Innovative Projects Realized

Explore thousands of successful projects resulting from collaboration between organizations and post-secondary talent.

30156 Completed Projects

2861
AB
5059
BC
812
MB
673
NL
842
SK
8957
ON
9368
QC
96
PE
579
NB
1120
NS

Projects by Category

Multi-Year Study of the Early Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Canada

The NACO 2015 Early Stage Company Report will report on early-stage companies from the lense of the company, taking into account support from incubators, accelerators, and VCs. NACO will publish a final report that analyzes the extent to which different combinations of capital and strategic partnerships help entrepreneurial firms grow. The report will also aim to examine and analyze the effectiveness of the different tools used by Angel groups.
The goal of the report is to give a better view of successes and challenges that exist for high-growth, knowledge-based start-ups in Canada, recognizing that there is a lifecycle between incubators, accelerators, Angels, and Venture Capitalists. Success will be measured be the growth of the company through acquisition, an IPO, increase in revenue, additional funds raised, etc.
The intern is responsible for supporting survey creation, data collection, analysis, and writing.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Kenneth Grant

Student:

Partner:

National Angel Capital Organization

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

The Economic and Social Impact of Non-Motorized Outdoor Activity in Public Spaces in Alberta

The purpose of this research is to create a model for evaluating the socio-economic contributions of human-powered outdoor activities to Alberta.
This model will be used to help inform/educate policy makers at the municipal and provincial level to influence debate around the use, management and the allocation of government resources to public spaces.
The Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks has requested this research, to ensure that organizations representing non-motorized outdoor activity in public spaces and on Crown lands receive equal representation and provide a more robust input into the policy making process governing land use.
The absence of this group from discussion tables of such policies, has allowed more organized groups, particularly motorized groups, to gain a less regulated access public spaces and resources.
After studying prior research on this topic, an Alberta specific model will be created. Data gathered from representatives, stakeholders and the outcome will be quantitative and qualitative analysis and benefits of non-motorized recreation.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Irene Herremans

Student:

Partner:

Outdoor Council of Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Quantitative risk measurement techniques for insurers

This project will assist Sun Life Financial to build, implement and validate quantitatively sophisticated state-of-the-art models of its risk portfolio. This will result in a better quantitative and qualitative understanding of company’s risk, liability and capital profile, and thus in more effective risk management decision making process.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Edward Furman

Student:

Partner:

Sun Life Financial

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Potentiel minéralisateur des suites magmatiques liées aux indices de tungstène (W) dans le district de Chibougamau-Chapais

Notre monde moderne ne peut subsister sans l’apport continuel de métaux extraits du sol. Les gisements métallifères doivent être découverts. Ces découvertes résultent de travaux d’exploration. Pour guider les travaux d’exploration, des modèles de formation des gisements sont développés à partir de l’acquisition de données scientifiques. Le projet proposé vise à tester un modèle développé ailleurs, à savoir que la présence de tungstène (W) traduit des activités magmatiques importantes qui sont à l’origine de la formation de plusieurs types de gisements. Le projet se propose d’étudier certains sites riches en W à partir de caractérisations chimique, minéralogique et géologique, pour valider et raffiner l’applicabilité pour l’exploration de ce concept.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Damien Gaboury

Student:

Partner:

Multi-Ressources Boréal

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

The Social Life of Water; Past, Present and Future

The proposed research is to participate in the design, production and evaluation of The Social Life of Water: Past, Present and Future, an interactive media exhibition and speaker/performance series on water sustainability at the Okanagan Heritage Museum. The exhibition and speaker/performance series are being created through an art-science collaboration among UBC Okanagan researchers and artists, the Kelowna Museums Society (KMS), the Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA) and the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB). The project is aimed at increasing public awareness of the human/water relationship in Okanagan Valley and in support of the development of more sustainable water management practices. The Okanagan Heritage Museum, a midsize cultural institution in Kelowna BC, will provide an invaluable community focus for reflection, inspiration and action on water challenges in the dry land environment of the Okanagan. The Museum will widen its exposure in the Okanagan by building new community partnerships through this project. It will also potentially expand its role as a catalyst for civic engagement and thus increase its social impact in the community.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Aleksandra Dulic

Student:

Partner:

Kelowna Museum Society

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing Indicators for Restoring Eelgrass in Degraded Sites Along the Coast of British Columbia

Along the coast of British Columbia, eelgrass habitats (Zostera marina) have been declining due to impacts both on land and water. These areas are important for many fisheries and aquaculture in BC. Restoration work in degraded subtidal conditions, especially in log storage areas, is slow. Increased levels of organic material left in the sediments by the logging industry could be one problem. Wood waste from logging degrades very slowly, creating an environment that makes it difficult for eelgrass to thrive. Although it is difficult to determine if wood waste is present, there are a number of measurements that can be taken to determine if the site is not suitable for eelgrass. This project will measure a number of potential indicators and compare these across sites to determine which would signify that a site is not suitable for an eelgrass transplant. Future research could focus on possible remediation for the sites that would not be successful because of wood waste.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Leah Bendell

Student:

Partner:

Squamish River Watershed Society

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Production de molécules biocides issues d’extractibles forestiers pour la fabrication de produits d’assainissement

