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Information System Analysis, Reconfiguration, and Improvement – BOLD Growth Inc.

The intern will assist the company in upgrading and advancing the use of different information technologies including an HRM system, a knowledge base, and primarily focusing on an ERP system. These duties will include auditing the data entered in these systems, updating new features, training staff on new features, and performing basic data analysis to identify useful insights. The expected benefit is that the company will have improved information systems to coordinate their processes, staff that are well trained to use the software, and various reports and insights gathered from analyzing these systems’ data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohsin Jat

Student:

Partner:

BOLD Growth Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

C-CORE Killick-1: A CubeSat Sized Satellite for Measuring Sea Ice and Ocean Parameters

Killick-1 is a satellite that will launch in late 2022 and the project is meant to train engineering students in space systems in order to build capacity in the province in this domain.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Theodore Norvell

Student:

Partner:

C-CORE

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Revégétalisation des résidus miniers à l’aide de Biochar

Les sites miniers Doyon et Bouchard-Hébert possèdent des milliers d’hectares couverts par des tonnes de résidus miniers. Vu l’impact majeur des déchets miniers sur l’environnement. Depuis 1995, les lois sur l’obligation de la restauration de tout site minier en activité ont été imposées par le ministère, en collaboration avec Ministère de l’Environnement, Développement durable et des Parcs (MDDEP,1997). Parmi les experts les plus connus au nord de Québec dans la restauration des sites miniers, il y a la Centre Jardin lac Pelletier (CJLP). Cette entreprise a développé des techniques efficaces (Lalancette S.2009).Tout en valorisant la matière organique et en transformant les matières organiques résiduaires en support de croissance pour de nombreuses espèces végétales (Lalancette S.2009). Par conséquent, le rôle de notre projet est de développer une nouvelle méthode de revgétalisation, durable et économique en utilisant un mélange de résidus miniers , de biochar et d’amendement pour la plante sélectionné. La réussite de l’expérience permettra au CJLP d’introduire le biochar dans les techniques de régénération des sites miniers contaminés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Allaire

Student:

Partner:

Centre jardin lac Pelletier;Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue;Centre technologique des résidus industriels

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

YMCA Alternative Suspension: mise à jour et actualisation des modules d’activités en collaboration université-communauté

Le décrochage scolaire représente un enjeu sociétal majeur et peut avoir un impact important sur la trajectoire sociale et individuelle des personnes (Lessard, Archambault et Dupéré, 2020). Plusieurs facteurs de risques peuvent être associés au décrochage scolaire, notamment le désengagement de l’élève face à son cheminement scolaire ainsi que son historique de suspension et autres mesures disciplinaires (Dupéré et Al., 2015 ; Dupéré, Dion, Leventhal et Al., 2018). Le programme YMCA Alternative suspension a pour objectif d’agir en prévention face à ces facteurs de risques en offrant un service de soutien, d’accompagnement et d’interventions intensives aux élèves en suspension externe. Il se divise en deux volets : l’un favorisant la poursuite des apprentissages académiques et l’autre le développement socioaffectif du jeune. Ces deux volets ont pour objectifs principaux de valoriser et d’actualiser les compétences personnelles et l’estime de soi du jeune et permettre à celui-ci de changer son attitude face à l’école (YMCA Alternative Suspension, s.d.). Ultimement, le programme a pour but de favoriser une intégration harmonieuse à la vie sociale et scolaire et prévenir le décrochage scolaire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Véronique Dupéré

Student:

Partner:

Les YMCA du Québec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Utilities

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Treasurer

This project will serve value to the individual student in developing business skills related to information gathering and transforming the information into a knowledge-based document(s) that will essentially guide municipal operations and governance. The Township will also gain in establishing a working relationship with a Co-op student and in experiencing growth relating to strategy and meeting applicable standards. This position will have various applications associated with Public Service, Policy and Governance, Tourism, and Other sectors in our Almaguin Highlands region.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norah McRae

Student:

Partner:

Township of Strong

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

The R-Tech data rover – from prototype to commercial product

Manitoba has an opportunity to transform agriculture practices through advances in sensors, robotics, and machine learn-ing. Real-time, automated methods of in-field data collection are needed to increase productivity and sustainability in production agriculture, to expedite plant breeding and research, and to further the uptake of organic farming. To this end, we are developing a self-propelled, GPS-guided data rover for the rapid collection of plant images and environmental data in test plots, organic farms, and with partner EMILI, across a full-scale commercial farm. Large volumes of high-quality, in-field data are crucial for the development of crop scouting technology that will, for example, identify weeds amongst crops, characterize plant health and yield, or detect disease. This project is the next innovative leap by the Terra-Byte research group and its collaborators. A first data rover was designed and built by R-Tech Industries and fitted with GPS control by Northstar Robotics, both Manitoba companies. In-field testing and data collection will be used to update and improve this prototype into a final commercial product. As such, this project represents an exciting new frontier in the long and venerable tradition of agriculture implement development in Manitoba.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Bidinosti;Christopher Henry;Christopher Henry

Student:

Partner:

R-Tech Industries Ltd.;Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba; University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

