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Inventory of Models and Practice in Community Focused and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities Research

What does Kmb look like in the social sciences and humanities? Processes that lead to impact start with the creation of new knowledge (output) meant to transform approaches and attitudes, build competency and/or new types of relationships (outcomes). (See e.g., Bailey & Phipps 2019 and Phipps et al. 2016). These changes, in turn, may lead to positive economic, social and/or environmental transformations, but whether this happens is largely out of the sphere of control of researchers. In the social sciences and humanities (SSH), Kmb presents particular challenges, including those rooted in perceptions and value judgements that are often prejudicial and inaccurate, such as those associated with the idea that studying humanities will give you a “Barista degree” or that SSH knowledge “really is just common sense”.
The objective is to build on a scoping review to make an inventory of approaches to community-focused SSH knowledge mobilisation and interdisciplinary collaborations in Canadian universities to identify (i) incentives and (ii) recognition and reward
processes as well as (iii) drivers and barriers to community-focused SSH knowledge mobilisation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Dagenais;Sandra Lapointe;Sandra Lapointe

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Association for Graduate Studies;Work Wellness Institute;Social Impact Advisors

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University; Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Characterization of Simple In Vivo Models of Charcot Marie Tooth (CMT) Disease

Modelis is a drug discovery platform company focused solely on rare, genetic diseases. Our unique approach combines genetically-engineered worms which are ‘avatars’ of human patients, with high-throughput drug screening. This results in a dramatically accelerated drug discovery process. Our platform is perfectly suited for genes that are evolutionarily and functionally conserved such as FIG4, and the related disorder Charcot-Marie-Tooth 4J (CMT4J). This project will focus on engineering and phenotyping worm ‘avatars’ for high-throughput drug screening and performing the drug screens in worms. The best candidate hits will further enter a preclinical pipeline using patients’ cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alex Parker

Student:

Partner:

Modelis inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Circular Design with Local Marginalized Sewing Collective

The intern is undertaking a research project on sustainability in the textile industry, and how to make the process not linear, but rather circular, so we can consider what happens to clothing at the end of its life. This research will be useful and beneficial for the partner organization, as the organization has a social enterprise consisting of a group of women who sew as a form of income generation. This livelihood program is now seeking to expand its offering to include sustainability and will benefit from the knowledge produced in this research project. This research will also make their product offering to be unique and be competitive in the textile market, thus making their social enterprise an even more effective tool as a poverty reduction strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ranee Lee

Student:

Partner:

Centre of Learning & Development

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

Product development for academic and pre-clinical research electrodes

Neuraura Biotech Inc., (“Neuraura”) is a seed stage Calgary-based company focused on the field of neuroscience / neurotech, formed as a spin-out of the University of Calgary in 2017. Neuraura is commercializing its technology for a range of research and clinical applications. This project will build on initial pilot projects with contract research organizations and academic partners to build out a range of research electrodes for use in academic and preclinical research. The Intern will leverage Neuraura’s proprietary electrode technology to design, build and test a range of designs, working in collaboration with other team members, potential customers and suppliers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kartikeya Murari

Student:

Partner:

Neuraura

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Merchant Equities Capital Corp – Fall 2021

The chosen candidate will be working directly with Mr. Leslie, MECC’s principal, with respect to the various services MECC offers. They will help expedite the completion of MECC’s short-term and long-term objectives through a variety of responsibilities, and will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced and engaging environment. The candidate must conduct themselves in a professional manner as they will be working closely with executives from MECC’s many clients and business partners. The candidate will gain valuable experience through a first-hand look at how a business is run at the executive level.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Merchant Equities Capital Corp

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Going Beyond Backlash: Mitigating Resistance to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives

Some may think that it is only members of underrepresented and marginalized groups who experience identity threat in an organization. However, members of traditionally well-represented groups can feel threatened by diversity, equity, and justice (DEI) initiatives, and this can result to backlash which could derail those efforts. Through a collaboration with Feminuity, a consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations with diversity, inclusion and equity, this project will examine how the identity threats of dominant-identity group members can be transformed from roadblocks to challenges that can also trigger learning and growth as they force us to go beyond who we think we are. As Canadian organizations increasingly implement DEI initiatives, this project will assist policy makers and organizations such as Feminuity who are interested in improving support for these initiatives to better understand how to transform resistance into support.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brent Lyons

Student:

Partner:

Feminuity

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation du transport de messagerie-colis

