Innovative Projects Realized

Explore thousands of successful projects resulting from collaboration between organizations and post-secondary talent.

31133 Completed Projects

2940
AB
5159
BC
837
MB
685
NL
882
SK
9292
ON
9695
QC
97
PE
601
NB
1161
NS

Projects by Category

Optimization of the expoCube Prototype for Cannabis Vapor Exposure to ALI culture

In 2018, Canada legalized the use of recreational cannabis. Despite legalization, there are still many things we do not know about how cannabis can impact our health. It is important that scientists study what cannabis does to our bodies so that Canadians can be informed consumers. A common way to consume cannabis is to use a dry herb vaporizer, which heats the plant to release compounds called cannabinoids. THC and CBD are important cannabinoids and affect the way our bodies function. At the same time, vaping involves inhaling other chemicals into the lungs, so it is important to understand how this vapor impacts lung health. We study lung cells by exposing them to cannabis vapor in a new device called the expoCube. This device is unlike any other because it allows us to study cells that are exposed to the air and the whole vapor product, unlike traditional cells which are kept under liquid making exposing them to a vapor difficult.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Carolyn Baglole

Student:

Partner:

SCIREQ Scientific Respiratory Equipment

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Accelerate

Tiresias: Client Private Malware Protection

Tiresias is a client private solution to malware protection and threat intelligence. Tiresias allows a user to put all their incoming files in a cryptographically secure Data Chest locally. After sending the Data Chest to our cloud environment, our AI scans and infers if it is malicious without seeing the actual file content from the Data Chest. This method protects the client data privacy and confidentiality. The Data Chest is a novel research outcome at the Queen’s School of Computing. They are cryptographically secure, and it is mathematically impossible with current technology to view the plaintext within a Data Chest without end users active consent. Tiresias conducts client private malware analysis, stays compliant with data privacy laws, and utilizes state-of-the-art AI for accurate malware detection. We are open source, which keeps us accountable for what we install on our users computers.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Ding

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Cyber Security

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

High-performance Machine Learning Models for Financial Forecasting

Reliable long-term and short-term financial performance predictions are crucial for financial corporations to make major financial decisions and assess their financial health. Our work will develop high-performance machine learning models to detect the underlying drivers of various financial affairs such as balance, revenue, expense and cash flow, etc. And effectively using these key features to forecast future financial results which will help to improve decision making accuracy of the partner organization. Thus, improves various financial performances of our partner corporation. The well trained Artificial Intelligent Machine Learning models help understand complex financial time series data that affect the financial performance, and continuously updated according to the real time series data to achieve a sustainable financial growth both in the short-term and long-term.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Linglong Kong

Student:

Partner:

ATB Financial

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an online and customizable corporate challenge and integrated workplace wellness tracking and self-monitoring platform

The main objective of the project is to develop a customizable corporate challenge and integrated workplace wellness tracking and self-monitoring platform. Physical inactivity has a direct impact on employees’ medical condition, workplace stress, health metrics, self-reported work impairment, and absenteeism. Thus there is a crucial need for wellness programs that maximize employee participation to physical activity programs. Several initiatives have been developed to manage workplace wellness programs, but most of them are limited to walking and/or running, and no current system automatically monitors the participant’s response to the exercise program and provides timely and individual counseling, advices, reminders and personalized alerts. FITSTATS enterprise proposed a comprehensive approach by combining four methods that have demonstrated their efficiency in increasing physical activity and long-term adherence to an active lifestyle: (i) Administration of health-risk assessment questionnaires and clinical/biometric screenings. (ii) Team-based corporate wellness challenges (within the same company or between companies. (iii) Self-monitoring of physical activity (pedometer and self-reporting via mobile phone), automated graphing of progress, goal achievement. (iv) Automatic reminders, alerts and personal coaching advices (SMS or email) to participants via smartphone.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Hervet

Student:

Partner:

FITSTATS Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Université de Moncton

Program:

Accelerate

Effets du réchauffement climatique sur les communautés de macroinvertébrés benthiques du Québec

