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Marketing Coop Student 0524

Cantiro is an award winning real estate company with projects across Alberta, BC and Ontario. We are working with Mitacs to continue to drive innovation in how we adapt the latest retail strategies, trends and emerging technologies to some of individuals’ largest purchases including:
• creating a new way for customers to experience the homebuying journey through a centralized Discovery Centre located in emerging communities,
• developing new products to meet the current housing shortages and affordability challenges consumers are facing,
• incorporating new technologies and AI-enhanced systems to increase efficiencies and productivity, and
• exploring emerging AI capabilities to increase the personalization of a customer’s home research, selection, purchasing and move-in experience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kennedy Farnell

Student:

Partner:

Cantiro Asset Management Corporation

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Bolsa Família, or Familiar Bosses? Conditional Cash, Citizenship, and Clientelism in Brazil

In the last decade, “Conditional Cash Transfers” (CCTs) have spread across Latin America. CCTs involve small, monthly cash transfers to poor families on the condition
that children attend school and obtain vaccinations. Studies suggest that these transfers are relatively effective at alleviating extreme poverty. But what are their impacts beyond the material realm? This project investigates whether CCTs have been able to strengthen the citizenship of groups which have long felt excluded from Latin American democracies. Using the case of the Brazilian Bolsa Família – the continent’s largest CCT program – the project draws from fieldwork interviews with Bolsa recipients and other key actors to ascertain whether and how transfers have affected the everyday politics of the poor. Is this money from the government just a new way to buy the poor’s votes – as some have alleged – or can it enhance political agency, and pave the way for a more inclusive society?

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philip Oxhorn

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Green/Alternative Energy; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Operations Administrator

We are offering a student at NAIT the opportunity to gain experience with marketing, social media, website management, and sport organization operations. The co-op student would be task with audited our current marketing and social media plans and making changes to improve them and advance the interest of the organization. The student would also be tasked with researching how other organizations have increased their membership, and how we can apply those same principles, and investigating any potential sponsorship opportunities that exist for the organization. Additionally, the student would assist in the operations of the provincial team program, and assist the technical director in ensuring the administration of the program is handled correctly.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kennedy Farnell

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Artistic Swimming

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Mechanisms and prevention strategies for orthostatic intolerance in older adults

The RIA is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and care of older adults through partnerships in research, education and practice. One of the RIA’s key areas of interest involves addressing unexplained falls in older adults, which dramatically increases morbidity and mortality in individuals with pre-existing frailty. There is currently a gap in the literature on risk factors for unexplained falls. The overall aim of this project is to discover these risk factors and formulate novel fall risk assessments for older adults in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norah McRae

Student:

Partner:

Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Advancement of the Minpraxis Tester using AI Technologies

The proposed project focuses on progressing development of the Minpraxis Tester (MPT), which was developed to revolutionize the characterization of rock masses and improve the likelihood that mines perform as planned. The MPT provides a degree of rock characterization that is unequalled by conventional methods. The technology measures continuously along core samples, providing an unmatched level of characterization that captures subtle differences in veining, alteration, and lithology type. Outputs include geotechnical and geometallurgical indices that can be used to inform mine and mill design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bern Klein

Student:

Partner:

Minpraxis Solutions Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Self-supervised learning for animation

In response to the dynamic challenges inherent in the gaming industry’s character animation pipelines, characterized by the labor-intensive and error-prone nature of manually labeling frame-by-frame data, this project endeavors to integrate Self-Supervised Learning (SSL) techniques into the animation workflow. SSL offers a compelling solution by enabling the acquisition of efficient and generalizable representations from large sets of unlabeled data, thus mitigating the substantial demand for accurately labeled data. The principal objective is to harness SSL to obtain a robust representation for full-body human motion, subsequently deploying this learned representation across animation-related tasks relevant to the interests of La Forge and Ubisoft. This innovative approach, marked by increased efficiency, accuracy, and versatility, promises to revolutionize character animation pipelines within the gaming industry, ushering in a paradigm shift with a reduced reliance on annotated data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Konstantinos Derpanis

Student:

Partner:

Ubisoft Divertissement;Ubisoft Toronto

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Observational study exploring the link between cannabis, music, and absorption in a cannabis smoking lounge

