Research Assistant In Data (Name) Collection - UBC Professor Matt Lowe

Number of individual students required: 60 + students The research assistants will support the research initiatives under the guidance of research faculty. In addition, they will have the opportunity to work with UBC Professor Matt Lowe (https://mattlowe.site/). Areas of inquiry including: behavioural economics, labour economics, microeconomics. Professor Lowe's research project hopes to understand the ways in which public figures utilize social media to reflect their values. Currently at the stage of data collection, we are looking for motivated, energized, and hard-working students to gain exposure to research and academia. This stage of the position requires skills in data retrieval and manipulation, along with strong organization and time management abilities. This stage will focus on the name collection aspect of the summer program. The project may include, but is not limited to: Participating in data collection, manipulation, and data storage. Making use of knowledge on the North American academic system to make encoding decisions. Conducting quality checks and ensuring that encoded data is accurate. Attending triweekly meetings and contributing to study methodology and development. Note : The virtual internship will begin in May 2021 and conclude in early July 2021. Only UBC students are eligible to participate.

Scale Collaborative - Community Mapping + Market Research

PROJECT DESCRIPTION/DESCRIPTION DU PROJET: Scale Collaborative is a group of companies focused on social innovation and the social economy. We support a number of initiatives, including the BC Social Procurement Initiative (www.bcspi.ca). The BCSPI helps local governments across BC to align their spending to local community outcomes through social procurement. We currently have 30 government members, and are looking for a student team to take on mapping, market research and developing case studies. This project will help support governments to source more from local and social enterprise suppliers, and support local economies, part of helping communities recover from COVID-19. HOW MANY STUDENT INTRAPRENEURS WILL THIS PROJECT ACCOMMODATE?/DE COMBIEN D’ÉTUDIANTS AVEZ-VOUS BESOIN POUR EXÉCUTER CE PROJET? 5 TIME COMMITMENT PER STUDENT/TEMPS DE TRAVAIL PAR ÉTUDIANT: 50 hours KEY PROJECT ACTIVITIES/TÂCHES ASSOCIÉES AU PROJET: Map the local government spend- identifying local suppliers, key industries and areas where spending could shift to support local economies Conduct market research on key industries and develop messaging to support local suppliers in these industries to respond to procurement opportunities Conduct case studies (interviews and write up) with BCSPI members that demonstrate the impact of social procurement IDEAL ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES/RÔLES/RESPONSABILITÉS:* Detailed oriented and able to quickly sort information into spreadsheet templates Conduct market research on specific industries where there are opportunities for spending shift Creative ideas about how to engage vendors in identified industries and build awareness around social procurement opportunities Able to conduct interviews in a professional manner, and synthesize information into a case study story FINAL PROJECT DELIVERABLES/LIVRABLES DU PROJET: Community mapping results Market research/scan on top 5 industries 6 case studies IN WHAT LANGUAGE WILL THIS PROJECT BE PROVIDED/DANS QUELLE LANGUE CE PROJET SERA-T-IL FOURNI: English PROJECT MENTOR NAME/NOM DU MENTOR DU PROJET: Kristi Fairholm Mader