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Immunomodulatory fusion proteins to treat solid malignancies.

Immunotherapies are transforming conventional cancer treatments with significant improvement of patient survival rates. FDA-approved immunotherapies (immune checkpoint inhibitors, ICIs) have shown remarkable success in the treatment of hematologic malignancies but very low response rate in patients with solid tumors. Therefore, there is an urgent need for novel therapies against solid malignancies. Cura Therapeutics is developing innovative immunotherapies to cure solid malignancies and infectious diseases. Our immunotherapy platform simultaneously activates the immune response against cancer while disrupting the tumor blood supply. Our immunotherapies also induce an immunological memory that prevent cancer recurrence. Currently, there are no treatments on the market or in clinical trials that combine these properties in one single therapy. Our immunotherapy platform can be applied as a stand-alone treatments or in combination with ICIs, CAR T cells and chemotherapies (for cancer).

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michel Tremblay

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Cura Therapeutics;District 3 Innovation Centre

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Brainstem Arousal System and Chemosensitivity: Novel measures, Modulations, and Relationships to SUDEP

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), the commonest cause of death in epilepsy, is the most feared complication. SUDEP usually occurs following a seizure, most often in patients who are non-responsive to antiepileptic drugs. These patients are typically found dead in bed following respiratory apnea and cardiac arrest. Our group has shown that seizures in the brainstem are associated with cardiorespiratory failure and death. It is not known whether the fatal brainstem seizures impair the brainstem arousal system or if seizure directly impairs brainstem cardio-respiratory centres. It is also not clear what the underlying mechanisms are which could indicate rational treat strategies to prevent this frightening complication. In this project, we aim to understand (1) whether the brainstem pH- sensitive neurons for hypercapnia in SUDEP model are impaired, (2) the roles of chemotransmitters in the cardiorespiratory and central brainstem chemoreceptor regions in seizure spread into the brainstem and in cardio-respiratory arrest, (3) If pH correction or other modulations in the brainstem cardiorespiratory regions can inhibit brainstem seizure occurrence and prevent death.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michael Thompson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Toronto Western Hospital

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

User Feedback Evaluation and Providing Insights on UI Refinements for Refresh Wellness Application

People who experience mental wellness challenges or mental illness often struggle to obtain or maintain a position in the workplace. Furthermore, lack of employment means individuals lose out on a myriad of mental, emotional, and physiological benefits that are generated through work. This is extremely relevant given the current COVID crisis, where personal distancing and isolation are required for the greater societal good. In response to this problem, the Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE) at Saskatchewan Polytechnic (Sask Polytech), Refresh Enterprises, Inc. (Refresh), and the Canadian Mental Health Association, Saskatchewan Division (CMHA-SK) are collaborating to finalize the development of the Refresh Wellness App (RWA), a multifaceted lifestyle program that will promote healthy mentality and facilitate relational support through peers and professionals. This project will ensure the long-term user engagement with the app and will leverage the effectiveness of RWA interventions. The goal of this project is to investigate the users’ feedbacks to understand user needs, experience, satisfaction, and expectations of mental health app.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Raymond Spiteri

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Refresh Enterprises Inc.

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

Tensioned Membrane Structure Net Zero

The purpose of this project is to design features and enhancements to tensioned-membrane structures to achieve ‘net zero’ building performance. Net zero buildings are defined as buildings that generate as much or more energy than they use over the course of a year. Sprung Structures Ltd, a manufacturer of tensioned-membrane structures, requires assistance in researching and assessing current code requirements, and identifying net zero adjustments and improvements to their existing designs and business model. The benefit to the partner organization is research on building and energy codes, their product’s application with these codes, recommendations on specific systems and overall performance, and a prototype of these recommendations with performance data. This research will allow tensioned-membrane structures to achieve developing building and energy codes.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Azzeddine Oudjehane

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sprung Instant Structures Ltd

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction and infrastructure

Université :

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Programme :

