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KASTx Ventures – Ethan

KASTx Ventures is a full-service biotech accelerator and advisory firm with a vision of turning today’s best science into tomorrow’s best ventures. KASTx is working with world-leading start-up biotechnology companies with a shared vision to have a positive and sustainable impact globally, focusing on the areas of health, technology, and environmental sustainability. This project will be critical in establishing and improving on KASTx’s stakeholder relations activities. KASTx Ventures portfolio companies are working to deepen connections within the community and expand the list of investors and venture capital firms they approach. The student will be building out key frameworks and processes for lead generation and follow up that can be applied across all of our portfolio companies. This will help to establish a strong stakeholder relations strategy and framework for KASTx Ventures and its companies, as well as offer insight as to how to improve current processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

KASTx Ventures

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Biotechnology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Blood single-cell RNA profiling of interstitial lung diseases

Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are debilitating disorders that cause patients to slowly lose their lung function, resulting in shortness of breath, limited capacity for movement, and subsequent death. Over 15,000 Canadians currently suffer from some form of ILD, yet not all of them receive proper therapy, partly due to difficulties in identifying the precise ILD subtype. This is especially problematic for patients with a specific form of ILD called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), as effective drug treatments for other subtypes of ILD can worsen outcomes for patients with IPF. Unfortunately, diagnosing ILDs is difficult due to frequently nonspecific test results – patients currently experience up to a 55% rate of misdiagnosis. To address the need for better ILD diagnosis, the goal of this project is to identify cellular markers that are able to accurately identify specific subtypes of ILD.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott J. Tebbutt

Student:

Partner:

PROOF Centre of Excellence

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Testing species range limits using remote sensing techniques

Many species on earth are experiencing changes in their geographic distributions as climate change progresses. Ecologists don’t fully understand what limits or promotes a species ability to move in response to global change- factors such as temperature, interactions with other species, and population genetics can all play a role. I am interested in exploring how the availability of habitat might determine how far species can move beyond their current distributions. I am also interesting in how we can use remote sensing (drone) data to ask these types of ecological questions on large spatial scales. During this project, I will be collecting information about habitat availability for an annual plant in the Rocky Mountains using a drone and comparing this data to on-the-ground surveys of the same species to determine how accurately remote sensing data can evaluate habitat availability for a species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anna Hargreaves

Student:

Partner:

Aeria Solutions Ltd.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Sustainability & the Environment; Forestry

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of novel aquafeed made by two microbial oil sources as a sustainable high DHA and EPA contributors to improve stress resistance in freshwater aquaculture

Aquafeed is supplemented with essential fatty acids derived from fish products (fishmeal and fish oil). However, fish oil production is dropping due to rapidly depleting wild resources. Therefore, the aquafeed industry must move to other sources of essential fatty acids, such as oils from terrestrial origins [3]. When more than 80% of fish oil in aquafeed is substituted with terrestrial-derived oils, fish growth parameters are affected [4,5]. Supplementing aquafeed with 0.4% DHA and EPA from two different microbial oil sources offers a promising sustainable solution to replace fish oil in aquafeed and increase the immune status of fish. This novel aquafeed supplement will enable farmed fish to withstand environmental stressors common to farming conditions, leading to improved survival rates. Sustainable aquafeed production is essential to meet the growing needs of the aquaculture industry. To explore production possibilities, we will test for uniformity, feed stability, shelf life, water stability, and acceptability of the novel aquafeed formulation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Bertolo

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Helping Newcomers and other Disadvantaged Groups to Develop Social Enterprises in Newfoundland and Labrador

The goals of this partnership are to study the barriers and challenges faced by underrepresented groups (such as recent immigrants, women, people with disability and francophones) establishing their businesses in Newfoundland and Labrador. This study will provide an informative framework that several groups can benefit from. From that goal, many other beneficial actions can occur which may strengthen Newfoundland and Labrador into becoming a powerful migration destination and may alleviate many troubling trends that the province is currently experiencing. The results of this study will help understand the needs of underrepresented groups in the Newfoundland and Labrador labour market, which will provide a reference for the partner organization’s employment support programs for newcomers, employers and entrepreneurs. This, in turn, will lead to the province’s becoming a more inclusive and diverse area.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Fang

Student:

Partner:

Horizon TNL

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Conversion of underutilized sea cucumber by-product (flower) to nutrient supplements

The most common sea cucumber (SC) found in the North Atlantic Ocean is orange footed Cucumaria frondosa. SC is packed with numerous high-value nutraceutical and pharmaceutical components. During SC processing, flowers are separated as by-products representing around 8-10% of the live weight and sold at a very low price. These by-products are rich sources of proteins, vitamins, minerals, and biologically active compounds that may benefit overall health by combating several infectious and degenerative diseases. Therefore, the proposed project will develop nutritional supplements from SC flowers. This study will allow better utilization of SC, extend SC market and improves the NL economy by creating new opportunities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Deepika Dave

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Dental Temporary Staff Scheduling System

