Expansion of Broadband Internet coverage is a high priority for CRTC, who has established a Broadband Fund providing $750 Million over 5 years to upgrade broadband internet access in remote regions of Canada. As a result, broadband infrastructure and coverage is undergoing rapid change. This further exacerbated the underlying requirement for timely reporting on [...]
Data Analytics and Advisory Services for Natural Resources Canada’s Audit & Evaluation Branch
Sarah Vickers2024-08-12T13:29:04-04:00Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Bronson’s training sessions were delivered virtually using Microsoft Teams. Each of these training sessions had an audience of 8-12 participants, and were designed to be interactive and encourage hands-on learning by participants. Project Description Bronson was engaged by NRCan’s Audit & Evaluation Branch to [...]
Analysis of Sales Data for Farm Boy
Sarah Vickers2024-08-12T13:38:11-04:00Farm Boy is high end chain of grocery stores focused on locally-sourced fresh produce and food products. Headquartered in Ottawa, Farm Boy currently has 40 locations throughout Ontario. Project Description Bronson was hired by Farm Boy to develop Alteryx workflows to conduct an analysis of their sales data for use [...]
Seeking Authorities for Contaminated Site Projects in Canada’s North
Sarah Vickers2024-08-12T13:42:32-04:00Since 2011, Bronson has been supporting CIRNA’s NCSP with the drafting of program, project and expenditure authority documentation related to contaminated sites in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, for which the Government of Canada is responsible. Northern contaminated sites tend to be large, complex and in remote locations, which make them unique and [...]
Data Aggregation for The Department of National Defence’s Strong Secure Engaged Defence Policy
Sarah Vickers2024-08-12T13:48:21-04:00The tool which was used in the preceding capital forecasting exercise took roughly 4 hours to compile project data for capital forecasting purposes. The Alteryx tool which was developed by Bronson completed a full project load from start to finish in less than 10 minutes, and could develop modified scenarios in less than 5 [...]
Supporting Polar Knowledge Canada’s Research Laboratories
Sarah Vickers2024-08-12T13:57:07-04:00Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is a federal agency that was established in 2015 under the Canadian High Arctic Research Station Act to undertake and support locally relevant and globally significant polar knowledge creation. POLAR operates the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. The laboratories at CHARS are used by both POLAR staff [...]
Financial Security Data Review for the Bank of Canada
Sarah Vickers2024-08-12T13:59:11-04:00The Bank of Canada uses securities-related data from various external sources to monitor financial markets and perform associated research. To make this data usable, staff must spend vast amounts of time manually “cleaning”—organizing and preparing—the information they receive. The goal of this challenge was to discover innovative ways to clean data and to surpass [...]
Push to Document Indian Residential Schools Drives Creation of the Largest Digital Repository in Canadian History
Martin McGarry2024-08-13T14:54:09-04:00Over 10 million pages reviewed. Over 3.5 million records digitized (collected database of 5 million records). Project involved several teams working simultaneously at archive sites across Canada. Project involved all LAC national sites, including a large team in LAC Ottawa. Each team included experts in research, archival digitization, metadata tagging, and database provision. An [...]