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Optimisation des conditions de traitement par fermentation d’un rejet de I’industrie de la transformation laitiere et developpement d’un procede d’hydrolyse de la biomasse microbienne

Les rejets des industries de transformation laitiere sont caracterises par leur charge polluante elevee due a leur richesse en lactose et en mineraux. L’expansion des activites industrielles se heurte a des exigences environnementales de plus en plus strictes en termes de normes de rejet. Les solutions presentement adoptees par les transformateurs laitiers sont peu ou non viables (disposition pour I’alimentation animale, methanisation, sechage par atomisation etc.). Le procede developpe par la
Lactoscience a montre un potentiel interessant pour la transformation du lactose en biomasse microbienne de valeur niarchande reconnue en alimentation humaine et animale. La transpOSition du procede de I’echelle de laboratoire a I’echelle industrielle necessite Ie passage par une procedure de mise a I’echelle devant etre effectuee dans des installations pilotes. Le present projet s’articule donc autour de I’etude des performances et des rendements de production du procede de fermentation
dans des fermenteurs pilotes (2m3) afin d’etudier sa faisabilite et de fournir a la compagnie les parametres de mesure necessaires au dimensionnement d’une unite d’exploitation industrielle

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Faculty Supervisor:

Satinder Kaur Brar

Student:

Partner:

LACTOSCIENCE INC

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Sequent AI: Analysis of IT & OT Integration

Sequent AI is acquiring and consolidating technology companies in the operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) spaces. Through this approach Sequent AI aims to bridge the gap between OT and IT spaces by enabling OT environments with IT infrastructure. This project will help to advance Sequent AI’s efforts to do so by assessing the potential opportunities for innovation in the IT & OT spaces.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Sequent AI

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Functional Green Spaces and Food Security

The Green Space development and Food security project run by the Graffiti Art Gallery INC seeks to develop disadvantaged areas and promote food security. The program seeks to engage youth in the program and educate them on food security issues, engage them in hands on activities centered around food security, build community connections and to promote creative and artistic skills.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Graffiti Art Programming

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Research and Implementation of Data Quality Improvement Algorithms for Vehicle Streaming Data Analytics

Road safety affects everyone, not just Geotab customers. With several years of driving and environmental data from over 2 million connected vehicles we have an opportunity to make our customers safer, as well as our communities and cities. To reduce accidents, we need to understand both the driving behavioural patterns that are predictive of accidents, and the environmental factors involved. To achieve this, the data infrastructure should be capable of processing a series of vehicle telematics data, as well as time-series historical records generated from existing machine learning models to respond to real world incidents within a short period of latency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Liang

Student:

Partner:

Geotab Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Client Success and Integration for onboarding customers

The project will consist of 2 primary goals: to apply the Six Sigma methodology in creating a effective onboarding/integration process for new clients and to utilize the 3Rs (Retention, Related sales, and Referrals) framework as a guide to optimize Glo3D’s customer success strategy. These two goals will practically strengthen our brand image, create a stronger relationship with the end consumer and improve users experience as we enter new verticals. The candidate will be tasked to build out essential business processes, to analyze consumer data and to explore new ways of customer engagement. As far as professional growth, the candidate will have a tremendous opportunity to tactically engage in our consumer onboarding experience, to automate certain processes and to manage a team as we grow.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Irfan Butt

Student:

Partner:

Glo3D Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Alberta Digital Soil Mapping Optimization Project

This project is part of a larger project that seeks to develop an effective, accurate, and cost-effective way to measure soil carbon, improve soil health, and sequester carbon. The interns will gather soil samples across Alberta, gather preliminary data on-site, and follow up with more extensive analysis in the laboratory. The resulting data will contribute to the creation of a digital soil organic carbon map for Alberta that is correlated with other biological, chemical and physical aspects of the soil, as well as helping us to understand the links between soil carbon and soil physiochemical and biological properties and their effect on overall soil health and fertility. Their observations and feedback on the entire process, from soil sampling through to final lab analysis will inform the review and development of updated field and lab procedures manuals, and ultimately form a basis for developing a cost-effective and accurate protocol for soil carbon measurement and, thereafter, for monitoring carbon sequestration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeff Battigelli;Paolo Mussone

Student:

Partner:

Food Water Wellness Foundation

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Verified Engagement Platform Frontend Implementation, Marketing, and Commercialization

