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Innovation Management: Decision mapping in the production and management of Danby Appliances

Danby Appliances specializes in the design, production, and distribution of small appliances. With the intention of improving efficiency relating to their product development and product management processes, Danby Appliances has communicated adaptive decision making and mitigating supply chain management uncertainty as areas of significant interest. Utilizing qualitative methods, process mapping, and strategy charts, recommendations will be developed to benefit Danby Appliances contributing to their competitive advantage. The development of recommendations through both theoretical and practical analysis will provide Danby Appliances with a unique perspective in their pursuit of innovative solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kalinga Jagoda

Student:

Partner:

Danby Appliances

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Define the best omega-3 fatty acid to fight prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the more common cancer affected men in developed countries. Epidemiological data suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may prevent prostate cancer initiation and progression. However, these data do not decipher which omega-3 fatty acid presents the more potent anticancer properties. SCF Pharma has developed pure and highly bioavailable omega-3 fatty acids monoglycerides. Interestingly, data from SCF Pharma showed that these pure monoglycerides form of fatty acids can reduce the growth and the proliferation rate of prostate cancer cells in culture. It also appears that these anti cancer properties may be different according to the fatty acid. In term of public health, these data are of interest, but the effect of these fatty acids on non-cancerous prostate cells remains to be determined. Dr V. Fradet’s lab has developed a model of non-cancerous prostate cells derived from prostatectomy specimen. Based on this model, we aim to determine the omega-3 fatty acid with the highest anti cancer properties on prostate cancer cells without side effect on normal prostate cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vincent Fradet

Student:

Partner:

SCF Pharma

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Empathic Conversational AI Agent for pain understanding and management

Currently in Canada, 8 out of 10 Canadians have ongoing musculoskeletal pain preventing from doing regular day to day activity, and looking for solutions for their pain. The proposed research is aimed to create a conversational chatbot that can engage in empathetic conversation to examine the effect of empathic conversation in engagement and pain management in users, by evoking self reflection and self-awareness in the user. With the empathetic technology developed, not only will Canadians be able to be guided through their pain to find the best solutions for them, they will be guided by this warm artificial intelligence that can make sense of what they say and is truly attuned to their pain.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve DiPaola

Student:

Partner:

Paperminds

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Community Care Program Liaison

We are looking for a student or recent graduate to assist us with the transition of expanding our service range for community care. By participating in this internship, a wider audience will be reached about what services we offer. The intern will be able to help expand our company reach that was limited due to Crossroad’s small staff team that has limited internal resources to grow. By building community engagement through connections in the community, and execute and refine a referral process, tasks would include making connections in the community, working with and matching referrals more efficiently to our tailored services, updating and providing presentations of our services, and collaborating with our marketing team to ensure seamless support of the community engagement strategy. An intern from a reputable bachelor of business administration program will bring the necessary skillset and bandwidth to help the organization to enhance its capabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan Young;Kennedy Clayton

Student:

Partner:

Crossroads Family Services

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Segmentation des profils de jeu des hockeyeurs à partir de données publiques ou commerciales

Le projet vise à utiliser des données décrivant les événements d’une partie de hockey et leur localisation sur la patinoire afin de segmenter les types de joueurs. Les données relatives au profil physique des joueurs de hockey (données passives) ont été historiquement employées afin de guider la fabrication des pièces d’équipement au hockey. Pour ce projet, le partenaire souhaite employer une perspective différente et veut baser l’identification de potentiels nouveaux segments de joueurs professionnels à partir des différentes phases de jeu (données actives), de manière à lier plus finement la pièce d’équipement à son utilisation au cours d’une partie. Avec cette masse de données et le traitement de ces dernières, le partenaire pourra mieux comprendre ledit lien entre les actions des joueurs et l’équipement utilisé, ce qui aidera par la suite à mieux servir ces segments.
ainsi concevoir des équipements de haute performance personnalisés qui peuvent s’adapter à tous les profils éventuellement identifiés. Cette méthodologie innovante pourra aussi être exploitée afin de concevoir d’autres pièces d’équipement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Plante

Student:

Partner:

Sport Maska Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade; Wholesale trade

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Les accords externes de l’Union européenne en matière de migration

