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ESG-Focused Retail Expansion: Doggy Bathroom Enters Asian Markets and Develops European Markets

The project will focus on developing expansion strategies as Doggy Bathroom enters the European and Asian market, continues growing in the hospitality industry, and introduces new products. The project will focus on creating business development strategies to aid with the rollout of these projects while optimizing budgets. The main goal of the company is to continue growing the brand awareness throughout North America and break into the European and Asian market. The innovation to be developed is a business model catered for Europe (through logistics, feasibility, warehouse management, market research, marketing) and North America. The methodologies that will be used are various business frameworks and processes that will help Doggy Bathroom determine the needs of the business and an implementation
strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kunsoo Han

Student:

Partner:

Doggy Bathroom

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Survey of Jewellery Production & Manufacturing in the Atlantic Region of Canada

This project aims to grow capacity in the Atlantic region for jewellery making and manufacture. Currently, a significant amount of jewellery and metal work is sent to other provinces or internationally. The intern and partners will work to engage local industry players to understand the scope of work they are doing, build capacity understanding in the Atlantic region which will inform further scopes of joint work. This initial capacity building and industry understanding will both aim to increase the amount of work produced in the region, sharing capacity understanding to partners, and inform on what sorts of services need to be augmented locally to increase access, innovation, quality and opportunity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Sims

Student:

Partner:

Craft Alliance Atlantic Association

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Étude sur l’avancement de l’art en production industrielle de métabolites par culture cellulaire végétale afin de développer un bioprocédé novateur en bioréacteur.

Viridios désire innover dans le domaine des ingrédients pharmaceutiques actifs en développant une technologie de production industrielle par culture cellulaire végétale. Ceci afin d’extraire des ingrédients actifs spécifiquement et uniquement produits par la biomasse végétale. La technologie en développement par la Polytechnique permettra à Viridios d’offrir des ingrédients médicinaux aux compagnies pharmaceutiques. Viridios n’est pas en mesure de produire ces ingrédients actifs à base de plantes dans un environnement contrôlé. Ceci permettra à Viridios et au Canada de développer une indépendance dans l’obtention de médicaments à haute valeur ajoutée présentement extraits de plantes non indigènes au pays. Les chaînes d’approvisionnement sont perturbées par les changements climatiques et le partenaire industriel désire saisir cette opportunité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Jolicoeur

Student:

Partner:

Viridios

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Wave Attenuation and Response of Tidal Vegetation to Novel Restoration Techniques

The City of Delta, the City of Surrey, and the Semiahmoo First Nation in British Columbia are testing the feasibility of restoring historic salt marshes to reduce the risk of coastal flooding by installing a pilot project to test multiple salt marsh rebuilding techniques in Boundary Bay. This study will test the hypothesis that the treatment techniques will lead to higher vegetation growth and reduced wave energy at the pilot sites.
Modern salt marsh restoration methods have shown that combining sea dikes with restored salt marshes can reduce the overall cost of mitigating coastal flooding as well as promote the recovery of estuary ecosystems.
This study will involve analysis of the wave attenuation and weathering associated with the treatment methods as well as include vegetation monitoring for the transplanted salt marsh vegetation. This project will add critical information on an emerging field of engineering and science that is of significant interest globally and nationally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ana Chara-Serna

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (BC)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

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

University:

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Développement de surfaces nanostructurées et spatialement fonctionnalisées pour un biocapteur plasmonique ultrasensible

Mon projet de doctorat consiste à développer un capteur optique pour détecter des concentrations de micro-ARNs de l’ordre du femtomolaire alors que la sensibilité classique du système utilisé est de l’ordre du nanomolaire. Pour gagner ces cinq ordres de grandeur, nous visons à combiner deux méthodes d’amplification du signal. Dans le laboratoire Charles Fabry à Paris Saclay en France, je suis actuellement en train de perfectionner une méthode d’amplification volumique grâce à des nanoparticules d’or. Un séjour est prévu à l’Institut Interdisciplinaire d’Innovation Technologique de Sherbrooke afin de développer une méthode d’amplification surfacique basée sur la nanostructuration d’une surface d’or.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Bryche

Student:

Partner:

Institut d'Optique Graduate School

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Développement de prises d’escalade en matériaux composites recyclés : Retro-ingénierie

La réduction de l’émission des gaz à effet de serre est l’un des enjeux du monde actuel. En effet comme le confirme l’explique le rapport du GIEC les prévisions sur les prochaines années sont désastreuses si on conserve le même mode de vie. Dans cette optique, le développement de matériaux innovants recyclables pour remplacer les plastiques sont un enjeux clé.
Ce projet de recherche s’établit avec une toute jeune entreprise du milieu sportif qui a pour but de développer des prises d’escalade en matériau recyclés.
Cette recherche s’inscrit donc dans un processus de retro ingénierie. C’est-à-dire faire le point sur la situation des prises d’escalade pour en déterminer des paramètres quantifiables que l’on pourra comparer en suivant un protocole similaire avec les résultats de matériaux innovants.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Brousseau

