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A leading economic industry: Creating a consultant hub for the Cannabis Sector

Rhize is a consulting and fertilizer company that is determined to provide quality products and services to those who would like to advance their growing capabilities. Our aim is to become a one-stop-shop for every grower large and small for any service need. A major challenge in the Atlantic Canadian cannabis market is the lack of educated consultant professionals and services aimed at supporting the legal recreational cannabis market. FIGR Inc completed a consumer study indicating legal recreational cannabis is considered a key driver of regional economic growth1. Deloitte’s report “An Industry Makes Its Mark: The Economic and Social Impact of Canada’s Cannabis Sector” identified that the sector is already making a significant contribution to Canada’s economy. 2 As economic development and growth are a key priority in New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada as a whole, this industry makes a sizeable impact. However, the rapid increase of sales and sector contributions is lacking professional consultant-style support and services aimed at sustaining the private industry. This project will create a long-term business strategy, identifying key growth sectors and areas for improvement, resulting in a professional consultant hub that will support Atlantic Canada’s legal recreational cannabis market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Fleet

Student:

Partner:

rhize

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Brewery industry by-products as novel ingredients in the beverage, food and pet food industries

Bioactive peptides obtained from grains can be employed to prevent or treat several diseases such as diabetes, cancer, etc., and potentially contribute to the sensory profile (e.g., texture, mouthfeel) of foods and beverages. Brewery industry has two major by-products, namely Brewer’s spent grain and spent yeast, that are suitable for the production of bioactive peptides. This project will explore bioactive protein hydrolysates from brewery by-products and their techno-functional properties (e.g., water solubility, gelling properties) to be tested in a variety of beverages foods. Accordingly, the project results will add value to the partner organization’s by-products to emerge as novel ingredients for the plant-based foods industry for enhanced health benefits and physical quality.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Filiz Koksel;Rotimi Aluko

Student:

Partner:

Farmery Estate Brewing

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Giving Canadians a Boost in Education – BoostEdu

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, children across Canada have suffered in the classroom. A study conducted by Whitley, Beauchamp and Brown (2021) explains the gaps in Canadian students’ education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These impacts include school closures, termination on community-based services, unstable and unreliable wifi, and lack of support while homeschooling. BoostEdu’s goal is to provide students with the tools they need to excel scholastically in a variety of methods. BoostEdu provides this service through tutoring, exam preparation and ESL/FSL studies 100% remote with an educational specialist for each service.
This project will help BoostEdu expand their services nationwide thus closing the gap in students’ education created by COVID-19 across Canada. BoostEdu started offering their tutoring services across New Brunswick, then expanded into all of Atlantic Canada. Recently they’ve decided it’s time to expand this service to all Canadians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Fleet

Student:

Partner:

BoostEdu Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Developing a comprehensive retention strategy for Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services

Building on trends that started pre-covid, the recruitment and retention of employees has challenged most organizations in recent years. Within the Canadian healthcare context, the Government of Canada and Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) is prioritizing training and retention of health care workers. Through this project, NL Health Services is seeking a MITACS student to develop a comprehensive retention strategy for NL Health Services. The student intern will play an important role in helping the organization prepare for this critically needed, comprehensive retention strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Travor Brown

Student:

Partner:

NL Health Shared Services Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Market research and advancements in new undercarriage photography technology.

Glo 3D, a Toronto-based technology startup, is pioneering a game-changing undercarriage photography technology to revolutionize vehicle inspections. Inspired by automotive industry demands, their mission extends to diverse sectors such as trucking, heavy machinery, military, and government inspections. Tackling challenges head-on, they’re conducting comprehensive research across industries to tailor their business strategy and pricing models accordingly. Simultaneously, they’re enhancing their core perspective correction algorithm through advanced methodologies. This project envisions a future where undercarriage inspections are streamlined and safety is elevated across various sectors. Glo 3D’s commitment to innovation and cross-industry empowerment propels them toward reshaping inspection norms and establishing their technology as a cornerstone of efficiency and reliability. Collaboration and partnerships are at the core of this transformative journey.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frank Naccarato

Student:

Partner:

Glo3D Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Livestock management app tailored for bison husbandry

AgSights has created several virtual tools to support livestock producers with herd inventory, individual animal tracking and several types of reports. More recently, AgSights noted a lack of similar tools as such to support decision making in the Canadian bison industry, which is also a demand observed by the industry stakeholders. Since Lakeland College (via Dr. Yuri Montanholi) is leading applied research projects in bison husbandry, a collaboration was established to adapt the existing management tools available for the cattle industry to bison farming. This task will involve gathering existing herd inventories from commercial bison producers that will be compiled and entered in a new (bison version) of the management tools developed by AgSights. The customization of the app will also involve its validation in field conditions to ensure its applicability under the bison producers’ lenses. Besides providing a significant contribution to the bison industry, this activity will support the training of a Bachelor degree student who will be assisting to disseminate the generated knowledge/technology to the bison industry stakeholders (via presentations in bison industry functions at provincial and national levels) and to several students at the Lakeland College (via invited presentation as part of livestock courses taught at diploma and bachelor levels). The kind financial support from Mitacs and from AgSights will also be further matched with existing funds at the Lakeland College to enable attendance to industry functions and related activities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yuri R. Montanholi

Student:

Partner:

AgSights

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Lakeland College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

