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Intégration des connaissances sur les habitats fauniques pour la planification territoriale autochtone : le cas du lynx du Canada

Le projet vise à caractériser le potentiel d’habitat de plusieurs espèces culturellement significatives, dont le lynx du Canada, sur le territoire de 2 communautés autochtones de l’Abitibi, à proposer un zonage du territoire selon des vocations identifiées par les communautés (ex. chasse au petit gibier) et à élaborer des recommandations d’aménagement du territoire. Le stagiaire développera dans son projet de maitrise un outil de caractérisation de l’habitat du lynx, basé sur des données collectées localement, grâce à des lynx équipés de colliers émetteurs, pour lesquels une analyse des habitats préférés sera réalisée. Les stages permettront de mettre en place une recherche collaborative en impliquant les communautés tout au long du projet et fournissant des outils leur permettant de participer activement à l’aménagement de leur territoire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hugo Asselin

Student:

Partner:

Pourvoirie Mistawak;Corporation Wabak

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Cubbi Market Expansion Marketing Innovation

Cubbi is fuelling the people building tomorrow. No one wants the same food every day for lunch, and nobody wants to make it. This is why Cubbi manufactures IoT refrigerated food pick-up pods for the modern workplace. Their mobile application allows users to order from various vendors for delivery into their Cubbi pod. Each order is delivered into each Cubbi pod on the chosen delivery day and stored at the perfect temperature. Each Cubbi pod is accessible via the same mobile app to ensure access whenever you have time to eat during your busy schedule.

The goal of this project is to solve the innovation problem of scaling the company to cities across Canada. This project will mainly focus on the marketing side of the problem. The marketing problem will need to be solved in coordination with other current teams at the Start-up to figure out how to effectively scale to a new city.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brooke Klassen

Student:

Partner:

Cubbi

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Le marquage CE sous la nouvelle réglementation Européenne 2017/745 – Le cas d’une compagnie canadienne

Le stage en stratégie d’entreprise Mitacs que j’effectue pendant huit mois consistera en développement des dossiers techniques dont celui pour le marquage CE (« conformité européenne ») sous la nouvelle réglementation Européenne 2017/745. Dans le cadre du stage, j’aurai comme responsabilités d’établir et exécuter une stratégie réglementaires pour les portions du projet qui me seront confiées.

Je serais ainsi activement impliquée dans le maintien de la compliance des dispositifs médicaux, de cosmétiques et de suppléments alimentaires au Canada. Ceci me permettra de me familiariser avec les réglementations Canadiennes et produire une comparaison de la nouvelle réglmentation Européene et Canadienne qui sera le sujet principal de ma thèse.
Cette comparaison, permettra ensuite une analyse d’impact sur les companies Canadiennes ayant mis en marché leurs dispositifs en Europe et qui doivent à présent satisfaire des obligations lourdes imposées par la commission Européene. En conclusion de ma thèse, sera une réflexion l’impact de nouvelles réglementations sur l’industrie MedTech au Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François-Xavier Lacasse

Student:

Partner:

I-MED Pharma Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Understanding Organizational Routine Evolution and Change in Healthcare: The case of CPOE Use at The Ottawa Hospital

The Ottawa Hospital is implementing a new information technology application system, or Clinical Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system. The students will model and study all aspects of the operational routines that are affected by the technology introduction and investigate how these routines evolve and change through simulation modeling. Examining the process of changing organizational routines is particularly important, not only because they are significantly related to the performance and survival of organizations, but also because routines represent the foundation of effective organizational performance. It is these changes, when optimized that can lead to cost savings and reduction in health care costs. Discovering how best to introduce such changes, and understanding the problems that can arise will provide lessons for other hospitals and organizations who want to implement similar disruptive technology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gerald Grant

Student:

Partner:

The Ottawa Hospital

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

EvacCompass-TheoTech Solutions Limited

The goal of this project is to generate feedback on the EvacCompass app from key stakeholder groups:
• Fire departments
• Property management companies / Stratas
• Multi-unit residential residents
The intern will conduct solution interviews with the 3 main stakeholder goups to:
• Solicit feedback on whether EvacCompass as designed will address fire safety risks in multi-unit residential buildings
• Prioritize features for the launch product
• Uncover any additional problems not covered in the current demo of EvacCompass
• Rough test pricing

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zhi Lu

Student:

Partner:

TheoTech Solutions Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

A woman on the frontiers of existence: Judith Merril activism in 1970’s Toronto

Judith Merril was a renowned writer, critic and documentarist within the field of science fiction. While most of her writings have been connected to a variety of political movements, her Canadian years have been particularly engaged with anti-war and environmental issues. All throughout 1970, Judith Merril was an active advocate for peace and sought solution for environmental problems such as pollution, overpopulation and the risk of climate change, debating this problems on radio. Moreover, Merril argued for a science fiction aligned with the issues of its time, utilizing speculative imagination and futuristic narratives to debate current problems and how they affected women. Therefore, the present proposal aims to investigate Judith Merril’s activism during 1970’s Toronto, as well as the relationship between her work within the field of science fiction and her political engagement. Analyzing sources available in conversation with Gender Studies, Intellectual History and Literary Anthropology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mayurika Chakravorty

Student:

Partner:

Federal University of Parana

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Entertainment and Media; Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Investigation of CO2 phase behavior in flowlines for CCS processes