Student:

Partner:

Guillaume Bronsard

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Bioremediation potential of a bacterial inoculant, Inocul-M consortium, on switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.) plants grown in soils amended with biochar and spiked withpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (

Remediation and reclamation of contaminated lands could be achieved by incorporating biofuel agro-ecosystems that utilizes large biomass plant species with low-nitrogen requirements and have high bioremediation potential, such as switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), in conjunction with biochar, a carbon–rich soil amendment, and inoculated with beneficial plant and soil microbes. Our partner industry, Inocucor, has developed the formulation Inocul-M; its components have been shown to enhance the degradation of toxic organic compounds, promote plant growth, and enable the reduction of chemical inputs. Utilizing germination and root length bioassays to assess phytotoxicity, growth chamber experiments targeted at examining early plant physiological responses to the pollutant, and outdoor pot experiments that simulate field experiments without the confounding factors associated with field studies, the McGill and Inocucor teams will work together to demonstrate the effects and value of the Inocucor technology and its possible interactions with biochar for the purposes of bioremediation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Donald Smith

Student:

Partner:

Inocucor Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

McGill University

Program:

Elevate

Supporting in Carbon Capture Project Development

At the International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre), we take climate action seriously. We are dedicated to advancing the understanding and use of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) to manage greenhouse gas emissions globally. We offer practical, hands-on experience-based guidance, and technical advice for planning, design, construction, and operation of large-scale applications of CCS from thermal power to industrial processes. One of the biggest challenges for deploying CCS to large emitters is the capital and operational costs of the CCS facility and the balance of the plant that is required to support the CCS operation. With this Mitacs funding, the interns will assist in the Knowledge Centre to perform pre-feasibility, feasibility and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies of CCS project development in various sectors including industrial and power production. The interns will contribute their Knowledge in Process simulation (using Aspen Plus and Aspen Hysys) to improve process efficiency, perform cost estimation and find innovative, cost-effective means to improve and promote the deployment of CCS projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raphael Idem

Student:

Partner:

The International CCS Knowledge Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

User Dashboard Customization & Reporting

The primary goal for this project is to develop a user customized dashboard to help overcome business challenges and provide the opportunity to access new and different markets. Mortgage Brokers Ottawa can access new and different markets with more efficient assessment and considerations of the terms and risks of the mortgage, unique financial circumstances and investment needs of the borrowers and lenders, and risk tolerance their risk tolerances. The Dashboard customization and reporting tools will ensure compliance and improve the suitability of the mortgages being recommended to Canadian borrowers and lenders which in turn will help the Canadian economy by mitigating the risk of default.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Barbeau

Student:

Partner:

Mortgage Brokers City Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Printed Metamaterial Lenses – Faisibility Study

INO, is currently developing thin, flexible and large area printed optical sensors for multiple imaging applications spanning visible to terahertz wavelengths. These applications often require the need of specialty optics, this is where superlenses and metamaterial passive optical components are thought to be advantageous. Superlenses and metamaterial passive optical components are advanced technologies that can overcome the limitations of conventional lenses in terms of resolution and imaging capabilities. These technologies have potential applications in a wide range of fields including terahertz (THz) imaging, sensing, and communications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Bolduc

Student:

Partner:

Institut national d'optique

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Patient Treatment Preferences for Heart Failure Medications: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is a medical condition that affects approximately 400,000 Canadians. HFrEF lowers quality of life and life expectancy. While there are several effective medication options available, the choices surrounding exactly which medications to take are difficult for clinicians and patients given the complex trade-offs of benefits and downsides. This project will involve administering questionnaires to patients to better understand their preferences about medications for HFrEF. We will then use these findings to develop interactive tools to support clinicians and patients and their healthcare providers in shared decision-making. This will also benefit the partner organization, the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, as it fits with their commitment to mentoring junior researchers and also increases their research capacity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ricky Turgeon

Student:

Partner:

Providence Health Care

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Validation d’indicateurs de la manifestation myoélectrique de la fatigue à l’aide de capteurs électromyographiques à haute densité

L’activité musculaire mesurée à la surface de la peau permet de rendre compte de la fatigue musculaire. Toutefois, il existe une multitude de variables pour la mettre en évidence. L’objectif de ce projet sera de déterminer quelles sont les variables les plus précises pour mettre en évidence la fatigue musculaire. Nous nous attendons à ce que les variables telles que la fréquence médiane, l’entropie et des mesures de fractales seront les plus performantes pour mesurer la fatigue musculaire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fabien Dal Maso

Student:

Partner:

Université de Technologie de Compiègne

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.