CUFA and social participation in urban peripheries: between market and State

This research project aims to discuss the construction of citizenship in urban peripheries. Specifically, it is interested in understanding how different political projects – such as neoliberal and democratic-participatory – influence the citizenship-building. To achieve this, we will conduct a case study of the Central Única das Favelas (CUFA), an organization created in the peripheries of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The project intends to contribute to the broader debate on the relationship between the State and society in democratic construction and to the understanding of collective action in urban peripheries. Additionally, the research aims to shed light on a less investigated actor in this literature: organizations whose main interlocutor for their actions is not the State but rather the market. This brings the opportunity to highlight other elements of collective action brought by these actors, which have been scarcely studied by the literature, and who have primarily opted to operate within the business sphere. Thus, the research will shed light on processes that cross national borders and are present in many other countries, especially in Latin America.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Françoise Montambeault

Student:

Partner:

Universidade de Brasília

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; New and Digital Media

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

3d design for fabrication: real world meets screen world

Newly available technologies for 3D fabrication — notably hobbyist 3D printers — are widening the user base for 3D design software. Autodesk, currently the industry leader in 3D design software, is broadening the scope of their activities, seeking to reach amateur users and to encourage their use of Autodesk software solutions. One of the most difficult aspects of 3D design for fabrication is that the resultant 3D models do not just need to be aesthetically pleasing, they also need to be able to be produced using specific fabrication technologies. Expert designers know this and use their expert knowledge and often idiosyncratic practices to make design decisions that allow objects to be properly made. An example of this would be a designer choosing a specific angle on an object such that the 3D printer can successfully print the object without the use of external supports. Similarly, the objects being produced also need to function appropriately in the real world. Designers thus make decisions that take into consideration the way gravity and other forces come into play. A simple example here would be the way in which a designer makes choices that allow an object with legs to stand up.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matt Ratto

Student:

Partner:

Autodesk

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Building a Complete Community for Downsview’s The Hangar District By Applying Advanced Design Methods and Tools

The Downsview redevelopment is one of the most significant projects to occur in the history of Toronto, led by Northcrest Developments (Northcrest). Northcrest is wholly owned by the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), one of Canada’s largest pension fund managers. The goal is that over the next 30 years, the 370-acre Downsview Airport Lands site will transform into a series of walkable, low-carbon communities, complete with a thriving employment hub, amenities, acres of parks and open space, and a robust mobility network, all anchored by one of Canada’s largest urban parks. Downsview’s The Hangar District, a 55.5-acre site, is Northcrest’s first district, implementing the vision for the future of Downsview, captured in Northcrest’s Framework Plan. https://www.id8downsview.ca/progress Over the next five years, the area will evolve into a pedestrian focused, mixed-use community that re-purposes the hangars which have been an industrial site for Bombardier, reimagines the Taxiway, a former active runway, and introduces an expansive public realm network to support a complete mix of uses in a predominantly mid-rise form.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Wright;Sara Diamond;Fadi Masoud;Jeremy Bowes

Student:

Partner:

Downsview Metro Devco Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University; University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Integrated polarization rotator with relaxed fabrication tolerances for mass production ofphotonic integrated circuits

The precise management of the state of polarization of the light that is generated and all-optically processed within a photonic integrated chip (PIC) is of utmost relevance towards the conception of polarization-independent photonic integrated systems. This proposal aims to conduct an assessment of various design options of polarization converters for the specific application mandated by the immediate needs of our industry partner: a polarization independent large-scale PIC. The conception of original designs of integrated polarization converters based on silicon and/or III-V compounds with relaxed fabrication tolerances is proposed. The performance assessment is carried out through numerical simulations of the most promising existing designs and extensive simulations of the proposed original design with relaxed fabrication tolerances. The feasibility to implement an active control of the state of polarization of a beam within the PIC to realize the ambitious concept of an integrated polarization switch and polarization controller will also be investigated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Trevor Hall

Student:

Partner:

TeraXion (Ottawa, ON)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Digital Identity Transformation Program

This project involves assisting with Digital Identity Transformation Programs by conducting business requirements gathering and cybersecurity assessments. The main focus is on implementing top-tier identity solutions to enhance identity and access management (IAM). The research objectives include developing IAM assessments to evaluate the current state of IAM within client organizations. This will inform the development of IAM strategies that align with clients’ business objectives and address their unique identity management challenges. The project also entails the development, design, testing, and implementation of IAM technologies such as CyberArk, SailPoint, Saviynt, and others. By achieving these objectives, the project aims to transform clients’ digital identity management practices, improve security posture, and enhance operational efficiency. Implementing best-of-breed IAM solutions will enable clients to mitigate unauthorized access risks and streamline access provisioning processes, leading to robust and scalable identity management capabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Dehghantanha

Student:

Partner:

IAMConcepts Security Solutions Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Cyber Security; Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Quantum-enabled feature selection for metabolomic and biometric data analysis

Metabolomics is the study of the complete set of small molecules in the human body. Analyzing metabolomic and biometric data is critical in order to detect, predict, and simulate changes in the health conditions of a patient, providing the opportunity for preventive and personalized medicine. This is generally done using machine learning, but it is a computationally intensive process due to the large number of features, or aspects of the data, that may affect the outcomes. Quantum computing is an emerging technology that will one day enable us to solve some of the world’s hardest problems. The aim of this project is to explore how quantum machine learning can be applied to metabolomic and biometric data analysis through proof-of-concept implementations and benchmarking. A successful outcome of the project will make BioTwin well-positioned to leverage the advantages offered by quantum computing and improve their data analysis pipelines

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roman Krems

Student:

Partner:

AI-Genetika inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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