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Elizabeth Fry Society Holistic Case Management – Circle of Care

The Holistic Case Management – Circle of Care project will focus on creating a framework for staff, practicum students, and volunteers of the Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba to utilize in their work. The objective of this project is to ensure that individuals within the organization are equipped to provide support and services to clients in a manner that addresses their unique and individual needs. The framework to be developed through this project is one way this organization seeks to challenge the colonial nature of the criminal justice system by actively engaging with Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and being. A holistic approach to this organization’s case management framework will be an intentional way to ensure recognition and space for those whose voices are systemically silenced and excluded, and to ensure that clients’ individual needs are appropriately addressed through supports and services that recognize and respect their inherent dignity as human beings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Indigenous Affairs; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Other

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Mother Earth Recycling Social Media Coordinator

Creating creative and consistent content to be used across multiple social media platforms to promote Mother Earth Recycling, and the social, environmental and sales (economic) sides of the business, as well as promoting general recycling. The content is aimed to target specific audiences with different focused posts. This project will include creating catalogue of content for Mother Earth Recycling to use and templates and guides to ensure standardization between platforms. The creation of the content will include taking pictures, creating visuals, using research and statistics, scheduling posting times, and using themes, etc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shauna MacKinnon

Student:

Partner:

Mother Earth Recycling

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Toward Zero Waste – A Study in Reducing and Managing Lab Waste

In the last 30 years, mixed recycling and organics composting initiatives have drastically reduced the total amount of landfill waste generated in North American communities, and despite these encouraging trends, communities continue to experience land shortages for sanitary landfills. Zero-Waste initiatives offer a potential way forward to further reduce the amount of landfill waste generated by communities and they offer a way to switch how waste is perceived. The University of Calgary has established a strategic goal to become a Zero-Waste community and one of the main challenges to overcome is the high volume of non-hazardous waste that the research labs generate. The Zero Waste Hierarchy developed by the Zero Waste International Alliance offers a conceptual framework which can guide the implementation of a zero-waste initiative at the University of Calgary research labs. This project will offer support for research labs (and potentially health related laboratories) to achieve zero-waste by: reduced consumption, creative re-use through waste marketing, increased recycling using thoughtful system design, and material and energy recovery using waste management technologies. My proposed project is coordinated by local Calgary non-profit Nature’s Ride (https://natures-ride.com/), and along with progressing the University’s Zero-Waste objectives, my study findings will be used to develop a school program that explores our perception of waste, introduces the concept of system wide waste management initiatives (such as Extended Producer Responsibility and consolidated recycling management), along with giving practical ways students can exercise zero-waste habits in their own lives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Poornima Jayasinghe

Student:

Partner:

Nature's Ride through Art Society

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Education; Energy and Utilities

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Hope Cleaning Inc.

The primary tasks and responsibilities of the intern will be to develop a marketing strategy to implement over the next year in order to grow and build the commercial sector of our company. This process will involve conducting relevant market research, completing a review to assess efficacy of growth strategies that have been implemented thus far, and identifying new opportunities for expansion in the market. The task of the intern will be to deliver an actionable business development strategy that can be implemented either during their job placement or by the end of their job placement. They will work closely with our leadership team to develop a marketing strategy that is relevant to our industry and aligns with the mission and values of our social enterprise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Hope Cleaning Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Construction 2.0 : L’efficacité par le numérique

L’arrivée des technologies dans les processus de communication d’une entreprise bouleverse les paradigmes de gestion de l’information actuelle. Or, ce projet vise à mieux comprendre comment les technologies de l’information (TI) ont le potentiel de transformer les méthodes de réalisation d’un projet de construction. L’adoption de nouvelle pratique à transformer bien des secteurs économiques en terme de traitement et de distribution de l’information à travers la chaîne d’approvisionnement. Pourtant, malgré le fait que l’industrie de la construction représente un secteur économique important au Québec et que des économies substantielles pourraient en découler, celle-ci reste réfractaire aux différents changements organisationnels qu’impose l’intégration des TI. En ce sens, le projet vise à repérer les meilleures pratiques del’utilisation du numérique dans l’industrie (et d’autres industries au besoin), en identifiant des utilisateurs précoces et des innovateurs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Forgues

