Innovative Projects Realized

Co-op Financial Analyst

Conatix is an early stage startup in Montreal that has been through several leading Canadian accelerator programs and is now completing the prototype of its AI-based cybersecurity system for testing by some of the largest banks in Canada (CIBC, Desjardins, National Bank) and globally. The intern will take a leading role in the startup fundraising process for the current equity financing round, including preparing collateral materials, developing a plan and strategy for investors to focus on, and participating in meetings and interactions with investors. The intern will also assist with financial and other aspects of consolidating and streamlining internal company operations, and in preparing financial and other written materials for prospective customers and others, such as pricing models for the cybersecurity product.

Summer Intern at Stark International

There are two projects to be undertaken by the intern. The first is an onboarding document to help new salespeople who are very good at their job but not well-versed in the technical nature of the transformer industry better understand the science and function of transformers and transformer mineral oil. The better the new sales teams understands the importance of Stark’s services to the maintenance of transformer function and integrity, the more convincingly these sales teams will be able to sell Stark’s services to new customers and help Stark expand its customer base and position itself as an industry leader. This onboarding document will be about 20 pages, and provide a comprehensive yet simple overview of the function of transformers, the use of mineral oil in these transformers, and the importance of mineral oil processing to maintaining the function and integrity of transformers. The second project is a report detailing areas for automation and remote monitoring in Stark’s current oil processing method. Discussions will be undertaken with Stark employees, and diagrams of their processes reviewed in order to identify opportunities for automation and remote monitoring.

Accounting Intern

Replay generates business from each of the project companies, and advisory projects from third parties. COVID-19 has impacted our business in a number of ways as follows: third party advisory business has slowed due to businesses being cautious of the economic environment, our existing development projects and partnerships are on reduced due to cautious spending and new projects scheduled to launch have been delayed or deferred. With these COVID-19 impacts, the company has had to lay off staff including some staff in the accounting department. Although accounting duties have been reduced due to the reasons listed above, the proportion to work and staff reduced are not equal. This accounting student will really help alleviate the accounting team and allow us to work on regular accounting duties and ad hoc projects which is key to the organization’s future success and business strategy.

Internship scope, responsibilities and activities will be to assist the two operational accountants who are in their second year of studying for the CPA and preparing for the CFE exam in the Fall. This will provide a mentorship environment where the intern can learn from accounting students a few years ahead of their own career.

Projet en entreprise Serrurier Y.C Fillion (Geoffrey Isaac)

Afin de compléter le cursus de la maîtrise en gestion des organisations, il faut réaliser un projet au sein d’une entreprise. J’ai donc choisi de prendre le profil professionnel, je crois qu’il faut privilégier la mixité dans le partage de la connaissance et d’en faire bénéficier les PME avec les expertises acquises lors de ce programme.
En janvier 2020 j’ai débuté un projet de réorganisation de l’entreprise Serrurier Y.C. Fillion, le projet avançait bien toutefois la crise du COVID-19 a drastiquement ébranlé l’entreprise qui à dût se mettre « sur pause » pendant près de deux mois.
L’entreprise qui comptait 3 serruriers était déjà en sous-effectif avant l’arrêt des opérations. Suite au déconfinement, un des serruriers a quitté l’entreprise ce qui a créé une pression supplémentaire sur l’entreprise. Mon projet a dû ainsi être adapté à cette nouvelle réalité, ce nouvel enjeu et a complètement changé : d’un projet de réorganisation d’entreprise, celui-ci est devenu un projet de restructuration et de relance de l’après COVID-19.

Multifunctional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the HubTrack helical transmission system for its application in transportation sector

With the latest measurements and experimental tests, we have strong evidence that the HubTrack is energy efficient and ecologically sound for a multifunctional transportation solution. Currently, the latest HubTrack operational system has reached the stage of pre-commercialization with an industrial standard compliant model based on monorail standards. To better position the HubTrack initiative as a top ecological and accessible solution, we want to measure how good HubTrack can contribute at meeting the greatest challenges and assumptions of the IPCC’s Climate Change Mitigation Report of 2014, which the following Report is due in 2021, and under the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN. A multifunctional life cycle assessment for the HubTrack is necessary and complex to achieve because of the acuteness of the subject matter at all points, the technology is new, its potential operation is beyond the existing references, and the timing for new solutions in transportation is urgent for matters of emissions target and global reliability and reach of new transportation solutions. It can also enable the company to make better design and material choices, greener production and logistics operation towards faster and multi-unit configurable HubTrack systems.

Business / Channel Strategy Analyst

Willow Biosciences (TSX:WLLW)(OTCQB:CANSF) is a biotechnology company using engineered yeast to produce cannabinoids for consumer packaged goods (“CPG”), health & wellness, and pharmaceutical applications. Willow is also conducting plant related research and analytical testing services through its wholly owned subsidiary Willow Analytics. While our core businesses at Willow have not been impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all businesses will need to adjust their activities over the short and medium term. The intern will be tasked with first helping build out various market segment models for specific sub-sectors, including financial modelling and case-study analysis that will used to inform management in decision-making and the deployment of resources.

