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La valorisation de l’aluminium vert et le respect du droit commercial international

Dans un contexte où le développement durable prend de plus en plus d’importance, il est primordial pour les gouvernements de valoriser les produits à faible empreinte carbone, tout en s’assurant de respecter les règles du droit commercial international, sous peine de se faire poursuivre par d’autres États, notamment à l’Organisation mondiale du Commerce. Cette recherche vise donc à évaluer l’impact de ce droit sur les mesures de valorisation de produits « verts », et plus particulièrement l’aluminium canadien.
En effet, l’aluminium canadien a la plus faible empreinte carbone au monde, mais ce statut ne lui confère pour l’instant aucun avantage concurrentiel, puisqu’il est vendu à un prix de commodité. L’Association de l’aluminium du Canada profitera donc grandement de cette recherche, puisqu’elle pourra bénéficier de suggestions concrètes de mesures commerciales valorisant l’aluminium canadien qui respectent le droit commercial international.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Geneviève Dufour;David Pavot

Student:

Partner:

Association de l'aluminium du Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Structural design, molecular modeling studies and synthesis of novel pyrrolidine derivatives as ligand candidates to target alpha-7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors focusing on Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common types of neurodegenerative disorders and the development of an effective treatment remains a challenge for researchers today. The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) which are closely related with AD, especially the alpha-7-nAChR, are involved in neuroprotective effects (effects which may result in the salvage, recovery or regeneration of the nervous system), and play a key role in information processing and affecting the beta-amyloid protein-induced neurotoxicity. This research project proposes 88 novel pyrrolidine derivatives, structurally based on lobeline, varenicline, and nicotine drugs. Molecular docking studies involving the alpha-7-nAChR and the 88 novel compounds will be performed by a Master’s student in a structure-based virtual screening approach prior to my arrival, in order to select the best 8 compounds for synthesis. I will be performing the synthesis, isolation, purification, and characterization of the 8 optimal compounds in order to obtain enough quantity and acceptable purity for them to then be sent for pharmacological evaluation (at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) of the binding affinity and intrinsic activity against the alpha-7-nAChRs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Neil Burford

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho"

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Visualization of IoT signals and optimization of sampling rate using machine learning

Internet of things (IoT) includes of multitude of sensors from a wide variety of applications. These sensors produce high volume and high velocity data. In addition, the transmission errors and malfunction of devices also necessitates checking the reliability/veracity of incoming data. The volume, velocity, and veracity are three Vs that are commonly describe in the big data context. Creating a meaningful real-time visual summary of the sensor data streams for the operators is an important research problem. This project will design a framework based on machine learning and advances in human computer interaction (HCI) to help human operators monitor Internet enabled devices and appliances. The objective of the project is to determine to minimize the transmission cost and capture semantics from the data stream so the human operators can make meaningful decision for optimum operation of the devices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pawan Lingras;Yasushi Akiyama

Student:

Partner:

Hanatech Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Saint Mary's University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing Gaps and Opportunities: Industry Knowledge and Capacity for Large-Scale Heat Pump Uptake

This research is based on the recognition that heat pump technology has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reliance on fossil fuels, while providing space heating, space cooling and domestic hot water. Both internationally and in the Ontario context, a lack of industry knowledge and capacity has been noted to be a barrier to the uptake of heat pump technologies. This project therefore seeks to gain a better understanding of the industry knowledge and capacity gaps for heat pump retrofits in Ontario, and more specifically, in Ontario’s multi-unit residential building sector. The research will investigate potential strategies for overcoming this barrier and creating greater alignment between key actors such as (but not limited to) policymakers, training/education institutions, utilities and trade associations. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Winfield

Student:

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Vaughan, ON)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Removal of Cyanotoxins in Surface Waters Using Ozone & Advanced Oxidation Processes

Cyanotoxins, produced by blooms of cyanobacteria, have been a cause of concern, as they have the potential to compromise animal and human health. Because of increased nutrient loading and climate change, occurrence of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms and their toxins are increasing globally. The presence of these compounds in the Great Lakes and other water sources in Canada, the United States and worldwide, presents challenges for municipalities that are treating and distributing drinking water. This project involves detailed scientific investigation focusing on removal of dissolved extracellular cyanotoxins in drinking water samples. Laboratory-scale batch reactors will oxidize water samples using ozone and ozone-based advanced oxidation processes; cyanotoxin removal efficiency will be recorded and maximized through process optimization using experimental design. Morphology and oxidation mechanism for specific cyanotoxin removal will be elucidated. Ultimately this project aims in advancing knowledge in this area to assist municipalities in production of toxin-free high-quality drinking water.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rajesh Seth;Nihar Biswas

