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ParkChamp – Marketing Coordinator

The Sales/Marketing coordinator will assist in organizing and executing new marketing campaigns and communication tactics to help support ParkChamp’s growth. Interns will be responsible for supporting the sales and marketing team with presentation material, proposals, social media, blogging, lead generation. This will help ParkChamp be a more active service provider for our current customers, better understand our customers and get more traction from new ones.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

ParkChamp

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Improvement of anode quality through pitch modification

Using high-quality anodes, which have high density, low specific electrical resistivity, and low reactivity, reduces the anode consumption, production cost, energy consumption, and the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). This consequently improves the overall electrolytic cell performance. Therefore, the improvement of anode quality is one of the priorities of aluminium industry. The objective of theproject is to improve the anode quality by modifying pitch using additives. The raw materials will be characterized. The laboratory anodes will be made with the non-modified and modified pitches. Their properties will be compared in order to assess the effect of pitch additives on the anode quality.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Duygu Kocaefe

Student:

Partner:

Rio Tinto Alcan (Jonquière, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Développement de membranes nanocomposites pour application en génie civil

Les géomembranes sont utilisées dans différents secteurs du génie géotechnique pour contrôler l’étanchéité, par exemple dans les réservoirs d’eau, les canaux d’irrigation et les barrages, mais également pour limiter la migration de polluants dans le cas de décharges solides et de bassins d’effluents liquides. Or, elles doivent répondre à des exigences de plus en plus élevées, en particulier en réponse à l’importance croissante des considérations environnementales ainsi qu’aux besoins liés à de nouvelles applications, par exemple dans l’industrie du pétrole et du gaz. Ce projet se base sur l’utilisation de nanoparticules pour améliorer les performances des géomembranes, en particulier leurs propriétés barrières et mécaniques ainsi que leur durabilité. Il prévoit le développement de formulations, l’optimisation des méthodes de mise en forme et la validation de l’ensemble des performances requises pour les différentes applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric David

Student:

Partner:

Groupe CTT;Solmax

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Faire ou ne pas faire? Transgression et régulation des comportements subversifs à Montréal

L’étude de cas “Faire ou ne pas faire ? Transgression et régulation des comportements subversifs à Montréal” est réalisée par des chercheurs et des partenaires du projet de recherche partenariat CRSH Tryspaces1 en collaboration avec le Conseil jeunesse de Montréal (Ville de Montréal). L’accent est mis sur les différents types de transgression et de subversion à Montréal à partir des questionnements suivants: Comment les mécanismes de régulation et les pratiques transgressives interagissent-ils ? Quels sont les espaces accessibles aux jeunes et dans quelles conditions. Ces mêmes questions sont analysées à travers cinq axes de recherche différents. Mon travail s’inscrit dans le cinquième axe, qui comprend une étude sur les expériences et les pratiques nocturnes des jeunes à Montréal. Dans ce contexte, l’accent est mis sur différents sujets tels que la perception qu’ont les jeunes de la sécurité et de la prise de risques, les restrictions légales à l’utilisation de l’espace urbain la nuit, et les questions spécifiques au sexe, à la classe et à l’origine ethnique.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Valérie Amiraux

Student:

Partner:

Université de Vienne

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Digital Transformation for Theatre Organizations

In the short term (12-18 months) the project will contribute to the successful recovery of the Toronto Fringe and the theatre industry, through planning, audience research, events, and digital transformation planning. Over the long term, with a lens of roughly 10 years, the contributions of this project will aim to protect the organization and the arts and cultural sector in Canada from the devastation it has encountered due to COVID, in the future. The development of hybrid solutions that take into account the desires of audience members, customers or clients, as they pertain to the theatre industry, as well as the changing behaviours of those people with the emergence of new personal technologies, will contribute to the evolution of how the public engages with the arts and cultural sector, and subsequently, the financial stability of that industry and its members.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ramona Pringle

Student:

Partner:

Toronto Fringe

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Digitizing and modernizing a historic freshwater research database

IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) is an environment not-for-profit organization and one of the world’s most influential freshwater research facilities. It features a collection of 58 small lakes and their watersheds in a sparsely populated region of northwestern Ontario, Canada, unaffected by human impacts. IISD-ELA has been under operation for over 50 years, and as a result, has a vast database consisting of historical datasets that need updating and digitizing, especially as the organization transitions to remote work and learning. My main project will be to assist with the development of statistical and computational methods to automate the accomplishment of this goal. These methods will include artificial intelligence systems such as machine learning and neural networks. IISD-ELA, as part of this database, also maintains polygon representations of the 58 lakes in the area, however these polygons require updating and repair. I will be tasked with using ArcGIS to carry out this necessary geoprocessing. IISD-ELA is also heavily involved in education programming for all audiences, and I will also be completing three or more communications products to contribute to this initiative. These products will be available to the public and will serve to educate the viewer about IISD-ELA’s current research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Frederiksen

