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Sophie Albo- Hardbacon

Hardbacon s’apprête à lancer un nouveau produit afin de répondre au contexte d’incertitude économique créé par la pandémie du Covid-19.
Non seulement les Canadiens sont plus soucieux que jamais de payer moins de frais sur leurs services financiers, mais la plupart des entreprises offrant des comparateurs ont mis fin à leurs programmes d’affiliation en raison de la pandémie.
Hardbacon lancera donc au courant des prochaines semaines un comparateur de comptes de banque, de robots-conseillers, de courtiers en ligne, et de CPG.
Le produit devrait être lancé au courant de l’été et certains d’entre eux sont deja lancés sur Hardbacon.ca (soft launch).
Nous cherchons un stagiaire en marketing créatif afin de de permettre à un nombre maximal de Canadiens de voir ces comparateurs.
Le stagiaire sera en charge de la stratégie marketing de ce nouveau produit, de l’optimisation SEO, du marketing de contenu et de mettre en place des stratégies d’acquisition de trafic originales (growh hacking).
Le stagiaire devra bâtir un plan marketing pour générer du traffic sur les comparateurs, devra rédiger du contenu SEO et mettre en place un calendrier de contenu et médias sociaux autour des verticaux couverts par les comparateurs.
Le stagiaire sera également en charge de mesurer l’impact des activités de marketing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre Yann Dolbec

Student:

Partner:

Hardbacon (Montreal)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stage de stratégie d’entreprise Mitacs

La Clinique Interdisciplinaire Movens, PME ayant ouvert ses portes en mars 2019, œuvre dans le domaine de la santé. Elle offre des services en physiothérapie, en ostéopathie, en kinésiologie ainsi que divers cours de groupe. Leur planification stratégique, élaborée en janvier 2020, prévoyait notamment l’implantation de nouveaux services en entreprise, dont la consultation santé mieux-être, l’évaluation de l’environnement psychosocial, les services d’ergonomie et la diffusion de formations spécifiques.
La COVID-19 et le respect des mesures sanitaires occasionnent de lourdes conséquences pour la jeune clinique : pertes financières importantes, diminution de la clientèle, modification à l’offre de service de groupe et en entreprise, etc. La planification stratégique ayant été élaborée avant la pandémie, celle-ci doit être complètement revue pour s’adapter à la nouvelle réalité.
Mon projet permettra d’accompagner les propriétaires dans la révision de leur planification stratégique pour l’année 2021, qui tiendra compte du nouvel environnement interne et externe de la clinique ainsi que de la situation actuelle (notamment financière) de l’entreprise. L’objectif est de redéfinir les actions permettant le respect de leur mission et de leur vision, tout en assurant la pérennité de cette jeune entreprise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François L'Écuyer

Student:

Partner:

Movens Clinique Interdisciplinaire

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Building Equity and Inclusion through the Arts

Teaching through the arts has often been heralded as an effective way to engage marginalized
students. As such, it would seem that an arts-infused approach to learning may promote equity and
inclusion in schOOls. This research project endeavours to engage students as co-researchers to
investigate how exactly the arts and creativity allow moments of equity to arise in the classroom. To
achieve this overarching objective, the intern will develop a pre- and post- equity consciousness
assesment tool for students, as well as a documentation strategy for students to capture and reflect
on moments of equity that arise during their participation in an ArtsSmarts project. These tools will
advance the research agenda of ArtsSmarts Waterloo Region and also support the work of Overlap
Associates in fostering innovation by building inclusive contexts for collaboration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Normand LaBrie

Student:

Partner:

Overlap Associates;ArtSmarts Waterloo Region;Region of Waterloo

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Wide Area Synchrophasor Measurements BasedPower System Stability Enhancement

geographical area in real time using synchrophasor technology enables the design of power
system controllers against system wide disturbances which could lead to catastrophic failures.
Currently, the synchrophasor technology is primarily used for monitoring applications and its
potential for using in protection and stability control is not fully utilized. Therefore, this research is
proposed with the goal of developing effective online application of wide area synchrophasor
measurements for power system stability control. As a manufacturer of Phasor Measurement
Units (PMUs), the partner organization ERL Phase Power Technologies can directly benefit from
outcomes of this research. New applications of PMUs will increase the demand for PMUs and the
company has the potential for developing products that can use the technology developed under
this research. Also, the students trained through this project could become potential employees
for the company.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Athula Rajapakse

Student:

Partner:

ERLPhase Power Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Natural Resources; Energy and Utilities

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Prophylactic Therapy to Reduce COVID-19 Infections

Working with Avicanna Inc., a Canadian biopharmaceutical company with advanced natural cannabinoid solutions, we will develop an easy-to-use preventative treatment, in the form of a mouthwash and/or throat gargle product, for both clinical and at-home use. A critical step of the infection is when the virus enters human host cells, which is enabled by the interaction between the spike protein on the surface of the viral particle and the Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor on the surface of human cells. To understand this fundamental mechanisms of action, we will use specialized assays, chemical analysis, and 3D tissue models. Being able to hire an intern will enable us to identify and find the optimum levels of cannabinoids (and terpenes) that interfere with the formation of the S-ACE2 complex, to inform the manufacturing process, in order to help develop our novel approach to prevent and treat COIVID-19 infections.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kingsley Donkor

Student:

Partner:

