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Commodification of Traditional Musical Modalities and Cultural Identity (Re)constructions on Prince Edward Island,1980s to the Present

This project explores the commodification and marketing of traditional Prince Edward Island musical culture over the past forty years in light of the experiences and understandings of individuals who have been prominent players in the traditional music sector over the past four decades. This process will be explored by investigating the relationships that exist between major government/government-adjacent organizations (cultural and touristic funding organizations) and the traditional musicians who apply for and receive said funding. The researcher anticipates that the outcome of the study will demonstrate the subtle ways in which funding processes like cultural or tourism grants create incentive for artists to shape their artistic expression and their own conceptions of traditionalism, as well as the ways by which artists may offer resistance to these pressures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lisa Chilton

Student:

Partner:

Fédération culturelle de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

Accelerate

Business Strategy Internship with Planetary Hydrogen

This 8-month project will help advance Planetary Hydrogen’s efforts to demonstrate and certify it’s SeaOH2 process by:
1. Explore the Canadian CDR policy landscape and developing a strategy to inform policy-makers of Ocean-based CDR methods;
2. Work with Ocean Scientist, regulators and other stakeholders (such as community groups, environmental non-governmental organizations and partner for-profit entities) to determine a certification pathway(s) for OAE, and other Ocean based CDR methods; and
3. Work with the PH Business Development and Engineering Teams to develop a full-project proposal for a first-of-it’s kind 1 ton per day carbon capture pilot plant to demonstrate not only the innovative technology, but an innovative circular business model that seeks to generate multiple revenue streams from waste products such as mine tailings, while leveraging existing processes such as waste water treatment for climate and ocean restoration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yuri Leonenko

Student:

Partner:

Planetary Hydrogen

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Greenville Enterprises Five-Year Strategic Plan

Although it is clear that great opportunities exist for Aboriginal businesses, there is a distinct need for formalized research findings and knowledge dissemination about Aboriginal organizations and the role that they can play in creating sustainable economies. In an attempt to address this research gap research institutions and analysts are building a body of literature that documents the development, growth, and daily operations of some of these successful Aboriginal organizations. The Village of Laxgalts’ap is one of the four Nisga’a communities under the Nisga’a Lisims Government that created Greenville Enterprises Inc. in 2009, an organization focusing on logging, log sorting, log home building, scaling and cedar shake milling. This project will focus on the development of a 5-year comprehensive strategic plan that examines the current strategies of the organization, how business choices for services and products align with current company strategies and goals, maximizing the potential for commercial success of new ventures or products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Tansey

Student:

Partner:

Greenville Enterprises Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education; Commercial Services; Other

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Towards AI-driven and Emotion-adaptive Mental Health Platform to Enhance Therapeutic Processes

Nowadays, mental health issues have become a major public health challenge. Moodie app allows patients to track their emotions, moods, routines, sleep, diet, physical activity, and associated context via journal logs. This provides the therapist with a rich pool of data for accurate diagnosis and assists with the treatment. This project aims to (1) Develop machine learning models and evaluate their ability to predict individual’s emotional state using over one year journaling log and associated emotion from Moodie app. (2) Compare the performance of different machine learning models to determine the best performing model for predicting emotions from tracked data. (3) Using a combination machine learning and thematic analysis identify both the negative and positive factors that affect people’s mood. (4) Evaluate the User Experience (UX) and Usability of the app. This is the first step toward developing a user-friendly AI-adaptive and emotion-driven mental health intervention

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rita Orji

Student:

Partner:

Moodie Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding Gene Model Maps

Researchers are often tasked with finding related works in their respective field, including journal entries and images that represent the work contributed, which allows researchers to summarize and expand previous contributions. Biological researchers often convey their contributions through visual illustrations, also considered gene model maps. These gene model maps are used to represent how contributions of a researcher fits into the grand scheme of things. As research on a particular biological system enhances, we find a large portion of the system remains static with small changes to a gene or set of genes. This project will develop a complete system which can parse gene model maps into a textual description of what relationships among genes are present in a given biological diagram. The outcome of the research will accelerate the discovery of biological research and assist at recommending related works not in original search criteria.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Faisal Z. Qureshi

Student:

Partner:

I-INC Foundation for Business Development

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Conception et validation d’un système de commande de portes palières.

