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Design and Dementia with ASBC

In this internship a student will work with the Health Design Lab at Emily Carr University and Alzheimer Society of BC to conduct research and design work related to design and dementia. Alzheimer Society of B.C. works to support and create a more dementia-friendly society, where people affected by dementia are acknowledged, supported and included. In this Internship, a design student will work with the Health Design Lab and Alzheimer Society of B.C. to support several key projects related to dementia. COVID-19 has brought many challenges to the ways in which people living with dementia (PLWD) are able to connect with others and access services, care and activities. It has also impacted the ways in which PLWD are able to participate in research. This project will seek to address these challenges by facilitating conversations about dementia-friendly research practices at the Dementia Lab Conference, and through community engagement and participatory design research on the impact of COVID-19 for people with dementia and caregivers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caylee Raber

Student:

Partner:

Alzheimer Society of BC

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

The Decision-Box and Patient Decision Aids in Hemophilia: Tools to Facilitate Shared Decision-Making

Patients who have hemophilia, a rare blood clotting disease, often have to make important decisions about different treatments for their condition. Research studies have shown that if patients and their health care providers communicate openly about treatment options and preferences and make decisions together, then the chosen treatment can lead to better patient satisfaction and treatment. With this research project, we would like to create informational tools for patients and their health care providers that will allow them to come together and make a decision about treatment of hemophilia. We would like to make and test the usefulness these tools for three important decisions that have to be made in hemophilia treatment. Information for these tools would be based on the best evidence known from current research. To complete this project we would like to work with the company, Biogen Idec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alfonso Iorio

Student:

Partner:

Biogen Idec;McMaster University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

GELP Program and Outreach Coordinator

This research project will provide an opportunity to learn intercultural and global perspectives of different peoples in Canada and around the globe. It will also help the intern to enhance organizational and project management skills as well as acquire knowledge of the process to create an effective marketing plan. The partner organization is expected to gain in the form of a business plan and market research to finalize the costing model of the project. Also, the partner organization will get marketing materials for the project and a marketing strategy will be formed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Woychuk

Student:

Partner:

Global Emerging Leadership Program

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Vancouver Island University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Marketing Analyst

The project will add hands-on training and value to my future career by gaining knowledge in the business fields, learn analytical and software tools by creative and critical thinking skills. The project revolves around digital media, marketing, advertisement, and branding that focuses on identifying, developing, designing, and reviewing the clients’ requirements on digital platforms. The primary focus would be on web development, content designing, data analytics, and branding. Some day to day learning of management like project timeline scheduling, collaborations, and deal negotiations would be some added soft skills to improve me professionally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Selena Martin

Student:

Partner:

Box 221 Digital Studios

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Vancouver Island University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Analyzing the Revenue Stream of Voltfuse

The aim of the proposed project is to analyze the value proposition of a new potential revenue stream for VOLTFUSE. VOLTFUSE is a market segment player with a specialization in headwear and apparel that primarily targets the snowboarding market while selling its products both online and in stores. Specifically, the Company has taken note that ski resorts have expressed significant interest in collaborating with companies like itself to both host events and create compelling digital content. This project will provide VOLTFUSE with a thorough analysis of the revenue stream in order to establish whether it is economically viable and also, have beneficial advantages to the stakeholders. It is from that perspective that this project has been proposed to address the issue. In particular, the project proposes to use a mixed research method (qualitative and quantitative) in order to analyze the concept and provide a recommendation on the economic and social viability of VOLTFUSE’s future partnerships with ski resorts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tom Cooper

Student:

Partner:

Voltfuse

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

E-commerce marketing co-coordinator as an intern at La Dole Rugs

This internship will give me exposure to eCommerce and digital marketing management with a company that operates both in Canada and the USA. This will help me gain a more fulsome learning experience in social media and website development/management. Working in its eCommerce department will provide me an opportunity to learn how digital marketing is different than traditional marketing. I will also get a chance to apply my marketing and strategic management skills that I have gained from my previous experience in a managerial role and by studying related subjects in my MBA courses. This project will add value to the company’s resources and will make better use of them. Prior internship projects have been successful in increasing La Dole Rugs’ sales, and I plan to continue this track record. I will do this by working to optimise inventory and supply chain management to make it easier for La Dole Rugs to manage its inventory and cut costs by avoiding storage of extra inventory.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vanessa Stratton

