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Calibration d’un indice physiologique chez la larve de pétoncle géant (Placopecten magellanicus) et caractérisation d’un régime alimentaire optimal

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Faculty Supervisor:

Réjean Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Fermes Marines du Québec INC

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

1JustCity WestEndCommons

The WestEndCommons project operates in a neighbourhood that needs the services it provides, and the beneficiaries are:
• Members of the community who receive services and volunteer in the Neighborhood Resource Centre (NRC) Residential tenants who work, volunteer and receive services in the NRC
• Organizations that receive services in the NRC
• Church members
• Start-up businesses that use the commercial kitchen
I will create a network of partners that will serve as a bridge to help an organization facing challenges at the time of any pandemic breakout. Most small non-profit organizations are not prepared for a disaster and have not a system place to assess meaningful information that can help them cope. I like to establish a network of information needed on the how and what to do in of these challenges.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

1JustCity

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Level IT Up Mitacs Internship

Level IT Up is a social enterprise located in Winnipeg that is committed to connecting the tech sector with skilled individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. To better prepare their candidates for the labour force, Level IT Up works with them to assess skills, aptitude profiles and offers various kinds of support pre and post-hiring. Currently, Level IT Up prepares and connects their candidates to jobs related to software development, data entry, data processing, software development, logistics, and engineering. Although this is an extensive range of jobs in the sector, Level IT Up is now ready to expand their operations and seek other industries/sectors that will benefit from the skills of candidates with ASD.
My objectives for this project include researching more sectors that would benefit from the innate skills of Level IT Up’s candidates. These areas include science, engineering, math, and others. This raises questions related to employment opportunities within these areas, what kinds of jobs there are, and if the current candidate training and assessment processes are relevant to what these sectors need. Level IT Up also feels ready to expand their service area to other parts of Manitoba, starting with Steinbach.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Katherine Breward

Student:

Partner:

Level IT Up

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Wolseley Family Place Summer Programming

Wolseley Family Place is non-profit organization that provides numerous supports for families with children under 6 years of age. Wolseley Family Place has been serving the Winnipeg community for nearly 25 years. Wolseley Family Place has phenomenal values, and their programs and services are designed to facilitate the growth of individuals and families. Main avenues of facilitating growth are providing education and supports in diverse forms – which are both accommodating and intersectional.
The project consists of researching all components of the organization — from researching current and past programming, demographics serviced, as well as current methods of support. Aside from research I will be developing my technological skills, as well as interview skills. I will also collaborate with staff and the Health Education Coordinator to create a plan for documenting summer programming at Wolseley Family Place in an ethical and engaging way.
As previously stated, the project proposed will create opportunities that will impact the community as whole. The project will help the organization secure grant funding, which will benefit Winnipeg. There will always be a need for supports provided by Wolseley Family Place, and with greater funding the reach of their services will be wider.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Wolseley Family Place

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

PureGold Summer Student Geological Technician

I will be working as a Student Geological Technician for Pure Gold Mining Inc. throughout the summer in order to help with data acquisition from underground workings, drill programs, sample preparation, and data processing, while adjusting to covid-19 protocols. Government covid-19 protocols would be changing at an unknown rate, affecting supply and conditions at the mine. Afterwards, I will conduct a report and presentation which will present the influences of covid-19 presented throughout the project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Frederiksen

Student:

Partner:

Pure Gold Mining (Red Lake)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Artbeat Studio Community Engagement Assistant

I will be working with the team as the community engagement assistant to help with online engagement by helping facilitate their weekly art demonstrations. Project activities for that will include researching art methods and speaking on different topics in regards to mental well-being. Other projects I will be taking on are helping with in-person events when those are available depending on covid restrictions. This project will involve volunteer coordination, reaching out to alumni of their residence program to help facilitate art programming, and finding new ways to communicate and engage in the community. The last project I will be taking on is assisting with their booth at the weekly CEDA market. This project will include volunteer coordination, outreach to alumni, tracking sales, helping with set up, and engaging with people at the market. I believe these projects and this role will allow me to further refine my interpersonal skills and use my project management skills to overcome any obstacles that come along the way. Throughout my time at the studio working on different projects, I will be able to assess the mental health practices that Artbeat studio currently incorporates.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Artbeat Studio

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Assessment of Corrosion in RC Slabs using NDTs

