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Assessment and Implementation of a new Club licensing and accreditation system

Across Canada, the amateur sport system continues to face mounting criticism and dissatisfaction with the traditional delivery of sport participation opportunities. As result, many young Canadian athletes are abandoning the sport system in favour of opportunities offered by private enterprises. Thus, the sport system has subsequently been fractured due to a decreasing number of participants, a decline in qualified coaches, unbalanced competition, and the overall decline of the capacities of local amateur sport clubs. Over the past five years, the popularity and participation in basketball has grown an unprecedented amount. To effectively manage and maintain this growth, Canada Basketball has committed to modernizing the amateur basketball system and a central focus of these efforts is the creation and implementation of a new club licensing program. The internship will involve conducting an environment scan, interviews, and survey of key stakeholders to inform the club licensing strategy. The results will also inform the marketing strategy for this initiative to encourage community-based basketball clubs to enhance their professionalism by developing operational standards and improving their accountability on program delivery.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ann Pegoraro

Student:

Partner:

Canada Basketball

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Verdant Networks Inc. Importer Modules

This project is focused on the development of import modules to bring publicly available corporate communications within the Cometrics database. This project will help deliver consistent and correct ESG Theme information to subscribers and partners.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Bazan

Student:

Partner:

CoMetrics

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Knowledge generation based on cloud-native technology data sources

Peritus.ai, a leading company in community knowledge for developer success, offers a search engine specialized in technical questions about cloud native technologies, and analytics to help vendors augment the health and efficiency of their online community. With the academic partners from Polytechnique Montreal, Peritus.ai wants to leverage public data from technical forum questions and answers, community discussions, technical documents, etc., and to explore new AI/data techniques to extract and structure knowledge and related technical expertise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heng Li;Foutse Khomh

Student:

Partner:

Peritus AI

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an intelligent ball bearing with self-sensing and self-powering capabilities

Bearings are typically located in the heart of all rotating applications, with rotational speeds, forces, and vibrations impacting them somehow. Due to various reasons, such as fatigue, bearings encounter abrupt operation failure that damages surrounding components. In some applications, such as wind turbines and high-speed trains, it is expensive to replace the bearing and other damaged parts, despite the threat to humans’ lives. Since condition monitoring requires expensive sensors, many small industries still use conventional methods like run-to-break. They let the system fail and then do the maintenance or use preventive maintenance to check the system regularly at constant intervals.
Our proposed intelligent bearing will significantly change how maintenance can be executed. Specifically, the adoption of Industrial Internet of Things-based smart bearings can self-diagnose impending faults and failures using sensors integrated into the bearings themselves. This intelligent bearing is different from traditional solutions for condition monitoring, which usually involve a standalone sensor mounted near the bearing. Instead, the sensor is integrated inside the bearing structure to measure bearing speed, direction, and strain distribution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xihui Liang

Student:

Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Tools for monitoring the establishment and impacts of two biological control agents on introduced Phragmites australis in Ontario

Introduced Phragmites australis (common reed) is one of the most invasive plants in North America. The weed reduces native plant and animal diversity, disrupts ecosystem processes, and poses a threat to the native North American subspecies of common reed, P. australis ssp. americanus. Conventional methods for controlling introduced P. australis such as herbicides, cutting, and burning are prohibitively expensive, harmful to non-target species, and have seen little success. In partnership with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), we aim to develop tools to implement and monitor the success of a biological control program for introduced P. australis in Ontario. Our first objective is to monitor the establishment and impacts of two recently introduced biological control agents on introduced P. australis. Our second objective is to use newly developed monitoring tools, including pheromone traps and UAV drone technology, to assess release methods and identify optimal release conditions for the two agents. The proposed research will aid DUC and other Ontario land managers in the conservation of Ontario wetlands, and provide site-specific direction for the incorporation of biological control into P. australis management programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Smith

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (ON)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Business Development Associate Intern

Leading the development of a corporate sales strategy for foodiepages, helping to build relationships with companies who are looking for support with corporate gifting (this includes gifts for employees, clients and partners). This project involves a combination of strategic analysis, marketing, and sales.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Foodiepages

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

The role of health institutions in driving industry sponsored research and innovation

There is evidence to suggest that health institutions across Canada are expanding their research and innovation programs and partnerships with industry. The goal of this Mitacs project is to explore the role that a health institution engaging in research and education can play in promoting technology transfer and the commercialization of intellectual property. The research team intends to investigate what IP policy initiatives and tools that NSH, as a higher education related organization, can use to further foster research and innovation in the local economy through technology transfer and intellectual property commercialization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heidi Walsh-Sampson