Student:

Partner:

IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Digital Transformation for the Performing Arts Industries

As a subsector within the creative industries, the performance arts industry has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 and subsequent repercussions related to stay at home orders and social distancing measures to control the spread of the disease. With this project, I will be addressing challenges related to the recovery of the performance arts industry in the short and medium term, as well as exploring sustainable hybrid solutions for the long term. In close consultation with the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, I will be developing digital transformation strategies that integrate digital tools or solutions in a meaningful and purposeful way, in order to both satisfy the needs and desires of audiences and customers, and so that the organization and others like it can sustainably weather future crises. Given this unique turning point, in which we are designing both digital solutions and hybrid possibilities for when the economy opens up in a larger and more sustained way, this iterative development work will take into account audience experience, as it relates to scale, collective experience, participation and intimacy, core aspects of the public experience of cultural offerings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ramona Pringle

Student:

Partner:

Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

GoodLawyer – Growth Manager

Our three interns will support the planning and execution of projects and operations across Canada. Goodlawyer launched our latest product, a subscription offering called Goodlawyer Pro, in early November. Our MBSI interns will be central to our efforts to grow our user base and make Goodlawyer Pro a success. Most projects will revolve around digital marketing and marketing automation through a variety of sophisticated marketing technologies, as well as customer discovery and support.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

GoodLawyer

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

ParkChamp – Sales and Marketing Coordinator

The Sales/Marketing coordinator will assist in organizing and executing new marketing campaigns and communication tactics to help support ParkChamp’s growth. Interns will be responsible for supporting the sales and marketing team with presentation material, proposals, social media, blogging, lead generation. This will help ParkChamp be a more active service provider for our current customers, better understand our customers and get more traction from new ones.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

ParkChamp

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Digital transformation for LGBT2Q+ non-profit festival and cultural events organizer

As a subsector within the creative industries, live and cultural events (festivals in particular, where attendees travel nationally and internationally to gather) have been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 and subsequent repercussions related to stay at home orders and social distancing measures to control the spread of the disease. With this project, we will be addressing challenges related to the recovery of the festival and cultural events industry in the short and medium term, as well as exploring sustainable hybrid solutions for the long term. The student will be developing digital transformation strategies that integrate digital tools or solutions in a meaningful and purposeful way, in order to satisfy the needs and desires of audiences and customers, and so that the organization and others like it can sustainably weather future crises, and keep supporting LGBT2Q+ communities. This iterative development work will take into account audience experience, collective experience, participation and intimacy, core aspects of the public experience of cultural offerings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lorena Escandon

Student:

Partner:

Pride Toronto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Planification et coordination d’actions en présence d’adversaires avec contraintes discrètes et continues

Ce projet aborde le problème de la planification d’actions en temps-réel pour une équipe d’acteurs opérant dans un environnement dynamique et possiblement hostile. On y retrouve un exemple typique dans la planification d’actions pour une équipe de joueurs dans un jeu de stratégie en temps-réel. Cela implique d’une part de pouvoir planifier et exécuter des décisions efficaces (idéalement optimales) et, d’autre part, de pouvoir reconnaître les intentions des partenaires et des adversaires. C’est un problème très important pour beaucoup d’applications, notamment le développement d’outils d’aide à la décision dans les domaines de la sécurité et de la défense. Ce projet vise à élaborer une approche générique pour traiter ce type de problématique de façon efficace. Cela implique l’élaboration d’un cadre théorique original, le développement d’un prototype, l’évaluation du prototype dans un jeu de stratégie en temps-réel et, si la solution est concluante, son intégration dans un système développé par l’entreprise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Pierre Dussault

Student:

Partner:

Menya Solutions

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Bains Publics. Se laver en ville (Belgique-Québec, 1900-2000)

Ce projet de recherche a pour objectif la mise en perspective des villes belges (étudiées dans le cadre de notre projet postdoctoral à l’ULB) et des villes québécoises (principalement Montréal et Québec).
A travers cette étude comparative, il s’agit d’explorer et d’éclairer l’histoire matérielle et humaine, complexe et largement méconnue, des infrastructures qui permettent de se laver en ville, hors de chez soi (bains, douches, piscines…). Cette investigation prend place dans le contexte interpellant de la disparition et de la rareté de telles infrastructure dans de nombreuses villes, alors que la précarité touche des franges de plus en plus larges de la population urbaine.
Principalement via des échanges avec des spécialistes de l’histoire de la santé, des régulations sociales et de la ville et la consultation de travaux et d’archives, ce projet propose dans une double perspective européenne et canadienne de questionner l’histoire de ces établissements, de reconsidérer les discours et les agencements politiques qui ont accompagné leur création et leur disparition, de s’intéresser a? leurs usagers et aux pratiques qui les ont façonnés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Petitclerc

Student:

Partner:

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Energy and Utilities; Water

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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