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La réalité virtuelle immersive & la transmission du sensible en architecture

La réalité virtuelle immersive a pris ces dix dernières années une place grandissante dans la boîte à outils des architectes et écoles d’architecture. La recherche portant sur la nature de l’expérience virtuelle au plan perceptif n’en est cependant qu’à ses débuts. Ce projet mené dans le cadre d’un partenariat avec la SAT, acteur de premier plan en matière de technologie virtuelle immersive, interroge spécifiquement la façon dont la pédagogie architecturale s’approprie ces outils à des fins de transmission du sensible. Il consiste en une recension des écrits visant à mettre en lumière les technologies utilisées, les objectifs pédagogiques poursuivis, les paramètres perceptifs manipulés, et dans un deuxième temps, en une analyse d’écarts comparant les résultats de la recension aux outils de la SAT. Le projet permettra au partenaire d’informer ses différents services de la pertinence de la recherche, de communiquer les résultats à la communauté de recherche et de développer à terme de nouveaux partenariats.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christina Contandriopoulos

Student:

Partner:

Société des Arts Technologiques

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Hospital Optimizer: Un outil d’ordonnancement des opérations en milieu hospitalier

Thales développe le Refit Optimizer, un outil de planification et d’ordonnancement. Cet outil de gestion de projets, semblable à Project de Microsoft ou Primavera d’Oracle, se démarque par ses algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle capables de proposer à l’utilisateur un ordonnancement optimal selon divers critères. Jusqu’à présent, l’outil a été utilisé pour planifier les opérations de rénovation de navires. Dans ce projet, il sera adapté à l’ordonnancement en milieu hospitalier pour devenir le Hospital Optimizer. Ce logiciel pourra ordonnancer les opérations en bloc opératoire selon les priorités des patients, former les équipes médicales et distribuer la charge de travail équitablement entre les différents membres du personnel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claude-Guy Quimper

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Digital interventions to improve social connectedness and mental wellbeing of vulnerable older adults during COVID-19 and beyond

This project aims to 1) identify and understand the unique social and psychological burdens that vulnerable older adults face during the pandemic, 2) explore and identify successful and unsuccessful digital interventions that has been done at the West End Seniors Network (WESN) to help raise social connectedness, and 3) develop strategies and design future interventions to improve the mental wellbeing of the diverse senior population in Vancouver. The intern will conduct semi-structured interviews and focus groups with seniors in the community in order to accomplish the project goals. WESN and other senior centers across Canada will be able to use the data gathered in this project to guide future programs and direct funds to important existing programs. The collaboration between the intern’s academic institution and WESN on this project will also build a foundation for future collaborative research, expanding the knowledge on the mental health of seniors in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Theodore Cosco

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada;West End Seniors' Network

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

LED Street Lamp Retrofit Project

The City of Hamilton has developed some basic costing and implementation models for a) the replacement (retrofitting) of existing street lighting with LED street lighting and b) incorporate LED street lighting in new construction. These models were created in conjunction with the LED technical evaluations and it was identified that there is justification and a need for a comprehensive business model – specifically for retrofitting existing street lighting. The intent of this project is to develop a new process for implementing LED street lighting to replace the existing High Power Sodium (HPS) lights throughout the city. The project also includes the creation of a business model that would assist in guiding the City of Hamilton in making future decisions related to the further adoption of LED street lighting.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Fleisig

Student:

Partner:

City of Hamilton - Public Works

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Clean Technology

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Financial Analysis Intern

The project will include a capital investment analysis for new equipment and production cost analysis for in-house products and resale products. The capital investment analysis includes a return on investment analysis for various new pieces of packaging, injection, and smokehouse equipment while considering equipment, labour, and maintenance costs. The analysis will examine the profitability of new equipment, leading to an investment decision that may impact labour allocation in the production processes. The production cost analysis includes the development of standard production costs for the Old Port product line, the review of pricing and margins for the Old Port product line, and an analysis of pricing and gross margins of resale products. The product pricing analysis will identify optimum selling points that increase revenue while maintaining consumer demand. It may also identify opportunities to increase specific product volumes and products that should be dropped entirely.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ash Hossain

Student:

Partner:

Terra Nova Old Port Foods

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Intern

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Intern for Liberty Mutual Canada

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yolande Chan

Student:

Partner:

Liberty Mutual Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Genus Capital Management Inc. – ESG/Fintech Analyst

Like many businesses, we are investing in strategy and technology to market to, sell to, onboard, and service prospects and clients in a remote and digital reality.
For investment services this will include expanded social media and content strategies, communication techniques such as webinar/podcast, fintech implementation to replace paper forms and ID verification, better advisor and client dashboards, and more. Much of this was underway pre-COVID, but the pandemic has accelerated adoption and acceptance of the work. It has also significantly increased the importance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Genus Capital Management

