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Development of a breeding database for the application of omics technologies in canola variety development

Next generation plant breeding requires bringing together many different types and sources of information about different plant varieties, including their genetic information together with how well they grow in different environments. The best ways to organize and integrate these sources of information within a plant breeding program is not well known. In this project, we will work with Nutrien Ag Solutions to devise and evaluate a breeding database and associated software tools to assist and accelerate their double haploid breeding program in canola. The results of this research will include an optimized database and optimized data workflows that are developed and evaluated through formal human-computer interaction research methods.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ian Stavness;Debajyoti Mondal

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Nutrien Ag Solutions (Saskatoon, SK)

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Agriculture and Food; Biotechnology; Technology

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

The development of a safety assessment model for spent nuclear fuel disposal with special emphasis on radiolytic corrosion of the copper fuel waste container

The project will involve a partnership between the Western University, where the intern is enrolled in the Chemistry PhD program, and the Surface Science Western (SSW). The SSW is a commercial organization which does contract research and problem-solving for industrial companies and is contracted to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to support the development of corrosion models for copper waste containers. The intern will participate in tasks related to the development of performance assessment models for nuclear waste disposal, particularly on thejustification that radiolytic corrosion will not threaten container integrity. The generation of a model to assess the influence of radiolysis is a part of the contracted research to NWMO. In addition, he will interact with the experimental research program designed to generate the data base required to develop and validate such a model. TOBECONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Clara Wren

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Surface Science Western;Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Western University

Programme :

Accelerate

An Integrated Energy Management Tools and Life Cycle Assessment for Wastewater Treatment Facilities

The Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) represent the largest energy user in Canada. The WWTP’s energy demand is expected to increase due to population’s growing. Approximately 850,000 people die each year from diarrhoea related to unsafe drinking water. In order to increase the quality of the drinking water standards, more energy consumption will be required which leads to potential environmental damages and air pollution. In this research, an Integrated Energy Management System is proposed to plan and build a sustainable infrastructure of WWTPs to meet the energy demand by renewable energies, reduce the air emissions and environmental impact by using different tools and methodologies and provide significant annual energy saving.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Hossam Gaber

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Water; Green/Alternative Energy; Sustainability & the Environment

Université :

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Programme :

Accelerate

Development and commercialization of epigallocatechin monolaurate as a novel antioxidant alternative in preventing oxidative deterioration of marine omega-3 products

Canada is known globally for its prosperous fishery industry. Meanwhile, omega-3 lipids are extensively manufactured and commercialized as value-added by-products of fishery processing wastes in Canada. However, the marine omega-3 lipids are highly unsaturated and oxidizable. The oxidization of omega-3 lipids leads to significant quality loss of products. The addition of lipidic antioxidants prevent lipid from oxidation and therefore becomes one of the main-stream strategies in preserving omega-3 oil. However, the desire to replace the current food antioxidants has last for decades because of their safety concerns based on a plethora of theoretical/empirical proofs. This project will provide, epigallocatechin laurate, a safer/healthier novel lipidic antioxidant for marine omega-3 (unsaturated) oil manufacturers/consumers under the supports of Lab2Market program in commercialization training. Overall, this work is expected to benefit the partner organization with understanding the scientific/industrial trends and the impact of present/emerging technologies on marine lipid and antioxidant industries. Meanwhile, a successful commercialization of this innovative technology will significantly contribute growth, vitality, and competitiveness to Canadian economy.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Fereidoon Shahidi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture and Food; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Programme :

Accelerate

Co-creating EDI, psychological safety, and mental health in the forestry and wood product manufacturing (WPM) sectors: A transdisciplinary research project with the Gorman Group

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives are often introduced into organizations without research, social change frameworks, or involving people directly impacted by the initiatives. In the absence of a thoughtful theory of change, these initiatives may not support the intended outcomes, or worse, lead to adverse effects on social development and well-being. This research asserts that if we want to further the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and mental health and well-being agendas, applied social sciences research is required to help bridge the gap between social research and social development. This project takes a transdisciplinary research approach alongside the Gorman Group, a forestry/wood product manufacturing (WPM) company operating four sites in British Columbia, Canada and one site in Oroville, Washington in the United States. This project will explore how EDI, psychological safety, and mental health can be co-produced alongside employees to shape meaningful social outputs, outcomes, and impacts.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jennifer Walinga

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Gorman Group

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Royal Roads University

Programme :

Accelerate

Identifying Vulnerabilities in Sexual Assault Policies among Marginal and Racialized Communities in Southern Alberta

Interning with a community based organization, the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre in Lethbridge, I will aim to research and explore the needs of marginalized and racialized communities as it pertains to sexual assault resources and policy creation/implementation. That is, I aim to research how university sexual assault policy may be successful and where it may need improvement based on the lived-experiences of marginalized and racialized communities. The goal is to foster inclusivity within sexual violence policies across university campuses and to ensure sexual violence experienced by those marginalized and racialized are appropriately considered in terms of intersecting oppressions.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Carol Williams

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Chinook Sexual Assault Centre

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Lethbridge

Programme :

