Innovative Projects Realized

Comment inclure les jeunes des Premières Nations dans des systèmes de gouvernance pour améliorer leur bien-être et celui de leurs communautés

Les jeunes des Premières Nations (PN) rencontrent d’importants défis sociaux et leur sous-représentation dans les prises de décision sociales et communautaires (la gouvernance) limite le développement de solutions innovantes pour les affronter. De plus, leur participation à la gouvernance pourrait bénéficier leur bien-être et celui de leurs communautés. Ainsi, la Fondation Nouveaux Sentiers (FNS), un organisme autochtone, a développé le Cercle d’engagement en 2021 : une structure de gouvernance de jeunes des PN, ayant comme mandat d’identifier des enjeux, leur trouver des solutions innovantes et collaborer avec les partenaires intersectoriels du Laboratoire d’innovation sociale en autochtonisation de la FNS pour les réaliser.

En collaboration avec la FNS, le projet explorera 1) comment une structure de gouvernance influence la participation des jeunes des PN et 2) les effets perçus de la participation des jeunes des PN au sein d’une structure de gouvernance sur leur bien-être et celui de leurs communautés.

Quality Vigilance of Baked Goods through DigitalImage Analysis – I, II

Product quality is a factor in insuring business success and user satisfaction. It is acheived through vigilance within quality systems. This project will explore how quality-by-design can be supported through serial recording of material signatures extracted from image analysis of baked goods produced by the industrial partner TWI Foods. An innovative digital image recording system will be used, the BioTIFF/Intercase system, developed by gDial Inc in collaboration with the Dr Peter Pennefather of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy. This imaging and serial data analysis system will be applied in the work of the intern and Pharmaceutical Science MSC candidate in a project that aims to identify surroagte markers of baked good qualities. These markers will be measured within digital images of a given products at different stages of their baking process for tracking quality development. This strategy also can be applied in planned development of new products.

Video production optimization and repurposing opportunities

A constant challenge experienced with a small business is the time to strategically and effective marketing your own services as well as finding extra value or additional opportunities while working with clients. Through this internship, we would like to explore ways in which to repurpose the video content created for our clients in order to pitch new ideas for enhanced client relations and business development as well as to showcase the quality of our services and the types of clients we work with. We would also like to take a deep dive into our internal processes in producing video content for our clients as well as the tools, technology and equipment we’re currently utilizing compared to our competitors and cutting edge opportunities we should consider for our business.

Être journaliste pendant une pénurie de main d’oeuvre

La stagiaire, avec ce stage, apprendra à être journaliste professionnel. Elle saura, à la fin de son stage chez Qui fait Quoi, réaliser des entrevues d’un niveau élevé, prendre des photographies de qualité pour le média, monter des entrevues vidéo et audio. Bref, elle aura acquis un bagage complet pour faire du journalisme de qualité.

Everly Product Launch & Go To Market Strategy

Everly is on a mission to transform our everyday self-care essentials so that they not only care for us but for the planet too. Roughly 50 million tons of waste is produced a year and most of it is shipped to / dumped in poor countries in Asia and Africa. Beauty and self-care product packaging contribute massively to this issue. We know there’s a better way to produce these products, which is why we started Everly. The first product we are tackling is candles. We’ve reimagined how we consume candles and developed a proprietary way to reduce waste around candle consumption. All of Everly’s products are clean, meaning they are free of toxic ingredients & sustainable (compostable packaging). Our candle refills, which will be our first product launching in the fall, are currently in development and we will be going to market with them in Q4. Currently, our biggest challenge is around developing our digital and go-to-market strategies for our big product launch. This project will help Evelry be up to speed and develop a winning go-to-market strategy for our product launch in Q4.

Market Research/Strategy – Catalyst Entertainment Technology

As Catalyst Entertainment Technology gears up to open it’s first location in Q2 2023, more research needs to be done on the go to market strategy for expansion. CET needs to create potential customer and content partner lists and start having discovery calls with these groups to help inform our go to market strategy. We need to better understand models concerning how content is monetized and where IP lies in content partnerships. We also need to do research on the differences between licencing and franchising to better understand which expansion strategy best applies to CET. Finally, we need to do research around our competitive landscape and better understand social media and gaming-specific channels we may leverage.