Student:

Partner:

CERACQ;Contech Enterprises;CONTECH

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

LGM Financial Business Strategy Internship Application Nishaan Dulay

The project I am planning to undertake in this internship involves researching and analyzing the Canadian automotive warranty market to inform the LGM Financial future strategy. Consumers shifting to purchase vehicles online presents more difficulty for organizations like LGM to sell their products, as dealership salespeople have historically been key in convincing consumers to purchase extended warranties. The final deliverable is a map of the market that LGM operates in, outlining key products, competitors, and other information that will provide a knowledge base for decisions to be made. This resource will provide LGM employees with a more comprehensive picture of the market and increase the ease with which knowledge can be shared. The internship will be carried out in a virtual capacity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guneet Nagpal

Student:

Partner:

LGM Financial Services (Ontario)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Girls and Women – Access to Venture Capital

Girls and Women – Access to Venture Capital is training and coaching program that helps women respond to Investor Q&A with education, e-learning and practice.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ellen Farrell

Student:

Partner:

Centre for Women in Business

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Saint Mary's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Data Automation of Raft Brew Labs – RS0054347

To ensure high product quality and continue driving gains against their multinational counterparts, independent craft beverage facilities require access to analytical data on their products, and yet most craft beverage facilities cannot afford the considerable costs of building, staffing and supplying their own in-house labs. Raft fills this need by serving as the centralized laboratory for craft beverage facilities across Western Canada. Raft aims to streamline its data flow within a relational database to provide its clients with the data management sophistication of their multinational competitors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guohui Lin

Student:

Partner:

Raft Brew Labs

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Sales in Post-COVID Times Internship at T&T

The project I will complete for T&T Power Group will involve undertaking market research and creating a plan to help the business increase lead generation by at least 20% per month.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ning Su

Student:

Partner:

T&T Power Group

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Connected Canadians – Program Coordinator

Connected Canadians is a non-profit organization that helps older adults with free technology support and training. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for their services significantly, as our ways of connecting, interacting, and living have shifted to online. Connected Canadians has been growing its volunteer mentor team significantly to help meet the rising needs of its clients. The proposed research project is to monitor and document the progress of technology mentors from an employability perspective and improve training processes. Many of the volunteers at Connected Canadians are newcomers to Canada and benefit from the conversational practice and cultural awareness when interacting and assisting the clients with their technology needs. The project would involve supporting the technology mentors and utilizing research tools such as qualitative interviews, skills inventory surveys and exit surveys, to gather information and translate them into key learnings and findings. The goal of this research project is to support the professional and cultural growth of the technology mentors and improve Connected Canadians’ future volunteer onboarding processes and volunteer outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shaobo Ji

Student:

Partner:

Connected Canadians

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Bio Window Knowledge: Personalizing Most Relevant Content from Big Data

Peer publications in the healthcare are many and held in silos. For researchers, the accessibility and utility of such publications can be problematic for a variety of reasons. Open access publication has addressed some of the issues, but the silos remain an issue. Electric Effect will provide a technology platform that breaks down the silo barrier, truly opening efficient access for all researchers. The proposed research project will help develop and deploy unique ML/AI processes to enhance the platform by assisting with the autonomous validation, personalization and surfacing of peer publications. This will enhance the peer user experience through increased engagement and collaboration, and integration with our proposed rewards system. Electric Effect will benefit from this project through accelerated commercialization of its ML/AI driven peer healthcare community platform and also access to new innovative methodologies developed by the researcher. In addition, the research will provide feedback to our publishing partners.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christie Ezeife

Student:

Partner:

Electric Effect

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Surface Functionalization of Polypeptides for Applications in Cosmetics

The purpose of this project is to the modify the structure of 3F’s low molecular weight cod collagen polypeptides and determine which physical properties of the material are necessary to convert it into the superior product on the market for its applications into the field of cosmetics. To alter its physical properties surface functionalization is necessary and will be explored in various synthetic pathways. At each step of the process full characterization of the cod collagen polypeptides (in its unmodified and modified states) will be completed using MALDI-TOF, LC-MS, DSC, FT-IR, XRD and solid-state NMR.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francesca Kerton

Student:

Partner:

3F Waste Recovery

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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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.