Accelerate

Classification Education Pilot

The Paralympics are one of the most recognizable promotions of sport for persons with disabilities and the second largest multi-sport event in the world. Classification, or the practice of grouping athletes together based on the impact their impairment has on the sport they participate in, is fundamental to the function of the both the Paralympics and parasport more generally. Parasport participants involved with classification (e.g., athletes, classifiers, and coaches) have often reported their experiences with classification negatively. Importantly, classification experience quality may impact participation in parasport. Increasing participants’ knowledge of classification may positively influence their classification experience; therefore, this project aims to increase our understanding of how participants learn about classification and what resources are available to support them in doing so. Following this, an educational resource will be developed, delivered, and evaluated. This project may advance our understanding of parasport and result in the creation of an evidence-based tool to be used by Canadian sport organizations to teach participants about classification.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Amy Latimer-Cheung

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Paralympic Committee

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Arts, entertainment and recreation

Université :

Queen's University

Programme :

Accelerate

Assessing hatchery related well-being of leghorn chicks

Most Canadian poultry originate at commercial hatcheries. Recently hatcheries have had concerns about chick welfare brought to their attention. Very little research has been performed that looks at the welfare of chicks at the hatchery or during transport to farm. During the proposed research project, the intern will look at three events that happen to chicks within the first 24 hours of their lives and determine what effects there are on the chick’s well-being. First, the intern will assess holding devices that restrain chicks during hatchery procedures. Second, they will determine the effects of stocking density in chick transport boxes. Finally, they will study the impact of providing chicks with early access to feed. The partner organizations involved in this project will benefit by receiving scientific evidence to address the concerns raised regarding these early life processes that chicks are exposed to.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Karen Schwean-Lardner;Trever Crowe;Andrew Van Kessel

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Egg Farmers of Canada;Clark’s Poultry Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

NBMC Intercultural and Anti-Racism Skills Toolkit – Research and Development Project

The New Brunswick Multicultural Council is the developer and coordinator for the Creating Inclusive Workplaces and Communities training program, and this organization is in the process of developing an anti-racism training program. The main objective of this effort is to provide participating employers, government departments, community service organizations, and non-for-profit groups with the skills, attitudes, and perspectives necessary to cultivate racial and cultural equity and inclusion, and to do so in ways that are specific to their organizations and institutional structures.
In this project, in collaboration with STU, NBMC will supervise a Mitacs intern to create Intercultural Skills and Anti-Racism Skills toolkits. The toolkits will serve as hubs of resources for the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of inclusivity programs. The resources provided in these toolkits will take the forms of references (PDFs, videos, books, websites), tools (surveys, checklists) and training events (e-learning sessions). These toolkits will enable training programs by giving the participants practical ways to
? identify existing barriers;
? develop and implement strategies to overcome those barriers;
? create paths for inclusion and racial equity;
? evaluate and revise programs for enabling inclusion and equity.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Gül Çali?kan

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

New Brunswick Multicultural Council

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Public administration

Université :

St. Thomas University

Programme :

Accelerate

Optimization of Graphical User Interface for the Digital Pathology Workstation

The workflow of pathologists will soon be revolutionized with the introduction of digital pathology allowing pathologists to view tissue samples as a digital image on a computer workstation. Such a conversion from traditional microscopy will bring many benefits to the pathologist’s workflow aiming to boost significant efficiency as well as ergonomic benefits. However, much work needs to be done to bring such a technology to the clinical setting in the hospital. One significant problem is gaining the acceptance of pathologists to adopting new technology. A core challenge to the problem is the effective design of a user interface to optimize the digital pathology workflow. The work proposed for the current research project aims to develop an intuitive user interface that will be readily accepted by pathologists.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Karl Zabjek

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Huron Digital Pathology

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

Developing Alternative Career Decision-Support Tool for Internationally Educated Health Professionals

Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs), are those who completed their health professional degree (e.g., nursing, MD, etc.) from outside Canada. Many of the IEHPs, however, cannot integrate into their ideal career i.e., nurse, physician, etc. and remain underemployed in non-skilled jobs. The low rate of success in obtaining their respective career in Canada leaves no choice but to explore alternative career options. A lack of information and strategic support, lack of job counseling and coaching opportunities for IEHPs further obstruct their pursuit of alternative careers. To address the issues to the integration of IEHPs through alternative careers we propose this project to develop a decision-support tool for IEHPs to facilitate their pursuit of alternative career. The tool will suggest a short-list of jobs filtering from estimated 150-200 potential alternative jobs to an IEHP based on their personal preference and constraints, transferable skills, and the job requirements by the employers.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Tanvir Turin Chowdhury

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Alberta International Medical Graduates Association

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Accelerate

Acceptabilité, utilisabilité et efficacité de robot de télé-présence pour atténuer les effets de l’isolement social chez les personnes âgées

Les mesures barrières recommandées par la santé publique pour limiter la propagation de la COVID-19 impliquent confinement et distanciation sociale; ce qui accentue l’isolement et la sédentarité des personnes âgées. En situation de confinement, les personnes âgées sont isolées et déconnectées de leurs liens sociaux habituels. Cet isolement social a un impact important sur la participation sociale et la qualité de vie des aînés. Ce projet vise à (1) évaluer l’acceptabilité et l’utilisabilité de robot de télé-présence et (2) étudier l’efficacité potentielle de l’utilisation de telles technologies pour limiter les effets de l’isolement chez les personnes âgées. Ce projet sera mené en partenariat avec l’entreprise Alaviva et avec la collaboration de trois résidences pour aînés (RPA) de la région de Québec-Capitale nationale. Des personnes âgées volontaires, recrutées au sein de ces RPA avec l’aide des coordonnateurs de loisir, participeront à différentes expérimentations visant à documenter les avantages et les limites de l’utilisation de robots de télé-présence, ainsi que les facilitateurs et les potentielles barrières à leur implantation dans les RPA au Québec, en période de pandémie et bien au-delà.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Charles Sèbiyo Batcho

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Maelström créatif inc

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

Caractérisation diélectrique des sols pour le suive de la neige par radar

Une mission satellitaire lancée en collaboration par l’Agence Spatiale Canadienne et Environnement et changements climatique Canada projette d’envoyer un satellite muni d’un radar à ouverture synthétique en bande Ku en orbite dans les prochaines années. L’objectif de cette mission est d’effectuer le suivi de la neige dans l’Hémisphère nord en utilisant la télédétection radar. Le paramètre principal de la neige qui sera suivit est l’équivalente en eau, c’est-à-dire la quantité d’eau obtenue lors de la fonte d’un volume de neige. Une forte sensibilité à ce paramètre a été observé dans les données de radars en bande Ku obtenues dans des études précédentes. Par contre, le signal radar est aussi impacté par les conditions du sol sous la neige qui peuvent bruiter le signal. Le sol crée ainsi des incertitudes lors de la mesure de l’équivalent d’eau de la neige. Le projet proposé a donc pour but de développer une sonde diélectrique afin de caractériser les paramètres du sol qui pourraient impacter le signal radar en hiver. Une partie de ces mesures pourra être effectué en collaboration avec François Demontoux dans le cadre du stage proposé.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alexandre Roy;Alexandre Langlois

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université de Bordeaux

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

Université :

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Safe Unmanned Traffic Management (SafeUTM)

Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) became ubiquitous in our everyday civilian lives for both recreational activities, such as sports, as well as film and photography. They have also been used in several military operations such as tactical reconnaissance. The prediction of a near future where drones will be used frequently for search and rescue, package delivery and, in larger scale urban mobility, has drawn the attention of regulatory bodies to the need of new regulations for safe Unmanned Air Traffic Management (UTM). This research proposes a set of software solutions for the safe operation of drones in urban, rural, and remote areas. The research focuses on the development of novel sense and avoid algorithms. These algorithms will be part of SafeUTM, which is a platform under development by Savinte that will create a safe operation of drone traffic in accordance with the regulations for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). The proposed solutions will enhance the safety of automatic, semi-automatic, and manual operation of drones.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Luis Rodrigues

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Savinte

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Concordia University

Programme :

Accelerate

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