Student:

Partner:

Nova Scotia Health

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Emergenetics Canada Marketing Strategy

This project will require the intern to identify new marketing opportunities and consumer preferences to support campaign creations. Additionally, they will set specific marketing objectives that align with the overall company direction goals. The intern will also develop and maintain digital campaigns to increase web traffic, conversion rate, and customer touchpoints within this research project. They will track and measure marketing outcomes, including marketing activities, response, leads, sales, retention, and ROI. They will also be responsible for forecasting market trends, generating innovative ideas to promote our brand and products, developing a marketing plan, and building brand awareness across Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Emergenetics Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

IMU-based motor variability metrics in para-swimming

Recent advances in wearable technology have allowed for a developed understanding of how swimmers move, by collecting acceleration data of the swimmers. Current advances can provide information on how each side of the body responds differently to fatigue and can automatically detect which type of stroke is being completed. However, how swimmers accelerate up and down in the water, and how their body rotates has not been explored in detail for para-swimmers. Additionally, advanced signal analyses can provide information on the underlying detail of these signals, which can become altered when fatigued.
The purpose of this project is to create an automatic workflow to capture and process this acceleration data, calculating metrics that provide us with a new understanding of how fatigue affects para-swimmers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Cote;Julien Clément;Julien Clément

Student:

Partner:

Swimming Natation Canada;INS Québec

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

École de technologie supérieure; McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Biomechanical analysis of the pelvic floor and pessary devices using colpodynamic imaging and finite element modeling

Pelvic floor disorders, such as pelvic organ prolapse (POP), negatively affects millions of women each year. POP is the descent of the vagina resulting in symptoms of vaginal bulging, pelvic pressure or heaviness, pain, and incontinence. A nonsurgical
option for POP symptom relief is the use of pessaries, removable vaginal prosthetics; however, current pessary designs can be cumbersome resulting in ineffective use. Recently, COSM Medical has developed GynethoticsTM, which uses a predictive model to identify an optimal patient-specific pessary design. This model is informed by demographic data, anatomic measurements, and colpodynamic imaging (CDI) data, which combines 3D ultrasound with biomechanical analysis of the pelvic floor. The goal of this project is to analyze the detailed CDI data collected by COSM Medical to better understand the female pelvic floor biomechanics. This analysis combined with computational modelling of current pessary designs will result in improved pessary design and use.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stewart McLachlin

Student:

Partner:

Cosm Medical

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Interaction entre les facteurs permanents et temporels qui déterminent la productivité du Tremble

Le bois léger et souple du peuplier faux-tremble lui confère une place de choix dans l’industrie des produits forestiers. Son bois est utilisé pour la fabrication de panneau de grandes particules orientées, de lamibois de haute qualité, et de pâte à papier. C’est aussi le feuillu le plus répandu au Canada et aux États-Unis. Sa présence est essentielle pour le maintien de la biodiversité et pour le fonctionnement de l’écosystème boréal. Une baisse de la croissance et un fort taux de mortalité de l’espèce ont été signalés dans les Prairies à cause de la sécheresse. Dans l’est du Canada, les précipitations ont également une influence sur la croissance du peuplier faux-tremble dans la mesure où des baisses de croissance ont été observées dans les sites plus secs. Étant donné que les changements climatiques pourraient conduire à un réchauffement amplifié aux latitudes nordiques et une augmentation des précipitations, la compréhension des effets des précipitations sur la croissance du tremble est primordiale pour comprendre les comportements du tremble face aux changements climatiques. Cette étude vise donc à prévoir la productivité du tremble le long d’un gradient de précipitations qui diminue d’est en ouest. To be CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yves Bergeron

Student:

Partner:

Norbord Inc (La Sarre, QC);Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Software development for composite structures health monitoring

Composite structures are very popular in industries due to their lightweight and high strength. They degrade and cause huge economic losses or even serious disasters. Structure health monitoring has a great significance in the operation and maintenance of industrial assets. Current commercial software for structural health monitoring uses traditional and common methods which are only effective in constant loading conditions and require a large amount of historical data to train models. The intern has developed an unsupervised structural damage detection technique. We have done some preliminary tests and the results are promising. In this project, we will perform more validation tests to further evaluate our algorithm’s effectiveness under varying loading conditions. Then, we will convert our algorithm to software with a user-friendly interface. It is a big step to foster the growth and commercialization of innovative technologies through the Lab2Market program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xihui Liang

Student:

Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

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