Innovative Projects Realized

Enhancing Digital Engagement in AI Music Innovation: A Collaborative Social Media Strategy Internship

Staccato AI is advancing Canada’s music technology sector by funding a project that leverages artificial intelligence to support creative music production. In collaboration with a McMaster University intern, the project will implement a strategic social media campaign designed to boost Staccato AI’s online presence and foster community engagement among music creators.

developing an AI-powered junior lawyer platform to help legal professionals

This project focuses on improving an AI-powered legal assistant platform that helps lawyers with legal research and document generation. A graduate student will work on training and fine-tuning the AI to enhance its accuracy and efficiency. The expected benefit to the company is a more advanced and scalable system that can support more users and helping the business expand.

Developing an AI-powered financial advice & education platform.

FriedmannAI is developing an intuitive, AI-powered platform designed to provide personalized, unbiased, and affordable financial advice to all Canadians. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence technologies, this platform will help Canadians better manage their finances, improve their financial literacy, and achieve their personal financial goals without the sales pressure common in traditional financial services. Successful completion of this project will enable FriedmannAI to scale its platform across Canada, greatly expanding access to objective financial guidance, and positioning FriedmannAI as a leader in accessible and personalized AI-driven financial advice.

Practicum Onboarding Program

To create an innovative onboarding program for Co-op students and future employees.

Strategic Business Analysis for Operational Efficiency and Growth at LOJEL

This project is a five-month internship where an intern will work with LOJEL to review its sales data, market trends, and business operations. The intern will create simple tools to track important performance indicators and find ways to cut costs and improve processes. By doing this, the project will help LOJEL operate more efficiently, make better decisions, and grow in a competitive market.

Development and testing of an on-line video game to teach second languages

Copernicus Studios Inc. (CSI; Halifax, NS) is developing LANGA – disruptive LANguage GAming software to help people learn new languages. LANGA uses advanced speech recognition and high-end animation to create a unique and engaging gaming experience. However, LANGA is more than just flash – it has been developed in partnership with the NeuroCognitive Imaging Lab (NCIL) at Dalhousie University. This industrial-academic partnership was forged to ensure that the training programs are informed by research in second language learning, and that LANGA’s effectiveness has been validated in the lab. At present we have developed a proof-of-concept prototype and demonstrated that it is effective in teaching people basic vocabulary in a new language. This Mitacs Accelerate cluster will support three interns — with backgrounds in linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and computer science — to conduct the additional research and development needed to make LANGA more comprehensive, effective, and market-ready

Metabolic imaging with deuterated Glucose

CO2-Absorption in Columns with Structured Packings

Investigation of a newly developed aluminum alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion

McGill Queen’s University Press, Summer 2025 Internship

Conversion of backlist ebooks into accessible versions to be in line with new European accessibility legislation
– Conversion to accessible ebooks includes basic data entry, language tagging, alt text
– Helping to make a plan for the conversion of backlist titles
– Finding ways to make the process more efficient
– Helping to supervise student workers involved in the conversion task

Training AI Model for prostate tumor reconstruction

Dental Technician COOP

Our company offers modern, high-quality solutions to our patients utilizing technologically advanced solutions. We consist of a main clinic in Lethbridge, AB and a satellite clinic in Coaldale, AB, employing a number of staff over 19 years. Advances in CAD/CAM systems are driving opportunities to explore new workflows and provide an improved patient experience through new methods of manufacturing. The use of digital methods of design and production leads to increased precision and accuracy in manufacturing, reduced turnaround time for patients, cost savings for both the business and patient, consistency and reproducibility, expanded material options, enhanced workflow integration, and better documentation and storage. Although our clinics utilize these advanced systems, technology is always evolving. It is challenging to balance the day-to-day operations in busy clinics with the set up and utilization of these systems to their full potential and investigate new materials and workflows. With the help of a student with recent knowledge from their academic studies, we could set up new equipment and explore and test new workflows with the potential of integrating new processes. This could lead to the clinic’s ability to enhance its current offerings to patients and improve their experience.