Les larves d’insecte, les mollusques et les crustacés qui habitent le fond des rivières servent de bioindicateurs de la qualité de l’eau pour plusieurs programmes de suivi au Québec et ailleurs. Ces espèces varient énormément quant à leur tolérance à la pollution, ce qui permet de distinguer les milieux pollués des milieux naturels selon la composition des espèces qui habitent une rivière. Cependant, avec le climat qui se réchauffe, certaines espèces sensibles aux températures élevées pourraient être amenées à disparaître même en milieu naturel. En travaillant avec le Groupe d’éducation et d’écosurveillance de l’eau (G3E) et en combinant diverses approches de pointe en écoinformatique et en biostatistiques, nous proposons de déterminer la vulnérabilité des invertébrés des rivières du Québec au réchauffement climatique. Ce projet nous permettra de mieux comprendre la réponse des bioindicateurs de la qualité de l’eau au réchauffement anticipé dans les années à venir.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Vincent Fugère

Student:

Partner:

Groupe d’éducation et d’écosurveillance de l’eau

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Gamification of Neurorehabilitation-Centric Hand Exercises Post Stroke or Brain Injury

Stroke is the number one cause of adult disability in the world. Due to the neurological damage from stroke, a vast majority of individuals suffer from hand function disability (~70%). To improve hand function and overcome challenges from this disability, IRegained has developed the MyHandTM system, a connected mechatronic device with programmed proprietary hand function training protocols developed through deep research in neuroplasticity for targeted hand function therapy.
This research projects aims to gamify these hand function training protocols and validate the enhanced patient engagement and motivation. The effectiveness of the therapy is dependent on intensity and repetition, which is expected to be achieved through gamification.
IRegained Inc will greatly benefit from this MITACS project through acceleration of its time to product launch, and clinical validation through direct user experience.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Ratvinder Grewal

Student:

Partner:

IRegained

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

The mental health of older immigrant Punjabi women living in British Columbia: A provincial wide participatory research evaluation study

– South Asians make up 60% of Canada’s immigrant population, with Punjabis being the fastest-growing subpopulation of this demographic in BC. Since many Punjabi women have low health literacy skills and face cultural stigmas around mental health, community-based health promotion (CBHP) programs are needed. However, such programs typically focus on supporting affluent White groups. This participatory research project will address these gaps by evaluating the CBHP program “Healing Through Ancient Teachings,” (offered by Moving Forward Family Services) which was exclusively created for Punjabi women aged 50+ to develop coping mechanisms for their mental health.
• The 13-week program was originally created by community advocate and certified yoga teacher Ms. Jas Cheema who has served the BC Punjabi community for 35+ years. Despite the program being offered twice to the community, where the feedback stated decreased feelings of anxiety and depression, a program evaluation would help measure whether it is serving the community’s needs. The proposed project will provide an opportunity to collaborate with the Punjabi community and identify recommendations for future programs.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Barbara Mitchell

Student:

Partner:

Moving Forward Family Services

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Commercialization of Exro Technologies’ VIEG Technology

The aim of the internship is to develop strategies for commercialization of radical, generic technologies developed by Exro in the area of clean technology. They have developed and patented. a variable input electrical generator that could be very efficiently used in producing electricity for undetermined electricity generation levels from clean tech sources like wind turbine and wave turbines. This internship will apply technology management techniques to inform the commercialization strategy of Exro Technologies. A technology roadmap for Exro Technologies’ VIEG technology will be developed from the following: analysis of prospective markets, analysis of strategies and partnerships for prospective markets, matching Exro Technologies’ VIEG invention to a potential set of target markets and applications through viability analysis and other strategic considerations, prioritization of target markets and applications. The intent is to inform the commercialization strategy of Exro Technology in such a way as to provide commercially benefit to the company and social value to society through the more efficient production of electricity from clean tech sources.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Elicia Maine

Student:

Partner:

Exro Technologies

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Clean Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling Ronald Lake Bison Population Carrying Capacity and Habitat Supply