Accelerate

Updating Laubscher’s empirical method to estimate subsidence limits

The increasing global demand for mineral resources and the depletion of significant of high grade near-surface deposits is driving mining companies to consider cave mining as the ideal method to exploit large low-grade deposits at depth. A key characteristics of cave mining is the formation of a significant surface subsidence crater, which may impact nearby infrastructures, as well as have important environmental impacts. The objective of this research is to update empirical subsidence charts using new cases from recent cave mining operations. This research represents a valuable contribution to caving geomechanics in the preliminary prediction of surface subsidence limits, which are of fundamental importance for the design and planning of adjacent infrastructures and for protection of the environment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Davide Elmo

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Document Understanding

Management of digital content (documents, screenshots, webpages, etc.) spread across many apps and platforms is becoming an ever-pervasive problem for professionals and businesses alike. Most existing solutions are focused on the storage and distribution of digital content, and there is yet a gap in the market for a tool that addresses the content management problem by gaining an understanding of their text content. Charli AI strives to address this gap by providing an easy to use platform for everything content-related; such as filing/ folder organization, optimal search, team collaboration, and analysis-driven insights and actions such as reports and reminders.
We propose to apply a set of empirical studies for document classification and information extraction from these documents. Specifically, character level language models, pre-trained neural language models, and transfer learning techniques in zero shot and few shot settings will be studied. The studies aim to determine the best document embedding for document classification, and Named Entity Recognition models for information extraction.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Fatemeh Hendijani Fard

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Charli

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Programme :

Accelerate

Nickel-Catalyzed ?-Arylation of Secondary Amides

Within the realm of transition metal-catalyzed reactions, considerable interest lies in the ability to generate carbon-carbon linkages using cheap and abundant catalysts and reagents, as products derived from these couplings are widespread amongst bioactive molecules including pharmaceutical and agricultural agents. The importance of catalyst design in facilitating particularly challenging couplings of this type cannot be overstated, as even small perturbations in reaction conditions can have profound effects on the governed catalytic performance and selectivity. In this project, we seek to utilize Earth-abundant Nickel-based catalyst optimization to perform the alpha-arylation (alpha to carbonyl-carbon) of secondary amides with heteroaryl pseudohalide electrophiles. Success in the proposed research is likely to be broadly impactful in terms of the improved conceptual understanding of Ni catalysis in terms of potential applications in both the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. In particular, the proposed methodologies involve use of more sustainable Ni catalysts (vs. Pd) for converting inexpensive and abundant reagents into useful bioactive molecules.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mark Stradiotto

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Pharmaceuticals; Sustainability & the Environment

Université :

Dalhousie University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Végétalisation de sites miniers en milieu arctique par plantation en sillons.

Pour restaurer les sites miniers, il est souvent nécessaire de les ramener à un état préexploitation, incluant une mise en végétation. Pour ce faire, l’industrie minière doit surmonter plusieurs défis. Ceci est d’autant plus vrai dans un milieu arctique comme celui des mines nordiques du Québec. Deux des plus grands défis à relever pour ces mines est l’accès aux plants qui seront utilisés pour végétaliser le site et la résistance de ces plants aux impacts du vent intense commun dans cette région. Le présent projet vise à répondre à ces défis. D’abord, en essayant de produire des plants pour la végétalisation à partir de bouture d’espèces indigènes locales. Et ensuite, en testant une méthode de plantation en crêtes et sillons permettant de protéger du vent les arbres et arbustes plantés. Les résultats obtenus pourront aider à la restauration des sites miniers nordiques et à leur retour à un état satisfaisant.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Marie Guittonny-Larchevêque

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Glencore Canada Corporation - Raglan Mine

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Programme :

Accelerate

Mitigating goose herbivory at Westham Island tidal marsh.

Tidal marshes are essential ecosystems both economically and ecologically. They provide many natural resources, such as filtering pollutants from water and providing flood protection. However, since the 1980s, we have lost about 80% of the world’s wetlands including many tidal marshes. This internship aims to identify the role of goose herbivory on marsh vegetation as well as to identify the best way to mitigate impacts of goose herbivory on marsh vegetation. To accomplish this goal, the intern will be setting up an experiment that tests the effects of using snow fencing versus steel fencing along the substrate as a goose herbivory deterrent. This project is being conducted to better understand whether goose herbivory is contributing to loss of tidal marshes, and to inform management decisions that guide marsh vegetation restoration.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Eric Anderson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Ducks Unlimited Canada (BC)

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

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

Université :

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Programme :

Accelerate

Lean and Green: Developing Environmental Management Processes for Industry

The intern will be engaged in developing a Lean and Green road map that establishes the current environmental performance of the study facility, identifies opportunities for improvement, and provides a systematic process in order to achieve sustainability goals. By engaging in the development of Current and Future Value Stream maps, applying relevant process management tools, and studying the impacts of soft skills on implementing and maintaining an environmental management system, the intern will identify operational management improvements at the study facility. This process will allow for identification of best practices in implementing Lean and Green processes across various industries.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ian Colquhoun

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC) Body Blue

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Environmental Science and Technology

Université :

Western University

Programme :

Accelerate

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