannulation mapping of home hemodialysis

Although home hemodialysis (HHD) benefits patients including improving their lives’ quality, self-cannulation is currently a limiting and challenging step in their treatment. In this study, we aim to solve this problem by developing an epidermal film/patch with a vein visualization capability. A detachable mobile needle-guide tool can be mounted on the epidermal patch which can help patients to accurately perform self-cannulation through their skin. To conveniently connect and disconnect the needle guide segment to the epidermal pad, employing a simple and cheap magnet at the bottom base clip of the needle guide segment, as well as incorporating magnetic nanoparticles as nanofiller into the patch top-layer will fulfill our target. At last, the patients’ satisfaction toward their self-cannulation in comparison with previous methods will be monitored through surveys and questionnaires.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick C Lee;Patrick Lee

Student:

Partner:

University Health Network

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Few-shot learning en détection d’objets appliqué à la robotique

Chez Teledyne DALSA, nous développons une plateforme qui permet à nos clients d’utiliser l’apprentissage profond dans le monde de la vision industrielle en facilitant le développement de solutions intelligentes qui s’intègrent à notre gamme de produits. Bien le succès de l’apprentissage profond repose fréquemment sur l’abondance de données étiquetées, il est souvent difficile pour nos clients de récolter ces données en pratique. Le projet se concentre sur l’application du « few-shot learning » pour la détection d’objets dans le cadre d’une application robotique. L’objectif est d’améliorer nos solutions actuelles pour l’apprentissage avec un très petit nombre d’exemples étiquetées. L’étudiant devra assimiler l’état de l’art en « few-shot learning » afin de développer une solution pour la détection d’objets en vision robotique. L’étudiant pourra aussi mettre en pratique la solution proposée en développant une application démonstrative de « pick and place » intelligente à l’aide d’un bras robotique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marco Pedersoli;Jean-Philippe Roberge

Student:

Partner:

Teledyne DALSA Semiconducteur (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Unpacking the role of environmental stress and disease in salmon declines.

This program will investigate the role disease plays in salmon declines and the risks posed by open-net salmon farming to wild Pacific salmon. First, our ongoing partnership with the Broughton Archipelago Transition Initiative (BATI) will monitor salmon-farm impacts, serving as a testing ground for monitoring technologies to support Indigenous self-determination. Second, we will expand our work on the west coast of Vancouver Island, casting focus on the impacts of BC’s last major salmon-farm cluster on imperiled populations of Chinook salmon. Third, we will refine strategies for rebuilding of wild-salmon stocks through understanding of cumulative-stressor effects on survival coastwide. By investigating how individual fish respond to various diseases and environmental stressors, we seek to uncover why early marine survival of these populations is so poor, which many biologists consider to be the main driver of the widespread declines in BC’s wild salmon over the past three decades.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Reynolds

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Duesytech

Duesytech is a product of Audio Concepts Inc which provides tech matching services to general customers and techs along with an online store. The intent is to provide tech matching services to general customers and techs while enhancing the traditional online shopping experience. Traditionally this is done through the application of a recommender system. However, given the sparse nature of the curent data set the application of self-supervised recommendation is anticipated to yield better recommendations. By applying Machine Learning to match what customers’ needs for tech services with techs, Audio Concepts will be able to more Duesytech forward to provide customers and techs with more robust matching services as well as enhanced online shopping expericence.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Ding

Student:

Partner:

Audio Concepts

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Program:

Accelerate

Fine-Grain MPI Year Two

The demand for computing power has been rapidly growing over the last decade. The ability to efficiently utilize computing resources and improve the productivity of applications is necessary for the competitiveness of any industry and it will become more critical as the demand for computational resources increases. The computer hardware sector has seen rapid advances with the introduction of multicore and many-core processors and has introduced many challenges for the software development community to efficiently utilize the new architectures. My research is focused on developing systems and techniques that allow improved utilization of parallel machines. The Message Passing Interface (MPI) is extensively used for constructing parallel applications in distributed environments. Our work is related to development of systems for high performance computing through extending and enhancing the capabilities of the MPI middleware. We have developed a system called Fine-Grain MPI that allows execution of hundreds and thousands of MPI processes on-chip or communicating between chips inside a cluster. The potential benefits of our approach are for multicore as the number of cores increase.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alan Wagner

Student:

Partner:

Intel of Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

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