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Product design and market outreach to help young adults understand, improve and make financial literate choices

Perks Pilot Inc. is a new and innovative solution to help match financial services and tools to those that can most benefit. This Mitacs project will aim to develop educational strategies to help young adults understand financial services. Two interns will be brought on to understand the market, build a target profile and then design and execute educational strategies that will be used alongside our launch and marketing strategies to expand our product offering.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ashley Nguyen

Student:

Partner:

Perks Pilot Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

College of the North Atlantic

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Mobile Application & Marketing Project

Ksalsuti Wellness Resources is a Mi’gmaq non-profit organization located in Oromocto, New Brunswick. Our goal is to support the social and emotional well-being of children and youth by creating culturally inclusive resources. Ksalsuti hired an intern in the spring of 2023 to create a mobile application to extend the exposure of its newly published books, the Turtle Island Series. The books were designed to provide critical social and emotional well-being tools to children that can be used at home and in the classroom. The mobile app featured a read along function whereby elders read out the story in Mi’gmaq and Wolastoqey. Each page in the book is displayed in the app. On each page the reader is able to play the audio version of the book in Wolastoqey and Mi’gmaq. Hy Pham was chosen as the co-op student who completed the proof of concept for the mobile app under the supervision and guidance of Dr. Paul Cook. Hy was able to complete a proof-of-concept for the mobile app. By obtaining Mitacs funding, we can hire another student to expand beyond the initial phase of the project and complete more language translation recordings for the mobile app. Ksalsuti is also seeking to further develop and implement its marketing strategy. This involves updating the user experience of our website, as well as creating social media content. Ksalsuti would benefit from gaining more momentum in marketing and developing a greater network for our products and services, especially for the mobile app being developed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Cook

Student:

Partner:

Ksalsuti Wellness Resources

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Marine Critical Parts

To develop a synchronized critical supply chain solution for the maritime industry to help in reduction of operating cost and lead times of ordering.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Bazan

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other; Transportation (excluding aerospace); Oil and Gas

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating the Confidence of Metabolite Rankings in NMR Metabolomics Data

The proposed project is for the intern to develop an algorithm to decide on the suitability of a group of chemical compounds to transfer from one detection instrument (low throughput) to another detection instrument (high throughput). For ease of use and cost considerations it is preferable for these chemical compounds to measured using a high throughput instrument. The company has validated a set of compounds on the low throughput instrument and would like to transfer these to a high throughput instrument. The value to the company is that experimentation is expensive and time consuming and the number of compounds the company is analyzing is large. If an algorithm can be developed to identify (prior to experimentation) which chemical compounds will have a higher chance of success, this will lower the cost and will speed up the time for the company to get its product to market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Russell Greiner

Student:

Partner:

Metabolomic Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Collecting and Analyzing Data to Inform Future Convention Planning

SUMA is now offering a unique and engaging opportunity in event planning and marketing for the intern and also for collecting and analyzing data to improve Convention planning. SUMA is a member-driven not-for-profit organization that runs an annual Convention for its member municipalities. The annual Convention involves education sessions, networking opportunities, question and answer periods with SUMA and with provincial politicians, opportunities to identify new and pressing advocacy issues, opportunities to learn about the services and programs SUMA offers, and more. SUMA has planned and run over 100 Conventions in the past and has various ideas (mostly around data collection, organization, and analysis) on how Conventions can be improved upon, both in the planning and running of the Conventions. Unfortunately, there has never been the time or resources available to explore these ideas, and hiring an intern will provide an opportunity to pursue these different avenues which will hopefully lead to increased efficiency and effectiveness of the Convention. In addition to improving upon events/sessions from years past, data will also be collected and analyzed to predict useful and relevant new events/sessions for upcoming Conventions for the first time (these would be brand new events/sessions, rather than improving on existing events/sessions).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrei Volodin

Student:

Partner:

Municipalities of Saskatchewan

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Technical validation and optimization of a pediatric robotic exoskeleton

This research project entails a comprehensive series of tasks aimed at enhancing the functionality and effectiveness of a pediatric ankle exoskeleton, specifically designed to provide gait assistance to children with locomotor disabilities. The project encompasses crucial elements such as technical validation, design validation, and the refinement of the control strategy. Throughout these endeavors, our primary objective is to achieve positive outcomes in terms of the device’s impact on various kinematic and kinetic parameters of gait. We anticipate that the exoskeleton’s influence will improve gait performance such as range of motion, torque, cadence, step length, and metabolic cost. By rigorously validating the technical aspects, design, and control mechanisms, we aim to contribute valuable insights to the realm of rehabilitation technology, ultimately advancing the well-being and mobility of children facing locomotor challenges.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abolfazi Mohebbi

