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Feasibility Study of Solar Photovoltaic Systems at Abandoned Mine Tailings Sites

My research question of interest is: Can abandoned coal tailings impoundments be suitably utilized as sites for installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for electricity generation? My research will focus on the feasibility analysis of renewable energy power generation utilizing geomembrane-mounted solar PV systems at the Victoria Junction Tailings Dam in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The Victoria Junction Tailings Dam has ceased operations since the early 1990’s. Waste products in the form of fine tailings from defunct coal mines are being contained sub-aqueously in ponds behind the dam. My proposed project will involve the design of geomembrane-mounted interconnected PV modules on top of the tailings dam, and a freshwater collection, storage and stormwater drainage system. The study will involve a comparison between a geomembrane-mounted and a conventional land-based PV system. My project aligns with the objectives of SEEDA Incorporated’s proposed innovative program called Clean Energy in Problem Areas (CEPA). CEPA’s vision is to convert contaminated tailings impoundments from an environmental liability to an environmental asset by mitigating the environmental risks caused by contaminated tailings ponds at a considerably lower cost for all stakeholders.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David H Wood

Student:

Partner:

SEEDA Incorporated

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stakeholder value propositions and process to identify value that AI adds to an offer

The objective of this strategic project is to define investor and customer value propositions of a new AI-powered offer and a business model for a commercial environment disrupted by COVID-19. The new offer integrates signals from plants’ photos and thermal images with a controller that regulates the flow of food and water administered to the plants.
The expected outcomes of this business strategy project include:
1. Profiles for two target customers and one investor
2. Value proposition to customer profile #1
3. Value proposition to customer profile #2
4. Investor value proposition
5. Customer adoption model for the new offer
6. Model to make money from investing in developing and commercializing the new offer in a post-pandemic environment
7. Controller that regulates flow of food and water
The project will make at least three contributions to the partner organisation:
1. Become the blueprint for the business strategy for a local company to enter the market for artificial intelligence powered applications in agriculture after the pandemic.
2. Approach to assess the value AI brings to customers and investors.
3. Approach to define the customer adoption model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Bailetti

Student:

Partner:

Fairway Green Cannabis

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Data & Market Analyst

This project would be focused on the advancement of one specific subsidiary – AMI RockChain Inc. AMI RockChain has developed a unique digital solution platform for the sale, purchase and transportation of aggregates. Prior to COVID-19 much of our clientele was in the Oil and Gas industry however due to the pandemic, many of these operations have slowed down or stalled altogether. Also, market pricing and the cost of aggregates have changed drastically from pre-Covid, during Covid, post Covid and now into recovery and the market research gained during this program would help to support AMI RockChain as we are looking to expand into new industries, new markets and new offerings. This project will be focused on new market research and building the back end of our digital platform to support our front office team. The market research will also be used to help identify aggregate owners that are looking to diversify, optimize efficiency and possibly even sell their assets, due to the strained market that COVID-19 has created.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stacey Gaudette-Sharp

Student:

Partner:

AMI RockChain Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Development of a strategic marketing and fundraising plan for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island (BGCCVI) is a non-for-profit organization that serves the communities of Comox Valley, Lantzville, Nanaimo, and Ladysmith. The organization supports programs in over thirty areas ranging from breakfast clubs to youth leadership, mentorship to substance abuse prevention and counselling, and digital literacy to financial education.
The organization faces two key challenges. Firstly, despite the fact that the BGCCVI supports a large number of programs, the aftercare programs receive the most attention. Secondly, while the BGCCVI has the support of the community and financial support from the government, the organization faces unprecedented challenges. COVID-19 related public health challenges are exacerbated by a lack of resources. With increasing competition for discretionary funding, the organization is under pressure to secure sustainable funding to retain its current programs, and to develop programs required by the central Vancouver Island communities. This project provides the BGCCVI with the opportunity to analyze the current context of the organization by comparing its position to its competitors, and with its vision of itself. This stock-taking exercise permits the organization to evaluate its current marketing and fundraising activities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nattalle Tessier

Student:

Partner:

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Vancouver Island University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Develop a API security framework and evolve company policies

APIs are crucial for all digital products, and protecting their privacy, security and integrity is important to enterprises.
Finding secure and compliant APIs is a cumbersome manual process. Developers typically go to API documentation (online webpages) to try out APIs. They perform a number of steps for trying APIs such as registering for an account, getting an API key, writing a small computer program etc. Even after trying an API, developers may not fully test the security posture of those APIs. Since a developer may typically deal with tens or even hundreds of APIs, manually checking the security and compliance postures of APIs is not efficient and leads revenue losses and cybersecurity risks.
This project will be at the intersection of business data analysis, project management and software engineering (UI/UX and developer relationships). I will conduct data/market research related to existing API management solutions and solve the technical challenges of integrating various APIs in TeejLab’s API management platform. This will not only help TeejLab with market leadership, but it will also enrich my entrepreneurial experience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Terry (Fan) Jiang

Student:

Partner:

TeejLab Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Caractérisation et mise à l’échelle de mélangeurs horizontaux pour poudres propulsives

Le but du projet est de mettre au point de nouvaux modèles de mise à l’échelle pour le mélange de poudres propulsives. Des lacunes ont pu être observées lors de la mise en marche de la production à l’échelle industrielle de nouvelles de formulations de poudres propulsives et les règles de mise à l’échelle courrament utilisées ne suffisent pas. De nouvelles règles développées à l’aide de caractérisation d’opérations de mélanges et de simulations permettront de faciliter la mise à l’échelle de nouvelles formulations de poudres propulsives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles Dubois