LGM Business Strategy Internship

The intern will help to identify the data sharing parties, engage in contract negotiations, work with LGM’s own technology and data teams and help get the FSA and daily dashboards designed and ready for building by LGM’s developers. While the project may not be fully launched by the end of the internship, there will be a great sense of contribution by the intern for their key strategic input into building the business logic and design of this initiative.

Approches en analyse de données et optimisation pour une planification efficiente des opérations de balayage printanier

Le projet consiste à développer et tester des approches quantitatives au niveau de l’analyse de données de géolocalisation sur des équipements en balayage de rues afin d’étudier les opérations du système de balayage et d’en inférer les paramètres qui caractérisent son comportement tels que la vitesse des équipements selon différents contextes et la fréquence des divers états des opérations (balayage, déplacement, attente, etc.) dans un quart de travail. Ces paramètres sont requis lors de la planification des opérations de balayage pour laquelle une méthode quantitative de planification avancée sera développée et testée sur des exemples réels de travaux de balayage à planifier afin de faire une démonstration des gains envisageables par rapport à la planification manuelle actuelle du partenaire. Les travaux proposés doivent déboucher sur des méthodes d’aide à la décision pour le partenaire en matière de planification efficiente de ses opérations et ainsi de supporter la transition d’une phase de collecte de données sur ses opérations à une phase d’exploitation et d’amélioration de celles-ci.

Investigation of immunological mechanisms ofpeptide immunotherapy

A[though early clinical trials have been positive, peptide vaccine mechanism of action (how tolerance
is induced) is unknown. The primary objective of these studies is to identify changes in gene
expression and cytokine expression that are correlated with vaccine treatment. These changes could
provide insight to mechanisms of action and may reveal potential genetic biomarkers that could then
be validated fpr use in clinical development of peptide vaccines, and also the treatment of allergic
disease.
If this study can identify the key genes can cellu[ar pathways that respond to treatment with a peptide
vaccine to cat allergy, it wil[ represent a great advance in the understanding of the mechanisms of
immunoto[erance. Such knowledge may then be applied to the design of dosing regimens, clinical trial
design, and the development of other peptide based immunotherapeutics.

Décontextualisation des individus ayant des attitudes et comportements alimentaires inappropriés : médium de prévention et d’intervention prometteur

Les troubles du comportement alimentaire (TCA) sont reconnus depuis plus de trois siècles par le Manuel Diagnostique et Statistiques des Troubles Mentaux (DSM). Cependant, cette classification diagnostique ne permet pas de prendre en compte la majeure partie de la population qui présente des attitudes et des comportements alimentaires inappropriés (ACAI), pouvant mener à un TCA. Dans une perspective holistique et intégrée de la santé, les auteurs de récents écrits scientifiques prônent un continuum de sévérité (versus le modèle catégoriel) allant d’un état dit « normal » (absence d’ACAI) à un état clinique (présence avérée d’un TCA) en passant par un état sous-clinique (présence d’ACAI). Il existe une multitude d’interventions pour prendre en charge les ACAI, mais selon certains auteurs, une approche dite « intégrative » est recommandée pour répondre à cette vision holistique de la santé. Plus précisément, cette approche privilégie l’application des interventions directement dans le milieu de vie des individus tout en intégrant les disciplines cliniques des professionnelles. Par ailleurs, dans une visée expérientielle, le changement de contexte – contextualisation/décontextualisation – est une modalité d’intervention prometteuse pour les ACAI.

StreamSight: General Purpose Algorithm for Estimating Waste Weight at the Waste Collection Stage

The problem at hand is an inability for municipalities across Canada to audit recycling and waste collection. Auditing comprises both the quantity and type of objects being disposed or recycled. The only existing option is manual, which cannot be applied beyond small intermittent inspections due to the significant cost, time commitment and inefficiency.
In this project, two research directives are targeted: (1) to classify items at the point of waste collection in real time, and (2) to estimate the weight of individual collection bins using information obtained in (1), the fuel consumption in vehicles, and motion data obtained while loading waste into the vehicle using machine learning techniques

Production and Purification of Titanium-45 for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

Nuclear medical imaging relies on the detection of radiation that is emitted from the body after a radioactive isotope that has been fused to a disease targeting molecule (aka radiotracer) is administered to the patient. For example, positron emission tomography (PET) scans can be used to image and diagnose disease in the body with extremely high resolution and sensitivity. The radioactive isotope titanium-45 has the ideal properties to be incorporated into a nuclear imaging agent for PET scans. Unfortunately, the technology required to make the isotope and isolate it in a form that is compatible for attachment to disease targeting molecules is underdeveloped and to date no titanium-45 PET imaging agents have been successfully used in the clinic. Our proposal aims to address this gap in knowledge and establish a reliable and automated system to produce titanium-45. Our industry partner, ARTMS, will seek to commercialise this technology making it accessible to nuclear medicine researchers that can develop new radiotracers based on titanium-45.