Les portes palières sont des portes automatiques situées le long des quais des stations de métro et qui séparent physiquement le quai des voitures du train. Les portes palières sont de plus en plus intégrées directement en amont de la conception des nouvelles stations de métro, ou alors elles sont rétrofitées pour pouvoir s’adapter aux quais des stations de métro déjà existantes. Ces portes sont extrêmement efficaces pour réduire les risques d’accidents de voiries, car elles empêchent les suicides, les accidents et aussi les chutes d’objets pouvant causer des interruptions de service. La compagnie DOORspec, spécialiste en portes de train, a développé un prototype d’un système de commande qui permet aux portes palières de communiquer avec le train arrivant en gare et vice-versa. Ce projet implique une révision de la conception actuelle, des révisions et l’utilisation de nouveaux protocoles pour mieux répondre aux exigences ci-dessus.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Alexandre Saussié;Sofiane Achiche

Student:

Partner:

DOORspec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

High Performance Lipid Nanoparticle Production System

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are a form of new dosage form for delivering drugs, including anticancer agents and vaccines. A highly controlled production system is needed to produce high quality LNPs, and the existing production systems suffer from a few drawbacks, such as lack of variable control and automated functions. Dionamix will employ their technologies and develop a new production system to improve LNP manufacturing. The interns from University of British Columbia will help validate the new system for the LNP production. The project will expand Dionamix’ product portfolio and potentially generate new revenue and jobs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shyh-Dar Li

Student:

Partner:

Dionamix Scientific Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Nanotechnology; Pharmaceuticals

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Développement des outils d’usinage des superalliages de nickel

Optimum Canada, une entreprise québécoise qui développe et fabrique des outils de coupe, s’associe avec le Centre technologique en aérospatiale (CTA), le Laboratoire des Revêtements Fonctionnels et Ingénierie de Surfaces (LaRFIS) à Polytechnique Montréal et le Laboratoire d’Optimisation des Procédés de Fabrication Avancés (LOPFA) à l’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) pour développer et industrialiser de nouveaux revêtements par dépôt physique en phase vapeur (PVD) pour les outils de fraisage de superalliages de nickel et l’amélioration du processus de production, et cela du concept à la fabrication. L’objectif principal du projet est d’améliorer la durée de vie de ces outils de 200 à 300 % en mettant en place un processus de production optimisé, en particulier, aux étapes de design, de préparation de surface et de déposition des revêtements

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lisa Giachini

Student:

Partner:

Optimum Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel Edouard-Montpetit

Program:

Accelerate

Literature review on extraction technologies and functionalities of isolated lupin proteins

The intern will use both the electronic and paper reference materials available at the University of Manitoba libraries to search for published articles and books on lupin seed with a focus on protein extraction methods as well as data reported for physicochemical and functional properties. The intern will then use the assembled literature materials to write a comprehensive review manuscript detailing various isolated lupin protein products coupled with their structural and functional characterization. Once approved by the industry partner, the review manuscript will be submitted for publication in a top-tier food science journal. Lupin Platform plans to commercially exploit the results of the project which would stimulate wealth creation for Canada through technological innovation; job creation (mostly highly skilled) and creation of new products and services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rotimi Aluko

Student:

Partner:

Lupin Platform Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Cultural Diversity and the Persistence of the BIPOC Community in the Chemical Sciences

The representation of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) community decreases at higher levels of education/academia. This phenomenon is proverbially referred to as the ‘leaky pipeline’ and has been studied extensively with various populations in multiple disciplines. However, despite scholars identifying some key factors that contribute to the persistence of the BIPOC community in STEM fields in general (e.g., stereotype threat), there is a limited understanding of how the cultural composition of the learning and working environments in the chemical sciences contributes to this phenomenon. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand how the cultural composition of chemical science faculties at post-secondary institutions in Canada influences the persistence of BIPOC students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members. The findings will be used to create webinars designed to maximize the retention of the BIPOC community in the chemical sciences and enhance the diversity of the CIC’s membership.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tricia Carmichael

Student:

Partner:

Chemical Institute of Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Measuring Kingston’s Economic Resilience

This research project will create data dashboards that measure Kingston’s economic resiliency a year into the pandemic. The data will be collected from multiple organizations and sources to create a comprehensive look at the pandemic’s impact. The data dashboards will cover the areas of business and tourism, health and community, mobility and home and employment. The Accelerate student intern will play a pivotal role in implementation of this research project. The student will be responsible for developing the data dashboards, analyzing the varying sources of data and building a public facing webpage to display and visualize the data collected. These dashboards will provide critical insight into understanding the City of Kingston’s resiliency over the past year and how we recover as a city to build back better. This project will also contribute to emergent research regarding the impact of the pandemic on local economic development across Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Betsy Donald

Student:

Partner:

Kingston Economic Development Corporation

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Coaching Mental Health Providers and Adults to Achieve Optimal Sleep

Millions of Canadians struggle with insomnia, but common methods of dealing with poor sleep (e.g., medication) have poor side effects, do not have lasting effects, and are not preferred by patients and providers. Although cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is the gold-standard treatment, there is limited access because most mental health practitioners (MPHs) do not have sufficient training to deliver CBT-I. To address this problem, Dr. Colleen Carney, one of six recognized behavioural sleep medicine trainers in the world, developed a sleep optimizing algorithm (SOA) to coach MHPs, as well as to create a product that adults can use to optimize their sleep. The project will demonstrate the usefulness of this program in improving sleep and increasing access to effective insomnia treatments. Because of how common poor sleep is in the population, the partner organization is expected to benefit from an extremely valuable intellectual property that has been scientifically shown to improve sleep.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Colleen Carney

Student:

Partner:

I-INC Foundation for Business Development

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.