Follow the Money: Tracking The Influence Of Third Party Donors on Democracy

This project collects and analyzes data about third party advertisers in Canadian federal elections. Third party advertisers are permitted to accept large donations from individuals, unions, and corporations, and to use these funds to directly intervene in Canadian elections, and yet we know very little about how these organizations operate. This project compiles third party advertiser financial returns in order to create a single searchable and public repository of all third party donations and spending since 2000. It then leverages those data to investigate who funds these organizations and which types of interests they advance in the public sphere. The expected benefit of this project to the IJF is increased readership for its public interest investigative journalism.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Cochrane

Student:

Partner:

Investigative Journalism Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Information and cultural industries; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’un procédé de solvométallurgie pour le recyclage des métaux à haute valeur ajoutée à partir des résidus de cartes électroniques

Au Canada, plus de 150 000 tonnes de déchets de cartes électroniques sont collectées annuellement (Circular Economy Leadership Canada, 2021). Néanmoins seulement 20 % de ces derniers sont adéquatement recyclés (World Economic Forum, 2019). Afin d’atteindre les objectifs du « plan québécois de valorisation des minéraux critiques et stratégiques » du gouvernement du Québec (Gouvernement du Québec, 2020), ce projet vise à développer un nouveau procédé qui permettra de récupérer les métaux à haute valeur ajoutée à partir de déchets de carte électronique. Il s’agit d’un procédé de solvométallurgie qui permet de solubiliser les métaux précieux en utilisant des solvants eutectiques profonds, qui sont des solvants propres, non toxiques et biodégradables. Les métaux en solution pourraient être ensuite récupérés séparément par les précédés propres. De plus, cette nouvelle technologie permettra de développer une première expertise au Québec, de diminuer la dépendance des métaux critiques & stratégiques face aux autres pays et de transférer dans une application industrielle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Georgios Kolliopoulos

Student:

Partner:

Centre de transfert technologique en écologie industrielle

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of a Dermoskeleton for Human Performance in Clinical and Occupational Applications

Physical disability in Canadian adults is largely due to painful mobility impairments, with the most common cause being diseases of, and injuries to, the musculoskeletal system and connective tissues (MSK disorders). MSK disorders are generally associated with natural aging, but are also caused by occupational injuries as well as brain or spinal cord injury or disease. The cost of these conditions to the Canadian Health Care system is in the tens of billions per year. It is critical to prevent long term MSK disability by preventing MSK disorders and improving rehabilitation outcomes of MSK therapies. To address this need, B-Temia Inc has developed a low-profile robotic exoskeleton, or “dermoskeleton” that provides active knee assist during human location, which may be useful for injury prevention and rehabilitation. B-Temia’s partnership with UNB is ideal for researching these application given UNB’s proven strengths in human locomotion biomechanics and performance assessment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris McGibbon

Student:

Partner:

B-Temia Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Impact of type I interferon exposure on interferon stimulating genes (ISGs) in the female genital tract

Globally the rate of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission is on the rise. This is quite disturbing and hence there is the urgent need to understand and develop better preventive strategies. A canonical antiviral molecule called “Type 1 interferon” is known to interfere with viral replication. In a large-scale cytokine analysis of South Africa tenofovir gel study, interferon alpha 2 (IFNa2), a type 1 interferon was strongly associated with HIV acquisition. This sounds counter intuitive. Findings in monkeys showed short term exposure of IFNa2 decreased simian immunodeficiency virus infection. Hence, in this study we will test the hypothesis that, short IFNa2 exposure will be protective while prolonged exposure will increase HIV acquisition risk.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lyle McKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Northwestern University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of Cooling System for Small Scale Medical Device for Women’s Gynecological Health

One in three women, including up to 58% of pregnant women and 48% of new mothers, experience a pelvic floor disorder (PFD) in their lifetime. PFD affects the everyday lives of women from urinary continence, fecal continence, painful sex and their shame in discussing these symptoms. The lack of comprehensive medical devices to provide for women who suffer from gynecological and pelvic health complications is a serious issue that still has not been resolved. The existing single-functional devices are either outdated and painful or extremely inconvenient to use. This proposed project will research, develop, and test a medical device that can accomplish dilation, heating, and cooling, which are three known effective therapeutic methods that improve pelvic health. To achieve this, computational and experimental thermal analysis and mechanical design will be carried out first for computer-aided design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zhao Pan

Student:

Partner:

Hyivy Health Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Bonification des outils d’analyse des facteurs organisationnels et psychosociaux du travail : tenir compte du sexe et du genre en prévention des troubles musculo-squelettiques (TMS)

Ce projet porte sur la bonification des outils d’analyse des contraintes organisationnelles et psychosociales du travail du guide INSPQ pour la prévention des TMS (Stock et al, 2021), afin de mieux tenir compte du sexe et du genre en prévention des TMS. Un comité de suivi avec d’utilisateurs potentiels des outils et des experts sera établi qui intègre du personnel du CHUM. Une consultation d’experts et des intervenants expérimentés permettra de chercher un consensus par rapport aux items à modifier et à ajouter aux outils à bonifier. Les résultats de ce projet permettront au CHUM, l’organisme partenaire, de mieux répondre aux nouvelles exigences de la Loi de santé et sécurité du travail exigeant que les employeurs identifient et prennent en charge des risques psychosociaux du travail. Ils permettront au CHUM de mieux tenir compte de ces risques psychosociaux en prévention des TMS et favoriseront une meilleure appréciation des exigences et des particularités du travail réel des femmes et des hommes, ce qui permettra de réduire des inégalités sociales de santé au travail.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Stock

Student:

Partner:

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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