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Risk-based evaluation and optimization of friction devices for seismic retrofits of non-ductile building structures in Canada

Canada’s early-designed public buildings (i.e., schools and hospitals) are at significant risk of seismic damage and collapse. The installation of seismic protective devices, such as friction devices designed and manufactured by Quaketek Inc, offers a viable strategy to mitigate the seismic risk of building structures. However, the practical use of friction devices has commonly relied on prescriptive approaches that engage a small number of earthquake ground motions, which fall short of tackling several critical challenges. The proposed project aims to extend the performance-based earthquake engineering framework to evaluate, design, and optimize the friction devices for different types of public buildings in both east and west Canada. This project will structure the current use of this type of friction device as a valuable and cost-effective seismic retrofit solution that can better safeguard Canada’s public buildings against earthquake hazards.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Yazhou Tim Xie

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Quaketek Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction; Manufacturing and Construction; Environmental Science and Technology

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Exploring Historic Black Nova Scotian Experiences with Mathematics Assessment

The overall purpose of this research is to explore the ways diagnostic assessments enable or disable growth in mathematics understanding for children most impacted by colonialism, in particular the Historical Black community in Nova Scotia. This research stems from ongoing collaborative relationships with the Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute (DBDLI) that has focused on strategies for decolonizing pedagogy and content in mathematics classrooms. We recognize the disabling and dehumanizing power of current diagnostic assessment practices that contribute to the opportunity gap (otherwise referred to as an achievement gap) for students in mathematics achievement, resulting in streaming into nonacademic courses and lowered expectations for Black students. Much has been written about how these mathematics assessments are not culturally relevant or enabling, yet there is limited literature on how to create more appropriate diagnostic tools. Diagnostic assessments should be useful for educators, students, and their families to understand the underlying reasons for mathematics difficulties and create plans to support student learning. Thus, we are interested in determining a process for designing better tools for assessment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Conor Barker;Lisa Lunney Borden

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

St. Francis Xavier University

Programme :

Accelerate

Automated Forensic Artifacts Collection Solution

Cyber attackers can sometimes compromise endpoint machines. They may perform malicious actions that will damage the company. As a result, it is necessary to collect forensics artifacts (Information from the endpoint machine that can be used to trace the attackers’ behaviors) from the compromised machine for investigation. With the information we have, we may reconstruct malicious files, determine the goal of these attacks, or know how and when this attack happened. This project aims to automatically collect these forensics artifacts from endpoint machines and upload them to a secure portal. The reason for developing this automation tool is that it can collect artifacts more efficiently compared to manual collections—the quicker for collecting artifacts, the less chance for attackers to hide their tracks.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Xiaodong Lin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

KPMG LLP (Toronto, ON)

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Guelph

Programme :

Accelerate

Improving Apple Fruit Quality Through CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing

The future of plant breeding arguably lies in the direct genetic transformation of plants for improved traits via gene editing. CRISPR is a relatively new and powerful gene editing tool that can be used to edit the DNA of any organism. CRISPR gene editing has the potential to improve apple fruit quality and speed up the traditionally long and labour-intensive process of developing new apple varieties. The primary barrier to the successful implementation of gene editing tools in apple is the development of robust tissue culture protocols. Tissue culturing is required to prepare apple tissue to be transformed with gene editing machinery. This research project aims develop and optimize a tissue culturing protocol for apple and then edit key genes in apple using CRISPR. The expected outcomes of this research project are to develop a robust tissue culturing protocol for apple and demonstrate successful editing of the apple genome to improve fruit quality and sustainability traits.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sean Myles

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

University of California, Davis

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Biotechnology; Agriculture and Food; Sustainability & the Environment

Université :

Dalhousie University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

An Extended Reality Social-Emotional Development Companion Agent Framework and Parental Support for Children

Parenting is challenged by the pace of change in information technology, impacting child development and parent-child relationships. Children learn and grow in online environments and their development, perspectives and understanding of the world are impacted by multiple communities, which creates risks to safety, relationships and experiences. Supporting technologies will help bridge this gap, intervening with an extended reality and internet-of-things, Social Emotional Development Companion Agent Framework and Parental Support for Children is proposed. Objectives for this companion system: i) To design conceptual frameworks for exploring the parent-child needs based on the state of the art emerging technologies and deriving requirements for companion agent systems that support parents and children; and ii) To develop early prototype smart-home conversational frameworks with mixed reality interfaces as future companion systems, designed from ideation sprints with stakeholders. These will contribute to systems that support growth, development, and healthy parenting in a rapid technological environment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alexis Morris;Nikki Martyn

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

SZID Inc

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Ontario College of Art & Design University; University of Guelph

Programme :

Accelerate

Water Quality, Waste-Solids Dewatering, and Seawater Filtration at a Zero-Exchange Recirculating Aquaculture Farm

Due to the depletion of natural fish stocks, the aquaculture industry must build larger land-based farms to meet the growing demand for seafood. Currently, the availability of clean, inland fresh water is limiting the size of farms so the only way the industry can expand these farms is by reducing the water exchange. Cooke Aquaculture Inc. is currently constructing a state of the art zero-exchange system to produce salmon smolts. This research project aims to improve the understanding of zero-exchange systems by exploring three areas which require further research. The water quality will be monitored throughout the new facility’s first production cycle to determine if metal ions or dissolved organic matter will accumulate to a harmful level. Additionally, a centrifuge along with different dosages of chemical and physical conditioners will be used to determine if a centrifuge can dewater aquaculture sludge more effectively than equipment currently used in the industry. Lastly, a membrane filtration system will be designed, and tested to determine if seawater can be effectively sterilized and desalinated so it can be used as a water source.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michel F Couturier

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

University of New Brunswick

Programme :

Accelerate

L’impact de la fondation d’Amphipolis sur l’économie d’Argilos (437-357 av. N.E.)