Avicanna Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Thompson Rivers University

Program:

Accelerate

Using drone and remote sensing technology to increase profitability and climate resilience of potato production

Potatoes are among the top five crops worldwide. With the rate of climate change accelerating, the pressures on potato production systems (e.g., heat stress, water stress, pest pressures) will intensify adaptation efforts. Although climate change is already happening, it is often seen as an abstract and distant problem that diverts resources from current production challenges. However, drone and remote sensing technology can reconcile this false dichotomy. They can help growers better respond to crop needs with targeted use of inputs, which improves the bottom line. The same remotely sensed data can also be used to trigger climate change adaptation actions, letting the growers know when to begin proactively adapting to changes in the climate and its impacts. Preparing this research for commercializing can help Canadian potato producers increase profitability and build future climate resilience, giving them a competitive advantage over time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Adam Fenech

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

Accelerate

Development of microneedle array patch for COVID-19 vaccine delivery

COVID-19 is a global pandemic with no effective therapeutic and preventive agents. Given the high infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2 and severity of the disease, vaccines are urgently needed to tackle the infection of this novel coronavirus. Thus far, various types of vaccine candidates, in different stages of preclinical testing and clinical trials, are being explored, including RNA- and DNA-based, vectored and attenuated virus, and recombinant proteins. However, possible adverse effects and limitations exist. For example, RNA/DNA-based vaccines can trigger an immune response leading to detrimental consequences in key organs (e.g. brain and heart), low immunogenicity, short half-life of immunogen, and inefficient delivery of vectors. To overcome these problems, we will work with a Canadian biotechnology company to develop microneedle arrays for delivering multicomponent vaccine to boost the efficacy while increasing the safety of vaccination for COVID-19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiao Yu Shirley Wu

Student:

Partner:

CCOA Therapeutics Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a rapid point-of-care COVID-19 detection test with the potential to collect and transmit data

The McMaster graduate student will be involved in various aspects of the design and development of a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic and data gathering system. The intern will be responsible for preparing and testing saliva samples for the Sars-Cov-2 virus. An innovative colorimetric paper-based test strip will be used to detect the presence or absence of the virus. In addition to optimizing and validating the diagnostic platform the intern will work closely with Mediileap’s technology experts to build the data gathering framework for the portable test device with an integrated data gathering system. The graduate student will act as a bridge between basic research and technology, provide scientific expertise as well as different perspectives, and provide the assistance Mediileap needs to accomplish their goals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yingfu Li

Student:

Partner:

MediiLeap

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Real-time COVID-19 detection in wastewater from long-term care homes

The goal of the partnership between Mantech and Waterloo is to develop a technology to manufacture smart hybrid water sensors for current and future disease prediction and detection. This technology will have an invaluable impact on human health research efforts to contain the COVID-19 and possible future pandemic spread, and put Ontario and Canada far ahead of similar efforts worldwide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mustafa Yavuz

Student:

Partner:

Mantech

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Quini Machine Learning Wine Recommendation Engine

Quini is developing a revolutionary system that allows wine producers to predict with a high level of accuracy how much acceptance and sales they will be able to generate from a wine product, over time, in which major cities and selling to whom as the primary buyers. The system will also give consumers exacting wine recommendations that suit their personal taste and that are likey to be available for purchase in their area.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiguo Cao

Student:

Partner:

Quini

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Photoelectrochemical biosensing for COVID-19: virus and antibodies

This project aims to develop a Photoelectrochemical (PEC) biosensor based on photoactive nanoparticles such as Quantum Dots (QDs) for the detection of COVID19 and related antibodies. Highly efficient QDs based on engineered core/multi-shelled structures will be developed and their interaction with a molecular recognition element (MRE) layer will be investigated. A consistent structure-property picture of virus and antibody detection will be developed by studying the relationship between QD-ligands structures and detection performance, to realize a new PEC biosensor that can be used in different conditions, under specific types of lighting. This research will be conducted in close collaboration between the Solstar Pharma R&D team and the INRS Intern for the whole duration of the project. The expected impacts will result in advancing knowledge regarding the biosensing mechanism of the virus, with the realization of a PEC biosensor for detecting COVID antibodies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Federico Rosei

Student:

Partner:

Solstar Pharma

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Adapting Maxwellian’s surface plasmon resonance optical sensor platform for COVID detection

To control and thwart the COVID19 pandemic, significant efforts are being deployed to adapt existing diagnostic tests, including those that use the standard reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method, to detect the SARS-COV-2 virus. Despite its high sensitivity and ability to detect small virus amounts in samples, RT-PCR is time consuming and subject to diagnostic errors (false positives and false negatives). Capitalizing on their respective complementary expertise, Prof. Rosei’s team at INRS and Maxwellian decided to join efforts to develop a technology for antimicrobial sensing and specifically SARS-COV-2 detection. In particular, the MITACS intern will play a crucial role in adapting Maxwellian’s existing sensing technology for this purpose. Maxwellian brings its core expertise in optical fiber sensors and its technology based on photonic-plasmonic resonators to synergistically combine it with nanomaterials and processes developed in Prof. Rosei’s team. This multidisciplinary project will provide advanced training in the areas of nanomaterial-based devices, optical sensors and data analysis which are relevant in the high-tech photonics sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Federico Rosei

Student:

Partner:

Maxwellian

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

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