OPAS Mobile Intelligent Operations Management

We are building the next generation of operations management software. In recent years there have been many companies that digitize forms to eliminate paper. Now, OPAS Mobile is changing how companies manage their HSEQ, fleet, materials, timecards and more by integrating everything into one extremely easy to use platform. Combining real-time data from the field with growing Industry 4.0 data streams, we use machine learning to proactively identify hazards and suggest mitigations to front-line staff and management to mitigate risks, eliminate HSEQ incidents and improve profitability. Most importantly we’re doing this with a focus on medium sized companies typically forgotten by enterprise software so local companies can have the automated procedures and efficiencies required compete with the multinationals in their markets.

Deconstruction as a Method for Waste Diversion in Canada’s Built Environment

Waste diversion is a prominent discussion across Canada, as we have recognized the large impact that the waste we produce has on the environment as well as the impact of how we manage it. The most common conversations have often been around personal waste reduction and the “zero-waste” movement, however what has been largely left out of conversation is the impact that the construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) industry has on the environment and what we can do to divert that waste (Delphi, 2021; Veleva et al., 2017). This research focuses on the deconstruction of single-family homes as a method of waste diversion in the CRD industry. Deconstruction is an important next step in waste diversion in municipalities across Canada as research has shown that 95% of CRD materials are able to be reused, recycled, or salvaged (CCME, 2019). With approximately 800,000 homes being demolished across Canada each year, there is a lot of opportunity to divert more waste and reduce the impact on the environment (CCME, 2019). This research aims to explore the barriers for deconstruction programs and policies, how we can overcome those barriers, and to determine what the best steps forward are in municipalities.

Escape Room VR

This project is an online multiplayer video game for Virtual Reality (VR) that is inspired by escape room themes and puzzles. The project is going to be developed using Unreal Engine 5 which is one of the newest and most powerful technologies that allows the team to implement more complex ideas and scenarios that were previously harder to create. This is going to be the largest project that the team has ever worked on since the previous projects were limited by the limitations of the technology and the studio. There are only a few VR titles that offer high-quality experiences and the studio now has the opportunity to implement new ideas and create an immersive experience. This project is going to help the intern to gain a wide variety of skills throughout the development process and will also push the boundaries of the team at the studio to be among the best game studios in Atlantic Canada which can benefit and support the local communities as well.

Cellules Solaires Triple jonctions pour le Photovoltaïque à Concentration (CPV)

Ce stage s’inscrit dans un projet qui a pour objectif de réduire le coût de fabrication des cellules solaires à très haute efficacité (1). Dans ce cadre, le développement de cellules solaires détachables, et le développement d’un procédé de passivation s’impose.
L’objectif de ce stage est dans un premier temps d’étudier l’impact de l’amincissement des cellules triple jonctions sur leur performances finales à l’aide de Silvaco ou Comsol. Dans un second temps, une étude expérimentale de la passivation de surface du Ge sera de mener via divers traitements chimiques.

Evaluating the Cumulative Effect of Hypothermia and Hypoxia on Substrate Metabolism in Humans at Rest

The ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is a major issue faced by western society today. Physical activity is known to directly correlate with reduced body fat, increased strength, and an improved overall sense of health and wellness. However, a majority of the population, for various reasons, is not physically active. These reasons can vary from the lack of financial or social support to lack of intrinsic motivation to be physically active, and in some cases, being virtually unable to engage in physical activity. Keeping this in mind, the purpose of this study is to artificially alter environmental conditions to elicit a post-metabolic response in humans that leads to lipid oxidation even when at rest. The environmental conditions used for this study are cold (hypothermia) and a reduced concentration of oxygen (hypoxia). The partner organization has a vested interest in this study as its primary goal is to increase awareness towards physical activity at all ages by offering programs that cater to different demographics in society. They hope that the outcome of this study leads to the design and manufacture of portable devices that can simulate hypoxic and hypothermic conditions allowing them to pioneer the use of this novel form of easy, effortless weight-loss.

Interprofessional collaborative pratice and organizational climate in hospital context in coping to TO COVID-19 – study of mixed methods

The research project has as a general objective to analyze the organizational climate and its interference in the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (ICP) from the perspective of managers and health professionals in a hospital context in the face of COVID-19. To achieve the objective in the proposal of a mixed methods study, data will be collected through the Assessment Scale of Interprofessional Team Collaboration (AITCS II), the Organizational Climate Scale for Healthcare Organizations (ECOOS), and individual semi-structured interviews. Data analysis and integration of the results will be carried out by intern Raíssa Ottes Vasconcelos. It is expected that this study can contribute to the construction of theoretical and practical knowledge in nursing and health about the understanding and operationalization of ICP in the hospital context and organizational climate in crises, considering the particularity of this level of health care and the impact of both constructs on the quality of health care and patient safety, as well as on the health of the worker.