Free-ranging and free from bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, the Ronald Lake wood bison population in northern Alberta has ecological, cultural, and spiritual importance. The ongoing sustainability of the population requires stewardship and management that aligns with the goals of Indigenous governments, provincial and federal governments, and other interested parties. Partnering with The Firelight Group, alongside Mikisew Cree First Nation and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, this project will estimate the Ronald Lake bison habitat supply and l carrying capacity using three different approaches: animal-units, habitat suitability index, and resource selection function. Additional habitat and harvest scenarios will then be modelled to help predict future change to the herd. This new information will support ongoing and future Ronald Lake bison management, stewardship, and governance decisions to ensure there are healthy and viable Ronald Lake bison for generations to come

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Nielsen;Mark Edwards

Student:

Partner:

The Firelight Group

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Comment mieux composer avec l’écoanxiété : Rôle de l’ERE dans le pouvoir agir d’élèves de niveau secondaire et collégial face aux changements climatiques

Conscientiser les jeunes générations aux problématiques socioenvironnementales tout en favorisant un pouvoir et un désir d’agir est nécessaire afin d’en faire des citoyennes et citoyens engagé.es et résilient.es. Or, cette prise de conscience vient parfois avec de l’anxiété et une peur de l’avenir que l’on nomme écoanxiété. Celle-ci peut être un moteur d’engagement et d’adaptation, ou au contraire, un frein qui nous paralyse. L’objectif général du projet de recherche est d’examiner le rôle d’ateliers pratiques en éducation relative à l’environnement (ERE) sur l’écoanxiété et le sentiment de pouvoir agir d’élèves de niveau secondaire et collégial. Le projet tentera de répondre à cette question vive : Comment l’éducation, et plus précisément l’ERE, peut se saisir de l’enjeu important qu’est l’écoanxiété afin de favoriser le sentiment de pouvoir agir et d’insuffler le désir de s’impliquer en matière d’environnement, d’adaptation et de lutte aux changements climatiques?

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Anne-Sophie Gousse-Lessard

Student:

Partner:

Groupe d’éducation et d’écosurveillance de l’eau;Intact

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Systeme de Suivi Automise des discussions sur Twitter

Ce projet vise le developpement d’un nouvel algorithme permettant de mieux suivre l’evolution d’une discussion sur des reseaux sociaux, notamment Twitter. Il se base sur une analyse de la cooccurence des mots-clics (hashtags) utilises par les usagers pour faire une expansion de requete. Cette demiere permettra une adaptation en temps reel du systeme de cueillette de tweets aux differentes tendances observees dans une discussion en ligne. Pour l’entreprise Seevibes, cet algorithme petrmettra d’obtenir des corpus plus precis lors de la cueillette de tweets a propos d’emission de television, notamment lors de la rediffusion d’evenements en direct. De plus, elle realisera des economies substantielles en reduisant les ressources humaines presentement affectees a cette tache de vielle des tendances sur des sujets particuliers.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Gilbert Paquette

Student:

Partner:

Seevibes

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Télé-Université

Program:

Accelerate

Bioactive nanoparticles-based domiciliary oral gel with antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and antioxidant activity for periodontal therapy

Periodontal diseases are among the most common diseases in the population. According to the Canadian Dental Association, around 7 in 10 Canadians suffer from some form of gum disease at some point in their lives. They are characterized by inflammation and destruction of tooth supporting structures. Their progression is determined by the interaction between microbes and the host immune response. Recently, locally administered therapies have been proposed as a support to the gold standard treatment scaling and root planning, but no consensus on their effectiveness is present. In this project, we aim to characterize and optimize the formulation of bioactive engineered nanoparticles-based domiciliary oral gel that provides antimicrobial effect against microbes as well as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect to protect the host cells for applications in periodontal treatment. The experiments proposed in this project will facilitate clinical translation and commercialization of the oral gel.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Anil Kishen

Student:

Partner:

Oral Antimicrobials Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Previous
1…1,1511,1521,1531,1541,1551,1561,157…2,595
Next

Join a thriving innovation ecosystem.

Subscribe to our newsletter now!

Subscribe

Mitacs — Return on Innovation

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.