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L2M – The design and fabrication of inert meso- and micro-porous PEEK membranes

This project aims to advance the commercial launch of a new type of high-performance filtration membrane, made from a durable and reusable material called PEEK, for use in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Building on prior market validation efforts, the focus of this phase is to finalize a target market, define a launch-ready product offering, and develop a clear commercialization and scale-up strategy. Through targeted engagement with industry partners and end users, the project will refine product positioning, identify early adopters, and establish actionable pathways for market entry. As a result, the partner organization will gain a clear roadmap for launching their technology, forming strategic partnerships, and accelerating business growth through innovation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles-Francois De Lannoy

Student:

Partner:

DMZ Ventures Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Digital, Transnational Connectivity in Mazu Worship Between China & Singapore

Maritime journeys have historically carried not only people and goods across China & Southeast Asia, but also gods, rituals, and sacred networks. This project will especially examine the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess originating in Meizhou, China, who stands out for her spread across South China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Historically rooted in maritime migration, Mazu worship has long connected coastal temple communities through ritual exchange, shared sacred landscapes, and financial circulation. Building upon this existing scholarship, my project shifts focus towards contemporary digital practices and their political implications. Employing digital ethnography with in-person fieldwork in Singapore, I will examine how digital platforms are being mobilized to conduct rituals, cultivate diasporic religious identity, and maintain transnational ties between China and Singapore. This research will then explore how Mazu’s digital turn interacts with China and Singapore’s varying degrees of social media surveillance & religious regulation. Supervised by Prof. Rongdao Lai (McGill) and Prof. Jack Meng-Tat Chia (NUS), given NUS’s own extensive institutional research interests on maritime religious networks, conducting an internship through NUS will greatly facilitate rigorous fieldwork and scholarly exchange on discussions pertaining to digital religion, diaspora & migration, and media studies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rongdao Lai

Student:

Partner:

National University of Singapore

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Historical Dissemination Through Visual, Geospatial, and Dynamic Approaches

This project focuses on the utility of HGIS for disseminating complex histories to public audiences. It investigate the best ways of combining narrative history with static, dynamic, and interactive maps to create engaging historical accounts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Hoy

Student:

Partner:

Sichuan Agricultural University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Développement d’un outil géométallurgique basé sur les textures des pegmatites à spodumène

La géométallurgie est une pratique combinée de la géologie, la métallurgie et les statistiques dans le but d’améliorer la compréhension de la variabilité d’un gisement et d’en optimiser le développement. Elle permet de lier les caractéristiques géologiques d’un gisement avec leur comportement à l’usine de traitement de minerai. Ce projet de recherche vise à développer un test géométallurgique pour les pegmatites lithinifères afin de permettre une prédiction du circuit de séparation par milieu dense pour la récupération du spodumène (minéral contenant le lithium). L’objectif spécifique vise à faire le lien entre le taux de récupération du spodumène et sa texture dans la roche telle qu’observée en carottes de forage. Suite à un concassage et tamisage sur des échantillons montrant différentes textures du spodumène, des essais de séparation par liquide lourd (proxy pour la séparation en milieu dense) se feront au laboratoire de Corem. Des analyses chimiques et minéralogiques permettront d’évaluer l’efficacité de la récupération du spodumène et ces résultats seront ensuite comparés aux textures observées en carottes. Il est prévu qu’à la fin de ce projet l’évaluation des textures permettra la subdivision du gisement qui contribuera à optimiser la récupération et la teneur du concentré de spodumène.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Legault

Student:

Partner:

COREM

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Quantitiative MRI-based Assessment of Musculoskeletal Image Based Biomarkers in Spinal Metastases Patients

This project aims to extract musculoskeletal health information from medical MRI scans that are already routinely collected in spine cancer patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Patients treated for spinal tumors typically undergo both CT and MRI scans as part of standard care. In this project, the intern will develop and validate an automated image-analysis workflow that can identify spine bones and muscles in MRI scans and compute quantitative measures such as bone structure, bone quality signals, and muscle size. These measurements will be compared with CT-based results to confirm their reliability. The expected benefit to the partner organization is a validated, reproducible workflow that enables opportunistic extraction of musculoskeletal biomarkers from existing scans, strengthening Sunnybrook’s spine and oncology research programs and supporting future development of quantitative imaging tools.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Chen

Student:

Partner:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre;University of Toronto (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Adaptive tension control system for defect mitigation during natural fiber composite forming

This project develops an automated control system to reduce manufacturing defects in sustainable composite materials made from natural fibers like flax and hemp. These eco-friendly materials could replace plastics in cars and airplanes, but current production creates wrinkles that weaken products and increase waste. The visiting researcher from France will design a system that applies precise tension during manufacturing to minimize these defects. By combining the University of British Columbia’s CRN Okanagan lab expertise in measuring defects with École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Brest’s knowledge of control systems, this collaboration advances sustainable manufacturing technology. The project benefits both institutions by establishing an international research partnership, training the researcher in new applications, and demonstrating how smart automation can make environmentally friendly materials more reliable and cost-competitive.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abbas Sadeghzadeh Milani

