Innovative Projects Realized

Business Analyst (Volunteer Management)

Our team has been all hands on deck responding to the needs of the community in the midst of COVID-19, and have been starting, evolving and cancelling programs to mitigate health risk. At this time, we desire to optimize and strategically plan ahead for restarting onsite and offsite programs, initiatives for the community during the 2020 Christmas season and the future state of volunteer management. Working closely with experienced staff members on our team, the business analyst (volunteer management) will assist with the operations of volunteer management and contribute to our Volunteer for Salesforce implementation and strategic road map

Digital Marketing and Business Development Associate

I will be working as a Digital Marketing and Business Development Associate at VoltSafe – a startup that is on a mission to change how the world connects to energy with its prong-less magnetic electrical plugs. The company recently launched its first commercial project and is focused on building sales and developing its second product. However, due to Covid, typical strategies of building in-person relationships and doing product presentations to promote sales are difficult. As such, I will be responsible for taking on a list of projects related to the company’s Digital Marketing Strategy like developing and executing its Social Media and Ambassador Strategy, its E-commerce Strategy, its Digital Advertising Strategy, and optionally its Public Relations/Media Strategy and B2B/Wholesale strategy.

Research on Optimal Interaction Engagement Strategies between the “The Thingery” Community Sharing Platform and Its Users with a Focus on Mobile Development

The Thingery Sharing Inc. is the logistics provider and parent organization of community lending libraries known as Thingeries located throughout the Lower Mainland of BC. Prior social impact research was conducted to identify and understand the impact that a Thingery has on the social connectivity and ecological footprint of its members for ongoing analysis and planning. The focus of this project is to conduct extensive research into how members can optimally interact with The Thingery and create a detailed user flow analysis for their mobile application development.

DIOSA designs Inc.

The project will require extensive research to gather all the necessary information required to write the BCorp Certification Assessment.

Data analysis and image processing for livestock identification

OneCup provides cattle management solutions to the livestock industry. Our AI is called BETSY – Bovine Expert Tracking and Surveillance. Using artificial intelligence, we put a rancher’s skillset into a device the size of a small book. With several types of cameras, BETSY can ID and track cattle activity 24×7. For example, she can track an animal’s growth over a season, or determine if an animal is suffering from a disease or lameness. When BETSY finds something that requires human intervention, she texts or emails a human immediately. Combined with historical tracking, a rancher can access a detailed view of a herd’s entire history, down to the individual animal level.

Forest Stewardship Group Development: Part II

RENEWAL

First step: developing a proposal of services that Ecotrust-Canada could provide to FSC Canada, involving identification of services needed, and how EC could deliver them while maintaining alignment with their mission. Next step: presenting supply-chain clusters and marketing infrastructure options to relevant associations, gauging their interest and obtaining feedback – one or both of these options may then move forward. Research into feasibility and appropriateness of these options will be needed, along with the identification of funding options and the development of project proposals. Research will be conducted to assess the benefits/feasibility of developing a joint FSC-carbon credit validation program. Interest in the project, potential funders and partners will also need to be established. Initiatives can be implemented by spring of 2013. Implementation of these program activities will result in additional revenues, increased values to members, and will help to ensure long-term sustainability of services to the FSC program.

Matt Janes – Supply Chain Management Co-Op Student

The project I will be working on will include three major project activities. Project ‘Food for Thought’ will see me performing activities for 1. Mobile Food Bank : The focus of Project Food for Thought will primarily be distributing hampers of essential food items (and other essential
items, such as feminine hygiene products) to high need community members, identified via Essential Service Requests submitted to NL Eats. The hampers will be prepared at a central location in St. John’s (location to be determined) and distributed by a team of volunteer drivers.
2. Provincial outreach: As part of its efforts to support food security across Newfoundland and Labrador, NL Eats will conduct ad hoc provincial outreach trips to targeted communities across the province.
3. Digital Food Security App: As part of project Food for Thought, NL Eats is currently designing a digital smartphone app that will be available to all food banks across Newfoundland and Labrador and will assist users with stock management and distribution. In addition to assisting food banks, the app will also be designed to assist grocery store operators with more efficiently distributing food donations to the most in-need areas across the province.

Optimisation des niveaux de stock de pièces de rechange

La STM vient d’incorporer un progiciel de gestion d’entreprise (ERP) et souhaite valoriser les données des stocks de pièces afin de réduire ses coûts d’entreposage. Ce projet est la phase initiale d’un projet d’envergure et il vise à développer un outil d’aide à la décision du processus de stockage et de transit des pièces de rechange dans les centres de contrôle. Il s’agit concrètement de mettre en place un processus efficace d’identification des stocks et de voir s’il est possible d’automatiser les modèles descriptifs des inventaires avec les données de l’ERP. Des arbres de décisions permettront de comprendre l’influence des facteurs (comme la saisonnalité, les périodes de vacances, etc.) sur le délai de livraison pour les estimer le mieux possible en temps réel. En parallèle, des méthodes de classification des données permettront de classer les données en les regroupant en clusters de comportement similaires.

BSI Project Key Auto Group: Student Olivia Sekulic

The main focus of the internship project will be working within Key Auto’s Marketing Department, specifically
developing marketing strategies (primarily through social media, online and digital avenues) that take into
consideration the change in consumer habits due to COVID-19. In the past, Key Auto’s business has primarily
been conducted through face to face interaction, however, with the recent changes in how business is conducted, our main concern is keeping up with new consumer trends. The final deliverable of this research project will be an optimized social media and marketing strategy that will give clear recommendations and desired outcomes that both senior management and front-line staff will understand.

Taking the Problem Oriented Medical Record Forward: The Aurora Design, Constellations, Intervention and Planning Approach

Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) is becoming a leading approach to improving patient and health system outcomes around the world. This research is to develop a new problem oriented record for the VBHC where it can analyze the Patient Progression which is the hospitalized patient journey through the required care events, actions and processes to achieve a health status where the patient can be safely and appropriately transitioned to a lower level of care. Patient progression is directed by the physician orders according to hospital policies and procedures. It will be built on the success of the previous version of the system which called Aurora POMR. The enhanced POMR will have advance smart and recommendation services as well as metrics to measure the patient progression outcome.

Analyse comparative de discours écologiques sur les réseaux sociaux

L’objectif de la recherche est d’effectuer une analyse comparée de deux dirigeants politiques du monde francophone occidental, dans leur communication sur leur pages et profils de réseaux sociaux respectifs, Facebook et Instagram. Le but étant d’examiner les représentations sociales qu’ils diffusent au sujet de l’environnement, ainsi que les stratégies rhétoriques (mots, expression, ethos, pathos) sur lesquelles ils s’appuient dans leur communication écologique. Notre étude porte particulièrement sur l’année 2019. Seront étudiés : les stratégies d’ethos et de pathos, les éléments polysémiotiques mis en oeuvre, les représentations socio-discursives de l’environnement, dans une perspective écocritique.

Effects of cannabinoids on ACE2-rich cells

The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by SARS-CoV2 coronavirus. This virus which infect cells that are vital in human organs leading to multiple diseases in need of timely medical treatment. There is a great need in search of inhibitors to block such viral infections as a means for disease prevention and/or treatment. Cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD), and high-CBD producing plant species of the Cannabis genus will be tested for the inhibition effects.