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Code F. (stage 1) FSA UL

Dans un contexte de pandémie causée par la Covid-19, l’entreprise Code F. se doit d’opérer un pivot de son modèle d’affaires afin d’adapter ses solutions aux besoins de la clientèle et de sa communauté.
Pour cela, nous allons créer 2 structures: une OBNL (Code F. Santé financière pour tous) et une Fintech (Code F. Technologies financière) pour mieux réorganiser et relancer nos activités. L’objet de ce stage est de nous aider à bien positionner ces 2 structures dans leurs marchés respectifs et l’une par rapport à l’autre. Pour ce faire, il faudra retravailler le modèle d’affaires de Code F. et sa stratégie d’entreprise.
Ce pivot de modèle d’affaires se traduisant par un changement de la structure organisationnelle et par un virage technologique et numérique, l’étudiante devra réaliser une analyse stratégique afin d’aider l’organisation à adapter ses activités et solutions dans le contexte actuel de pandémie, de même que pour le futur.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margaret Schomaker

Student:

Partner:

Code F

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

BSI Internship Application with Trust Science

The most important and immediate need for the marketing function is to gain “thought leadership” for Trust science as a company, its credit bureau 2.0 ® Fintech SaaS, and for its Founder CEO, Evan Chrapko, as a leader in the industry. After Evan was named as a “Leader in Lending” by the Canadian Lenders’ Association in Toronto 12 months ago and the company was graced by an industry-specific trade magazine as one of the “Smartest Companies to Watch” in the sector, we believe that there is a strong need to promote Trust Science’s capabilities to Executives who are in charge of lending & risk-mitigation at financial institutions. Additionally, the project will focus on locating and bringing in Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) that the sales organization can then determine to be Sales Qualified Leads (SQL). Establishing “Thought Leadership” can assist with these needs, but so can activities like Account Based Marketing (ABM) and various electronic/virtual outreach avenues (given that physical trade shows are not currently possible). Taken together, the above prime directives for marketing will rapidly attract prospective customers to engage with Trust Science and aid in shortening any resulting sales cycle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

Trust Science Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Kerby Centre – Business Digitization Intern

We would like our student to explore opportunities for us to use software or other programs to digitize some of the work that is currently done on paper. This might include client case histories, services rendered, reporting to funders, measuring outcomes and impact and many other areas we have yet to explore.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Unison

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

An Integrated Software Suite for Rail Condition Analysis using Machine Learning

Rail transit and freight rail properties apply rail grinding to maintain rail condition and ensure satisfactory performance of rail infrastructure systems. The proposed research investigates and applies a variety of computationally intelligent algorithms to establish useful relationships between rail corrugation, noise generation, and vibration. These relationships will support more timely and effective rail grinding interventions. The algorithms will process real-world rail corrugation, noise, and vibration data collected from three rail transit properties in North America. The long-term research goal is the development of a generic and transferrable rail corrugation index, which will help rail maintenance practitioners determine when rail corrugation is likely to generate unacceptable noise and vibration. Consequently, the research directly supports rail and vehicle asset management programs, helps reduce noise irritation for passengers and citizens in the vicinity of rail transit lines, and improves ride quality.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Jeffrey;Jonathan Regehr

Student:

Partner:

Advanced Rail Management

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring the effectiveness of a pilot parasport coach mentorship program.

Informal learning involves acquiring knowledge outside of a structured setting in which
learning is self-directed and developed from experience, exposure, and interactions with their
environments (Nelson et al., 2006). Examples of informal coach learning includes experience
as an athlete, coach observation, self-reflection, reading books, exploring the internet, and
learning from experts or mentors in the field (Fairhurst et al., 2017; Taylor et al., 2014).
Mentorship has been considered and utilized as an informal learning opportunity where coaches
seek out more experienced professionals in their field to shadow and learn from (Bloom, 2013;
Kram, 1985; Ragins & Kram, 2007). One of the first studies on coach mentorship in parasport
was conducted by Fairhurst and colleagues (2017) who interviewed six Canadian Paralympic
coaches on their experiences with formal and informal learning opportunities. The results
revealed that four out of six coaches had a mentor, three of which were informal relationships
and one from a formal mentorship program, and all coaches acted as mentors throughout their
careers. Coaches described learning highly-specialized parasport-specific skills from their
mentors, such as information pertaining to the physiology of their athletes’ disability and
developing a parasport training program, and considered this relationship to be their most
significant learning experience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gordon Bloom

Student:

Partner:

Coaches Association of Ontario

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

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