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Data Analyst and Special Projects co-op

Prior to Spring Break, BC teachers had engaged JABC to deliver 1,246 programs to students and we had 600 programs registered for the time between April 1st and June 30th. JABC was on track to deliver 1,900 JA programs to BCâ€TMs youth.
Of course, circumstance changed considerably in March, and as soon as JABC learned that schools would be closed, we worked with our colleagues across the country to make our programs available digitally. With this new platform of program delivery, comes the challenge of tracking and analyzing users and their engagement. The Special Projects and Data Analytics Co-op student will provide the support, as JABC charters these new waters, to understand the data, the metrics and translate the information into reports and communicate what is relevant and appropriate.
Additionally, JABC conducts educator and volunteer surveys, more so now with these new technologies and platform in place, to gather feedback directly from our customers and end users. The data received, will need to analyzed and translated into informative pieces that can be used to enhance our programs and measure impact.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Junior Achievement of British Columbia

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

rTraction

rTraction needs to come up with a new overall business plan and related strategy to our product and service offering for the next 6-12 months. The intern will be working with the team on:
• Analyzing current service offerings for profitable/loss leading activities (IE: what works, what doesn’t)
• Market research for new products & services (potentially talking to prospective customers, using open data sources)
• Business model structure / financial models on new services
• Marketing tactics (another team member will do implementation)
• Marketing plan (writing, research)
This will allow rTraction to have it’s marketing, communication and business plan primed and ready to go for Q4. Historically Q4 is the best performing/busiest quarter and if we do not perform well in the quarter the chances of rTraction surviving to 2021 are low.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

rTraction Canada, Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Characterization of a DTI Tractography Pipeline for 3D Visualization of Spinal Cord Pathology

Spinal cord pathology causes significant burden to the individual and society-at-large. Treatment is complex and made more difficult by difficulties in clinical imaging of the cord microstructure. Using recent advances in image acquisition techniques and image processing toolsets, this project will investigate a semi-automated pipeline to visualize boundaries of spinal cord pathology for the purpose of translation to computer-assisted neurosurgery. This project is expected to provide critical information to the industry partner to establish appropriate protocols for their industry-leading commercial products in this area.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stewart McLachlin;Alexander Wong;Michael Hardisty

Student:

Partner:

Synaptive Medical Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Successful implementation of agile techniques on manufacturing processes for a fast growing robotics start-up

Agile management techniques are designed to be responsive to unpredictable project changes along the manufacturing process. Such changes result from the sensitivity and particular requirements of different projects. These projects require multiple dependencies that evolve during the project execution. Agile techniques aim to prevent costly (i.e., inefficient) and wasteful planning (i.e., ineffective) that can lead to overrun time and budget. This is particularly important for fast-growing companies with multi-disciplinary operations that are difficult to plan reliably. Therefore, the current internship aims to understand, analyse, and resolve the emerging issues within the manufacturing process as consequences of various project requirements. To that aim, the internship has two key objectives:
1. Identify the state in which the manufacturing process, considering the diversity of project requirements, can benefit from agile techniques as opposed to Waterfall approaches.
2. Adopt the most appropriate agile technique to successfully meet the emerging project requirements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvan Beauregard

Student:

Partner:

Touché Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

State of the Art Study of Monorail Test Guideway Constructed with NonFerrousReinforced Concrete

Bombardier Transportation’s (BT) recently developed Innovia 300 Monorail prototype vehicle
will be tested on a new monorail test track/guideway at BT’s Millhaven, Ontario facility. Of the
150 + reinforced concrete beams that make up the guideway, one of the beams is reinforced
using glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars.
Structural monitoring of the beams will be conducted during monorail tests to evaluate the
relative performance of the GFRP beam to an adjacent steel reinforced beam. Data will be
analyzed and interpreted to determine if the beams will perform as intended, and if any
design optimization can be made. Information obtained can then be used to suggest how
GFRP could be implemented in full scale infrastructure systems. The intern will take part in
technical discussions with BT engineers, where specific challenges (areas of interest) that
they face will be identified and the intern will look for solutions to meet those needs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amir Fam

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Aeronautic Inc (Kingston, ON);ISIS Canada (Winnipeg, MB)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Visualizing how Physiology affects Tactile Audio

Wearables are starting to include advanced haptic technology, touch feedback like vibrations, to help people create and listen to music, experience virtual reality (VR) environments, and improve accessibility for people who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing. Designing haptic feedback takes advanced knowledge about physiology and neuroscience that engineers and designers may not have access to. We are using computer-aided visualizations, like maps of the skin or mini-simulations about how the skin reacts to vibration, to help engineers and designers build better, more effective devices and experiences.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Oliver Schneider

Student:

Partner:

SUBPAC

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Resili, a case study: An evaluation for improved user experience in DBT skills apps