The past two years have shown increasing distrust through online division, polarizing protests and strikes, and destructive riots. This problem has gotten worse due to our unverified, disorganized, and time consuming citizen and stakeholder engagement systems, especially social media, focus groups and town halls, and voting. In order to solve the problem of increasing distrust by implementing a platform that provides verified, targeted, and ongoing proactive engagement, Veras Technologies Inc. will work with intern Altaaf Ackbar to implement, market, and commercialize a verified citizen and stakeholder engagement platform. The intern will first create and update a minimum viable product to onboard early users and sell to early adopters. Then the intern will connect the frontend of the platform to the blockchain and AI backend, developed by other interns in a different Mitacs project, and help onboard early adopter users and customers. Veras hopes to use this project to implement, market, and commercialize their product. The intern hopes to utilize this project to grow his technical, professional, and interdisciplinary skills that will provide himself a professional work environment foundation to advance the transferable skills needed to have a successful career after university graduation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Wright

Student:

Partner:

Veras

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Artificial Intelligence; Social Innovation

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Fit for practice: Evaluating the validity of the oral examination of psychologists in Saskatchewan

The overall goal of this internship is to understand why candidate psychologists in Saskatchewan are failing the final competency exam at a rate of 30%. Partnering with the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists (SKCP), this research will review the records of the failed examinations to determine the contributing reasons for candidate failures. We have three objectives: (1) to improve the training of psychologists across the identified areas of competency that are underdeveloped; (2) to improve supervision and early intervention for candidates who are not performing to minimal standards of practice; and (3) to improve procedures to assess clinical competency of candidate psychologists during the oral exam.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Conor Barker;Kristi Wright

Student:

Partner:

Saskatchewan College of Psychologists

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

St. Francis Xavier University

Program:

Accelerate

Summer Analyst – Impact Investing, Acceleration, and Advisory – McGill University

The Social Innovation Academy will be working with a network of Mitacs interns to develop national-scale backend infrastructure resources for advisory and consulting firms across Canada. These resources may include (but are not limited to): initiatives for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion; impact measurement frameworks; providing pro bono support. In addition, interns will provide marketing, research, and financial analysis for social purpose organizations over the duration of the 14-week internship.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Croitoru

Student:

Partner:

Propel Impact

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Social Innovation; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

McGill University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Optimisation de matériau de scellement de fissures etde matériau de réparation de chaussées souplescontenant des matériaux recyclés fabriqué dans uneunité mobile

Ce projet de recherche a comme objectifs de formuler et de fabriquer des matériaux bitumineux pour la réparation des chaussées asphaltées qui ont une empreinte environnementale la plus faible possible. Pour ce faire, les stagiaires étudieront la possibilité d’ajouter des bardeaux d’asphalte recyclés de même que des enrobés bitumineux recyclés aux produits qui serviront au bouchage des nids-de-poule et au colmatage des fissures dans les chaussées.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alan Carter

Student:

Partner:

GRB Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Green Roof Quality Specialist

The intern will be conducted industry-focused research geared towards increasing the understanding of native plant species survivability in various green roof systems. This will include plant species selection based on reported survivability in a green roof microclimate, and recording any differences in plant health (evapotranspiration, biomass, etc.), during the season when grown in multiple green roof systems (extensive, intensive, etc.). The intern will be designing, executing, data-collecting, data-processing, visualizing the results, and presenting them in a meaningful way to the company. The company benefits from better understanding the limitations of the green roof systems it supplies, while simultaneously being able to recommend species that benefit the customer, as well as the benefit the local environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David McLagan

Student:

Partner:

ZinCo Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Construction and infrastructure; Retail trade

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Bridging Cultural Understanding in Mental Health Support for Newcomers

Sara Riel wants to improve organizational support to newcomers to Manitoba with their mental health needs.
“Past studies suggest that immigrants, generally, arrive in Canada with better self-perceived mental health than Canadians, but it declines after a period of time (Salami, 2017).” This has deteriorated further during the Pandemic. (Stats Can).
There are linguistic and cultural barriers to mental health expression. As a result, newcomers do not readily seek mental health supports, despite facing multiple challenges in their transition to a new country. Newcomers may have their own stigma of mental health issues, differing cultural perceptions of the definitions, causes, and handling of mental health, and a lack of awareness of supports offered in the community. Tasks will consist of research and education about newcomer populations, their needs and challenges, and reviewing current Sara Riel communication with recent immigrants with the goal of optimum quality of life. Research will address cultural safety practices. A knowledge exchange of resources/linkages of newcomer/immigrant service providers will be identified.
The student will complete the research with a combination of virtual and in-person meetings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Sara Riel Foundation Inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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