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Post-harvesting biodiversity recovery curves for the boreal forest

Canada’s boreal forests are dynamic landscapes whose forest structure and biodiversity are altered by both natural and anthropogenic disturbance. Timber harvest is one of the dominant anthropogenic disturbances in these forests. We need to better understand how the biodiversity within these forests recovers after harvest. In this study we develop biodiversity recovery curves for harvested forests, considering various biotic groups (e.g., birds, mammals, vascular and non-vascular understory plants, invertebrates, fungi). We expect recovery trajectories to vary among forest types and natural regions, requiring both local understanding and broader landscape pattern discernment. We will use species richness and community composition to assess biodiversity recovery among taxa, following published methods and employing identified sources of relevant ground data to produce curves that generalize biodiversity recovery post-harvest. Our findings can be used, including by ABMI, to inform the Biodiversity Management Framework, sustainable resource development, land use planning, and cumulative effects management.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne McIntosh;Ellen Macdonald

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Intern

iGen Education is an innovative approach to education, which includes offering outdoor courses and integrating STEAM principles into curriculums. The vision behind iGen Education is “Learning beyond the walls of the classroom.” The intern will have the opportunity to promote how our programs can benefit students and their families as well as the greater community, and consider the different communication methods we can utilize to retain more clients and amplify the message of our company values. This will be done by creating a website and digital marketing plan, business development strategy, conducting online campaigns, and ongoing brand promotion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andreas Schwartz

Student:

Partner:

iGen Education Group

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Marketing Intern

I will be doing a marketing internship at Riahi Patents, Inc. This is a company that works on helping businesses with research understanding the validity, scope and legality of their intellectual property. I will be working to help develop the company’s marketing strategy, to uncover the best customer acquisition strategies, and help the company increase their traction online.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Riahi Patents, Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Bioprocessing strategies for enhanced production of heme in Escherichia coli

Ardra Inc. has sustainably produced many high-purity chemicals that are used for various flavor, perfume, and cosmetic applications. Combining industrial/business expertise provided by Ardra with academic/research skills provided by Dr. C. Perry Chou’s lab, we are aiming to effectively produce high-value heme compound using engineered E. coli host organism. Major efforts will be dedicated toward engineering of this bacterium by adopting synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and bioprocessing strategies to facilitate large-scale bio-based production of heme. As a long-term goal, it will provide innovative strategies for the production of heme in a clean, sustainable, and cheap way. Lastly, it will enhance world biomass economy and biomanufacturing capacity, leading to the improvement in the quality of life.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Perry Chou

Student:

Partner:

Ardra Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Enterprise4Good – Social Media Marketing Intern

To develop and implement a comprehensive Social Media strategy for the entire organization with a special emphasis on the Good4U social enterprise. The Good4U store relies on sales of donated new and used merchandise to budget minded customers. The revenues from this business activity will support our programs and services to vulnerable children, adults and seniors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Halek

Student:

Partner:

Enterprise4Good

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Étude de la compostabilité d’une pâte cellulosique constituée d’une biomasse de microalgues

Des emballages thermoformés constitués de pâtes cellulosiques prennent leur envol. Ce projet entend incorporer une biomasse microalgale dans une pâte cellulosique pour fabriquer un contenant écologique. Dans une perspective d’économie circulaire, cette biomasse microalgale serait produite dans un mélange d’eaux usées du parc industriel où se situe l’entreprise qui utiliserait le contenant en question.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Barnabé

Student:

Partner:

Ville de Victoriaville

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Analysis of a centrifugal fan designed for a Thrust Cushion Vehicle

The fan assembly is a critical component of a Thrust Cushion Vehicle (TCV) designed by Slipstream Vehicles Ltd. It provides both the lift and thrust for the TCV. However, given the novelty of the patented fan, there is insufficient data to predict the fan performance. This project will focus on development of a new set of numerical fan models for estimation and analysis of the fan performance. Once these models shown to be valid through comparison to field data, they will be used to scale up the fan performance and for optimization studies. The expected outcome of this project will be a valuable industrial contribution with unique features that will help Slipstream Vehicles Ltd. to rapidly refine this new fan design and improve performance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sander Calisal

Student:

Partner:

