Sprott funds two Undergraduate Summer Research Experience positions for 2024

The Sprott Research Office is happy to announce that the Sprott Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (SUSRE) program was able to fund two 2024 research internships.

SUSRE interns spend 13 weeks of their summer conducting research on a full-time basis under the supervision of a Sprott faculty member. In addition to their project-specific deliverables, interns work with the research office to create a brief summary of what they learned through the SUSRE program.

Understanding Multinational Migrations in the Americas

SUSRE intern: Elinam Havor-Nutogo, second-year student, Bachelor of International Business, International Strategy and Human Resources Management

Supervisor: Luciara Nardon, Professor, International Business

Elinam will be part of a multinational research team that is employing a multi-country perspective (i.e., focus on Brazil and Canada) to clarify the infrastructures that hinder and support the global movement of people. Her primary responsibilities will include supporting international student researchers from Brazil as they engage with research participants in Canada; conducting a grey-literature review of multinational migration, which will identify the key organizations and structures within Canada that facilitate multinational migration; and collaborating with a PhD student to collect and organize academic articles about multinational migrations. The principal outputs arising from the internship will comprise an explainer summary of the grey-literature review and an art exhibition, which Elinam will help the research team to curate. The artwork for the exhibition will be created using an AI-Art Generation platform and based on metaphor elicitation analysis of the narratives of multinational migrants and those who work to support them.

How do Canadian businesses build reputation and brand online?

SUSRE intern: Teagan Dubé, fourth-year student, Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing

Supervisor: José Rojas-Méndez, Professor, International Business

Websites remain one of the most vital channels for businesses to communicate their brand, reach markets, connect to consumers, and establish a reputation (Geibel et al, 2023), but there is still much to learn about how family businesses in Canada communicate brand identity through their websites. This internship will allow Teagan to compile a sample list of family businesses; analyze how businesses convey such attributes as status, warmth, and competence on their websites; and identify common themes and patterns in website content. Outputs will include a formal written report, complete with data visualizations generated using Nvivo.