Grants and Contributions

Our initiative focuses on creating a versatile, high-performance solution compatible with popular enrollment platforms. The project will advance through several phases, beginning with a strategic assessment.

Beekeeping Innovations Ltd. is developing an advanced beehive management system. This innovative project combines in-hive sensors, software, and AI to provide beekeepers with real-time information for more effective hive management. The system will monitor sound, weight, temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels, allowing for comprehensive health assessment of bee colonies without frequent visual inspections. Data collected will be used to develop AI algorithms capable of predicting potential hive failures, representing a significant advancement in beekeeping technology. This collaboration aims to revolutionize beekeeping practices by offering a data-driven approach to hive management.

This project expands ZayZoon’s innovative Earned Wage Access product to Canada, enabling employees access to their earned wages prior to traditional payday cycles to enhance their financial wellness. The project’s key objectives include forming strategic partnerships with leading service providers, driving widespread user adoption and tailoring the product to the Canadian technical and regulatory setting. The learnings will also form the beginnings of an "international playbook" for expansion into other markets.

The Project will rearchitect the Move Improve platform to be available as both cloud-based and private on premise and scalable for enterprise clients and will add Machine Learning and Data Analytics enhancements. This includes ensuring high performance setup and sustainable services for data mining, analytics, data visualization, integrated AI, and ensuring industrial-level security with failover and disaster recovery.

Coconut Software is starting a project to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve platform efficiency and innovation. The goal is to create a strong AI experimentation platform by upgrading the data pipeline with better hygiene and compliance, and integrating Generative AI (GenAI) tools. This initiative is a key step towards a scalable AI platform that will enhance operational efficiency and decision-making.

FDF Race Shop, a leading manufacturer and retailer in the automotive industry, aims to secure government funding for a 6-month project. We seek to hire a Marketing Specialist graduate to elevate our brand awareness, refine sales campaigns, optimize Shopify checkout processes, and boost conversion rates and order averages. This expert will leverage their marketing expertise to enhance FDF's global presence, increase sales potential, and solidify its position as a premier provider of automotive products and services.

Provides a recent computer science graduate with a career development opportunity in a lead software development role.

This project aims to develop a scalable session management system and a universal instruction execution API to integrate with various brokerages. The key objectives include designing and implementing a secure instruction transmission system using common authentication schemes, and enhancing the system to handle a broader range of symbols and asset classes using mapping techniques and global identifiers.

As a support for the user-centric development of Winboxer, the youth will assist with the design and implementation of robust connectors, data collection strategies, intelligent filtering systems, and threat detection features. The youth will collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, conduct competitive research, and assist in training machine learning models, ensuring all components are aligned with user needs and business objectives.

The Project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the Firm