Student:

Partner:

Harvard University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Global Maritime Innovation – Software Development

Canadian Global Maritime is looking to bring on an intern to assist in the development of multiple internal software tools across a wide area of engineering and data science. These tools cover areas such as hydrodynamic analysis, wind turbine load linearization for frequency domain simulation, optimization algorithms, and development of new software for offshore operations, The intern will assist in both the development of these tools as well as creating an implementing a process to manage revisions and collaboration. Through the internship, the intern will gain an understanding of day to day workings of the business and gain valuable insight into the developing world of marine renewables.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ronald Haynes

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Global Maritime Ltd.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing; Utilities

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

1.1 Project title: Innovation for System Partnerships, Implementation and Evaluation (INSPIRE)

Holland Bloorview, as an academic health sciences centre, is often approached by industry who have a desire to co-develop, test, validate, or sell their health products to the organization or its clients. Industry may choose to approach any of a wide range of Holland Bloorview personnel including executives, leadership, clinicians, and researchers. Outcomes from these pitches by industry may then lead to clinical evaluation, research, and/or procurement of hardware or software health products. However, to thoroughly evaluate the opportunity, and determine value for Holland Bloorview, a co-ordinated, collaborative evaluation and decision process involving leadership, administration, clinicians, researchers, and staff is required.
Currently, there is no single process or person(s) in place to intake and evaluate such opportunities when they are presented to us by industry. This results in an overall lack of a coordinated approach within the organization for the next steps of action with respect to decisions on whether to pursue a particular partnered project opportunity, and for how best to evaluate at Holland Bloorview and then introduce it (if deemed appropriate) within our clinical care as part of solution implementation. Similarly, there is also no organizational-wide view of all opportunities that we have engaged in or declined.
To address the issue of strategic alignment, organization-wide coordination, resource optimization and visibility, we will be establishing the Innovation for System Partnerships, Implementation and Evaluation (INSPIRE) initiative.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cynthia Lokker

Student:

Partner:

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Retail trade

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Création d’un produit d’inspection numérique pour les entreprises d’enchères automobiles

Création d’un produit d’inspection numérique pour les entreprises d’enchères automobiles

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Cardinal

Student:

Partner:

CarInspect

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Automotive

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Mxpert Comprehensive Digital Marketing Campaign Plan

The project objective is to hire a business intern who will enhance Mxpert’s digital footprint and customer engagement by contributing to digital marketing efforts, industry and audience analysis, customer onboarding, and internal training. The intern will also utilize analytics tools to provide actionable insights for website and brand optimization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Bazan

Student:

Partner:

MechMonkey

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

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

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Centre for Local Innovation & Collaboration

The Centre for Local Innovation & Collaboration (CLIC) is a shared, co-creative partnership between OCAD University, the City of Richmond Hill, and eCampusOntario (the funder). Graduate researchers from OCAD University (graduate researchers and faculty) will work with businesses to scope out innovation projects and together identify key areas of need and optimize opportunities for innovative project development. The businesses will then be onboard onto eCampusOntario’s, Ontario Collaboration & Innovation Platform (OCIP) where their innovation project will be matched with a HEI for specific research/prototyping and/or potential government to develop their innovation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Angela Bains

Student:

Partner:

eCampus Ontario

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Intra-arterial therapeutic dissolution of plaques in coronary and peripheral arterial diseases.

Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by chronic inflammation and LDL deposition in the lumen of the arteries. This process can result in stenosis or thrombosis. More than 33% of Canadian deaths in 2011 were due to cardiovascular events (major chronic diseases surveillance online). Canadians lose an average of 4.5 years of life expectancy due to CVD. In this respect, we strongly believe that development of the stent with a design to local and sustained release of statin and also, in the future, for proliferation of stem cells, can avoid the open heart surgery, which nowadays has elevate costs with the hospital and involves a high risk of a secondary infections during the rehabilitation of the patient. In this project we will develop a polymeric and biodegradable stent for sustained release of statins and also, in the future, for proliferation of stem cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

L'Hocine Yahia

Student:

Partner:

Sarko Holdings Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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