Student:

Partner:

L'Institut national polytechnique de Bretagne

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Advanced Manufacturing; Sustainability and the Environment; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Globalink Research Award

L2M – Launch, ComfiDam

This project supports the commercialization of ComfiDam, a breathable dental dam designed to improve patient comfort while maintaining clinical isolation. The project focuses on defining a launch-ready product, business model, and go-to-market strategy for pilot deployment and scale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anuradha Prakki

Student:

Partner:

DMZ Ventures Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Indigenous Fisheries Futures in British Columbia

Contemporary social and political developments have lifted some restrictions historically placed on Indigenous fisheries in the province now known as British Columbia (BC), allowing greater participation in the fisheries economy. However, these fisheries also face numerous challenges brought on by marginalization through colonization and the contemporary ecological shifts caused
by climate change. This research will undertake semi-structured interviews with experts and specialists in this matter, representatives of Indigenous Nations chosen by the First Nations Fisheries Council, to understand the specific challenges and future desires of specific Indigenous fisheries in BC. This information will be collated and reviewed, then shared back to project participants to ensure accuracy of representation. We will synthesize community values and demands, then compare these themes to international case studies to examine how similar challenges have been addressed elsewhere. We will provide a literature review which contextualizes the specific history of Indigenous fisheries in BC. Finally, we will provide recommendations in the form of policy and/or management models which will address the topics brought forth by project participants and enhance economic and social benefits from fisheries to participating communities. Conversations and research of this nature can provide a social benefit of re-sharing and solidifying community values and desires.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor

Student:

Partner:

First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Efficient Algorithms for Visualizing Signed Networks

Network visualization is a powerful tool for understanding complex relational data such as social networks, software dependencies, and transportation systems. Traditional visualization methods reveal communities or dense subnetworks, but often miss important details when networks include positive and negative influences or direction of flow, such as who influences whom on Twitter or how bugs spread in software. To overcome this limitation, our research develops innovative visualization techniques that make directional relationships more intuitive and interpretable. These methods aim to generate high-quality visual summaries that preserve critical structural properties such as directionality, information flow, and community organization, thereby offering deeper insights into the dynamics of real-world networks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Debajyoti Mondal

Student:

Partner:

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Good Life Coherence and Psychological Need Satisfaction in Trieste, Italy: A Cross-Cultural Study of Motivation and Well-Being

This project examines student mental health using Self-Determination Theory, a well-established psychological framework, to understand how well-being and distress are shaped not only by individual experiences but also by students’ social and cultural environments. By conducting an analogous study with university students in Trieste, Italy and Montreal, Canada, the project will compare how basic psychological needs, personal goals, and perceptions of a “good life” relate to depression, anxiety, and well-being across different contexts. Regarding environmental context, particular attention will be given to environmental factors such as individualism, parental support, and views on mental health, which may operate differently across cultures and influence student mental health in distinct ways. The project will strengthen collaboration between the University of Trieste and McGill University through shared datasets, harmonized research methods, and joint scholarly outputs. For the University of Trieste, the study provides validated tools for monitoring student well-being and contributes to international research on mental health in higher education. For McGill University, it extends ongoing research into a European context, allowing for rigorous testing of the cross-cultural relevance of its models and measures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Koestner

Student:

Partner:

University of Trieste

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Education; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Ekphrasis: Where Greek Poetry and Creative Writing Meet. Challenging the Interface Between Words and Images

This project investigates the intersection of classical literary description (ekphrasis in ancient Greek) and modern accessibility tools to improve how visual media is shared with the blind and low-vision community. By analyzing ancient techniques of “verbal picturing” alongside current international standards—such as the Accessible Canada Act and ABNT guidelines—the research aims to develop more evocative and effective audio description frameworks for more complex visual narratives like comic books. This collaboration benefits the participating institutions by fostering international knowledge exchange between Canadian and Brazilian ancient literature and creative writing experts, resulting in the expansion of our understanding of ancient descriptions and its applicability to creative writing. The outcomes of this project will also provide standardized inclusive design practices that can be applied across academic, cultural, and governmental sectors to ensure equitable access to information mostly available in its pictorial form.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Flavia Vasconcellos Amaral

Student:

Partner:

Universidade de São Paulo;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Globalink Research Award

L2M – Real-Time Thin-Film Inspection

The proposed project aims to develop an affordable, real-time inspection system for nano-thin films used in industries such as solar energy, batteries, and advanced electronics. By enabling manufacturers to monitor film thickness and uniformity across large areas during production, this technology will help reduce defects, improve product quality, and increase manufacturing yields. The project will involve customer discovery, prototype development, and pilot testing with industry partners, ultimately leading to a clear commercialization strategy. This innovation has the potential to enhance the competitiveness of Canadian manufacturers in the global market while contributing to the growth of key sectors within Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simarjeet Saini

Student:

Partner:

DMZ Ventures Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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