Slipstream Vehicles Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

High-throughput linguistic content comparison and sentiment analysis

Scrawlr is a platform for unconstrained, global interaction with all internet content and users. Scrawlr allows for user evaluation and unconstrained classification of any Scrawlr-hosted or non-Scrawlr content. For non-Scrawlr content, this evaluation and classification allowance will be first at the URL level but will subsequently be provided at the individual content component level. Scrawlr will require the capacity to, in multiple languages, identify equivalent and similar content. This will enable a number of key internal functions, including rapid detection of spam, identification of trending topics in multiple languages, and the automatic identification of plagiarism in multiple languages. Scrawlr also intends to provide automated sentiment analysis of the contents. This requires expansion in capacity related to high-throughput multi-language sentiment analysis and classification. This will enable several key internal functions including determination of sentiment in multiple languages and comparison of this sentiment in relation to evaluation and classification metrics. This research project is a critical aspect for the company to ensure automated protection of unique content on its platform, and in particular content that is protected content, from duplication and reproduction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fatemeh Hendijani Fard;Nick Koudas

Student:

Partner:

Scrawlr Development Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan; University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Dans leurs souliers : Expériences maternelles de femmes outaouaises monoparentales

Le projet de recherche examine l’expérience maternelle des femmes marginalisées dans la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau. En collaboration étroite avec le Centre espoir Sophie et ses utilisatrices, nous nous pencherons sur les besoins des mères monoparentales en soutien matériel, social et psychologique, leur utilisation des services communautaires de santé mentale, les barrières à l’utilisation de ces services, ainsi que les facteurs liés à leur résilience. Ceci appuiera l’organisme partenaire dans sa mission d’offrir des services qui sont adaptés aux besoins de ses utilisatrices. La collecte de données se fera par l’entremise d’entretiens semi-dirigés et de la technique Photovoice, dans laquelle les participantes documentent leur réalité à l’aide d’une caméra et la partagent afin d’avoir une voix active dans le développement, l’interprétation et la dissémination des connaissances à leur endroit.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Gosselin

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada;Centre espoir Sophie

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec en Outaouais

Program:

Accelerate

Co-developing a Bio-cultural Framework for Fish Habitat and Water Assessment with Lower Fraser First Nations

In partnership with the First Nations Fisheries Legacy Fund and their partner First Nations, Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Tsawwassen, the proposed interns aim to develop a framework of aquatic health indicators that are identified and shaped by cultural values and priorities laid out by the involved First Nations in the Lower Fraser River Region. Through relationship building exercises including interviews, workshops, and field site visits to assess culturally important locations and indicators of aquatic health, the interns will build a ‘bio-cultural’ indicator framework, which will then be implemented at pilot sites in the Lower Fraser Region in conjunction with the above partner First Nations. In bringing First Nations priorities to the fore, the proposed project has important implications for Indigenous engagement in aquatic resource management and creation of increased agency of First Nations and their cultural traditions and practices in land and resource monitoring and management.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrea Reid

Student:

Partner:

First Nations Fisheries Legacy Fund

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

ChrysaLabs : Prédiction du rendement agricole

ChrysaLabs développe des solutions technologiques innovantes pour améliorer l’intégration des connaissances sur la santé et la fertilité du sol dans les pratiques agricoles. L’un des défis les plus importants dans l’amélioration des pratiques agricoles est de comprendre l’impact des changements de pratiques sur l’amélioration du rendement et sur l’environnement. L’objectif de ce projet est de développer un modèle d’apprentissage machine permettant de prédire le rendement agricole d’un champ en fonction de différentes informations concernant l’historique du champ, du choix des semences et des engrais appliqués et en fonction de conditions environnementales. Ce modèle permettra aux producteurs de prendre des décisions plus éclairées pour améliorer leur rendement agricole.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Thierry Badard

Student:

Partner:

ChrysaLabs

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Réalisation d’une frise chrono-systémique de la vulnérabilité aux aléas côtiers du Pays bigouden (France)

Ce stage s’insère dans le cadre du projet de recherche ARICO : Co-construction de scénarios d’Adaptation des territoires maritimes aux RIsques COtiers dans un contexte de changements climatiques en France et au Québec. Le stage visera à proposer une méthodologie pour construire des frises chrono-systémiques de vulnérabilité adaptée pour les territoires québécois et français soumis aux aléas côtiers auprès d’une équipe spécialiste de la question en France. Cet outil original permettra d’analyser les trajectoires de la vulnérabilité et les facteurs les influençant. Il sera testé dans le sud du Pays Bigouden (Bretagne, France), mais la méthodologie sera transposable au territoire québécois. Au final, ce stage permettra la création d’un outil à la fois utile pour mieux appréhender la vulnérabilité et les capacités d’adaptation des populations et des territoires soumis aux risques côtiers, mais permettant également de sensibiliser les acteurs du territoire (élus, gestionnaires, habitants) sur ces questions, favorisant ainsi leur résilience.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guillaume Marie

Student:

Partner:

Université de Bretagne Occidentale

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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