This project seeks to build the body of academic understanding on how to effectively deliver a mental health skills-based intervention through a mobile app. The analysis will be done through retrospective and live analysis of the Resili app, a publicly available mHealth app which promotes strong mental health through the administration of a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills-based, self-taught curriculum. While there has been a recent flood of mental health apps, many have poor engagement rates, or administer interventions without a sound basis of evidence. Moreover, most apps which do deliver evidence-based interventions are rooted in protocolized treatments for populations with diagnosed mental illness. Resili’s DBT skills are evidence-based. This project will put academic rigour and field research into answering the question of how to create an engaging learning experience within a skills-based, rather than protocol-based mental health app for a general population, rather than a population with a specific diagnosis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Wyndham-West

Student:

Partner:

Supports Health

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

Augmentation de la durée de vie d’un noyau fabriqué additivement pour le moulage sous-pression d’aluminium par l’amélioration de l’état de surface des canaux de refroidissement conformes

Ce projet porte sur l’amélioration de la durée de vie d’un insert de moulage sous-pression d’aluminium. Cet insert est obtenu par impression 3D métallique, qui permet d’avoir des canaux de refroidissement plus performants. Toutefois, les cycles thermiques associés à la présence d’aspérités et d’une texture chaotique, causent un phénomène de fatigue dans les canaux. Ce phénomène est caractérisé par l’apparition de fissures, qui vont jusqu’à traverser l’intégralité de l’insert. De ce fait, le projet cherche à diminuer ces aspérités à l’aide d’un polissage chimique : une attaque par l’acide. Une meilleure durée de vie permettrait d’augmenter la productivité, le contrôle de la qualité des pièces et de diminuer le coût d’utilisation d’un noyau. En effet, les arrêts inopinés (bris de noyau) de production sont réduits lorsque le comportement du noyau est connu. Les effets sont d’autant plus importants, car le redémarrage d’une chaîne de production peut s’avérer extrêmement complexe.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Brousseau

Student:

Partner:

AMT Die Casting

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Advancing a novel therapeutic for the prevention of hypoglycemia inType 1 diabetes and establishing proof of concept in Type 2 diabetes

Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar is a phenomenon that results from excess insulin or strenuous exercise in diabetic patients. If untreated, this can quickly lead to dizziness, seizures and even death. In healthy individuals, the body is able to compensate for these fluctuations and restore blood sugars to normal levels by lowering insulin and raising glucagon. In those with diabetes, they are unable to do this and struggle with hypoglycemia. The research studies outlined in this proposal addresses this urgent struggle by utilizing the individual’s own capacity to produce glucagon- a hormone instrumental in increasing blood sugar, thereby elevating blood sugar levels to prevent hypoglycemia. Our proposed research aims to provide a viable solution to hypoglycemia prevention and thus improve existing standard of care options available.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Riddell

Student:

Partner:

Zucara Therapeutics Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Cross cell type inference of TF binding by integrative analysis of TF ChIP-seq and chromatin accessibility profiles

Transcription factors (TF) are proteins that drive and maintain cellular functions by physically binding to DNA and regulating the expression levels of other genes. There are approximately 1,600 TFs in the human genome. Accurate and scalable identification of TF binding locations across the entire genome remains a major challenge. An effective solution to this problem would have overarching implications for understanding disease mechanisms and development of therapeutics. In this project, we devise a simple and elegant solution to this problem by jointly analyzing complementary data types. We will perform a formal evaluation of this novel approach by using publicly available data sets. Additionally, we will develop a reusable analysis pipeline to deploy this technology in order to enable efficient annotation of genome wide TF binding sites with cell type specificity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Pavlidis

Student:

Partner:

Koonkie Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an Oral Reovirus-Based Vaccination Platform for COVID-19

It is essential to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the global COVID-19 pandemic. The most efficient vaccines are built on attenuated live viruses, which can be engineered to display specific antigens and, once administered in humans, can safely induce an immune response and immunity to the disease of interest. Fast, reliable, and safe platforms are needed to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and move promising candidates to clinical trials. To support global vaccination campaigns, the vaccine should be easily produced, stored, and administered. Identifying the best possible vaccine candidates early will avoid costly delays in clinical trials. We have identified a novel viral platform based on an anti-cancer virus called Reovirus. We will use this platform to develop safe, reliable, and stable COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can be orally administered and efficiently produced. Our goal is to develop up to 25 vaccine candidates within one year. We will test promising vaccine candidates in cell and animal models to deliver the evidence needed to move the best candidates to clinical trial.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tommy Alain

Student:

Partner:

Genvira Biosciences Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Viability of fiber optic sensors for borehole measurement of in-situ stresses and stress change monitoring

This project will support efforts to develop a new instrument and techniques to measure the state of stress in the ground. This is a key parameter used in the engineering design of underground mines, tunnels and boreholes for geothermal and shale gas extraction. Existing techniques suffer from reliability issues and it is proposed to use new fiber optic technologies to more reliably measure stress. The intern for this project will work towards a proof of concept, which will later lead to development of a prototype instrument and possible commercialization opportunities. This research will benefit the project partner (Centre for Innovation in Mineral Resource Engineering), who collaborates with other partners in the mining industry to deliver innovation that can lead to safer and more productive mines.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erik Eberhardt

Student:

Partner:

Centre for Innovation in Mineral Resources Engineering;Sonal Mining Technology;Taktikai Consulting Corp

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

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.