La Forêt modèle du Lac Saint-Jean (FMLSJ) est une entreprise de la région du Lac-Saint-Jean souhaitant développer la filière des extractibles forestiers afin de valoriser les résidus d’exploitation forestière sur son territoire et de créer des emplois. Les extractibles forestiers sont des molécules biologiques qui peuvent avoir des propriétés intéressantes (ex. antioxidant, antiinflammatoire, antimicrobien) pour une utilisation dans divers produits (ex. cosmétiques, de santé naturels, pharmaceutique et de nettoyage). On retrouve des extractibles en grande quantité dans les écorces, qui par ailleurs constitue souvent un résidu pour les entreprises forestières. L’objectifs du présent projet est de caractériser la biomasse disponible dans la région (espèces, sources, conditions), déterminer sa composition en extractibles et définir le potentiel comme agent biocide (antimicrobien) d’extraits bruts et purifiés pour une utilisation comme ingrédient biologique dans des produits de nettoyage. Avec ces résultats, Forêt modèle du Lac-Saint-Jean pourra rallier des investisseurs dans le développement d’un procédé commercial d’extraction et la construction d’une usine de production d’extractible dans sa région.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Isabel Desgagné-Penix;André Lajeunesse

Student:

Partner:

Forêt modèle du Lac-Saint-Jean;Sani Marc Inc.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Cannabis Access Regulations Study (CANARY)

The CANARY study is a patient-centered assessment of the impact of the regulatory changes regarding access to cannabis for medical purposes in Canada. The study is the first to offer patients’ perspectives regarding their experience of access to medical cannabis after the implementation of the new federal regulations that have created a decentralized competitive national market for medical cannabis through the licensing of commercial producers. Through a nation-wide survey and interviews, the study will shed light on who is and who is not accessing the legal system of medical cannabis, and why. This valuable data will assist health professionals, policy-makers and medical cannabis providers to be responsive to the needs of Canadians who are using cannabis to manage their health conditions. As industry stakeholders, Aphria, the CCIC and CAMCD will use the results of this study to inform the practices of their respective organizations to the benefit of patients.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Lynda Balneaves

Student:

Partner:

Aphria Inc;Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids;Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Testing efficacy of bird deterrents for use at wind energy facilities

For this project the intern will place a predator owl deterrent at the base of a wind turbine and hang nest boxes at a distance of at least 200 m from a wind turbine. The expected result of implementing the predator owl and the nest boxes will be a decline in bird mortalities occurring at three wind-energy sites in Nova Scotia. These sites will be monitored for 12 weeks during spring and fall 2016 bird migration periods (May 16th – June 10th & August 15th – October 7th). Data collected during this time will be compared to data collected in 2015 to determine the effectiveness of implementing the owl and nest boxes. This project will benefit the partner organization by obtaining results that can be used to reduce bird mortalities during future wind-energy developments.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Walker

Student:

Partner:

Strum Consulting

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

New Adaptive Antenna for RF Heating of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs

Canada owns 13-16% of the world oil supply, but 90% of these reserves are in the form of bitumen, which is as thick as cold peanut butter. This makes bitumen extraction very difficult, if not impossible, without reducing its viscosity. The popular solution is to increase bitumen’s temperature using steam. Sadly, steam strategies can be inefficient and are not always suitable. Radio signals can be used to heat the oil instead, and this approach tends to be more flexible and efficient. Unfortunately, radio frequency heating faces several practical challenges, which stem from changes in the oil reservoir’s electrical characteristics as it is heated. With the assistance of Acceleware Ltd., the proposed project aims to design and test a prototype for new antenna system that overcomes this issue.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

John Nielsen;Michal Okoniewski

Student:

Partner:

Acceleware Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Technical debt in software-intensive systems

Technical debt is a metaphor used in software development to describe the price to pay now for earlier design and coding decisions that were “not quite right”. It is different from defects or bugs: the software functions correctly. But any subsequent development is progressively more and more expensive, to the point where they cannot be reasonably extended or maintained anymore. The proposed research is to investigate a form of technical debt hard to detect by source code analyzers, called structural or architectural debt, and to investigate the use of artificial intelligence techniques to analyse internal software documentation to flag potential technical debt.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Philippe Kruchten

Student:

Partner:

Istuary Innovation Labs Inc (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Characterizing the Fusarium species that affect major crops in Manitoba

Root rots caused by Fusarium species pose a significant challenge to soybean and pulse growers in Manitoba and Canada, and so does Fusarium head blight caused by F. graminearum. The potential for certain pathogen species to infect more than one crop, or crops in more than one plant family, represent a great challenge for producers in terms of finding the right rotations and the continuous disease spreading risks. Since F. graminearum, the cereals’ Fusarium Head Blight agent (FHB), was found in soybeans, many questions arise regarding transmission of these pathogens from cereals to non-cereals and vice-versa. As some of these pathogens produce toxins that can be harmful to humans and animals, the risks become even more important. We asked the question whether wheat FHB contributes to root rots in field peas and soybeans and vice versa, and if so, how crop rotation regimes affect these disease cycles. The first step in answering this question is to characterize pathogenicity of the main Fusarium species from soybeans, peas, and cereals.

View Full Project Description
Faculty Supervisor:

Fouad Daayf

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Previous
1…217218219220221222223…2,513
Next

Join a thriving innovation ecosystem.

Subscribe to our newsletter now!

Subscribe