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Developing a mitochondrial gene risk for patients with neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Neurodegenerative diseases represent one of the largest healthcare burdens in Canada. However, there is limited understanding of how the complex biological factors affect the development of neurodegenerative diseases, thus the era of precision medicine has not to come to treat them yet. Here, we take focus on bioenergetic disruption as a shared risk factor of neurodegenerative diseases and common conditions as type 2 diabetes, psychiatric disorders, and cardiovascular diseases. Hence, we apply machine learning techniques to analyze sets of biological measurements related to mitochondria – the powerhouse of the cell controlling bioenergetics – to identify biological factors that contribute to risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases and related conditions. NetraMark’s novel AI will analyze how diseases can be stratified based on biological markers, and the results will be added to their analytic depository for further algorithmic development. MitoCanada Foundation will deliver novel findings to patients, clinicians, and scientists in approachable medium to accelerate mitochondrial research and education.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ana Andreazza

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

NetraMark Corp;MitoCanada Foundation

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

The Transitioning Youth with Disabilities and Employment Project – “The TYDE Project” – Focus on Gender Equity: Why are jobs distributed so unequally across gender?

Employment is important for ensuring social inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who commonly use the identity term self-advocates in Canada. Self-advocates are much less likely to be employed, and work fewer hours a week and often earn only minimum wage. When gender is taken into account, men are hired more frequently, work longer hours, and earn higher wages. A better understanding of employment barriers facing women and gender diverse self-advocates is needed to protect and promote the right to work. A reference group of women self-advocates will identify barriers to employment in order to develop an online educational resource that aims to improve gender-specific knowledge about employment expectations and overall employment outcomes. The online resource will be tested at four workshops. Changes in workshop participants’ knowledge about employment and their feedback will be used to make any needed improvements for the educational resource to be effective.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rachelle Hole

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Inclusion BC Society

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Programme :

Accelerate

Privacy and Security Preservation in Internet of Medical Things (IOMT) Devices

Medical devices, like other computer systems, can be vulnerable to security breaches, potentially impacting the safety and effectiveness of the devices. Left unmitigated, these vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized users to access, control, and issue commands to compromised devices, potentially leading to patient harm, identity theft, ransomware, and other illicit activities on patients’ accounts. However, security is constrained by the processing power, scheduling time, and energy resources available to those devices. It is of utmost importance to evaluate these constraints and to come up with essential security solutions for Internet of Medical Things’ (IoMT) market. Additionally, the growing need for advanced data monitoring applications, changing lifestyles, growing awareness among end-users, especially by the pandemic, is expected to drive the growth of the internet of medical things (IoMT) market. Therefore, we will build a secure IoMT platform that will fill up the gap between cross vendors and users within this emerging market.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jonathan Anderson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Technology

Université :

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Programme :

Accelerate

An Environmental Scan of Self-Management Interventions in Clinical Practice

One approach that is commonly used to treat chronic condition is self-management interventions. Self-management refers to the daily “tasks that individuals must undertake to live well with … chronic conditions” (Adams et al., 2004). To help people with chronic conditions develop the skills needed to manage their conditions, several self-management interventions have been created. Many of these interventions have been extensively researched; however, moving these research findings into the real-world is difficult since the real-world is much less controlled than the research world. To learn how self-management interventions can transition from research to real-life, we intend to examine how other self-management interventions have made this transition. We will accomplish this by conducting an environmental scan, a broad search of available materials, on self-management interventions used in clinical practice. Specifically, we will determine how the self-management interventions we find are delivered, regulated, and adapted to ensure access, quality, and fidelity.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Tanya Packer

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Dalhousie University

Programme :

Accelerate

Ethical Space: A framework to support equity in land use planning in the Upper Columbia region of British Columbia

Approaches to land use planning in BC are rapidly shifting in an effort to right previous wrongs with respect to the dispossession of Indigenous land. The BC government committed to developing a new planning framework, through the Modernized Land Use Planning (MLUP) program, that involves deep collaboration with Indigenous Peoples to conduct equitable decision-making process with respect to public land use planning. This research presents Ethical Space as a framework to achieve equity in land use planning in BC. This proposed project will support the work of Gwen Bridge, an Indigenous consultant, and leading practitioner of Ethical Space across North America, by elevating her contributions to develop useful resources and academic contributions that train other planners in Ethical Space. The project will promote knowledge mobilization through the development of workshops and training materials for planners to use.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Andréanne Doyon

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Gwen Bridge Consulting Ltd.

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Characterization of in-feed materials of wood pellet plants

The key objective of this research is to measure the quality of in-feed materials of wood pellet plants around the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. This research will include the collection of in-feed materials from at least eight plants and a series of experimental measurements in in-feed properties such as moisture content, ash content, bulk density, particle size distribution, calorific value, and smoking temperature. Wood pellets are a crucial bioenergy component in the global transition away from fossil fuels and in replacing coal in power generation. The results in this project will facilitate the improvement in the safe operation of pellet plants and the enhancement of pellet qualities. A successful project will allow Canadian pellet plants to obtain insights on producing the highest quality products in the safest manner.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Shahab Sokhansanj;Jim Lim

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Wood Pellet Association of Canada

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Capacity Building for Competitiveness in Aboriginal forestry