Le projet vise a ameliorer la gestion actuelle du transport de messagerie-colis au CHUM. Actuellement, il y a une gestion decentralisee de la gestion de messagerie-colis et chaque departement et centre de recherche utilise un transporteur selon ses criteres. Cela s’avere tres couteux pour l’institution hospitaliere parce qu’en plus de ne pas profiter des economies d’echelle d’une gestion centralisee; ils ont un service de transport de messagerie-colis qui dessert les trois sites du CHUM. Pour proposer des ameliorations au systeme actuel, il faut dans un premier temps collecter l’information pertinente aupres des fournisseurs et utilisateurs pour l’analyser et ainsi proposer quatre axes generaux d’ameliorations : -caracteriser et regrouper les besoins des utilisateurs pour une possible rationalisation des fournisseurs -analyser les avantages/inconveniants de rapatrier une partie de ces services offerts par les fournisseurs -analyser les parametres a modifier pour accueillir plus de demandes -optimiser les tournees de vehicules du CHUM pour une maximisation des ressources.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Paquette

Student:

Partner:

Université de Montréal (Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier);Logi-D

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

CRM Recommendation

Investment banking is behind the curve in terms of digital transformation, doubly so for mid-market investment banks. As COVID-19 now enforces digital communication more than ever, Alcedio needs to develop a sustainable client management system to prospect, build, and maintain client relationships. An effective CRM system could further enhance our capability to manage more deals as it would monitor and track the communication with clients. This research and implementation will enable Alcedio to accelerate its digital transformation by streamlining its marketing efforts and organize its database of investment funds and clients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Alcedio Capital

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Amélioration de l’expérience utilisateur

Ce projet MITACS consiste en l’amélioration de l’expérience utilisateur (innovation de produit et de procédé) en offrant de nouveaux outils ou fonctionnalités et en améliorant ceux déjà présents sur notre plateforme. Pour créer l’outil sur notre plateforme, les étudiants feront face à des enjeux de communication avec les API
des partenaires, et avec l’équipe. Ils devront mettre en pratique leurs connaissances en développement web tant au niveau back-end que front-end.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Cardinal

Student:

Partner:

CarInspect

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Automotive; Technology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Advance Airspace Usability

The airspace will rapidly change in the next 15 years with increased automation of air traffic control, flight path tracking with strong time constraints and big data exchange between the aircraft and ground control for communication. However, little information is available to understand the impact of this transformation on the pilot’s tasks and how to design the flight deck to reduce the risk of human error due to information overload. This project will design and validate, through pilot usability tests, innovative avionics solutions for presentation of information, human-machine interaction, automation and decision support for the topics of trajectory-based operations, information exchange and airport surface navigation i.e., taxiing. The results of this project will be used to define new flight deck and avionics functionalities required to facilitate pilot integration with future airspace requirements and ensure safe operations. Outcomes of this project will provide the needed guidance to Canadian aircraft and avionics manufacturers to address the airspace development roadmap from the pilot’s perspective. It will place Canadian airspace users at the forefront of the digital transformation in the flight deck to take advantage of the
“best equipped, best served” rule to benefit from preferred routing, fuel reduction and environmental benefits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joon Chung

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Software development for beam-type structures’ reliability analysis

Reliability analysis of structures is crucial to ensure efficient operations in industrial assets. Nowadays, industries benefit from condition monitoring (CM) equipment to evaluate their products’ health. Current commercial reliability software can not accurately analyze the reliability of structures under time-varying conditions. The intern has previously developed an algorithm for accurate reliability analysis of different structures. We have also validated that algorithm for bearings under time-varying working conditions. However, we need more validation tests to commercialize our algorithm. In this project, first, we will validate our existing algorithm, and then we develop a user-friendly graphical interface for our algorithm along with a users’ manual, which will be a huge step forward towards bringing our algorithm from Lab to market. Taking part in the Lab2Market program and participating in Mitacs Accelerate will foster the growth of innovative technologies within the Canadian economy as well.

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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

Radiofluorination of Epidermal Growth Factor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Anti-Cancer Drugs

Cancer is a disease that involves the uncontrolled division of cells in the body. Cancer begins when the cells disobey normal cell
division and cell death processes and is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide. There is a type of cancer that is
caused by a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). This is a protein that sends a growth signals when
activated by a different protein binding to it. Cancer is caused by constant sending of growth signals which causes the
uncontrolled growth in the cells. The group of drugs that target this protein blocks the protein from being constantly activated to
stop the cancer from growing. These anti-cancer drugs can be made radioactive by attaching a radioactive fluorine and used in
positron emission tomography imaging. When the drug is radioactive and injected into a patient, where the drug is concentrated
can be seen. This can be used to determine if a drug will work on treating a patient’s cancer before having to undergo difficult and
unnecessary treatment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Campbell

Student:

Partner:

University of Tübingen

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Pharmaceuticals

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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