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Understanding how amino acid handling influences protein synthesis: a new paradigm in back pain research

Back pain caused by intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a major health problem in both the UK and Canada, for which there is no successful treatment. With degeneration there is loss of IVD tissue which impairs function and causes pain. This project will initiate a collaboration to investigate an unstudied area of IVD biology: whether changes in how cells handle amino acids, the building blocks of protein, might cause or contribute to disease and whether ‘rescue’ of amino acid handling might be a potential treatment for IVD degeneration. This will be done initially in skeletal muscle where the mechanisms of amino acid handling are better understood. The project aims to determine how inhibiting transport of the essential amino acid leucine into cells affects protein production by muscle cells and whether high amounts of other amino acids can rescue any damaging effects of transporter inhibition. The findings will provide vital information on how leucine transport and protein production are controlled in muscle and allow the techniques and knowledge to be applied in IVD research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Moore

Student:

Partner:

University of Manchester

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Superhydrophilic Membrane Technology for High-Efficiency Produced Water Treatment

Brine water is often produced in mineral extracting processes. It can cause damage to soil and biota when being spilled during storage and transportation. The damage can last for decades. Even after a mineral extracting process is closed, the damage of soil structure and composition would still not be recovered. The long-lasting devastation may cause irreversible environmental impacts and huge economic losses. Therefore, it is necessary to develop low-footprint on-site remediation technologies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gordon Huang

Student:

Partner:

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’une méthode d’ajustement de biais des précipitations simulées par les modèles climatiques

Selon le plus récent rapport du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur le climat (GIEC), les événements extrêmes tels que les précipitations intenses sont susceptibles d’augmenter en intensité et en fréquence au Canada. Au Québec, cette augmentation aura des impacts considérables sur l’ensemble des secteurs d’activité de la province, tels que l’agriculture, l’énergie et l’aménagement du territoire. La quantification de cette augmentation ainsi que l’étude de ces impacts se font généralement à l’aide des précipitations simulées par les modèles climatiques. Ces modèles comportent toutefois des biais qu’il est nécessaire de corriger avant de pouvoir utiliser les résultats de simulations dans les études d’impact. Les méthodes de post-traitement actuellement utilisées pour corriger ces biais modifient la distribution empirique des précipitations simulées en fonction d’une distribution de référence. La correction n’est cependant pas précise pour les valeurs extrêmes. Le projet proposé a pour but de développer une méthode de correction de biais paramétrique adaptée pour les valeurs extrêmes. Les précipitations simulées servent, entre autres, pour les études d’impacts hydrologiques. L’amélioration du post-traitement des précipitations simulées aura une influence directe sur la qualité des simulations hydrologiques, surtout au niveau de la simulation des événements extrêmes tels que les crues.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Jalbert

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec (Varennes, QC);Ouranos Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

How have differential alcohol policies affected alcohol use and harm across Canada during the outbreak of COVID-19?

The applicant will join an active alcohol policy research team at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) who are engaged in looking at interactions between changes to alcohol policy during COVID-19 lockdowns and implications of these for alcohol consumption and related harms. The applicant will be given training in the use of an international resource developed at CISUR, the International Model for Alcohol Harms and Policies and will have access to unique Canadian data on alcohol sales and related harms. He will be helped to prepare at least one first authored publication arising from this work. He will also be able to join project team meetings on a variety of alcohol policy and epidemiology topics, including estimating the economic costs of substance use and the assessment of alcohol policy implementation in Canadian jurisdictions. He will participate in in-house seminars and deliver at least two of these himself. CISUR will contribute CAN$2,000 for research expenses from internal resources to support the student.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tim Stockwell

Student:

Partner:

University of Portsmouth

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Prompt

Le programme ENCQOR 5G implique 5 multinationales technologiques et 3 paliers de gouvernement. Le projet a pour but d’accélérer le virage numérique des PME canadiennes et de faire en sorte que ces dernières s’approprient dès maintenant les capacités offertes par la technologie de rupture qu’est la 5G. ENCQOR permettre aux PME de développer leur offre 5G en mode précommercial et permettra de libérer l’immense potentiel des villes intelligentes, de la télésanté, de l’éducation en ligne, des véhicules connectés et automatisés, des services de divertissement et de médias etc.
Le stagiaire en communication travaillera à maximiser la visibilité du Programme ENCQOR et à mobiliser les PME du Québec à réaliser un projet 5G au sein des infrastructures de ENCQOR.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Prompt

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Aligo Innovation – Sport unifié