This project recognizes the significant business challenges First Nations forestry enterprises face which have the effect of limiting the benefits to First Nations from forests (Wellstead and Stedman 2010). There is limited awareness of the conditions that affect the success and failure of Aboriginal enterprises in the forest sector (Trosper et al 2008). Research on economic questions is more limited than expected given the widespread activity taking place, despite the widespread importance of forests to Aboriginal peoples and their long-standing history of resource management and land use (Wyatt et al 2010a). We focus in on a fundamental problem: governance. The research will address this problem by working with FN to identify business objectives and designing an effective business governance structure, drawing on the empirical work of the Harvard Project. In this vein, the outcomes of the study will lead to improved business process, supporting the competitiveness of the partners. Working in a participatory action research approach with the partners, the researcher will test and guide the implementation of an optimal governance structure for the partners– linking it to the unique context of each enterprise. The use of the Native Nations Institute’s governance tool is novel in the Canadian context;

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Harry Nelson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

BC First Nations Forestry Council;Huu-ay-aht First Nation

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Elevate

Aquracy – enhanced vector magnetometer precision through quantum pulse sequences

Magnetometers have been used for decades for exploration in mining, navigation and defence and security.
However, high accuracy sensors often provide only the amplitude of magnetic fields, severely limiting the extent
of magnetic interpretations. A novel type of quantum magnetometers based on Nitrogen Vacancy centers in
diamond promise enhanced sensitivity and accuracy, while providing the vector magnetic field, which can be used
to tailor specialized algorithms to enhance the relevance of magnetic measurements. However, its accuracy is
limited by the requirement to use bias magnets for vectorial operation, which are prone to drift.
Aquracy aims to implement and demonstrate a scheme exploiting microwave pulse sequences to extract the
vector magnetic field even without magnets. Pulse sequences will be implemented in the portable diamond
magnetometer and on optical lab setups to benchmark its efficiency. Tradeoffs of the approach on the sensitivity
and bandwidth will be evaluated with specialized magnetic equipment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lilian Childress

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

SB Quantum

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Transportation (excluding aerospace); Mining; Aerospace; Quantum Science

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Développement d’outils de réalité virtuelle pour l’évaluation de l’atteinte motrice chez les patients ataxiques

L’ataxie de Friedreich (AF) est une maladie génétique qui se traduit par des troubles moteurs importants. La
progression de la maladie cause chez les patients des difficultés à coordonner leurs mouvements en raison de
la mort prématurée des cellules nerveuses qui contrôlent l’équilibre et la coordination. Le principal outil pour
quantifier l’atteinte neurologique comporte plusieurs composantes qui s’appuient sur la capacité des patients à
marcher ou à se tenir debout, ce qui en limite l’utilité lorsque la maladie est avancée et que les patients perdent
ces capacités. De plus, l’évaluation en clinique ne permet pas d’analyser la qualité des mouvements des
patients ni les mouvements de leurs yeux. Or, ces données peuvent être corrélés à la progression de la
maladie. Ce projet vise le développement et la validation d’un outil de réalité virtuelle qui analysera les
mouvements de mains et des yeux de patients ataxiques pendant une série de tâches pour permettre une
mesure plus objective et plus sensible de la progression de la maladie.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Labbé

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Centre de recherche du CHUM;Ataxie Canada

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Achieve economical recovery of precious metals from fine-grained resources through enhanced ultra-fine grinding

This research project aims at improving the recovery of precious metals from fine-grained resources using ultra-fine grinding process. The project involves testing three different ore samples to quantify the benefits of HIGmill grinding on mineral recovery. A comprehensive HIGmill model for optimization purpose will be developed based on bench-scale tests. The developed HIGmill model could be used for optimizing the HIGmill operations at FMSC mines. The research outcomes on fine grinding-separation will provide technical support for the mines for future operation optimizations.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Bern Klein

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

First Majestic

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Developing urban asset agents (institutional buildings, commercial buildings, transformers) and user-aggregator Unified Modelling Language within a transactive energy framework

This project provides key elements that would help create a transactive energy framework testbed. The testbed is expected to be used for analyzing different market and business models which facilitate increased participation of the end-users, improved efficiency in the grid and optimal usage and distribution of the energy present in the urban neighbourhoods.
The work proposed as part of the project adds to the work already being done by Hydro-Quebec along with ETS and UQTR by providing building agents, transformer agents and the communication language and framework that would make negotiation between the different assets in an electrical network of a known topology, ensuring optimal usage of the assets present and the constraints within each type of building.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ursula Eicker

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

Université :

Concordia University

Programme :

Accelerate

Optmisaton des procédés de fabricaton et amélioraton stratégique des systèmes de désinfecton des surfaces de travail, de contrôle de qualité et de salubrité des aliments

Malgré les efforts consentis par l’industrie agroalimentaire, le contrôle de la qualité et de la salubrité des aliments demeure un enjeu incontournable pour garder sa place dans le marché et protéger la santé des consommateurs. Pour cela, les entreprises doivent contribuer aux efforts de recherche et d’appliquer des bonnes pratiques industrielles afin de répondre aux normes réglementaires de leur secteur d’activité respectif. Ce stage consistera en une optimisation des procédés de fabrication et une amélioration stratégique des systèmes de désinfection des surfaces de travail, de contrôle de qualité et de salubrité des aliments qui permettront à l’organisme partenaire de mieux contrôler les dangers reliés à ses procédés de fabrication. L’entreprise profitera de la compétence du stagiaire et des résultats de recherche pour améliorer ses programmes de contrôle, ce qui lui permettrait de produire des aliments de meilleure qualité, de renforcer son image de marque, et d’obtenir un avantage financier non négligeable.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mohammed Aider

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Rouleau d'or Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

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