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Synthesis of Three Minor Cannabinoids

The recent legalization of marijuana across the globe has sparked new interest in studying the health benefits of non-psychotropic cannabinoids. The majority of the studies have revolved around cannabidiol as it can readily be isolated in high quantities from hemp. Preliminary medicinal studies into CBD have revealed its promise as a treatment for anxiety, and chronic pain. Encouraged by this success, investigations are now shifting to the minor cannabinoids. For example, tetrahydrocannabinol quinone is showing early promise as a medicinal candidate, but further biological studies and commercial applications are hampered by the small quantities available from biological sources. Some minor cannabinoids, such as cannabitwinol, were isolated in such small quantities that biological testing was not possible. The difficulty in accessing the products also has hampered structure elucidation. For example, the isolated quantities of cannabichromene are so minute that the absolute configuration of the stereocenters still has not been determined. The goal of this project is to synthesize cannabinol, cannabitwinol, and cannabichromene for future biological testing and structural evaluation.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Glenn Sammis

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Delic Labs Inc

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Sentence Objectivity Analysis in Social Media

As more and more people record their lives and actions in Social Media, it has become an invaluable resource for the study of
society’s opinions and sentiment. From individual life events (e.g., someone’s purchase of a digital camera) to collective events of
major societal impact (e.g., the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic), social media has it all recorded and covered. A crucial step in
understanding social media is separating objective sentences, which state facts, from subjective ones, stating opinions. While
much progress has been made in identifying subjective sentences in product reviews, applicable to the e-Commerce domain, not
as much work exists for other kinds of text. This project will help close this gap by developing Machine Learning methods capable
of adapting tools for subjectivity detection in product reviews to other domains, by leveraging linguistic patterns and already
existing datasets.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Denilson Barbosa

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Artificial Intelligence; Information and Communications Technology; New and Digital Media

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Journeys through Early Learning and Care

The Mitacs project will build on the findings of a 2019 study and explore the experiences of newcomer families—specifically those in the cultural minority—with children 0-5 years old in community-based early learning and child care (ELCC) in Edmonton. The study will look at the lived experiences of these families as they access and receive ELCC in Edmonton, and see what opportunities exist to bridge the gap between cultural minorities and mainstream ELCC to shift approaches and practices. This will ultimately help identify how ELCC service providers can utilize evidence to inform systems change to meet their organizational goals and client needs. Hence, the Mitacs project will benefit the United Way in one of its three primary focus areas, namely breaking the cycle of poverty through early learning and development support, as well as the ECN’s and SSHRC PG’s goals and foci in knowledge creation and evidence discovery for action. ECN will particularly be able to use this Mitacs project to explore the impacts of a community-driven and culturally relevant evaluation practice that supports families and children and contributes to the long-term well-being and development of children.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rebecca Gokiert

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

United Way of the Alberta Capital Region

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

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

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Proof of Concept Electrical and Colorimetric Detection of Bacteria and Bacteriophages using Molecularly Imprinted Polymers in Microfluidic Sensors

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the whole world by the spread of a new respiratory virus (SARS-CoV-2), posing a significant burden on the society and the health system. Rapid and selective detection of pathogens, like SARS-CoV-2 virus, in clinical samples, food, water and the environment at large is crucial in diagnosis and breakout prevention. Conventional lab-based biodetection methods lack sensitivity and are expensive, time-consuming, and non-specific in comparison to the newly developed portable biosensors. Our long-term aim is to design cost-effective and simple microfluidic sensors based on stable polymeric biorecognition materials called Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIP). MIP-coated fluorescent microparticles and conductive microelectrodes will be integrated into two microfluidic devices and tested for bacteria and bacteriophage capturing. We will perform colorimetric and electrical transduction of captured targets after binding to MIP-coated microparticles and microelectrodes, respectively, in these devices. The outcome of this project will help our partner company, SIXW, to accelerate the commercialization process of these technologies in 2022.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Pouya Rezai

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sixth Wave

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

York University

Programme :

Accelerate

Guidelines for Evaluating Service Programming for Autistic Adults: A Patient-Oriented Perspective on Service Evaluation using Functional Criteria

Currently there are few standards for evaluating service delivery, and since health care service delivery is a domain of the provinces, new health care services need to be tested and evaluated in each province before being widely offered. This leads to inefficiency in evaluations as well as unequal access to new services across the country. Also, the evaluations that are done are usually based on what the service delivery organization values about the programming rather than what the patient community served by the programming values. This project proposes creating sets of guidelines for evaluating service programs for autistic adults using functional criteria, criteria based on functional needs rather than diagnosis, determined by stakeholder engagement, including engagement with autistic adults, clinicians, and service providers, via focus groups. These guidelines would account for the variability of symptoms that can present in autistic adults, due to the focus on functional needs rather than diagnosis, and these guidelines would also increase efficiency and comparability in service evaluation and health care service delivery to the autism community.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Stelios Georgiades

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Alliance

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

McMaster University

Programme :

Elevate

Real-time, high-availability digital-twin models for supervisory control and energy demand optimization of intelligent buildings

The overall goal of this project is to approach the concept of “smart buildings” from a novel perspective by creating a new building automation and controls technology that unifies smart buildings with data centres, with a focus on interaction between digital models and human operators. Data centres pose unique agility, reliability, security, and efficiency requirements which represent an as-yet unexplored perspective for building automation. Data centres have a wide array of different types of equipment installed to handle electrical power, cooling, security systems, fire alarms, and computer networking. However, these systems typically operate independently and do not share information with each other. We propose introducing a decentralized control system which is able to automatically gather, analyze and act on live data to allow a building, its operators, and its occupants to adapt to changing situations. If successful, this will reduce the total cost of ownership and increase reliability, utility, security, and energy efficiency of building control syste

