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Business Strategy Analyst

This internship will be beneficial to our organization as well as to Canadians. In essence, our service helps Canadian lawyers who are being negatively impacted by COVID-19 transition to working remotely. Corvum also provides them with a platform that allows them to be more efficient and reclaim lost time. This allows them to generate more revenue and hire additional staff, thus creating jobs for Canadians. By adapting our product we will increase the value we provide to our clients, as well as the number of customers going through the sales and onboarding pipelines. By doing this we are indirectly creating more job opportunities in our customers firm’s as well as our own company. By growing our business, we will be able to implement new innovative features that are currently on our product roadmap, and help grow new intellectual property in Canada

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Gemino

Student:

Partner:

Corvum

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stability Testing for Cannabis Products

Understanding the stability profile of a product, whether a consumer packaged good or a pharmaceutical drug product, is key to ensuring the consumer has a safe and effective product. In the pharmaceutical realm, the internationally accepted approach to stability testing is codified within the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Guidance: Q1A(R2) (Stability Testing of New Drug Substances and Products) and Q1B (Stability Testing: Photostability Testing of New Drug Substances and Products). Even within the Canadian Cannabis Regulations with regards to Expiry Dating, there is the requirement to have data to demonstrate that the potency is maintained within the proscribed range of label claim and microbial and chemical contaminant limits remain with release specification requirements.
The results of this research project will enhance future stability protocols and design better formulations and/or container closures, a deeper understanding of degradation pathways and appropriate stability indicating assays would be beneficial. The body of scientific literature in this area is limited due to the regulatory restrictions that have existed with regards to cannabis and its derivatives, and this study will contribute to building that body of literature.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Barbara Allen;Kari Kramp

Student:

Partner:

Medipharm Labs

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Loyalist College

Program:

Accelerate

COVID-19 Infection and Epithelial Cell Markers

Covid-19 has emerged as a major health concern in 2020, with a mortality rate of 11%. Covid-19 is due to a new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which enters the human body through a receptor called ACE-2 in the airway. Asthmatics are usually at increased risk for viral infections, which exacerbated their asthma symptoms, however early clinical studies suggest that asthma is not a main risk factor for developing Covid-19, and that asthmatics taking inhaled steroids possibly have less of the ACE-2 receptor in their airways. We will compare the level of the ACE-2 receptor and inflammatory cells in the upper and lower airways of asthmatics and healthy controls. We will also compare the levels of ACE-2 receptor and inflammatory cells in patients with Covid-19 confirmed infection (asthmatics and non-asthmatics) to a hospitalized group without Covid-19 infection, and examine if inflammatory cells which drive asthma protect against developing Covid-19 disease. This will increase our understanding of the role of the ACE-2 receptor and inflammatory cells in asthmatics, and their role in the development of Covid-19 disease.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gail Gauvreau

Student:

Partner:

AstraZeneca Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Investigation of IL-5R? expression on ILC2 as a target for Benralizumab

A newly identified group of cells termed type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) have been discovered in the past decade. Increasing evidence supports the view that ILC2s play a central role in driving the cellular changes in the airways of asthmatic subjects. ILC2s are increased in severe asthmatics with uncontrolled inflammation despite being on the highest doses of accepted therapies like oral and inhaled steroids. Finding pathways that control ILC2s may provide additional therapies to control severe asthma. We have previously detected a receptor on the surface of ILC2 termed IL-5Ralpha (CD125) and this study aims to confirm the presence of this receptor on ILC2s and understand the biology of this receptor, specifically factors that up-regulate expression levels. In addition, using in vitro culture experiments, we will investigate the effect of a drug that targets and removes cells that express this receptor, namely Benralizumab on ILC2s.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roma Sehmi

Student:

Partner:

AstraZeneca Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Data Management/Learning Development

The project to be conducted is to help improve Hawkins and Co’s internal systems by creating a streamlined process for retrieving data allowing communication and accuracy to be more effective and efficient. Currently, the company can find it difficult to gather data effectively, especially having to work from home due to COVID. This project will ensure our client communications are conducted with increased consistency and ensure compliance. This project will also include an internal training system upgrade to ensure staff can continue with necessary internal training without needed to physically be in the office. There will be a focus on developing training materials to be utilized by staff that can be easily accessed via an e-learning platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Savoni

Student:

Partner:

Hawkins and Co. Accounting

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Mely.ai

Les activités prévues lors de ce projet serve à poursuivre et conclure ceux qui ont été effectués lors du premier projet. L’ensemble du projet s’établie sur un plan annuel puisque le but principal est de générer des leads potentiels (Inbound) tout en établissant l’image de la compagnie qui doit être reconnue au grand publique. La première phase du projet consistait à effectuer une recherche avancée quant aux marchés et son environnement. J’ai également établi un processus de génération des leads en agrandissant la communauté sur les réseaux sociaux. Puis en restructurant des aspects de l’organisme afin de mieux représenter son image et sa proposition de valeur. En autre, à travers son site web. Nous avons également déterminé lors de cette phase que les États-Unis est une démographie très intéressante pour notre produit et que nous devons développer nos efforts sur ce marché. La suite du projet consiste à effectuer notre plan et augmenter ses chances de succès en évaluant et en s’adaptant constamment à notre marché.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Mely.ai Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

BRIDGR

BRIDGR is developing its Supplier/Expert Mapping tool, which will present the qualification of suppliers (with the development of a qualification index), the classification of these suppliers/experts, and an intelligent visualization with selection criteria adapted to the customers’ needs. This BRIDGR tool requires knowledge and expertise in business intelligence, process mapping, database management, and artificial intelligence; thus, the student surrounded by an experienced team will be able to both apply this knowledge and develop her skills and expertise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

BRIDGR

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Caractérisation expérimentale et simulation numérique ducomportement mécanique de matelas de réception utilisés lors deperformances acrobatiques .