Aspiring Ingenuity Inc. is a Canadian staffing company established in ….. . They provide temporary dental care staffing solutions for dental clinics in Toronto. They are currently facing challenges with their existing software and tools in assigning employees for services based on different requirements, provide relevant information such as time, address, and special instructions. Schedule repeating shifts, send reminders and get real-time shift status notifications. As the company grows with increasing number of clients (dental clinics and services) and growing number of temporary staff and new job applicants, the company find the development of a new web application to manage these diverse activities a top priority. So the company will Collaborate with Wearable, Interactive, and Mobile Technologies Access Centre in Health (WIMTACH) to develop a stand alone staffing management solution that allows dental practices to connect with and hire temporary dental staff quickly and easily. The proposed application will allow dental practices to post shifts (date, hours, and type of staff) of temporary staff that they require. These posted shifts will be sent as email notifications to qualified temporary dental staff members, and those who wish to accept the shift can do so with a “click of a button”. The dental practice will then accept one of the applicants, and the accepted temporary staff will show-up and complete their shift.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Purnima Tyagi;Blessing Ajiboye

Student:

Partner:

Aspiring Ingenuity

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Abstract Concepts and Semantic Hubs: Exploring the Role of the Anterior Temporal Lobe

Language is central to our daily lives and loss of language can have detrimental effects on daily living. To understand what occurs when language skills are disrupted, I will research how healthy adults process language, and in particular the neurological underpinnings of word meaning. The anterior temporal lobe is a brain region that has been associated with processing word meaning and is thought to be the main source of language loss in semantic dementia. Yet our understanding of this region is based predominantly on research involving nouns that refer to concrete concepts such as “apple”, “chair”, or “flower”. It is less clear how the anterior temporal lobe contributes to processing abstract verb meaning, such as “think”, “love”, or “dissolve”. In the proposed study, I will investigate how the brain’s semantic system is involved in processing abstract compared to concrete verb meaning, and how specific sections of the anterior temporal lobe might be associated with processing different types of abstract verb meaning.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Penny Pexman

Student:

Partner:

Bangor University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Ui/Ux design at Treehouse- parent tech digital health innovation

Treehouse Digital Health Inc. is an Ottawa based startup focused on being a SaaS solution for the maternal and family health industry. This proposal relates to the development of a maternal health community platform and specifically the Ui/Ux design around the innovation. It allows for the collaboration of maternal allied health professionals and their clients. The solution has critical information that needs to be securely stored with the ability to share information with other care providers within the circle of care and with their client. Partnering with St. Lawrence College and Mitacs will allow further insight(s) into and address gaps in sharing information with other care providers within the circle of care, seamless integration into other healthcare systems to mitigate adverse patient outcomes among maternal-fetal specialties.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Ruskin

Student:

Partner:

Treehouse Digital Health Inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

St. Lawrence College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Surface texturing of current collector to accommodate silicon volume change in Li-ion battery anode

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) represent the most employed technology for use in electric vehicles as they offer high capacity, cycle-life, and power at reduced weight and dimensions. Current LIB anodes are mainly carbon-based materials with a limited theoretical capacity. On the other hand, a silicon (Si) anode has a theoretical capacity close to an order magnitude of carbon. However, during the battery charge-discharge process, the Si anode has high volume changes of up to 300%, causing cracking, excess solid electrolyte formation, and electrolyte consumption, resulting in rapid battery performance losses. This research study will provide a new method to accommodate the high volume change of the Si anode during the charge-discharge process of LIBs through surface texturing of the anode current collector. The designed anode surfaces will be studied and analyzed, and modifications will be applied to minimize the silicon damage during the charge-discharge process.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Reza Riahi

Student:

Partner:

Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Fundamental Review of the Trading Book: Explainable Equity Volatility Models with Event Risk

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book is a set of regulations set by the Basel committee, which is expected to be implemented by banks in Canada by late 2023. According to these regulations, in order to maintain stability in the banking system, banks need to post extra capital against the so-called non-modellable risk factors. As this extra capital could significantly increase the total market risk capital requirements for a bank, reducing the weight of these non-modellable risk factors can greatly increase the bank’s profitability. We will seek new ways of reducing the capital requirement of equity volatility non-modellable risk factors, via decomposing them using state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, using explainable AI techniques to provide interpretability for these machine learning models, and detecting and measuring event risk in equity volatility time series.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcos Escobar Anel;Matthew Davison

Student:

Partner:

CIBC

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Endur Apparel Digital Marketing Strategy

Digital marketing is central to the success of many small businesses and particularly important to e-commerce businesses such as Endur Apparel. Endur Apparel sells high performance custom socks, subscription socks, and individual pairs of socks to athletes and other customers who seek a unique combination of style and performance, with an exclusively digital strategy. The proposed project is to support hiring of a digital marketing strategist to develop and implement non-paid customer engagement and conversion strategies to complement the paid digital marketing strategies developed by Endur’s marketing manager. This position will help support Endur’s goal of doubling sales in the next two years by gaining sales in new markets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jan Kietzmann

Student:

Partner:

Endur Apparel

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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