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Business Development Co-Op – Ontario

Sliike is developing an App that is unique and in the market space. The App is also tailored for the English speaking and French customers and clients in Canada. We are currently at the advance stage of the Mobile App design and getting close to launch. The App has a new feature that requires B2B engagement for the App to commercialize and scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Maxfield

Student:

Partner:

Sliike Corporation

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Lambton College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival

imagineNATIVE is the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content. They have been recognized globally for their innovative programming and as the global centre for Indigenous media arts, known most prominently for the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival that takes place annually in October. As a subsector within the creative industries, the film industry has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19 and subsequent repercussions related to stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures to control the spread of the disease. This project will be addressing challenges related to the recovery of the film industry in the short- and medium-term, as well as exploring and expanding on sustainable hybrid solutions for the long-term.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lorena Escandon

Student:

Partner:

imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Improved detection of Blueberry Scorch virus, a major pathogen in BC blueberry farms

Disease and death of blueberry plants caused by Blueberry Scorch Virus (BlScV) is a major problem in Blueberry farms of British Columbia, a key sector of the local agricultural economy. Correct diagnosis is instrumental to separate from non-lethal Shock Virus as BlScV-infected plants should be removed to reduced spread to other plants. In recent years, however, a substantial portion of diseased plants test negative for both viruses using the preferred and affordable ELISA method. We have compared detection methods and found that the virus is not detected by the preferred and affordable method of detection. Here we propose to test if the discrepancies are due to new BlScV variants in BC and/or an issue with the sensitivity of current preferred diagnostic method. Depending on the results, we will (a) develop new detection assay adapted to local BlScV variants or (b) test new methodology to improve sensitivity of current method.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jim Mattsson

Student:

Partner:

Phyto Diagnostics

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Développement et évaluation d’une intervention de santé publique pour réduire le risque péridomestique de la maladies transmises par les tiques dans la ville de Bromont

Les maladies transmises par les tiques (MTT), comme la maladie de Lyme et l’anaplasmose, représentent un fardeau sanitaire en constante croissance au Québec et au Canada. Cette croissance est notamment liée aux changements climatiques et environnementaux modifiant la distribution des tiques à pattes noires. Ce sont les micromammifères qui sont responsables du maintien et de l’amplification du cycle de transmission environnementale des agents infectieux responsables de ces maladies. La MRC de Brome-Missiquoi, en particulier la municipalité de Bromont, présente un des taux d’incidence les plus élevés de maladie de Lyme au Québec et a été, en 2021, le lieu de la plus importante éclosion d’anaplasmose rapportée dans l’histoire du Québec. L’étendue des zones forestières, leur proximité avec les résidences et le développement extensif d’infrastructures récréotouristiques en milieu forestier dans la MRC favorisent l’exposition de nombreux résidents et non-résidents aux MTT. Un projet de recherche-action a été lancé en 2019, qui visait à la fois à déterminer l’effet d’une nouvelle intervention environnementale sur les tiques dans l’environnement, ainsi qu’à mobiliser la communauté et favoriser sa prise en charge des activités préventives contre la maladie de Lyme. La collecte de données de ce projet prendra fin en 2022 et une nouvelle phase de recherche débutera, qui vise à optimiser l’intervention développée et implantée dans la municipalité de Bromont et à évaluer si elle peut être utilisée pour prévenir non seulement le risque de maladie de Lyme, mais également le risque d’anaplasmose.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Philippe Rocheleau;Cécile Aenishaenslin;Cécile Aenishaenslin;Jean-Philippe Rocheleau

Student:

Partner:

Municipalité régionale de comté de Brome-Missisquoi

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Life Sciences (not health); Pharmaceuticals

University:

College d’enseignement general et professionnel de St-Hyacinthe; Université de Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

???? (Pisuktie): The Walker : a participatory documentary research-creation

This research is to create a short experimental film which will facilitate intergenerational conversations between Black-Inuit youth and elders. As a creative expression and telling unknown stories, it aims to strengthen Inuit youth mental health, positive Black-Inuit identity and leadership based on learning what has come before. The outcome of this project, namely the film will become an intervention in larger academic areas such as critical race-feminism, Indigenous studies, to counter archival studies to aim for a re-reading of urban Inuit modern migration and endo-colonial settlement history and archive.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Igloliorte

Student:

Partner:

Southern Quebec Inuit Association;Mezari Atelier & Boutique

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Designing a Great Slave Lake Fishery by Northerners for Resilient Futures in the NWT

