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Impacts of permafrost degradation on ?uk dagaii (broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus) habitat in the Peel River Watershed, Northwest Territories

This community-based research project is a collaboration with a not-for-profit Indigenous partner organization, the Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board, that explores the impact of permafrost degradation on ?uk dagaii (broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus) habitat in the Peel River Watershed, Northwest Territories. A postdoctoral intern leading this research will use spatial overlay analysis combining Indigenous and scientific knowledge to assess the impact of permafrost thaw slumps on this culturally important food fish. Project outputs will inform regional decision making and adaptation planning and will help to fill a gap in our knowledge of fish habitat and traditional use in the Peel River Watershed.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Trevor Lantz

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Public administration

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Accelerate

Preventing Sexual and Dating-Based Violence on GSNAs

Sexual assault support centres and services across Canada are working to adapt their resources to the reality that an increasing number of young Canadians are meeting romantic and sexual partners through geo-social networking apps (GSNAs): dating and hook-up apps like Tinder and Bumble. Combined, the world’s top four GSNAs have over 90 million users. While recent research has focused on the misogyny, sexism, and harassment that users endure on social media, there is little research into understanding what roles GSNAs are playing in sexual and gender-based violence online. The project will survey current data and state of knowledge on the relationships between dating apps and sexual violence and generate new qualitative interview data from current and former dating app users. Outcomes from this research can be used to inform front-line intake and counselling services; provide on-the-ground support to clients accessing its services; train volunteers on how to engage with a client experiencing sexual and/or dating-based violence online; and develop educational curricula and workshops.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Corey Johnson;Diana Parry

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Have You Eaten Any Fish Today? Understanding Why Canadians Don’t Eat Canada’s Food Guide Recommended Two Servings Per Week

BC seafood companies and their industry association partners are strongly interested in growing domestic markets for seafood and promoting their locally caught and raised seafood products, which fit well with a number of current North American food trends including local food, a growing focus on diets promoting healthy lifestyles and an increasingly older adult demographic with an interest in consuming high quality, nutrient rich, and often health promoting and disease preventing foods, like seafood. However, most people, including in Canada, are simply not already eating the amount of fish recommended by government health agencies and other health organizations; and there has been minimal research investigating why. This project will involve research into understanding determinants of seafood as a food choice that will provide relevant and targeted information to BC’ seafood sector which may be used to develop better seafood marketing approaches in order to help improve domestic seafood sales.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Grant Murray

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

BC Salmon Farmers Association;Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance;BC Seafood Alliance;BC Shellfish Growers Association;BC Aquatic Foods Resources Society;Vancouver Island University

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

Vancouver Island University

Programme :

Accelerate

Financial risk evaluation for New Brunswick Power Corporation: A Monte Carlo simulation

To meet its energy obligations, NB Power uses a generation portfolio comprised of thermal, nuclear, and renewables sources such as wind and hydro. The fuel cost incurred by the corporation to generate electricity represents one of its largest expenditures. NB Power is subject to numerous factors that can affect its future financial projections. It currently evaluates a limited number of scenarios for the items that impact this cost and thus seeks to perform a more in-depth analysis of the risks by incorporating probabilistic techniques in its evaluation. This project will help NB Power improve its financial forecast and allow for stakeholders to have a better understanding of how current and future rates may change. This research project benefits the intern in several aspects. Firstly, the intern will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge s/he acquired in the classroom to solve real-life problems. Secondly, the intern will work on a real-life problem that s/he may not have learned in class. Thirdly, the intern has the opportunity to work closely with industry practitioners.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Donglei Du

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

NB Power

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance; Energy and Utilities; Natural Gas

Université :

University of New Brunswick

Programme :

Accelerate

Quantification des écarts de volumes de bois entre ceux prévus par Woodstock et ceux réellement récoltés ou encore ceux disponibles à la récolte dans un avenir rapproché

