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The Power of Peer Support: The Development and Evaluation of JAVAGROUPS-digital

Social isolation and loneliness have become a global public health concern affecting the majority of seniors living in care settings and seniors living in the community. Due to COVID-19 and physical distancing these numbers are dramatically increasing. Java Group Programs have developed three evidence-based peer support and mentoring programs that offer emotional support through structured weekly programs. The Java programs are already implemented in over 1100 communities in Canada and the US. The problem is thousands of vulnerable seniors who have benefited from these programs are now being deprived, and the burden this places on staff to fill this gap cannot be overstated. Therefore, this research project will develop and evaluate a digital adaptation of one of the Java programs, called the Java Music Club, to support socially isolated seniors during this pandemic and beyond. This research may bring tangible economic benefits to Canadians through facilitating emotional wellness among seniors.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Albert Danison;Alexandra J Fiocco

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Java Group Programs

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology; Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a robust armoured RNA standard for the rapid clinical diagnosis of COVID-19

COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel SARS corona virus, has been a global threat for months now. The pandemic has crippled global healthcare sectors and economies. Early, rapid, and accurate detection of the contagion is critical for isolating infected patients to prevent further community spread. Currently, most communities in Canada suffer from insufficient testing capabilities, and as the need for testing increases, the added volume will produce a proportional amount of unreliable results. In collaboration with SM Research Inc (Mississauga, Ontario), an economical testing standard will be designed and produced to validate all COVID-19 diagnostic testing moving forward.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Yufeng Tong

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

SM Research Inc.

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Windsor

Programme :

Accelerate

The effects of COVID-19 on inequality in Canada and abroad

The world is facing a global pandemic as COVID-19 disrupts and transforms the lives of those everywhere. It comes as no surprise that the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 has devastated the economy and severely impacted the well-being of many. As the reality of COVID-19 begins to set, questions of who will bear the burden and how this will impact economic inequality arise.
This research explores the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Canada and abroad. Particular attention is given to vulnerable groups (for example, women, single parent families, visible minorities/racialized persons and those suffering from homelessness). As groups overrepresented in poverty rates, unemployment rates, and low-waged work prior to the pandemic, our research provides a critical examination of the ripple effect of COVID-19 and the looming recession on these vulnerable communities.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Brenda Spotton Visano

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Islamic Relief Canada

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

York University

Programme :

Accelerate

Circulating Tumour Cells and prostate cancer outcome II

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, an estimated 26,500 men will be diagnosed with
prostate cancer in 2012 and 4,000 will die of it. New approaches are required to predict
clinical outcome and personalized management of patients. Drs. Mal and Cayre will combine
their two newly developed technologies and work towards obtaining a new solid biomarker
that enables the assessment of a patient’s clinical outcome from the start. With the use of
special filters, circulating tumour cells (CTC) will be isolated from prostate cancer patients’
blood. These cells are characterized using three-dimensional (3D) imaging of telomeres (the
ends of chromosomes) in the cells’ nuclei. This will be the first time these new technologies
are combined to investigate the link between CTCs, their 3D telomeric profiles and clinical
outcome of prostate cancer. A much better understanding and personalized management of
prostate cancer, which is a major goal of CancerCare Manitoba will be achieved by this
project.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sabine Mai

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Cancer Care (Manitoba);Carl Zeiss Canada

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

AI-enhanced lung ultrasound to detect lung involvement in COVID-19

The COVID-19 virus causing the current pandemic leads to severe illness and death when it involves the lungs. This occurs in a way that conventional X-Rays often cannot show. Experience in other countries and with a similar condition known as ARDS suggests that lung ultrasound can accurately detect COVID-19 lung involvement. Lung ultrasound is harmless and can be done with small handheld, easily cleaned portable probes, but the images are difficult for non-experts to interpret. We will test whether lung ultrasound images can be efficiently obtained by medical personnel already caring for COVID-19 patients in local emergency rooms and intensive care units, and whether the images we obtain can be accurately interpreted by artificial intelligence to help clinicians detect COVID-19 lung involvement. This can allow us to more accurately decide who needs to be hospitalized and to help provide the best possible care for the sickest patients with COVID-19.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Derek Emery;Kumaradevan Punithakumar;Jacob Jaremko

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

MEDO.ai

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

“Dinner in the Street”: dining outdoors safely in the post-Covid city

Working closely with me, the two interns will have an opportunity to engage with a timely question engendered by the global pandemic: What is changing in our approach to the public realm, and how can we embrace these changes as positive forces in urban design. We will be working quickly on a time-sensitive challenge, in ways that bridge the conceptual thinking that characterizes architectural education with the pragmatic and pressing problem of a local economy in distress. The resulting proposal will incorporate suggested modifications to Ottawa’s zoning by-laws.
The project will benefit the partner organizations in two distinct ways: by showing them new modes of analytical and design expression by current students of architecture at Carleton, and by encouraging them to explore the post-Covid social contract of physical distancing in positive ways, through their own architectural practices, and through their agency in encouraging the City of Ottawa to modify its local codes.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jill Stoner

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Roderick Lahey Architects, inc.;Colonnade Bridgeport

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Construction and infrastructure; Real estate and rental and leasing

Université :

Carleton University

Programme :

Accelerate

Gold mineralization at the Engineer Mine, northernBritish Columbia: Its causes and consequences forlocal and regional gold exploration

