Innovative Projects Realized

Product Manager

CloudAdvisors provides the underlying data and decision-support software of the Health & Benefits, as well as Pension plans of over 1 million Canadians, and 10,000 employers in Canada. Internally, CloudAdvisors are well-positioned as a Software Technology company to offer remote work options and planned to be well-equipped for growth during this pandemic. Externally, the customers’ need for digital transformation has catalyzed CloudAdvisor’s growth, necessitating new hires to meet exceptional demand. The Product Manager(Intern) will be responsible for the design and G2M (Go-To-Market) strategy for an InsurTech product, or service. They will be a key liaison between our software development team, and marketing/relationship management teams, in translating market feedback into thoughtful products and features.

Social Media Engagement Specialist

GrantMe had originally projected to grow to $3 million in revenue this year, largely due to the new product innovation that we are developing. This development was fuelled by sales revenue which has now been impacted by COVID-19. This internship will focus specifically on building social media engagement, working cross-functionally with teams to communicate value online, and working closely with the marketing team to generate leads.

Marketing Project Manager

Fleurs de Villes produces luxury flower shows in cities all over the world. Naturally, COVID-19 has forced us to have to pivot, so we require additional help in tweaking our business, our logistics, in order to strategically plan to execute our shows in the coming year. First our intern would work with our executive team in analyzing the state of the world and our potential to operate in it. We are already considering many different options for execution. Our intern would be able to be have a seat at this table to help us evaluate and plan our future shows in this new world. In addition, we have many new aspects we are adding to our business: product manufacturing, content creation, e-commerce, a TV show and more. There are a number of products, depending on our interns abilities and interests where they could help us in developing various projects. Most importantly we must get back on our feet after COVID. We need to staff up to do this and having an intern would help us immensely from a manpower and cost perspective.

Operations Intern

FinnAI aims to build simple, easy-to-use conversational banking platforms for financial institutions so their customers can easily manage their money and improve their financial literacy. Although FinnAI’s business model has proven resilient to COVID, the move to fully remote work has been challenging as their policies, company rituals, customer service and culture were not designed to meet the demands of a remote work environment. Thus, the intern will work with the operations team to research, design, and implement a strategy to convert the workforce to a hybridized working model in perpetuity and build company culture and consistent touchpoints. Futhermore, they will support legal and market reviews of remote work policy considerations, as well as create learning materials and deliver trainings to employees on best practices in remote environments. The intern is to support FinnAI not only survive a transition to a remote workforce, but leverage it as a competitive advantage for employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. As more US companies hire remote in Canada, smaller companies need to evolve quickly to retain talent.

Business Analyst

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working hard (and remotely) to build a digital investment bank. We see a true opportunity in leveraging blockchain technology to decrease capital raising costs to various private market participants. The intern will play a key role in helping us establish research frameworks, collecting and analyzing valuable market data, and developing our research product.

Digital Marketing Manager

For this project, a digital marketing position is required to assist Peak Capital Trading to achieve their online presence goals and social media interest in the company. Marketing research, content creation and strategies to create a plan for generating traction and later, evaluating the effectiveness of the work entails some of the tasks involved in this project.

Business Strategy Consultant

The mobile health industry is rapidly changing. SmartMom requires expertise to build on their BC success by developing partnerships with other Canadian provinces and territories in a sustainable business model. Through this internship, it will assist them to develop marketing strategies to extend our reach to other countries
where they would have to adapt content and language to local contexts.

Head-Up Display Applications of a Compound Micro-lens Array

The purpose of this project is to design a compact optical component that will be used in tandem with a display panel to use in Head-Up Display systems. The essence of the optical component design is the use of micro-lens arrays. Micro-lens arrays are thin, usually planar lenses composed of much smaller lens-lets with diameters usually in the order of 10 to 100 microns. Using micro-lens arrays, the optical system can be reduced to a couple of “sheets” of micro-lens arrays or less, allowing for compactness of the system. Designing with micro-lens arrays presents a set of challenges such as overcoming the minimum accommodation of the eye, and light interference between each lens-let on the micro-lens array. Over the course of the project, solutions to these challenges will be sought after. Also, the micro-lens will be computer modeled and simulated for validation of the design.

Sales and Marketing Intern

a) Background
IOTO International Inc. is a research and development firm innovating since 2003 in the area of digital media. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are working remotely and effectively on an export initiative in the aftermath of the 2020 USA election and a potentially immanent Canadian Federal Election.

b) Anticipated project activities
• IOTO would like to position its Goverlytics API and webapp product with media properties, channel partners and consumers who are embracing changing ways of presenting factual storytelling. The activities to be undertaken will integrate strategic thinking, planning, and execution into a fully aligned conversion funnel. It will include tested and effective operational and tactical implementation plans to execute on strategic goals, ensuring that IOTO’s business activities support and connect to a functioning overall sales and business development loop.
• Goverlytics is a software application that makes it easy to find, explore, and evaluate legislative issues that matter. We are about to launch our service to the North American marketplace.
• We are looking for an intern with an interest in marketing, business development, and political news content.
• The key goal is to work with media companies in North America to adopt our political data feeds and small-screen (webapp) solutions.

Investor Relations & Marketing Coordinator

Under Solution Financial Inc. I will be interning as the Investor Relations & Marketing Coordinator. Some of my responsibilities include performing market research, creating digital marketing campaigns and improve investor relations and initiatives to help prepare Solution Financial to go from the public venture capital market (TSX.V) to the senior equity market (TSX).

Agricultural Export Logistics Intern

COVID-19 has impacted the core business activities of HOOH as with all companies. HOOH process and sell Canadian-grown hops to breweries around the world. With global trade activities shifting, HOOH require a solution to facilitating our export activities in the absence of physical trade shows.

My main project will be to study key export markets for hops, a key ingredient in making beer. I will also seek information about those markets from a wide range of sources, including trade ambassadors. Developing potential solutions for gaining access into those markets and working directly with management to build a plan to enter these markets.

Business Analyst

The Outdoor Recreation Council of BC co-chairs the Provincial Trails Advisory Body (PTAB) that provides advice on the implementation of the Trails Strategy for British Columbia. An outstanding action is to establish a reliable and diverse funding model to maintain the viability of BC trails. This sector relies on volunteers; however, due to COVID-19, there has been a loss of funding opportunities and trail organizations have found it harder to attract volunteers. The intern with the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC will work with the outdoor recreation and trail sector to develop sustainable funding options that will support BC trails and trail volunteers.