En forêt boréale, la révolution forestière, c.-à-d. le temps de retour de la forêt mature est relativement long. En sapinière à bouleau blanc on estime qu’il faut près de 60-70 ans avant de pouvoir retourner récolter la forêt. Actuellement, la majorité des volumes prélevés en forêt boréale proviennent encore de peuplements naturellement établis. Mais cette ère tire à sa fin ce qui nous offre la possibilité de vérifier si nos estimations concernant les temps de retour sont justes. En effet, avec l’actualisation des données d’inventaire dans des peuplements qui sont issus d’anciennes coupes et qui sont considérés à nouveau comme disponibles à la récolte dans un avenir rapproché (moins de 15 ans), il sera possible de vérifier si nos estimations de croissance sont juste. Le projet proposé vise à vérifier l’écart entre les volumes attendus des peuplements issus de coupe et l’estimation retenue dans le calcul de la possibilité forestière. On désire faire évoluer les strates d’aménagements visées par une seconde récolte sur une courte période à l’aide des modèles existant (Natura et Artémis) et vérifier si effectivement les volumes marchands retenu dans le calcul de la possibilité seront effectivement au rendez-vous dans une quinzaine d’années.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Osvaldo Valeria;Alain Leduc

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Norbord Inc (La Sarre, QC)

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Programme :

Accelerate

Hydrology and geochemical cycling of a complex urban stormwater system

The hydrologic cycle in major cities is influenced by roadways, rooftops, and other features, resulting in greater runoff and poorer water quality. At airport sites across Canada, de-icing compounds can also degrade water quality by altering water chemistry in surface ponds as well as subsurface water (i.e., groundwater). This project aims to characterize water movement between surface stormwater ponds and groundwater at the Calgary International Airport, to better understand the physical connections between these key parts of the hydrologic cycle. This hydrology knowledge will be combined with detailed sampling of water chemistry, notably sulphur compounds (which cause noxious odours) and nutrients, to identify the sources and mechanisms of water quality degradation at the site. Calgary Airport Authority will use the improved understanding of water movement and sulphur cycling to develop effective strategies for better stormwater control and water quality.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Edwin Cey

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Calgary Airport Authority

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Transportation and warehousing

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Accelerate

Smart Use of Infrared Thermography for Civil Infrastructure Inspections

Infrared thermography represents an attractive solution in the field of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) by overcoming some drawbacks of the traditional surveys. However, the labor and the amount of data to be analyzed, stored, and communicated are extensive when inspections are scaled to a large network of structures. In addition, the information about the damages is usually analyzed and stored using manually-based approaches. Therefore, this study, in partnership with TORNGATS Services Techniques, aims to integrate state-of-art computational methods with the infrared thermographic technique to create a digital information model to process, store, access, and communicate the inspection data. Thus, this project aims to support more effective data communication between the inspectors, engineers, researchers, asset owners, and project managers about the structure condition, which is one of the imminent demands in Canada’s civil infrastructure inspection industry.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Xavier Maldague

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

TORNGATS Technical Services Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

Analog ASIC Artificial Intelligence at the Edge

Enabling Analog Artificial Intelligence by the systematic generation of Analog Neural Networks from well-known Artificial Intelligence software tools. The circuits and methodologies developed here enable “AI at the Edge” meaning local, low power, analog AI that provides, for example, medical devices that analyse signals to asses the need for intervention; voice recognition devices that do not send recordings to the internet; smoke detectors that recognise the chemical composition of gas in the air and similar. All this is achieved in low cost manufacturing using standard CMOS fabrication steps. The innovation is the ability to configure many thousands of small analog computation units into a neural network. Access to this technology is simplified: the customer need not understand how the analog core is operating. Industry standard AI tools generate configuration files that are read to define the AI processing. The system includes data acquisition elements that hook directly to the analog AI core. This enables, for example, a complete EEG chip including 64 low noise amplifiers and ADC convertors to feed into a trained analog neural net that recognises onset of seizure in epileptic patients or pain in neo-natal children.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mohammad Hossein Zarifi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

SiliconIntervention Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Programme :