The Engineer mine in Northwest B.C. is a historical producer of gold and silver that has
yet to be the focus of a comprehensive scientific study. The mineralization consists of a
series of high-grade, quartz-carbonate veins and is suspected to be related to nearby
volcanic rocks. The lower levels of the existing mine workings have been flooded since the
1920’s, but will be dewatered this summer. This will provide the first access to the lower mine
levels in c.1 00 years. The main objective of this study is to develop a deposit model for the
high-grade gold mineralization. This will provide a greater understanding of how gold
behaves at this locality and enable BCGold to select targets for exploration and mine
development. Sample material will be selected from the surface, underground mine levels,
and drill core, and investigated using modern analytical techniques, such as short wave
infrared spectrometry, fluid inclusion studies, isotope analyses, optical and Scanning Electron
Microscopy, whole rock geochemical…TOBECONT’D.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lee Groat

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

BCGold Corp

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

ADAJ- Pratiques juridiques controversées

La présente demande concerne le chantier de recherche sur les « Les pratiques juridiques controversées » :
Une partie des coûts de la justice est attribuable à des pratiques situées aux limites de la déontologie professionnelle : rapport collusoire entre praticiens, multiplication des dépenses douteuses, honoraires abusifs, exploitation de l’ignorance des justiciables, engagement dans des procédures qui auraient pu être évitées par un recours judiciaire à la Conférence de règlement amiable, introduction de procédures dans le cadre de dossiers dont les fondements en droit sont clairement faibles, etc. Des problèmes équivalents traversent sans doute la profession notariale.
Une étude sur les principales causes de dénonciation au Syndic du Barreau et sur leur issue, de même qu’une enquête menée auprès des praticiens permettra de compléter cet inventaire et conduira à une redéfinition des formations offertes en matière de déontologie professionnelle, particulièrement à la lueur du projet en cours de réforme du Code de déontologie des avocats.
Le chantier de recherche sur la « Les pratiques juridiques controversées » fait partie d’un grand projet de recherche en partenariat sur l’Accès au droit et à la justice (ADAJ) supporté par le Conseil de recherche en science humaines CRSH.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Pierre Noreau

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Barreau du Québec

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

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

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

COVID-19 : Nouveaux gels désinfectants comme alternatives aux désinfectants traditionnels

Depuis le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, notre vie sociale, professionnelle et personnelle a radicalement changé. Ce nouveau virus pose des défis inattendus y compris pour tous les médecins et personnels de santé. Bien que le virus ne soit pas dermatotrope, de nombreuses affections cutanées liées ont été identifiées, principalement en raison d’une utilisation excessive de gel hydroalcoolique. Les besoins importants en produits désinfectants pour la protection du personnel hospitalier, mais également des populations ont conduit à une pénurie mondiale en produits finis qui s’est répercutée immédiatement sur la disponibilité des matières premières. Ainsi au cours des dernières semaines, une pénurie d’alcool, mais également de gélifiant a causé une problématique importante au niveau de l’approvisionnement en désinfectant. L’industrie est depuis lors à la recherche d’ingrédients alternatifs pour réussir à développer de nouvelles formulations conformes à la réglementation. Dans le cadre de ce projet, les partenaires souhaitent donc s’associer pour développer un nouveau produit désinfectant, plus efficace, naturel, stable et reproductible, issu des ressources naturelles du Québec.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lionel Ripoll;Jean Legault

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Beemer

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Programme :

Accelerate

Detection of PPE in healthcare settings using machine learning

We propose utilizing real-time image detection of humans (visitors and healthcare workers) using personal protective equipment (I.e. masks, gloves, and gowns) in healthcare settings. This system would ensure proper compliance of PPE use to reduce the transmission COVID and other healthcare based infections, thereby saving lives, reducing hospital stays and costs. This builds off literature of the importance of strict adherence to best practices in hospitals as well as pathogen transmission from healthcare workers to patients via hospital uniforms. Authors of this work are students in AI program at Queens University.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Tina Dacin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Med Duck Solutions Inc.

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Queen's University

Programme :

Accelerate

Impact analysis of how COVID-19 will affect the Canadian Precast Concrete and Canadian Construction Industries

Naturally, the Precast Concrete and the Canadian Construction Industries are not going to come out of the COVID-19 crisis unscathed. The various players will all be affected in different ways. And of course, demand will fall sooner or later as the crisis continues, which will squeeze profits throughout the entire construction industry and the Canadian economy. This research will track some of the short and long-term effects of the COVID-19 crisis within the Precast Concrete and the Canadian Construction Industries.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Andrew Webb;Robin Ritchie

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Construction; Sustainability & the Environment; Manufacturing and Construction; COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

Université :

Carleton University

Programme :

Accelerate

AI Modelling for Chat-text and Biometric Data Collection and Analytics for a Cloud-based Medical Advising Platform

Your Doctors Online is an online smartphone-based application that allows registered patients to chat with experienced and board-certified doctors 24 hours and 7 days a week. Patients can chat, upload images or videos, and get immediate medical advice about a variety of health issues such as cold and flu, sexual health and dermatology avoiding the lengthy waiting period of a hospital or a clinic. Currently patients need to use their own devices to measure their biometric data and the doctors have to look up previous doctors’ notes to provide an informed advice. In the proposed multidisciplinary research, Queen’s researchers will collaborate with the industry partner to enhance their existing platform with artificial intelligence (AI) models to apply 1) natural language processing and deep learning techniques to extract and summarize important health information from the previous chats with a patient, and 2) computer vision techniques for Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) to measure patients’ heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation from an uploaded video. The added functionality will reduce the cognitive load of the doctors, improve patients’ experience, increase the performance and business value of the application and leverage remote health care services to patients around the globe.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Farhana Zulkernine

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Your Doctors Online

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

Queen's University

Programme :

Accelerate

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