Student:

Partner:

General Dynamics - Ordnance and Tactical Systems - Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Internship with Quicksilk

The Mitacs BSI offers opportunities to work with start-ups and improve the skills needed to compete in the competitive job market. This opportunity would be a great chance for me to develop as a digital marketer. I
have done my literature review on Digital marketing strategies in my coursework, I think that experience would help me with the hands-on in the current market. Also, I will enhance the results of my project with this role. As my project was focused on solving any issue faced by any employer. With digital marketing strategies and implementation, I can support Quicksilk. In addition, I want to explore the fundamental factors behind the incredible success of products with marketing strategies. With Quicksilk, I will learn to improve customer relationships, dynamic business processes and strategies that can assist in acquiring the target market. As the work duties are complex, in real-time circumstances I will groom my business management skills. Working with Quicksilk would also give me an opportunity to design and market a product from a business perspective. Overall, I will be introduced to a truly competitive market environment where I could use my knowledge of technology and business.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robin Ritchie

Student:

Partner:

QuickSilk

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

MBA Intern – Use Case Project – Agriculture & Supply Chain

The main objective of the internship is to conduct a systematic review of artificial intelligence and machine learning and develop use-cases for Agriculture & Supply Chain Industries. This literature review will help in the development of a knowledge base to support the build-out program resource materials. These will be used as educational content for cohort-based programs which are focused on applying AI and ML solutions in their industries and help in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions.
The key responsibilities and deliverables are as follows:
• Search, review and collate industry-based research and white papers related to Agriculture and Supply Chain Industries verticals (Output: a documented literature review)
• Highlight AI & ML use-cases in Agriculture and Supply Chain sectors and their impacts in various businesses(Output: catalogue of cases highlighting different impacts in the business value chain)
• Work with Amii team to build out a catalogue of templated use cases from the mentioned industries that highlight different outcomes and align with Amii’s AI Adoption Spectrum(Output: A portfolio of templated case studies from Agriculture and Supply Chain industries)
• Create an easy to use file structure to house these resources for access by all Amii team members for easy incorporation into various Amii programs

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Marketing Associate

Recruit n Refer is a B2B platform to replace the traditional recruitment process – but more importantly, to eliminate the hurdles and hassles that can come with talent acquisition. As a marketing intern, I will be helping increase brand awareness and help source new clients by working with social media, newsletters, and press releases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Recruit n Refer

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Rotational Analyst Intern

I will be working at TEALEAVES this term a company known not only for its luxurious tea but also for its various projects around sustainability, conservation and biodiversity with commitments to United Nations Biodiversity, World Biodiversity Forum, and UBC Botanical Garden. I will be working with the company as a rotational intern, gaining an understanding of the various operations within the company. Throughout this internship I will develop my ability to problem solve, use analytical tools to solve business challenges and my oral and written presentation skills. At the end of the internship I will conduct a presentation to the team outlining the key deliverables I have worked on, what I have learned, challenges that were faced and areas of improvement for the company moving forward.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

TEALEAVES

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Étude de la dynamique saisonnière des communautés parasitaires et du microbiote de Mesonauta festivus dans le bassin hydrologique du Rio Negro

Le fleuve Negro est caractérisé par de grandes fluctuations saisonnières du niveau de l’eau allant jusqu’à 15 m. Cette dynamique saisonnière est connue pour avoir un impact majeur sur le comportement des poissons et sur leur exploitation par les Ribeirinhos – tribus traditionnelles amazoniennes. Entre autres, certaines études ont détecté une plus grande prévalence d’infection par des parasites intestinaux lors de la saison sèche, saison où les conditions environnementales sont plus hostiles. En ce sens, mon projet de recherche tente de décrire et comprendre la dynamique saisonnière du taux d’infection par des parasites intestinaux chez un poisson amazonien, M. festivus. Puisque le microbiote est central à la défense contre ces agents pathogènes, nous tenterons également de détecter des interactions entre des organismes bactériens — le microbiote — et certains organismes parasitaires grâce à une approche intégrative se basant sur la génomique — l’étude de l’ADN.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicolas Derome

Student:

Partner:

National Institute of Amazonian Research

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Analyse de la mise en œuvre du processus de gestion intégrée visant à rendre compte de la performance durable des projets de rénovation réalisés par un grand gestionnaire immobilier : le cas d’ADM

Un cadre de référence propre à l’organisation doit être développé intégrant des critères et indicateurs en développement durable et permettant de guider les processus de gestion de la rénovation de manière holistique et intégrée. Cependant, l’atteinte de la performance durable de la rénovation des bâtiments existants constitue un problème complexe à résoudre pour une organisation en gestion immobilière, de par la multiplicité des parties prenantes impliquées (propriétaire, gestionnaire, clients, professionnels, locataires, utilisateurs, fournisseurs de services et de produits, etc.), par la nature multicritères (coût d’investissement, coûts d’entretien et d’exploitation, rentabilité, durabilité, empreinte écologique des matériaux, sobriété en énergie, bien-être et santé des usagers, esthétisme, etc.), ainsi que par la nature multiniveaux (gestion technique (Facility Management), gestion de la propriété (Property Management), gestion des actifs (Asset Management), etc.). Il est nécessaire d’de développer des processus et les outils de prise de décision qui s’y rattachent selon les niveaux de décision tel que présenté à la figure 1.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrée De Serres

Student:

Partner:

Aéroports de Montréal

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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