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What are the factors influencing the socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 among Canadians?

Beyond the devastating physical health crises, COVID-19 and its related social distancing measures has wreaked havoc on the economic-, mental-, and social-health of Canadians. The Association for Canadian Studies has been collecting behavioural, economic, and social data from Canadians weekly since March 9 and continues to do so. Our goal is to identify the socioeconomic factors that have had the most effect on the lives of Canadians. The expected benefits to the organizations, and to Canadians in general, is to have an ongoing, fact-based record of the social, economic and behavioural conditions of Canadians as they have experienced the COVID-19 virus and related social distancing measures.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lori Wilkinson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Association for Canadian Studies (QC)

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of bead-based detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgM/IgG in a multiplex POCT platform

COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory disease that is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. RT-qPCR is a nucleic acid testing that is widely adapted to confirm the infection. Point-of-care IgM/IgG testing strips have been adopted in some countries for screening and surveillance. However, these antibody testing strips are restricted to a positive/negative testing result. Because COVID-19 infection is a dynamic process with variation of the levels of virus antigen and antibodies, a quantitative testing of IgM/IgG antibodies is valuable and it could significantly improve the accuracy of diagnosis. IgM/IgG testing may provide critical information to support the building of contact tracing infrastructures and accelerate the incremental reopening of economical and civil activities. This project focuses on developing a bead-based immunoassay system for the simultaneous and quantitative measurement of human IgM and IgG specific to SARS-CoV-2. The efficient implementation of this project will be the foundation for the future development of a universal multiplexed point-of-care diagnostic platform.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

James Stewart Aitchison

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Thinkari Research Inc.

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

Contextual portrait detection

A frequently occurring problem in face verification in Jumio is that stock face detectors find multiple faces in the input image. The decision which one should be selected for the face verification step is not clear. Common reasons being, users submitting a single image with both selfie and document id. There can be other people, paintings, posters or television screens in the background.
Users may upload the selfie and the document picture in reverse order, etc. A human can easily select the right face but for an automated selection we need additional signals from the face detector – the context in which the face was detected. The goal of this project is to build a system using Artificial Intelligence that can provide additional context along with the detected faces in order to increase the efficiency of the existing face verification systems.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ioannis Mitliagkas

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Jumio

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université de Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

Assessment of grid-side energy storage systems for electric bus charging infrastructure

Electric buses have achieved first demonstration deployments in Canada. As bus fleet operators ramp up their implementation over the next 5-10 years, with many planning to fully convert their fleets to electric, charging capacity will become a challenge. This project will build up tools to examine the efficacy of energy storage located on the power grid side of the bus chargers to alleviate the high power requirements of the bus charges. This will help to mitigate technical challenges as well as costs associated with the charging the fleets.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Curran Crawford

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (ON)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Accelerate

Evaluating the Performance of Real-Time Collaboration on Mobile Devices

Real-time distributed groupware systems are becoming common, but real-time interaction is still poorly supported, particularly on mobile devices. The problem to be addressed in this project is that current mobile groupware systems do not provide adequate support for high speed tightly-coupled interaction. The two main activities will be to evaluate the capabilities of mobile devices for supporting different types of real-time interaction, and to adapt and test application-level networking techniques to improve this support in real-time groupware. The partner company will benefit from this research though improved understanding of the design principles for these systems, and results of performance tests that will help to improve development efforts for an on-going project.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Carl Gutwin

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

College Mobile

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Saskatchewan

Programme :

Accelerate

Impact of oil and gas activities on shallow aquifers in the Fox Creek area

In this project, in order to analyze aerial deposition of contaminants resulting from oil and gas activities in west-central Alberta, samples of snowpack will be collected from the Fox Creek area for chemical analysis. Using the chemical analyses results, a map of the contaminants deposition and their potential sources of release will be delineated. The success of this project will enable Recion Technologies’ client to integrate the experimental results into their numerical models and study the transport of contaminants, emitted from oil and gas activities, and their distribution in ecosystem. Moreover, identifying the sources of such contaminants will aid the oil and gas operators to lower their environmental footprint by adopting new practices.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Stephen Johnston;Daniel Alessi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Recion Technologies Inc

Discipline :

Earth science

Secteur :

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Assessing the impact of restoring semi-natural habitat on farmland on agricultural productivity

The goal of this project is to understand how habitat enhancements, such as semi-natural or natural native managed hedgerows, grass margins, and grassland set-asides impact both pollination and pest control in berry fields in the Delta, BC region. Our hypothesis is that the inclusion of these natural habitats will promote beneficial insect diversity. Beneficial insects include pollinators, such as bumble bees, and natural enemies, such as ladybugs that feed on aphids. Through the collaboration between UBC and DF&WT, we hope to provide our partner organization with up-to-date research to better inform their associated berry growers that will allow them to better manage their farms in such a way that will benefit both production and nature.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Juli Carrillo;Claire Kremen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