Ce projet consiste en une ligue de soccer unifié à laquelle participe des étudiants universitaires dans les secteurs de la santé et des services sociaux. Elle est une réponse à une triple problématique : (1) la faiblesse de la participation sociale des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle; (2) la prévalence de certains problèmes de santé découlant de la sédentarité chez les personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle; (3) les lacunes des formations des professionnels du secteur de la santé et des services sociaux quant aux spécificités des besoins des personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Aligo Innovation LP

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

market research assistant – Pegah Safataj

How has your company been affected by the COVID??19 pandemic? Describe how an internship student is important to your future success and business strategy.
Badinotti developed a Covid-19 Protocol early on for distribution to all employees. We have implemented many measures at our workplaces to combat Covid-19 and we have managed this global crisis well. However, it continues to be a challenge to manage logistically at times.
We would like to have the bulk of this research completed during the intership so that we can use it for our 2021 business strategy so having a dedicated research internship student who will be able to focus on this project alone would be a great help.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ignace Ng

Student:

Partner:

Badinotti Net Services Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Durham Region District Energy Assessment and Feasibility Study

The objective of this study is to develop a district energy evaluation and plan for the Regional Municipality of Durham. This will be achieved by analyzing and assessing the current energy demand and response at the Region of Durham throughout all sectors, including commercial, institutional, industrial and residential sectors. There are numerous potential district energy nodes throughout the member municipalities within the region. Furthermore, the region houses two major nuclear power plants, which can be leveraged as potential energy sources for district energy. Various energy sources, systems and storage solutions can be integrated to achieve a reliable district energy system, including geothermal, solar, nuclear, cogeneration, multigeneration energy systems as well as thermal energy storage options. The study also seeks to review the benefits of District Energy Systems (DES) relative to conventional Business As Usual (BAU) design and offer energy node considerations of where and how DES may be effectively implemented. This study shall be viewed as Phase 1 of a multi-phase assignment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ibrahim Dincer

Student:

Partner:

Regional Municipality of Durham

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Green/Alternative Energy; Other

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Business Development and Strategy Intern

Qubit is facing challenges in determining its international expansion and product launch strategy. They are constrained by resources, time, and bandwidth given that their entire full-time team is working beyond capacity on research, product development, and maintaining the existing business. The overall objective is to multiply company revenues and profits through multiple strategy and business development initiatives. The intern will be developing and executing Qubit’s growth strategy along and introducing business processes to enable the company to scale. The intern will also help determine the company’s new product launch strategy and perform an analysis on its existing business practices. This project will have a direct impact on improving Qubit System’s revenues and bottom line, and position the company well to scale its offerings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yolande Chan

Student:

Partner:

Qubit Systems

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Milksta Moms Inc- Operations Strategy

Milksta Moms Inc is a startup company that requires assistance with structuring the business. The overall purpose of the project is to identify short and long-term goals and build operations strategies to achieve them. The project also aims to prepare employment, customer service, production, and delivery policies for the company. As a growing company with increasing demand for its products, Milksta requires proper product handling processes and assessment of storage requirements . The intern’s primary responsibilities are to assist in creating the policies and identifying an efficient operations system. Besides this, there are other tasks that the intern will cover, such as identifying potential growth opportunities, setting quality standards, and identifying alliances. Through this project, we aim to help Milksta run their business efficiently.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chansoo Park

Student:

Partner:

Milksta Moms Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Lives with Houseplants in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

This is a research project that will explore human’s relationships with houseplants in times of the COVID-19 pandemic and unpack the psychological, sociological, and environmental significance of these relationships. By digging deeply into our relationship with houseplants and creatively telling stories about them, the project seeks to uncover and deepen our connection with nature in times that we are deprived of it, build connections with living things in times that we can’t connect with other humans, and nurture intimacy in times that intimacy is scarce. The insights from this project will shed light on how we can better nurture our mental health and forge connection with our immediate lived environment when responding to societal wide stress and crisis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Stein

Student:

Partner:

Common Factor Media

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

Novel process of organic peroxides synthesis

In this work, we will develop new processes, including new raw materials, to produce known organic peroxides; such processes will include direct coupling to manufacture organic peroxides. We will demonstrate the synthesis processes by selecting the appropriate carboxylic acid(s), hydroperoxide starting material(s), catalysts, and operating conditions to produce the desired organic peroxides, particularly, t-butyl peroxybenzoate and also extending to other peresters, such as, t-butyl peroxypivalate and t-butyl perox-2-ethylhexanoate. After that, we will optimize the critical process parameters that affect reaction efficiency, purity, and product yield. We will also analyze the final product including identification and quantification of impurities, and residual reactants. LUPEROX series are often used as a radical initiator in polymerization reactions, the high economic value and the modern synthesis routes will benefit the domestic market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Scott Patience

Student:

Partner:

Arkema (ON);Arkema Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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