Le Cirque du Soleil dispose d’une expertise pratique importante pour la conception de matelas de réception. Toutefois, due à l’absence de données approfondies, cette expertise repose sur peu d’évidence scientifique, rendant difficile la conception optimale de matelas de réception pour de nouvelles performances acrobatiques. Le stage proposé vise à compléter et exploiter les outils expérimentaux et de simulation numérique développés dans le cadre du premier stage MITACS. Les résultats anticipés permettront d’évaluer expérimentalement les matelas actuels, de valider les modèles numériques, de développer des outils d’évaluation mieux adaptés à la réalité du Cirque et d’évaluer les possibles corrélation entre les paramètres de conception des matelas et les contraintes biomécaniques subies par l’artiste lors d’un atterrissage sur le dos ou sur les pieds. Ces résultats seront exposés aux concepteurs d’équipements et de performances acrobatiques du Cirque dans le cadre d’un séminaire de formation ainsi qu’aux membres de la haute direction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvan Petit

Student:

Partner:

Cirque du Soleil

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

L’entrepreneuriat comme le sport de haut niveau?? Mieux comprendre l’état de santé mentale des entrepreneurs pour une intervention ciblée

Le présent projet de recherche vise à dresser un portrait de l’état de santé mentale des entrepreneurs québécois, afin de proposer des interventions adaptées à leur réalité. S’inspirant des similitudes entre les entrepreneurs et les athlètes, cette recherche-action vise s’inspirer des meilleures pratiques dans le sport de haut niveau, afin de constater si certaines techniques utilisées par les athlètes pourraient avoir des retombés positives dans le milieu entrepreneurial et par le fait même accompagner les entrepreneurs dans le déploiement d’une meilleure santé mentale au travail. Étant l’un des premiers projets en ce genre, les résultats et apprentissages de ce projet de recherche innovateur permettront d’ouvrir la voie à d’autre projet en ce genre. Il se veut être un pionnier vers un avenir qui permettra aux entrepreneurs d’avoir les habilitées nécessaires pour favoriser l’expression d’une meilleure santé mentale au travail.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Lévesque-Côté;François Courcy;François Courcy;Véronique Boudreault

Student:

Partner:

Continuums;Fabrique A

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Management of companies and enterprises; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

On-Chip True Time Delay Optical Beamforming for RF Phased Arrays

Our space-based radio-frequency communication is suffering from the use of simple phase shifters. Its bandwidth capability is limited, ultimately reducing the satellite’s capacity and the system’s service availability. Most electronic beamforming implementations are bulky, frequency dependent and they consume a significant amount of power. To replace those electronic components, structures which guide light on microchips have been suggested and demonstrated to work similarly to how light inside of fiber-optic cables now all brings TV and internet to our homes. This project will thus evaluate the feasibility of using those small optical structure to implement an innovative beamforming network architecture. The integration and assembly of those optical structure can lead to smaller beamformer dimensions, larger communication capacity and a lower cost. By doing so we aim to revolutionize space-based communications and bring it into a brighter future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Knights;Jonathan Bradley

Student:

Partner:

MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates Ltd (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of Diclofenac and its impact on some selected aquatic fauna of India (Western Himalayan Region) and Canada

The proposed project aims to assess the impact of Diclofenac on freshwater fauna. Current research work in this area will be beneficial to characterize potential risks from long term low-level exposure to pharmaceuticals like Diclofenac, particularly for sensitive aquatic organisms and hence, this project will attempt to evolve various measures for sustaining and safeguarding the vulnerable freshwater ecosystem. The proposed research fits into number of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals including zero hunger, responsible consumption and production, climate action and life of land. Also, the current project will enable me to learn learn techniques which are thus complimentary to that of my PhD. The current project supports India-Canada research collaborations and brings innovative and talented students into a growing network of international research interest and excellence.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Satinder Kaur Brar

Student:

Partner:

University of Jammu

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Aquaculture and Fishing; Pharmaceuticals

University:

York University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Multi-spectral Forestry Mapping for First Nations using RPAS

This project aims to explore the application of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS, aka drones) to assess forest health, explore early identification of disease and infestation and provide quantitative post-harvest analysis. The use of drones for this type of assessment has the potential to improve the overall picture of forest health, aid in decision-making regarding preferential harvesting of trees, and measurably increase profits by identifying marketable timber products post-harvest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Saczuk

Student:

Partner:

Stinson Aerial

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

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