Concrete is an abundant material present on earth today. It is believed that cement is the second-most abundant material after soil on planet. Infrastructure expansions and developments are close to impossible in the 21st century. Hence, building durable structures is necessary. Reinforced concrete, being a heterogeneous material, the possibilities of defects are immense. To save a structure from these defects, early detection and treatment are necessary. Non-destructive methods have been of great use to solve this problem. However, the conventional non-destructive methods to detect corrosion (using principles of electrolysis) have been very cumbersome. This research provides an innovative opportunity for me, to use Infrared Thermography (IRT) and Ground Penetration Radar (GPR) for detection of corrosion. The opportunities in this research area multiply if we club the use of concepts of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Combining these aspects, this project can provide a breakthrough technology in precise corrosion detection in reinforced concrete.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rishi Gupta

Student:

Partner:

Nirma University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction; Technology; Manufacturing and Construction

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Globalink Research Award

An Alberta-based VAR Structural Model

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for loss allowances are changing, and financial institutions are proactively adapting existing methodologies and developing new ones to remain compliant. The main ingredient in the myriad of evaluations that banks are required to perform for compliance is risk assessment. The first goal of this research project is to review best practice risk models, with a special focus on modeling the evolution of changes in creditworthiness for industry sectors. In particular the project aims to estimate and forecast the probability a portfolio of loans’ changes in creditworthiness, and thus becomes more or less risky. State of the arts machine learning and time-series techniques are used to improve forecasting abilities of the existing models and allow for model validation using different forecasting samples.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Valentina Galvani;Sebastian Fossati Pereira

Student:

Partner:

ATB Financial

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

A Finite Element Framework for Anisotropic Material Constitutive Modelling of Additive Manufactured Superalloy Parts

Additive Manufacturing is a rapidly growing technology in the gas turbine industry. Its numerous advantages allow for the design of complex shapes which have not been possible in the past, using conventional manufacturing method. The parts could be manufactured on demand, with reduce cost and lead time. Selective Laser Melting is the common method to additive manufacture metal super alloy parts for combustors and turbines. The anisotropic microstructure from the printing process pose a challenge to numerical simulation and conventional predictive models. To accurately predict the mechanical integrity of the part, an improved constitutive material model that could accurately predict the part non-linear deformation after yielding is crucial. It’s especially important to couple this non-linear deformation model with the thermo-mechanical loading where the temperature could be in phase or out of phase with the loading
This project aims to create an efficient and accurate non-linear deformation for predicting the mechanical deformation of the SLM parts, theirs associated stress and strain, in preparation for future mechanical integrity assessment model. Using mathematical model and empirical factors from material testing, an efficient predictive tool will be developed to extend the current capability within Abaqus finite element software.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mathias Legrand

Student:

Partner:

Siemens Energy Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Variations in gene co-expression of insulin receptor in the brain (ePRS-IR), working memory, and error-related learning in humans.

A new genetic approach which considers the effect size of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, selected from co-expression gene networks) over health outcomes, titled expression-based polygenic risk score (ePRS), was created in Prof. Patricia Silveira’s Lab at McGill University. The project aim is to assess in which way two ePRS of insulin receptors, one accounting for insulin receptors on mesocorticolimbic pathway and other linked to hippocampus, impacts working memory and error-related learning in children and adolescents from two cohorts: the Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN) cohort, using data from children aged 72 months of age; and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) cohort, using data from adolescents aged 17 years old. This study can impact neuroscience research by showing in which ways genetic variations on brain insulin receptors impact cognitive functions also impaired in people with obesity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Silveira

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

SSE – Leal De Lima Alves

The Women in AI for Good Initiative seeks to inspire, connect and highlight women in the field of good AI to promote more significant female participation in the machine learning industry. We also seek to embolden a vibrant international community working towards good and ethical technological development. Through a profile and mentorship initiative, Women in AI seeks to address three barriers to women’s active involvement in the field, namely: unconscious bias, pay gap and retention. We do this by creating safer spaces for women to connect, collaborate and shine.
The intern will be conducting a series of activities in order to lay the foundation for the deployment of two programs, a profiling initiative and a mentorship initiative.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Marthe Cousineau

Student:

Partner:

Mila

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Harvest Manitoba Community Garden and Growing Initiative

In March 2021, Harvest Manitoba will be launching their Community Garden and Growing initiative. This will be a community lead effort and will offer space in the community for learning about food production, hands on gardening skills and a location for safe community interactions. The purpose of this initiative is to increase access to fresh, locally grown foods, and empower community members to become a part of this process. My role will be a combination of hands on work in the community gardens, organizing the distribution of take-home garden kits and the grow-a-row program, and participate in relationship building and collaboration with other community organizations. By the end of this project, I will complete a feasibility report which will include an assessment of the current program structure and recommendations to enhance future programming in the community garden initiative. I will work towards finding ways for Harvest to better achieve their goal of providing opportunities for food insecure individuals to have access to fresh foods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Harvest Manitoba

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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