Dans le cadre de ce séjour au Canada, je souhaite pouvoir confronter mon projet de recherche centré sur l’Union européenne, au modèle migratoire canadien et québécois. Cette confrontation pourra nourrir ma réflexion et me permet d’avoir une connaissance de certains modèles alternatifs.
Le projet de recherche vise la détermination des responsabilités et de l’imputabilité des fautes commises en application d’accords non-conventionnels dans le cadre de la politique européenne de migration. Cette analyse se basera sur une étude du phénomène d’externalisation du contrôle des migrations. Cette externalisation repose sur un accroissement des compétences de l’agence Frontex (en charge du contrôle des frontières extérieures de l’Union). En outre, l’Union cherche à responsabiliser davantage les pays d’origine et de départ des migrants, tout en délocalisant le contrôle et la gestion des migrants dans les États du Sud de l’Europe et dans les États insulaires.
Le Canada, en développant une politique migratoire spécifique, me permet de recueillir les critiques internationales à l’encontre du modèle européen. Ces critiques participent à l’enrichissement de mes travaux présents et futurs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Olivier Delas

Student:

Partner:

Université de Bordeaux

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Other

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Shear Strength Mechanisms in Prestressed Concrete

Preliminary data analysis has indicated that many prestressed concrete elements have experimentally determined shear strengths which are substantially higher than the shear strengths predicted by the related provisions in the Canadian concrete design code. While these results represent no risk to public safety, actual strengths which are significantly higher than predicted strengths result in considerably higher construction costs, longer building completion times, and severe limitations on the types of allowable structural systems. These negative consequences can lead to undesirable carbon dioxide emissions, higher taxes, increased housing prices, longer periods with elevated noise levels, extended road or lane closures, as well as limiting potential for artistic ingenuity. In this research project, clauses, equations, and/or requirements in the Canadian concrete design code associated with inaccurate shear capacity predictions of prestressed concrete elements will be identified. Potential amendments to the current shear strength requirements in the Canadian concrete design code will also be developed which will improve the shear strength prediction accuracy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Evan Bentz

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding the policies & procedures that foster achievement of gender parity in Canadian local governments

Women’s political representation is one of the pillars of democracy and the UN goal towards gender equality. Recently, there have been conducted many studies about gender equity at the federal and provincial levels, but very little at the municipal level. This research project will begin to fill this gap by examining how a few municipal governments in Canada have managed to achieve gender parity. The intern will collect and analyze documents of five municipalities that succeeded in reaching gender parity. Also, the intern will conduct interviews with municipal officials to learn more about their perspectives on this topic. The partner organization, FCM, is looking forward to providing the research findings to their members, Canadian municipalities. FCM expects that practical examples and insights of what policies may be helpful for fostering gender parity will enable more Canadian municipalities to implement them and increase women’s political representation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jim Farney

Student:

Partner:

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

La collaboration à distance chez Hydro Québec

Ce stage de recherche vise le développement et le transfert de connaissances dans les domaines de la gestion de projets d’innovation complexes et la collaboration intraorganisationnelle à distance. Plus spécifiquement, le stage permettra d’appuyer une société d’État québécoise dans son processus de décision visant à évaluer et sélectionner des mécanismes de collaboration à distance dans le cadre de ses projets de centrales La Romaine. Le contexte particulier de l’organisation représente une opportunité unique pour le stagiaire d’observer et d’agir sur une situation caractérisée par des concepts théoriques qu’il maîtrise (innovation, collaboration intra organisationnelle et gestion de projet complexe). Pour les gestionnaires de l’organisation, le stage constitue une façon de s’approprier des connaissances pertinentes et de les mettre en action dans un cadre qui facilite les interactions entre les partenaires. En somme, ce stage permet d’établir un pont théoriepratique pour le bénéfice des deux parties.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathalie Drouin

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Information and Communications Technology

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the efficacy of an injectable bacterin vaccine in reducing bacterial pneumonia in pre-weaned lambs and feedlot lambs

This study will investigate the ability of an injectable vaccine to reduce illness and death due to pneumonia in lambs born and raised in a feedlot setting. If the vaccine is effective, it will improve the welfare of the lambs on the farm where the study is conducted, reduce antibiotic usage and costs, and improve profitability for the company that owns the farm. If proven to be effective the study will help to justify the use of this vaccine beyond this population (i.e. other Alberta and Canadian farms) and help to support the use of respiratory vaccines for the livestock industry in general.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cathy Bauman

Student:

Partner:

Canada Lamb Growers Ltd

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Emotion AI Analytics for e-Commerce Websites

Development and execution of business development strategy to commercialize an innovative and non-intrusive emotion AI tech that uses gestures to sense emotions on websites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thierry Warin

Student:

Partner:

Emaww

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Programming Efficiencies into Integrated Communications at Bannikin Travel and Tourism

The project will entail researching, and developing an integrated communications program with and for Bannikin Travel and Tourism that incorporates new technologies and/or processes, leverages organizational expertise and experience, aligns with current market trends, and responds to the needs of the company’s clients. This will result in an enhanced and more innovative stream of business for the company while freeing up capacity to take on more business; growing Bannikin and their ability to help clients in a struggling industry across the globe.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sonya Graci

Student:

Partner:

Bannikin

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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