The 20-year research program that the Arctic Research Foundation (ARF) is building to understand the sustainability of the Great Slave Lake requires articulating the perspectives and priorities of the Indigenous Nations that live around and depend on the lake. Under ARF’s research program umbrella, this BSI internship will be part of the Mitacs-funded project “Designing a Great Slave Lake Fishery by Northerners for Resilient Futures in the NWT”. The general objective of this project is to gather Indigenous and other northern residents’ perspectives on how they envision the future of the lake fisheries. The intern will support our project with logistics, networking, communications and contributing to understanding research capacity needs in the communities associated with the project. The intern will be in charge of contacting research participants and scheduling meetings and appointments. The intern will facilitate the logistics of those meetings. In terms of communications, the intern will generate a database of media content related to the general themes of the project and support the creation of short communications for Indigenous nations, other stakeholders involved in the project and the general public. The intern will also help consult people and organizations involved in the fishery about their needs regarding skills, resources and networks associated with conducting research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

C. Julián Idrobo

Student:

Partner:

Arctic Research Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Aurora College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

CiviPress: Developing Deployment Infrastructure for a Secure CiviCRM / WordPress SaaS Offering

CiviCRM is an open source constituent relationship management system used by over 11,000 non-profit organizations around the world. Although about 170 host more than 250k records, about a quarter are used by small non-profits with between 2,500 and 10,000 contacts. These organizations maintain sensitive personal information including donation information, event attendance, volunteering data, and case records. As small and medium sized enterprises they are often targets of cybercriminals. This project will aim to develop a highly secure software as a service offering for non-profits including Transparent Date Encryption of data at rest, and automated deployment of new instances of CiviCRM/WordPress.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Baochun Li

Student:

Partner:

JMA Consulting

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Création d’une I.A. d’extraction de textes complexes issus de publica-tions scientifiques

Les moteurs de recherche dits “métier” sont des systèmes qui appliquent des méthodes de pertinence pour découvrir, décrire, organiser et analyser du contenu et des données précises et relatives à un métier ou une science en particulier. Ils permettent à des informations préexistantes ou nouvellement synthétisées d’être délivrées de manière proactive ou interactive, dans leur contexte, aux scientifiques, aux clients et à d’autres personnes au moment opportun. Ces derniers représentent une évolution des technologies de recherche et du langage naturel (NLP). Pour ce faire, ils se connectent à des sources et des types de contenus (tels que des documents dans des plateformes de services de contenu afin de construire un index de données extraites qui peuvent être interrogées.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gilles Caporossi

Student:

Partner:

MayFair Village

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Study of potential technologies for Net-Zero Housing

With the escalating global warming and its detrimental effect on the environment, there is an urgent need to reduce fossil fuel burning to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings are one of the large energy consumers and their contribution to the global greenhouse gas emissions needs to be reduced. Net Zero Energy Homes generate the energy that they consume. Equally important consideration is the Net Zero Water where the water consumption is equal to water production. For sustainable housing, it is very crucial to achieve Net Zero consumption in both Energy and Water. The proposed projects are focused on studying potential technologies for Net Zero Housing that would contribute to achieve Net Zero consumption in both energy and water. One project is focused on thermal energy storage technologies that are very crucial to integrate solar energy for heating applications. The second project is focused on exploring off-grid water systems and the utilization of renewable energies in these water systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Siddiqui

Student:

Partner:

S2E Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Laurentian Bank – Financial inclusion and banking products

Founded in Montreal in 1846, Laurentian Bank helps families, businesses and communities thrive. Today, we have over 2,800 employees working together as One Team, to provide a broad range of financial services and advice-based solutions for customers across Canada and the United States. We drive results by placing our customers first, making the better choice, acting courageously, and believing everyone belongs. The goal of this project is to identify ways that the Bank can improve the inclusivity of our products and services for underbanked and underserved communities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Avner Levin

Student:

Partner:

Laurentian Bank

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

KASTx Ventures – Laila Laratta

KASTx Ventures works 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. We provide the people and resources needed to turn disruptive ideas into reality to make the world a better place. Our project focuses on optimizing the systems and processes used in the management of operational activities, funding applications, and corporate documentation. We need information to be easily accessible and manageable to reduce production time and increase speed of delivery, which is important for operating our firm and our portfolio companies. Critical benefits include improved information management and integration and faster throughput and reporting through automation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

KASTx Ventures

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

The CO2 redox flow battery development: Bifunctional heterostructured and sub-stoichiometric Magnéli-phase electrocatalysts for negative and positive electrodes

The world’s stringent need to transition to a low-carbon industrial economy is more pressing than ever and requires an ambitious departure from traditional processes through innovation, development and implementation of different breakthrough technologies within a strict timeline. Agora is tackling two energy challenges simultaneously with its proprietary CO2 Redox Flow Battery (CRB) technology by enabling the transition from traditional emission-intensive power generation systems to low-carbon renewable sources through energy storage and addressing GHG-emission mitigation via converting CO2 during the battery operation to a by-product.
The proposed project will constitute the development and scale-up of integral parts of the CRB unit, i.e. the electrocatalysts for the positive and negative electrodes, to further improve the CRB performance and develop the next generation of metal-free redox flow batteries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elod Lajos Gyenge

Student:

Partner:

Agora Energy Technologies

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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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.