Innovative Projects Realized

Business Process Improvements thru streamlining of accounting process

With surging business requirements during the busy season, we need one intern where it can be an avenue to apply the knowledge he learned from the academe thru hands on training which is an opportunity for growth and greater understanding of the business process. By collaboration, the intern will also have a chance to share his inputs that could help the business streamline its processes in order to be more effective and efficient.

Accounting Intern

ArrKann Trailer & RV Centre is a third generation family owned and operated, privately held business. The company has six locations throughout Alberta, and over 130 employees. ArrKann has experienced significant growth over the past four years, adding four of their current six locations, and increasing its headcount by 49%. The company has developed a 3-year IT Strategy: Identify, optimize, and implement process improvement through technology resulting in better job design, expense mitigation, scalability, and increased efficiency and effectiveness.
This change is necessary for the continued growth and scalability of our organization to create a more integrated system that is consistent for all users and integrates all six locations, four of which have been added during the past five years.
As part of the company’s IT strategy, ArrKann is intending to improve its Return Goods Authorization (RGA) Process. RGAs occur when goods are authorized for return to the supplier. Multiple departments, roles, and stakeholders have tasks and responsibilities in this process, but there is currently no process in place to ensure there is visibility, accountability, and a successful outcome when an RGA is triggered.

Human Resources Co-op – 4 Month Summer Term

At current it is generally difficult to find external resources (either permanent or contract) to assist our organization with the HR requirements and Recruitment requirements required to operate at above functional rates. Our systems, processes and projects require individuals with a broad systems experience, ability to analyze processes and adjust and as well good interpersonal skill. In short we would like to work with a student to at minimum provide a real world experience of what is required and from there grow and develop through our day to day requirements over the term identified.

Marketing and Communications Internship

The Marketing and Communications Coordinator project would help to lead, develop, and maintain marketing initiatives including, but not limited to, the Association’s website, social media platforms, and marketing and promotional materials. The Association has developed a basic marketing strategy, however needs to refine and capitalize on the technology available to deliver our message.

Investigation of Patho-/Physiological Signaling in Platelets

Developing occupancy preferences agents for institutional buildings (Varennes Library) within a transactive energy platform

This project provides key elements that would help create a transactive energy platform. The platform is expected to be used for analyzing different market and business models which facilitate increased participation of the end- users, improved efficiency in the grid and optimal usage and distribution of the energy present in the urban neighborhoods.
The internship proposed would develop the occupancy preference of an institutional building of Varennes library as a case study to increase the knowledge on the impact of the occupancy behavior and preference on the local market.

Advancing foundations of restoration ecology for fish habitat in urban centers

As we continue in the new geological epoch entitled the Anthropocene dominated by human activities, habitat degradation and loss put fish populations in jeopardy. Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of damaged ecosystems with the goal of conserving biodiversity. With limited resources available for ecological restoration, it is crucial that these efforts achieve the intended outcomes. This project will evaluate the efficacy of a restoration project for fish habitat within the urban center of Bergen, Norway using animal movement tracking. These results will guide future restoration efforts and further our understanding regarding habitat requirements for an economically and ecologically valuable fish species. Human impacts on the environment are detectable throughout the globe and with human populations projected to increase, ecological restoration will become increasingly pertinent as a tool to mitigate this friction.

Measuring International Entrepreneurial Competency

This important research project seeks to a) engage graduate students from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in an immersive entrepreneurial experience in Toronto, Canada in the fields of advanced computing, clean technologies and scientific innovation and b) measure the development of international entrepreneurial competencies impacted by this experiential learning. Students will complete an internship with either Raven or Shiphrah Biomedical. They will participate in a variety of structured entrepreneurial learning activities and will work with these start-up employers to learn about Canadian entrepreneurial innovation firsthand. Their research projects will support the two start-up companies to create evidence and launch their products to market. The findings of the international entrepreneurship highway evaluation will significantly inform future international entrepreneurial programming, which is hypothesized to lead to increased entrepreneurial activities in Canada and by Canadian overseas.

Donation Campaign, Spring Fund Raiser, and Open House

During COVID the CLSA was closed with no revenue generated for two years. Despite the lack of revenue, there were substantial expenses to cover. CLSA needs to generate additional operating revenue through a well-planned and executed donation campaign. In addition, more members mean additional revenue so we are planning a large open house in August to entice more people to join. We will also be extending our original video project to include additional documentation of our Members’ stories. Our intern will take join the Marketing and Communications Coordinator to execute these projects.

Enhancing Employee Retention and Community Partnerships in the City of Kingston

Workforce retention and talent attraction are critical components for any organization, as are partner relationships. This research will help the City of Kingston better understand the needs of both their workforce and their partners and will identify their needs and gaps. User profiles will be created to help fully understand the workforce – what attracts them to the City of Kingston and what makes them stay. An inventory of partners will be created to better understand what knowledge gaps exist within the City’s workforce – what are they relying on partners for and are there areas in which the City needs to expand. Recommendations for building and maintaining successful relationships will be created and will help the City of Kingston grow and thrive as a municipality.

Rational Design of Porous Carbon Anodes for Low-Cost Batteries

Chemical modification of Switchable Coordination Compounds