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a practical solution for reducing the overall green house gas (GHG) emission and environmental footprint of the civilization. The CoFlow simulation software developed by CMG is one of the only tools available for predicting the performance of the CCS applications. Generally, there are technical challenges and prediction deficiencies associated with processes involving injection of high-pressure CO2. These include sudden phase changes effecting the pressure profiles in the process, vaporization of liquified CO2 causing solid formation which may result in significant risk. The objective of this process is to improve the flow and pressure prediction which enables the engineer to operate the process at optimized conditions while minimizing the hazards and potential downtimes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sudarshan Raj Mehta

Student:

Partner:

Computer Modelling Group Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Mitigating gas emissions from permafrost via the concrete-filled geosynthetic technology

The goal of this project is to assess the effectiveness of Concrete Canvas® in mitigating the radioactive radon gas exposure as well as methane infiltration into northern houses due to degrading permafrost. The outcomes of this research can provide northern communities with a relatively low-cost climate adaptation strategy to deal with toxic soil gas exposure in northern buildings. Radon is known to be the second most important cause of lung cancer after smoking. Smoking also exacerbates radon-acquired lung cancer rates by about 26 times while smoking is up to 4.4 times more prevalent in Arctic communities. Furthermore, the application of geosynthetic can provide the stakeholders with a promising technology to mitigate methane release from permafrost and landfills in local scales. The outcomes of this research project can enhance societal benefits in northern communities by improving public health
and housing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pooneh Maghoul

Student:

Partner:

Titan Environmental Containment

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Élaboration d’un système basé sur des capteurs textiles sans contact de signaux biométriques pour la détection de la somnolence au volant chez les travailleurs-conducteurs

Le projet proposé vise à réduire les accidents de conduite dus à la fatigue au volant en particulier pour les chauffeurs routiers. Pour cela, des capteurs intégrés dans la housse du siège du conducteur, serviront à mesurer la respiration et le rythme cardiaque du conducteur. Le but de la recherche proposée sera de réussir à déclencher une alarme lorsque des signes de somnolence seront perçus à partir des capteurs biométriques installés dans le siège. Pour atteindre cet objectif, nous devrons concevoir des capteurs textiles et toute l’électronique requise ainsi que les algorithmes servant à éliminer le bruit des signaux perçus. De plus, des algorithmes d’apprentissage machine seront entrainés pour être capables de détecter les signes de somnolence le plus tôt possible pour envoyer des alarmes afin d’alerter le conducteur. Cette recherche est importante pour l’IRSST dont la mission est d’éliminer les risques d’atteinte à la santé et à la sécurité des travailleurs. En outre, cela permettrait de réduire le fardeau économique du aux arrêts de travail. Par ailleurs, les capteurs développés durant ce projet pourront faire l’objet d’une évaluation pour leur valorisation commerciale soit par l’octroi de licences ou la création de start-ups.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ghyslain Gagnon

Student:

Partner:

IRSST

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

CBSR – Sustainable Procurement Analyst – Julian

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) Association is partnering with the CBSR Education Foundation to deliver a Sustainable Procurement Fellowship (SPF) program. The SPF program aims to educate and empower corporate sustainability professionals to deliver on corporate sustainability goals through improvements and integration of sustainable procurement practices. Carbon mitigation, circularity, and sustainable information technology (IT) are some of the featured components of this new SPF program. The Sustainable Procurement Analyst will be responsible to support the program administration and the development of program design, preparing marketing and communication assets, coordinating with program speakers, creating participant feedback surveys, and summarizing pre-survey and post-survey insights into reports, as well as reviewing and analyzing focus group sessions’ results. The Sustainability Research Analyst internship project, lead with a strong understanding of the business case supporting the integration of the environmental and social principles, will provide cross-cutting results and will further influence CBSR’s programming and future research initiatives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Harrison

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Business for Social Responsibility

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Clean Technology; Education; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Optical beamforming solutions for 6G

The project will develop a 6G silicon-based beamforming network incorporating optical technologies. Such a technology may increase the performance of the 6G wireless systems and to reduce the power consumption. The use of photonics to perform beamforming has a key advantage of wide instantaneous bandwidth with no beam squint problem. Since the signals are already modulated on an optical carrier, the use of photonics to perform beamforming will simplify the system since no additional electrical-to-optical conversion is needed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jianping Yao

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Quebec)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Analyse d’un surnageant résiduel appauvri issu d’une production de levures liquides en bioréacteur en vue d’élaborer des voies de valorisation

Le Labo – Solutions Brassicoles est une entreprise qui produit à grande échelle des solutions de levures liquides à des fins brassicoles, c’est-à-dire qu’elle fournit aux microbrasseries du Québec, et bientôt d’ailleurs, les petites bêtes nécessaires à l’élaboration des bières, celles qui rendent possible la production d’alcool lors de l’étape qu’on appelle ‘fermentation’, mais permettent aussi le développement de certaines saveurs et odeurs recherchées dans les bières. De cette production, il résulte la récupération du volume d’un sous-produit près de neuf fois supérieur à celui des levures qui seront vendues. Ce sous-produit ne peut actuellement pas être proposé à la vente puisque sa composition ne le rend pas utilisable. L’objectif du projet ici est de trouver un moyen de valoriser ce sous-produit et de permettre à l’entreprise de s’inscrire dans une dynamique durable et circulaire afin de composer avec les enjeux environnementaux auxquels l’on doit faire face aujourd’hui.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frédéric Monette

Student:

Partner:

Le Labo - Solutions Brassicoles;Société d’Aide au Développement de la Collectivité du Kamouraska

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate