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Gamifying Engagement: Adding game elements to the community planning process

Local governments face many challenges when engaging the public in community planning—COVID-19 has forced almost all engagement to online platforms, it can be hard to reach a diversity of community members, and those who are engaged may feel engagement or ‘Zoom’ fatigue. With these challenges in mind, how can local governments facilitate meaningful civic engagement? Many researchers and practitioners are increasingly looking towards gamification. Gamification is a process that includes the use of game design elements and holds the potential to increase the quality and quantity of engagement in local civic processes. This research will explore how gameplay elements and ideas may facilitate more meaningful local civic engagement in British Columbia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maged Senbel

Student:

Partner:

Modus Planning, Design and Engagement Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Autonomous Energy System; Scalable, Flexible, Light and Low Cost – part 2

Nowadays the most rewarding aspect of engineering is to create solutions to the needs of society in a natural and resource efficient manner, therefore we must come up with more innovative and resource efficient solutions. One such solution can be a novel scalable autonomous energy system, which integrates Organic (polymer) based photovoltaics (OPVs), high density Polymer Energy Storage (PES) devices, and their Integrated Circuit (IC) interface all as a System-in-Package unit. OPV and PES cells are thin, light, and flexible technologies that have the potential to be used for such energy system at low cost. The IC interface manages charging of PES cells from the harvesting energy provided by OPV cells and regulates such power for the target applications. For the scalability of the system, the configuration of the cells (both OPV and PES) will be optimized using statistical analysis based on experimental results and characterization of the cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bozena Kaminska

Student:

Partner:

BC Hydro (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Advanced Analytics and Research Lab – Summer Analyst

The partner organization, Advanced Analytics and Research Lab (AAARL) is an affordable analytics services, solutions and consulting company based out of Canada. The organization focuses primarily on helping companies leverage data and technology to supercharge their day-to-day operations and achieve their business goals. The project to be completed with this organization will allow for the opportunity to learn about the operations and skills needed for business success, and significance of data analytics in the business realm. This internship will provide many training and learning opportunities for me, which include the use of analytical software, coding, automation, predictive analytics and many more technical activities. In addition, I will have to opportunity the learn about internal business structures such as business strategy development, while interacting and working with external clients in projects. While this experience will be extremely educational for myself and my growing career, it will also provide support to AAARL’s teams in day-to-day responsibilities and operations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

Advanced Analytics and Research Lab

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Rolling the Dice with Spice: The Complexity of Ethnic Minority Livelihoods in Yunnan’s Mountainous Bor

Many ethnic minorities in the southern mountainous region of Yunnan Province, China are being increasingly marginalized by ill-informed policies implemented by lowland-based, ethnic-majority officials, aiming to intensify socio-economic integration, promote agricultural intensification, and promote cash cropping, and restrict natural resource access. In the Yunnan borderlands and the site for my intended study, many sizeable extractive industries, infrastructure, hydropower, and tourism projects, mean that lowland state policies are rapidly expanding state control and direction over once isolated upland communities. Upland ethnic minority farmers in the Southern Yunnan borderlands are increasingly needing to find sources of cash due to increased state enthusiasm for market integration, especially state programmes encouraging farmers to rely on expensive hybrid rice and corn, which must be bought yearly with agro-chemical inputs. Black cardamom remains a popular crop due to farmers’ traditional economic knowledge, access to forest resources, and trusted trading networks. However, extreme weather events and environmental governance projects are thwarting this livelihood strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Turner

Student:

Partner:

Yunnan University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Sustainability & the Environment; Forestry

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Co-Op Summer Analyst

As a sector-agnostic investment bank, Gravitas Securities is a major provider of early-stage capital to companies. An intern helps directly with the origination and execution of key transactions and provides early-stage capital to these companies as they scale and become the dominant players in their space. At Gravitas Securities, we are largely focused on the origination and execution of deals across various key verticals including the technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. The intern’s key responsibilities will ensure that our team is able to execute this mandate.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Gravitas Securities

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

As a sector-agnostic investment bank, Gravitas Securities is a major provider of early-stage capital to companies. The intern will be asked to produce a final deliverable in PowerPoint format that will be presented to the Gravitas Securities team. This final deliverable will involve a PowerPoint presentation over 25 minutes where the intern will speak about a) the key skills gained during the internship, b) the breadth of transactions and industries worked on, c) the deliverables the student had an opportunity to work on and d) key insights gained about the investment banking sector. This is a great moment for the intern to recap the skills and experience gained during the summer. Attending this presentation will be members of the core investment banking team. This final deliverable will be instrumental in reflecting on how the intern assisted with pivoting Gravitas business model to better serving our customers during COVID-19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Gravitas Securities

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Digital Marketing Intern

Crankworx is the world’s premier global tour of mountain biking slope-style events. As a Digital Marketing Intern with Crankworx, I will assist with several aspects of the company’s promotional strategy. Mainly, I will help deliver value for its sponsors and audience through digital channels, such as social media.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Crankworx

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Business Development Intern position at Talent Bureau

Talent Bureau’s core business was booking speakers for in-person events. COVID-19 completely derailed that, and we had to cancel or postpone hundreds of events and hundreds of thousands of dollars in booked revenue. Since the pandemic broke out, we have pivoted into virtual events as well as leaning into influencer marketing and partnership opportunities for our talent. While we slowly anticipate the return of some in-person events in the second part of 2021, these new business units will not go away. Some anticipated projects are: Helping Talent Bureau identify scout potential talent to reach out to, using social media and other means of research, helping Talent Bureau team identify key organizations and conferences to pitch talent and speakers to for mainly virtual outing, helping the Talent Bureau team prepare pitch decks and research lists, helping the Talent Bureau identify potential brands to target for partnership opportunities, etc. This is a big opportunity for a candidate to contribute to a growing entertainment company that has weathered the storm so far of COVID-19, but many challenges lay ahead.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Talent Bureau

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Wholesale trade

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Finance Internship

The student can contribute with a fresh perspective and bring new ideas on how to do things from a different point of view. The student will help with marketing campaigns, researching projects where the supervisor hasn’t had time to conduct, be in touch with clients/customers, catching up on the backlog of administration amongst other contributions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Strata Engineering

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

eCommerce Strategist

I will be continuing my time at Flywheel Digital, a technical marketing agency focused on digital-first businesses. As the new eCommerce Strategist, I will continue to work on the website, social media profiles, automation platforms, and paid advertising accounts of Flywheel’s clients, such as Glory Juice, Juniper, and AG Hair. My contributions will help take Flywheel’s business ‘to the next level’ and establish the agency’s eCommerce competence as among the best in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Flywheel Digital

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Communications Specialist Intern

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted Crankworx Events, as it is an events-based company that would normally produce three large-scale mountain bike festivals in Rotorua, New Zealand, Innsbruck, Austria, and Whistler, British Columbia. Without the ability to draw large crowds and host clients on-site, Crankworx Events has pivoted to focusing on digital engagement with its audience and partners. With an evident need for frequent communications while maintaining brand relevancy, the support of the Communications Specialist intern is vital to staying ahead and staying agile. The role will consist of crisis and risk management planning, public relations, and monitoring brand usage and consistency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Crankworx

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Evaluation of a Blockchain-Based Identity Management System: An Exploratory Multiple Case Study Approach

This research project will suggest guidelines that can be used by practitioners to formally represent the business benefits of blockchain. The business benefits focused on in this study are the increased financial value and the improved productivity. Formal methods will be applied to communicate these business benefits in unambiguous ways. Specifically, financial methods will be applied to quantify the financial value and conceptual modeling methods will be used to model the business processes related to the blockchain technology. Even though the partner organization provides a strong technical solution, there is a need to convince prospective corporate clients of the enterprise blockchain solution’s value proposition. The framework produced by this research project can be applied by the partner organization to clearly define the resulting business benefits, which can better support the value proposition for adopting their blockchain solution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Victoria Lemieux;Ning Nan

Student:

Partner:

Manyone Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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