Argilos est une colonie grecque fondée vers 650 av. n.-è. près du fleuve Strymon dans le nord de la Grèce. Elle devient rapidement prospère en profitant d’un territoire riche en métaux précieux, des voies commerciales de l’Égée ainsi que des réseaux d’échanges thraces. En 437 av. n.-è., Les Athéniens, ayant déjà soumis Argilos à leur ligue de Délos dès 454 et envieux des richesses de sa région, fondent leur propre colonie sur le Strymon, Amphipolis. En 2012, l’équipe de la Mission Archéologique Gréco-Canadienne d’Argilos fait la découverte de premier «centre commercial» répertorié du monde grec, le bâtiment «L», d’une soixantaine de mètres et divisés en 12 boutiques. Les archéologues y ont identifié trois phases d’occupation dont la plus récente, datée de la fin du Ve siècle à 357 av. n.-è., est déjà bien étudiée. L’étude proposée vise à comprendre l’impact de la fondation d’Amphipolis sur l’économie d’Argilos en caractérisant la deuxième phase d’occupation du bâtiment «L», durant la majorité du Ve siècle et pré-datant la fondation d’Amphipolis, en vue d’obtenir des données comparables avec la phase d’occupation plus récente.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jacques Perreault

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université de Patras

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

SDG Strategic Planning at the City of Peterborough

The purpose of this research is to help the City of Peterborough develop a framework for engaging with key stakeholders in the city to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Peterborough. It aims to develop a stakeholder map and a deeper understanding of the spheres of control and influence each stakeholder has on the specific targets and indicators in question. This research project will focus on the SDG-related metrics that are within the sphere of control of the City of Peterborough, as an active agent, and are articulated under SDG 9: Infrastructure and Industrial Innovation and SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. It will then develop a strategy for effective engagement with these key stakeholders that the City can use to advance the implementation of the SDGs in Peterborough.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Asaf Zohar

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

City of Peterborough

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Public administration

Université :

Trent University

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

ATB Market Intelligence Research 2022 – ATB_MacEwan

On behalf of ATB Financial, the project investigates key market intelligence to support decision making in the context of corporate development efforts aligned to the mission and strategic plan of the sponsor.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rene Wells

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

ATB Financial

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance

Université :

MacEwan University

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

Responsible Messaging in Social Media

Refresh Wellness app intends to offer a novel approach to address the global prevalence of mental health disorders, in Canada and abroad. We are in the process of developing a comprehensive mental wellness platform that can be used in both individual and workplace settings to monitor and analyze mental health patterns, and generate appropriate solutions to address them.
The app features a system that allows users who follow each other to exchange messages back and forth. Ideally this system will support use cases such as asynchronous support groups. However, there is potential for this feature to be abused by some users, a behavior that is common on many popular social media apps today. Since the Refresh Wellness app intends to support mental wellness, we cannot allow toxic behavior to propagate through our user base. Refresh intends to apply an aggressive moderation approach, including both automatic filters to prevent objectionable content and tools for the user to mitigate contact with toxic users or user behaviour. This project seeks to both provide a messaging system and the moderation back-end to let our employees take effective action against both content and users when needed.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Raymond Spiteri

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Refresh Enterprises Inc.

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; New and Digital Media; Social Innovation

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

Business Analyst Intern – RMA

Currently the RMA/Canoe uses spreadsheets and paper copies of receipts to submit expense claims and for company credit card tracking. Manually entering this information into a spreadsheet and managing the multiple paper copies of the receipts has become cumbersome for our employees’ submitting expenses, as well as for our payroll and accounting team. We are looking for a solution to automate the expense and credit card tracking and submission process. We are looking for a mobile application where the employee will be able to take a photo of the receipt from a mobile device and create the expense and/or credit card submission through the app. Ideally this application will have OCR capabilities to capture the data on the receipt so that the employee does not have to enter this information in manually. This application should also have the capabilities to properly code the expenses into our financial system. The desired outcome of this project would be to implement a 3rd party mobile app that satisfies all the requests from our users and that integrates with our GP financial system.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sarah Erickson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Rural Municipalities of Alberta

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

NorQuest College

Programme :

Business Strategy Internship

Towards Representation of Collective Memory: A Holonic Multi-Agent System

Collective memory helps societies access and learn from the knowledge that they have gained through experience in the past, and make better informed decisions at present. When collective memory is explicit and accessible, it facilitates knowledge transfer within the society, helps reach decisions faster, and contributes to preparation for risks. However, access to collective memory can be a challenge because it is often not explicit. Moreover, collective memory changes and evolves constantly, in part due to the passing of time, and partly because of innovations, societal transitions, and environmental change. These complexities give rise to questions such as: How can we represent the collective memory and its evolution? How can we find and retrieve specific information in the collective memory? What can we learn about the changes of the collective memory? To shed light to theses questions, this project uses Artificial Intelligence approaches.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Liliana Perez

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Ciblexpert

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

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