An essential resource: Policy and planning for single-room occupancy housing

Despite the stigma attached to single-room occupancy (SRO) housing, it can provide good quality, low-cost housing. However, the high cost of upgrading to meet zoning and other regulations, and the low rents that tenants can afford, make it difficult to manage and maintain. As a result, SRO housing is always at risk of gentrification and conversion to other forms of housing. This project will identify examples of successful SRO housing from other cities and will assess the policy frameworks that makes these success stories possible. It will then develop recommendations to improve SRO housing in Winnipeg. West Broadway Community Organization has been working to support local SRO housing for over a decade and will incorporate the results of this research into its ongoing programming work.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sarah Cooper;Orly Linovski

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

West Broadway Community Organization

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

Low cost wearable and continuous temperature sensor for COVID-19 pre-screening with remote monitoring (TEMPOS)

This project will undertake the development of a cost-effective, continuous monitoring, wireless temperature sensor. The sensor development undertaken with NURO will integrate the hardware with software algorithms designed to track and deliver a simple output for healthcare monitoring. The device is anticipated to be employed for tracking of COVID-19 in front line workers by monitoring their body temperature as fever is one of its most common symptoms. The device will form an integral part of NURO’s overall platform that is based on human-machine interface and is expected to become the basis for further expansion into other devices for monitoring pulse rate and shape, electrocardiograms etc . Such a comprehensive tool set will allow the monitoring of a wide-ranging conditions affecting human health and TEMPOS is a critical step in current scenario and for future applications.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Vivek Maheshwari;George Shaker

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

NURO

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) in Canadian high performance athletes: Prevalence, health and performance implications – Year two

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) was first characterized by the International Olympic Committee in 2014 and characterizes a range of negative health (endocrine function, bone health) and performance outcomes that result from chronically low energy availability. Despite recognition of its significance for health and performance, and a prevalence rate of 3-60% in athletes, our ability to correctly assess and diagnose RED-S remains poor. Further, RED-S concerns high performance junior and senior athletes across Canada, where effects are seen beyond the degree of success at major championships, including the cost of health care and long-term consequences for athletes diagnosed with RED-S. Accordingly, our aim is to create the best parameters to diagnose and manage RED-S; along with information of the prevalence and severity of RED-S across sports in Canada and globally; educate the athletes on the risks of long-term RED-S and of the ways to avoid RED-S; and to provide refined recommendations for protein and energy intake for high level endurance athletes, across a range of energy availability levels (low to optimal).

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Trent Stellingwerff

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Own the Podium

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Life Sciences (not health); Other

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Elevate

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) in Canadian high performance athletes: Prevalence, health and performance implications

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) was first characterized by the International Olympic Committee in 2014 and characterizes a range of negative health (endocrine function, bone health) and performance outcomes that result from chronically low energy availability. Despite recognition of its significance for health and performance, and a prevalence rate of 3-60% in athletes, our ability to correctly assess and diagnose RED-S remains poor. Further, RED-S concerns high performance junior and senior athletes across Canada, where effects are seen beyond the degree of success at major championships, including the cost of health care and long-term consequences for athletes diagnosed with RED-S. Accordingly, our aim is to create the best parameters to diagnose and manage RED-S; along with information of the prevalence and severity of RED-S across sports in Canada and globally; educate the athletes on the risks of long-term RED-S and of the ways to avoid RED-S; and to provide refined recommendations for protein and energy intake for high level endurance athletes, across a range of energy availability levels (low to optimal).

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Trent Stellingwerff

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Own the Podium

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Life Sciences (not health); Other

Université :

University of Victoria

Programme :

Elevate

Study of Plug Flow Regime Fluid Dynamics

The subject of this research project is the innovative and proprietary Liquid-Solid Circulating
Fluidized Bed (LSCFB) technology that achieves Continuous Fluidized Ion Exchange
(C.F.I.X.). This patented technology combines the benefits of fluidization with uninterrupted
continuous resin regeneration to provide increased production efficiency and capacity. The
main objective of the project is to study particle flow and fluid distribution/flow in a co-current
plug flow regime, an important consideration in the monitoring and control of the system. The
study will look at co-current flow/distribution of particles and liquid, the introduction of
secondary liquid inlets, and turbulence created within the system. Based on the results of the
studies, modeling of the conditions will be completed and computer simulations will be
implemented in order to model the distribution/flow of particles and liquid. In addition, low
turbulence liquid distributors and instrumentation options for in-line flow/flux measurement in
co-current plug flow regime will be evaluated.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jesse Zhu

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Renix

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Advanced Manufacturing

Université :

Western University

Programme :

Accelerate

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