Health and Well-being Short Course Development

The Higher Living seeks to develop a concise and impactful short course focused on health and well-being for post-secondary students. The goal is to create a course that effectively conveys essential health and wellness concepts, encouraging students to integrate these practices into their daily lives. The project involves research on health and well-being educational materials, writing engaging and informative course content, and testing the course with a group of students to ensure its effectiveness and clarity. All necessary content and data will be provided by The Higher Living, allowing the project team to focus on content development and student engagement strategies. The course should be designed to be completed in a short timeframe, making it accessible and manageable for students with busy schedules.

Breathwork Activity Impact Analysis

Higher Living invites learners to explore how a specific breathwork technique — box breathing —impacts stress and focus levels among working professionals aged 25–40 . The goal of this project is to analyze a curated dataset to uncover measurable patterns in well-being outcomes, and to develop a simple, functional algorithm that predicts likely stress reduction results based on baseline characteristics. Learners will engage in data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, and basic predictive modeling to understand how this widely used breathing technique influences mental and emotional regulation. The final output will help inform personalized breathwork recommendations for young professionals experiencing chronic stress.

Breathwork Branding Initiative

The Higher Living is seeking to establish a strong brand identity for its new Breathwork project. This initiative aims to create a cohesive and compelling brand that resonates with the target audience and effectively communicates the essence of Breathwork. The project involves designing a unique logo that captures the spirit and benefits of Breathwork, as well as developing a brand strategy that includes visual elements, messaging, and positioning. The goal is to create a brand that stands out in the wellness industry and attracts individuals interested in holistic health practices. The project provides an opportunity for learners to apply their knowledge of branding, design, and marketing strategies in a real-world context. By the end of the project, the team will have developed a comprehensive brand package that can be used for marketing and promotional purposes.

Wellness Activity Impact Analysis

The Higher Living seeks to enhance its understanding of how various exercises and activities impact mental and physical health across different demographics. The goal of this project is to analyze existing datasets related to health, mental health, and relationships to develop a predictive algorithm. This algorithm will identify which activities yield the most significant improvements in well-being for specific demographic groups. By leveraging classroom knowledge in data analysis and algorithm development, learners will work to uncover patterns and insights that can guide personalized wellness recommendations. The project will involve tasks such as data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, and algorithm development, ensuring a comprehensive approach to understanding wellness impacts.

Conscious Well-Being Initiative for Professionals

Welcome to The Higher Living! We are thrilled to present an exciting opportunity for talented students to contribute to our innovative project, Conscious Well-Being Initiative . The primary objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive, science-backed, and time-efficient well-being program that integrates breathwork, movement, sound therapy, and energy healing. This initiative aims to create accessible, impactful solutions for busy professionals seeking holistic mental and emotional resilience. Students will contribute by designing course content, analyzing scientific literature, and developing user engagement strategies, ensuring a manageable and rewarding experience within a realistic timeframe of 60 hours, spread over 2-8 weeks.

Awareness Photography and Video Creation

Our organization is passionate about promoting social causes. We ​​want to increase awareness about a particular topic - well-being and resilience. We would like to collaborate with students to create an awareness photography and video. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with the social cause, our mission and goals. Recording a presentation or screencast to raise awareness on the issue. Capturing moments and editing photos to create impactful messages Finding and applying suitable background music. Adding text, transitions, and overlays to the video. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Presenting the photos, video and making edits based on feedback. Recommending ideas and editing tools for future awareness videos.

Breathwork (Well-Being) Initiative for Professionals

Project Scope and Expectations: During this project, students will: Research and compile evidence-based techniques in breathwork, energy healing, movement therapy, and meditation. Assist in designing structured, time-efficient wellness programs tailored for professionals. Create digital resources (e.g., cheat sheets, guided exercise scripts, infographics) for user engagement. Support content strategy for social media and app-based wellness programs. Analyze competitive market trends and identify unique value propositions. By clearly defining the scope, students can grasp the project's depth and requirements, ensuring they can meet expectations within the designated timeframe.

Chat Function - App Design & Implementation

Our company focuses on services online (via LinkedIn) However, we currently rely on slow modes of communication with our customers. Users have requested the functionality to contact sellers directly via a real-time chat function. We would like to work with students to create a general chat application that can be easily ported to any other existing system. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Researching technologies being used for chat applications. Selecting the best technologies for creating a real-time application. Producing a wireframe or mock-up of the resulting system’s user interface. Creating a product roadmap for the system and an implementation plan detailing possible interactions with the system. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Developing an artificial intelligence chatbot.

Digital Content Creation

Our company provides well-being and resilience coaching, training and speaking. We hope to revamp our social media and email marketing content to attract more customers. We would like students to help us create content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Familiarizing themselves with our company’s products, marketing goals and target market. Researching factors affecting the quality of digital content. Recommending changes to existing digital content and designing new social media posts and emails. Recommending and designing new digital content not already used by our company. Bonus steps in the process would also include: Testing and improving designs based on feedback.

B2C Product Launch to New Market Research

As a B2B company, our primary goal is creating products and services that are closely aligned to our market segment’s wants and needs, so that we can maximize our value to clients. We have recently created a new service line focused on speaking engagements, coaching and employee training on well-being and resilience. Specifically, it will be important to gather information on buying behaviour, experiences, expectations, and perception of both our brand and our largest competitors. Tasks may involve: Creating an unbiased survey with questions regarding consumer experience with our brand, perception of our products/services, and opinions on our competitors. Creating effective conversation questions for customer interviews. Determining the best way to reach customers and how to motivate them to provide feedback on the company (we will distribute the survey accordingly). Analyzing trends within primary data collected through the survey and interviews, and reporting on them.

Website Page Creation

Our company has been serving customers for decades. However, our current website is outdated and requires updating. We would like to collaborate with students to create new pages that help users navigate the site and find up-to-date information. This will involve several different steps for the students, including: Identifying and researching useful web pages that can be included on our website. Creating new pages for the website, with our assistance in providing the content. Optimize the website for SEO for Google and Adwords Incorporate company branding and key content (mostly articles) Set up a newsletter and blog feature Bonus steps in the process would also include: Suggesting future improvements to the overall website. Set up a AI chat feature for support Incorporate ChatGPT API into website