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Strategy sales & marketing intern

Given my experience in the oil & gas and mining sector, I wanted to enhance my skills in process optimization and analysis. The internship provides an opportunity for me to understand the field of AI and machine learning and take the ideas to customers in the oil & gas and particularly mining sector. Additionally, the internship enhances my sales and marketing skills and allows me to create a marketing plan from scratch for customers that are applicable to NTWIST technologies. The internship has enhanced my understanding of utilization of modern technologies to design efficient operational processes for the mining sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

NTwist

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

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

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Aligo Innovation

Le projet permettra à Aligo Innovation d’identifier des pistes de solutions sous forme de scénarios. Voici les principales tâches liées au projet :
– Déterminer quelles sont les utilités possibles de la technologie ?
– Participer à des rencontres de planifications avec les chercheurs, le consultant et le directeur innovations
sociales.
– Recherche de données secondaires afin d’établir une liste élargie d’utilisations possibles de la
technologie.
– Produire des comptes-rendus des travaux de recherches.
– Processus de sélection afin de déterminer les secteurs les plus porteurs
– Étoffer le profil des meilleures opportunités
Le stagiaire sera également appelé à faire des recherches pour évaluer le marché de d’autres technologies selon les demandes
des universités. Les projets envisagés sont :
• La réalité virtuelle pour la formation des étudiants en sciences infirmières
• Un programme de formation en ligne pour les professeurs des écoles professionnelles

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Aligo Innovation LP

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Pattern classification of flow limited breathing via acoustic and vibrationmeasurements

Snoring during sleep is common and is sometimes indicative of a mechanical impediment to breathing. The condition, called high upper airway resistance, is thought to be relatively common affecting roughly 15% of the population. It is characterized by complaints of daytime fatigue and/or sleepiness and is associated with a myriad of disastrous effects on a patient’s health such as high blood pressure, depression, atrial fibrillation, migraine, bruxism, temporal-mandibular joint disorders, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. The exact incidence of HUAR is unknown with the majority of patients undiagnosed and left untreated. The principal reason for this is the lack of a convenient, non-invasive method for making the diagnosis of HUAR. The proposed research will use a complex analysis of snoring sound to identify the occurrence and distinguish it from simple snoring.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiao Sun

Student:

Partner:

Zephyr Sleep technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Stronger Together: Social Infrastructure for Community Health

The proposed research program aims to better enable the provision of digitally based self-management support programs for Canadians who live with chronic conditions that were further complicated by COVID-19. In order to accomplish this objective, this study will evaluate existing self-management programs for adults with chronic conditions and curate condition specific evidence-based content that will be provided through the Curatio platform. The project will also evaluate the success of the program through metrics obtained through the platform data as well as evaluating patients experiences with the program. This project will not only be beneficial to Curatio by expanding the content of the platform as well as their patient database, but to healthcare providers in general as it can be accessed by organizations to offer digital evidence-based support to their patients who live with complex chronic conditions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amy Latimer-Cheung

Student:

Partner:

RxPx Health

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Determination of the effects of rock mass parameters on the erosion ofunlined dam spillways based on flume experiment and numerical modelling

One of the main safety concerns for dam structure is damage from the scour and erosion of rock mass downstream of spillways. Therefore, the design of dam spillways to discharge a wide-ranging quantity of water with minimum rock mass scour, is one of the most important issues in designing hydraulic structures that consider the energy dissipation of water and its erosion power. In order to ensure the sustainability of their hydraulic structures, Hydro- Québec and Uniper from Sweden have joined efforts to develop a reliable method to assess the hydraulic erodibility of the bedrock at spillways. This will allow, on the one hand, to better protect the security of the surrounding population and the environment, and on the other hand, to ensure the production of hydroelectricity which is a very important part of energy used in Quebec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Saeidi

Student:

Partner:

Uniper Sydkraft Hydropower AB;Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Environmental Science and Technology; Water

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Preventing and Responding to Gendered Violence on Campus: A Study of Policies & Practices at Canadian Universities

The purpose of the research is to describe the nature of university policies and practices related to gendered violence at Canadian universities, in order to identify promising practices for preventing and responding to gendered violence. A description and analysis of university policies from across Canada will provide a useful context for evaluating the policies on gendered violence at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the University of Waterloo (UW), specifically for identifying gaps and effective practices. The research aims to provide SASC with an evidence base to inform future program development and collaborative work with WLU and UW.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ginette Lafreniere