Accelerate

A low-cost photonic device for the detection and quantification of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) and Ammonia (NH3)

The applicant has completed building a spectroscopic device to measure trace gases (e.g., Greenhouse Gasses -GHG) in agriculture fields. The objective of proposed project is to conduct a field trial of the developed device and optimize different optical components so that the system, operating as a standalone device, can perform the following tasks: (a) Multicomponent gas analysis – N2O, CO2, H2O, CH4 and NH3, and (b) Detection of Isotopologues of N2O.
The Long-Term objective of the proposed research is to develop the infrastructure to detect and quantify emitted gasses (e.g., N2O and NH3) from fertilized agriculture fields. The results will assist fertilizer companies to (1) develop the protocol of applying fertilizer under different environmental conditions to reduce emissions; and (2) develop innovative fertilizer products such as ESN. This infrastructure will also support farmers, in relation to fertilizer application, helping them save costs while creating more ecologically friendly and attractive products.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Gautam Das

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Nutrien Ag Solutions (Calgary, AB)

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Agriculture

Université :

Lakehead University

Programme :

Accelerate

Ubiquitous vital sign monitoring with loss of balance detection

This project will develop a loss of balance detection system to enhance the iMD Research Vital Zenzer, which monitors vital user biometrics. Accelerometer signals from both waist and wrist-worn body locations will be analyzed to obtain key inputs for Machine Learning and AI algorithms. Such algorithms will be developed to adapt to changing user conditions such as progress in rehabilitation. Classification and feature extraction will use key vital sign parameters to identify stable versus unstable conditions. A loss of balance prediction and risk measure will be developed. Importantly, the security and privacy of user data will be integrated into the system. All development will be performed in collaboration with the iMD Research team.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sridhar Krishnan;Kristiina Valter-Mai;Reza Samavi;Kristiina Valter Mai

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

iMD Research

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme :

Accelerate

Suivi des sols contaminés stabilisés et solidifiés au ciment par la vitesse des ondes de cisaillement

Pour certains types de sols contamines, en particulier dans les cas de contamination mixte, leur encapsulation par stabilisation/solidification au ciment s’avere une approche pratique. L’evolution de l’etude des differentes deformations de ces materiaux est importante autant du point de vue mecanique (par exemple temps de durcissement, evolution des resistances) que du point de vue environnemental (par exemple la lixiviation qui est !”extraction des elements solubles grace a un solvant comme l’eau , la conductivite hydraulique). Le suivi du durcissement des sols SIS peut s’effectuer typiquement par des essais mecaniques, comme par exemple des essais au rheometre avant le durcissement et des essais destructifs sur les SIS durcis. Ces approches necessitent toutefois de recourir a des specimens distincts a differents stades de !’evolution des sols SIS. Le projet consiste a examiner les implications du suivi des sols contamines SIS au ciment par une methode non destructive et non intrusive basee sur la vitesse de propagation des ondes de cisaillement (Vs). Le projet sera base sur une revue de la litterature qui tirera profit des efforts experimentaux existants orientes vers les mesures de Vs dans les materiaux cimentaires ou bitumineux, frais et durcis.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Yannic Ethier;Jean-Sébastien Dubé

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Pangeos

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Battery Management System for Lithium Polymer and Solid-State Batteries

Energy storage systems (ESS) are vital components in the power grid to ensure the reliable performance of the power grid integrated a considerable amount of renewable energy resources (DER). ESSs are employed to compensate for the unexpected changes in DERs and shift load during peak hours. ESSs are complex structures consisting of several series and parallel connected battery cells. Battery cells may have different characteristics due to the ambient temperature and aging differences. As a result, the operation limits of each battery cell vary. A battery management system (BMS) is responsible for assuring the safe operation of the battery cells in different operating conditions. The design of the battery management system is required to accommodate various types of cell chemistries. In this project, we develop an efficient and accurate battery management system for state-of-art battery chemistries, such as Solid-State batteries, to facilitate the adaptation of different battery cell chemistries in ESSs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Benoit Boulet

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Utilities

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

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