Student:

Partner:

La Dole Rugs

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Vancouver Island University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Evaluation of the mechanical properties of the bone-implant interface in dental implants

Skin-penetrating bone-anchored implants are used in a variety of applications to provide tremendous functional benefits to patients. Globally, the dental implant industry has been valued at 5.08 billion USD where implants are used for replacing single teeth, for larger prostheses, and for full dental arches. The success of these implants relies on a structural integration between the implant and the living bone. Evaluation of the integrity of the bone-implant interface is important to prescribe loading, to identify the risk of failure, and to monitor the long-term health of the implant. However, the currently available approaches for monitoring dental implant stability are sensitive to the geometry of the attached components, do not adequately isolate the properties at the bone-implant interface, and cannot be used with cemented tooth crowns. The proposed research makes use of an experimental-numerical approach to provide a non-invasive measure of dental implant stability. The benefits to the partner organization will be the development of a clinically useful tool for monitoring implant stability that may potentially be commercialized and marketed world-wide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lindsey Westover

Student:

Partner:

Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Rahaf HajAhmad – Memorial University – Bounce Health Innovation

Bounce Health Innovation (Bounce) is a mini-cluster in medical technology that was launched in St. John’s in 2018 as a result of increasing interest in health innovation spurred from the local Hacking Health initiative – a series of open innovation networking events that connect frontline healthcare workers with developers, designers, patients, and entrepreneurs. It is operated by Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology and Innovation (NATI) and other industry partners, with a mission to accelerate the growth of the health innovation sector in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL). Their vision is to help the province become the testbed for medical technology innovation in North America. They engage with and support medical innovators and entrepreneurs by leveraging resources within a unique health innovation ecosystem. The organization is at a point where they need to focus on developing and managing digital marketing campaigns. This role will be required to create new campaigns, monitor their progress and contribute towards long-term digital marketing strategies for Bounce.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Skanes

Student:

Partner:

Bounce Health Innovation

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Gamifying Shakespeare: Theorizing and Designing Game-Based Digital Media for Stratford Festival Audience Engagement

The post-doctoral fellow will act as an academic liaison between the Stratford Festival and the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute’s joint project on a series of Shakespeare-themed video games and apps. The Festival will benefit from a development of new games. This project also offers numerous scholarly products as output, including a growing partnership between the Stratford Festival and the University of Waterloo, a collection of research articles, transferable tagging protocols and ongoing interface design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Roberts-Smith

Student:

Partner:

The Stratford Festival

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Plausible Futures: What economic and labour market trends might the City see over the next 3-5 years?

The project aims to identify the plausible scenarios or outcomes of the Covid-19 pandemic associated with the City of Toronto. It will provide insights into how the pandemic is to impact the labour market and organizational operations in various industrial sectors. These insights will support ongoing efforts to revive the local economy and in developing and planning efforts to deal with what the future impact on the City operations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vik Singh

Student:

Partner:

City of Toronto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration; Utilities

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Densification of Heat-Sensitive Protein/Fibre Biomass II

The proposed project with will explore the feasibility of pelletizing heat-sensitive protein and fibre-rich biomass. This animal feed additive is used to improve the digestibility of the diet and improve the performance of poultry and swine. Since densification process involves heat, it is important to investigate whether lowering temperature of the process (pelleting) and reducing the biomass moisture content will form durable pellets by tests using a pilot-scale pelleting unit. After pelleting, the materials will be crumbled to produce coarse particles that are easier to mix with other feed ingredients in a feed ration. Physico-chemical quality of pellets and crumbles will be determined. The optimized variables are identified which will form the recommendation for manufacturing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lope Tabil

Student:

Partner:

GNC Bioferm

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

National Occupancy Standards and Housing Women After Violence Research Project

The research conducted will result in a policy analysis, policy recommendations and knowledge translation materials on the National Occupancy Standards and their unintended barriers to housing for women experience violence. This research will be gathered through stakeholder engagement, an environmental scan, and qualitative data gathering (interviews or focus groups) to determine the key issues, the relevant research on this topic, and the ideas and perspectives of service providers dealing with the policy. By shedding light on this issue, our hope is that policy changes can be implement and housing options can become more available for women experiencing violence.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathanael Lauster

Student:

Partner:

BC Society of Transition Houses

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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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.