The proposed research project is an observational study that aims to explore the relationship between cannabis
use and music enjoyment in a real-world setting, specifically within a cannabis smoking lounge. By studying how
cannabis affects individuals’ absorption in music, we hope to shed light on the mechanisms underlying this
phenomenon. Partnering with Lit Research, we will gather data from participants on their music perception and
subjective experiences while under the influence of cannabis. The findings will not only contribute to our
understanding of cannabis use but also have practical implications, potentially informing public health initiatives
and policies related to cannabis use. Additionally, this research could enhance cultural experiences by
uncovering how cannabis influences music enjoyment, potentially shaping policies for events like concerts and
festivals where cannabis and music intersect.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frank Russo;Chi Yhun Lo

Student:

Partner:

Cannadigm Corp.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding the attitudes of volunteer staff who work with individuals with sight loss

The proposed research project will review data from CNIB’s survey of attitudes and beliefs of staff who volunteer in the Vision Mates program. The data will be analyzed for thematic qualities as well as for any correlations between attitudes and individual factors. It is important to understand how volunteers see the people with whom they work so that we can begin to identify ways to foster positive attitudes that will lead to improved experiences for both volunteers and consumers. We know that people’s attitudes will impact the way they behave towards others and CNIB is committed to improving the quality of life for all Canadians with sight loss by improving the way they are treated by their fellows.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicole Luke

Student:

Partner:

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Brock University

Program:

Accelerate

Build Cross Platform Mobile application supporting various screen resolutions

Diversity among the mobile platforms requires an application developer to develop separate applications for each platform. Reason for this is the unique technological support and features that each platform comes embedded with. To use the features associated with any particular platform, we need to use the underlying SDK supported by that platform. Major market share (more than 98%) is dominated by three mobile platforms Android, Apple iOS, and Windows phone. For any business application it becomes necessary to have support on all major platforms. A simple approach for having support on all platforms is to develop separate applications for them using underlying SDKs. However it requires a lot of efforts to be put in by the company in form of labor and money. Cross platform mobile application development has emerged a best alternative to this problem that makes development and maintenance of any application easier. It enables the use of a single technological platform to develop application for all major mobile platforms rather than using platform specific SDKs. This approach focuses on the commonality among the features of the targeted platforms rather than diversity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Liang Chen

Student:

Partner:

Noratek Solutions

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating a novel eDNA protocol for starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) in Ontario lakes

Starry stonewort is a non-native macroalgae that has invaded lakes across eastern North America. In Ontario, there is high potential for starry stonewort to expand its invasion of lakes, but documenting its distribution has been difficult due to a lack of broad-scale monitoring and misidentification by practitioners and the public. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging genetic tool for detecting organisms in aquatic ecosystems, and may be a promising method for early detection of starry stonewort in lakes where it is expected, but not yet reported. This proposed research project aims to, for the first time, develop and test an eDNA monitoring protocol for starry stonewort in aquatic ecosystems. We will test lakes with known starry stonewort populations (Simcoe and Scugog) as well as perform a survey of 12 lakes in south-central Ontario to validate eDNA as an effective surveillance tool. It is anticipated that the establishment of an eDNA protocol for starry stonewort will help lake managers be proactive in management initiatives, especially when starry stonewort eDNA is detected in lakes where starry stonewort distribution is constrained, abundance is low, and management strategies to stop the invasion are most effective.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Kirkwood

Student:

Partner:

Scugog Lake Stewards Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Interaction between soil residual herbicide and mechanical site preparation treatments on native tree seed germination in post-harvest sites

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amanda Schoonmaker

Student:

Partner:

Weyerhaeuser

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing

University:

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

AI-generated Pseudoplanars for Ventilation/Perfusion Scans

The objective of this project is to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions aimed at denoising ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) planar images for the detection of pulmonary embolism (PE). The denoising algorithm has the potential to solve two major limitations of V/Q scans: long acquisition times and currently insufficient techniques for generating pseudo-planar images from SPECT acquisitions. Our solution aims to reduce acquisition times up to a factor of 10 for planar acquisitions or to produce realistic and diagnostically equivalent pseudo-planar images from SPECT acquisitions. The academic partner, The Ottawa Hospital, is a world-renowned center in PE management with a state-of-the-art nuclear medicine department. The industry partner, Jubilant Radiopharma, develops, manufactures, and markets innovative diagnostic imaging radiopharmaceutical solutions, including those for V/Q scans. The AI solutions developed in this project will increase the intrinsic value of V/Q scans and hopefully stimulate their use over alternative unnecessary imaging studies with higher risks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ran Klein

Student:

Partner:

Jubilant Radiopharma

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Elevate

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