Student:

Partner:

Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

Population study of First Nations Communities and the Quebec population to determine HLA frequencies and common and rare haplotypes

The determination of HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) is of crucial importance for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The wide variability of the HLA system has some progressive advantages, but can make the search for compatible donors more complex for specific populations. While populations in the regions of Quebec were characterized several years ago for the HLA system, First Nations communities were not included in this study. Lack of HLA characterization of these communities may have important clinical implications, in access to care (e.g., stem cell transplantation), but is also of interest at the anthropological level (understanding the evolutionary differences of the First Nations of Quebec).
This project will aim to estimate the differences in allele frequencies across communities. In addition to comparing HLA frequencies within First Nations communities, we will also compare those to frequencies observed in the Quebec population, as well as nationally and worldwide. This work is expected to enhance our appreciation of complexity and specificity of HLA data of the diverse population of Quebec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze

Student:

Partner:

Héma-Québec (Montreal)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Indigenous Affairs

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Accelerate

Gnowit BSI-Madiha

The purpose of this internship is to develop a marketing and sale process implementing automation tools to scale the Gnowit business. This could be achieved by applying strategies based on effective digital marketing, prospecting, account management and customer care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Muegge

Student:

Partner:

Gnowit Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Pulsating Airlift Pumps for Vertical Farming Applications

The need for food (26.6% increase since the year 2000 according to Statistics Canada 2016) and the cost of energy are increasing rapidly as the world population continues to grow exponentially. Moreover, world-wide demand for fresh water is rapidly increasing while supply is very limited. Agriculture uses 70% of the global fresh water supply as compared to hydroponics that only use 10%. However, these systems require large amounts of energy to operate. Reducing energy cost and improving productivity is critical for the sector to expand. In this project, the new airlift pumping technology developed by FloNergia will be evaluated. This pumping technology operates by air with no moving parts, no lubrication required, no noise or vibration involved and require 50-70% less energy. It improves water quality by circulating water and aerating simultaneously which improves productivity by 10%.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marwan Hassan;Wael Ahmed

Student:

Partner:

Flonergia Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Clean Technology; Energy and Utilities; Agriculture and Food

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Business Strategy Internship – ECAH

The current pandemic has been a tough time for everyone, but especially for people who are in deep need of care. ECAH promises to verify each care professional that joins the ECAH ecosystem, providing the care recipients with ease of mind in the fact that they are hiring a verified professional. The rating system also gives the care recipients the ability to provide feedback to the care takers, while informing the local community of their personal experience. For care professionals, this is an opportunity to gain financial stability while providing a helping hand within their local community. In the current economic environment, it has become tough for PSW to visit home of the people in need of care. In addition, homeowners have a tough time trusting a stranger to enter their home and take care of their loved one. ECAH provides the flexibility to these concerned individuals while taking on the liability upon themselves.
My personal contribution will be to listen to the voice of these customers and understand their true concern.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arcan Nalca

Student:

Partner:

Easy Care at Home

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Student Intern

Liberty Mutual Canada is seeking an intern to consult and lead a project to assess current state of EDII and help identify best practices and available resources to improve EDII efforts. This position will report to the head of the Liberty Mutual Canada D&I Committee and SVP, Chief Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer and work closely with other departments, including HR, underwriting and operations. Specifically, the intern position will be assigned with analyzing the current state of EDII within Liberty Mutual Canada, assess any root causes of deficiencies and recommend solutions. This will include assistance in establishing measurable goals/ objectives and reporting metrics to measure and analyze outcomes as they related to EDII. In addition, this will require will involve internal and external benchmarking towards recommending best practices or a specific defined course of action.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arcan Nalca

Student:

Partner:

Liberty Mutual Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

BSI Application_Kevin James_Entos_AlbertaSoB

Entos Pharmaceuticals (Entos) is an Edmonton-based company that has developed a novel DNA-based vaccine against COVID-19, called Covigenix. Covigenix, is a pan coronavirus vaccine that is being rapidly deployed using Entos’ patented Fusogenix technology. The role of the MBA intern will be to work with Entos’ Regulatory and Business Development teams to develop and execute a Quality and Chemical, Manufacturing, and Chemistry (CMC) strategy that will enable the Covigenix vaccine to meet all regulatory approvals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

Entos Pharmaceuticals

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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