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Chi-fu Wu;Mark Wlodyka

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

HYNES GROUP

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Real estate and rental and leasing

Université :

Capilano University

Programme :

Accelerate

Business Analyst (BA) Impact on Business Agility and Data Analytics

Digital Transformation of business, combined with globalization through outsourcing, has create an increasingly fast-paced, competitive environment for most businesses. Additionally, new disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain are just beginning to open new opportunities for the next wave of Digital Transformation. Agile concepts have accepted in information systems (IS) development for more than two decades. Today, many organizations dedicate agile teams to create new digital products for rapid implementation, while many business units have begun to adopt an agile approach to accelerate how the business unit operates.
In parallel with agile business, the rise of data analytics (sometimes called Big Data) has been apparent for over a decade. 80% of executives believe their businesses will be disrupted by digital technology soon, about two years, and they believe that data and analytics will be the key to their corporate survival. This research will explore how business analysis can contribute to enterprise agility and data driven decisions.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ron Babin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

IIBA

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme :

Accelerate

Hyivy device as non-hormonal therapeutic for endometriosis

Hyivy Health and McMaster University are collaborating on a research study around the effects of the Hyivy Therapy Device as a non-hormonal therapeutic for people with endometriosis. The goal is to track the effects on chronic pelvic pain while exploring the impact on quality of life, usability, and sexual function. Results of this study will provide a new strategy for people suffering with endometriosis to manage their pain.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mathew Leonardi;Jocelyn Wessels

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Hyivy Health Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Retail trade

Université :

McMaster University

Programme :

Accelerate

Développement d’un prototype de modèle à base d’agents pour comprendre la construction de la mémoire collective au sein d’une communauté

Cette recherche vise à développer un outil prototype qui nous permettra de reconstruire les mémoires collectives des peuples indigènes et de comprendre leur approche vis-à-vis de la gestion des enjeux d’adaptation aux changements climatiques auxquels ils sont confrontés. La plupart des peuples indigènes cultivent la fidélité aux plus profondes mémoires qui à la fois relient les vivants au passé ancestral et éclairent la voie de l’avenir. La façon dont les Premières Nations ont imprégné le monde naturel d’un sens du sacré n’est pas contraire à la science, mais plutôt une reconnaissance de la complexité et de la valeur des systèmes écologiques et biologiques que la science met en lumière.

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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

Macrofungal biodiversity in coastal temperate rainforests of British Columbia

Coastal temperate rainforests hold a high biodiversity of living organisms, including many fungal species. The
diversity of fungi remain poorly described in forests of BC. In the proposed study, we will document these species
and improve our understanding of ecosystem complexity by gathering essential baseline information on fungal
communities. This will be useful for applied research and for the long-term monitoring these forests, particularly
when considering future climate change impacts. This project has two broad objectives that will target the
macrofungal community in forest ecosystems. The first objective will be to conduct a systematic sampling of these
fungi in a coastal forest ecosystem to identify species and describe their biodiversity. The second objective will be
to select a subset of identified fungi and isolate mycelial cultures. This fungal culture collection will provide material
for future research projects that will study and describe novel bioactive compounds produced by these fungi.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Will Hintz

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Kapoose Creek Organics Ltd.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Accelerate

Numerisation tridimensionnelle d’un vehicule en milieu reel et determination automatisee de trajectoires robots

Groupe Domax est une entreprise spécialisée dans l’intégration et l’opération de lave-autos mécanisés en Amérique du Nord. Groupe Domax prévoit se positionner comme le nouveau leader mondial en ce qui a trait au lavage automatisé et écologique, et ainsi se démarquer favorablement dans un marché de 19,6 milliards de dollars seulement en Amérique du Nord. Pour en arriver à réaliser cet objectif, l’entreprise a besoin de développer une méthodologie de numérisation tridimensionnelle de véhicules routiers et de transposer ces données en coordonnées robotisées utilisables en milieu réel. Le projet de stage consiste donc en la détermination d’une méthodologie efficace et rapide utilisables par des robots 6-axes conventionnels de marque FANUC.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

François Michaud

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Groupe Domax

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke

Programme :

Accelerate

Intégration des facteurs de vulnérabilité au dopage dans la structure du sport universitaire nord-américain

Le projet de recherche se déroulera sur une période de trois ans. Lors de la première année, l’objectif est de développer les liens d’influences entre facteurs de vulnérabilité dans le but d’y cartographier l’écosystème existant afin de mieux comprendre comment ces différents éléments affectent le processus décisionnel de dopage chez les athlètes. Cela se fera à l’aide d’analyses corrélationnelles et sera inscrit dans un modèle comportemental. Le modèle développé sera utilisé lors de la deuxième année pour évaluer l’intégration des facteurs de vulnérabilité au sein des programmes éducatifs antidopage proposés par l’Agence Mondiale Antidopage, l’agence antidopage canadienne (CCES) et l’agence antidopage américaine (USADA). Cette évaluation se fera en fonction d’une grille d’analyse développée à partir d’études précédentes sur le sujet, et des informations recueillies lors de l’année 1. Trois groupes de discussion seront créés afin de recueillir les informations nécessaires. Durant la dernière année, une étude de l’intégration des facteurs de vulnérabilité au sein du sport universitaire américain (NCAA) sera effectuée. L’intérêt d’utiliser la NCAA est simple, plusieurs de ses athlètes participent à des compétitions internationales et doivent se conformer au Code mondial antidopage, mais aussi au programme antidopage universitaire qui est différent du Code mondial.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Pavot

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Agence mondiale antidopage

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Arts, entertainment and recreation

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke

Programme :

Accelerate

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