Student:

Partner:

SJ Environmental Consultants (Windsor) Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Amélioration du bilan hydrique souterrain du Campo de Cartagena

L’économie de la région du Campo de Cartagena en Espagne est basée sur une intense agriculture irriguée qui alimente une grande partie de l’Europe de l’Ouest en fruits et légumes. En l’absence de suffisamment d’eau de surface, les eaux souterraines sont depuis plusieurs décennies une ressource cruciale. L’eau est pompée jusqu’à 600 m de profondeur dans un système aquifère multicouche où les différents compartiments, autrefois isolés, se retrouvent aujourd’hui potentiellement connectés de manière artificielle à cause de nombreux forages entièrement crépinés. L’objectif principal du projet de recherche consiste à quantifier les échanges verticaux d’eau souterraine. Pour ce faire, il faudra effectuer des mesures de terrain dans des forages et reconstituer le bilan hydrique de la région. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Baudron

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de Murcia

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Water; Sustainability & the Environment; Other

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Natural Language Understanding and Generation

NLP techniques have been used and tested for several years in different environments and for different applications/domains. The performances of the Natural Language Understanding (NLU) toolbox are closely related to the quality of the text but also on the specific knowledge-domain. Social Media content typically use short sentences with simple grammar and tend to include specific jargon and abbreviations. Grammatical rules are not always respected and spelling errors are common. These characteristics are also common to the human generated military intelligence/tactical reports. The first objective of the project is to automatically generate “human-like” reports, in both French and English, based on “structured-data”. The second objective of this project is to create a knowledge extraction toolbox to be used with both social media reports and military intelligence reports (for both French and English).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Timothy J. O’Donnell

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Field testing of newly Blast resistant lightweight sandwich panel

The proposed project is to field test a full scale novel lightweight sandwich panel which consists of steel plate at the front, concrete panel at the back and number of helical springs in the middle. This newly proposed sandwich panel will be subjected to repetitive different ranges of blast load to ensure its blast resistant capacity and evaluate its ability to withstand repetitive blast loads. The idea of using this sandwich panel is to almost dissipate all the applied blast energy by the front steel plate and the helical springs layer which accordingly, prevents the damage of the back RC panel which is considered as the main structure. The construction of this lightweight sandwich panel is not costly, not time consuming and will reduce the additional loads which added by using traditional protection layers. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Yang

Student:

Partner:

Tongji University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Role of Semaphorin3A in nerve regrowth in muscle repair

While satellite cell (SC) activation underpins muscle repair, function requires reinnervation of new myotubes. During early differentiation in repair, SC-derived myoblasts also upregulate expression of a neural chemorepellent, semaphorin3A (Sema3A), thought to mediate axonal ingrowth toward regenerating myotubes. Recent findings indicate that disrupted timing of Sema3A expression (by early SC activation) delays the time-course of in vivo reinnervation and loss of muscle-specific Sema3A expression disrupts reinnervation. We hypothesize that a muscle-specific Sema3A-knockout will also disrupt the timing of Schwann cell function and expression as neurites grow toward nerve-muscle junctions (NMJs) and form axon terminals on new fibers during muscle repair. This work will expand our knowledge of Schwann cell function in muscle development and functional restoration of nerve supply during muscle growth in development and repair. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Judy Anderson

Student:

Partner:

Kyushu University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Food Sovereignty in the City: Exploring Urban Agrarianism through Participatory Video in Brazil

Working with research partners in Brazil, my PhD research at UBC uses video ethnography and other qualitative methods to analyze perspectives of social movement participants, farmers and policymakers towards urban agriculture. The project investigates how urban agriculture may support ‘scaling up’ more sustainable food production, transportation and consumption practices both within and outside of the city. Outputs from this research include an ethnographic video, academic article and chapter of my dissertation. As a community-based project, a return trip to Brazil in September will enable participatory analysis and assessment of research results with stakeholders through focus groups and allow me to finalize the video in response to the focus groups, draft the accompanying manuscript with Brazilian partners and share the final video with participants and their networks.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hannah Wittman

Student:

Partner:

Federal University of Santa Catarina - to merge

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Agriculture and Food; Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Artistic Voices: An Oral History Community Heritage Project at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston ON

Using oral history interviews, this collaborative project will document and explore the social history of the efforts made by the Kingston arts community to preserve the historic Morton Brewery and Distillery and to create the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, a vibrant community arts hub. Supplemented by archival research, I will interview the artists, cultural organizations, and community members to document this community history and privilege the voices of those who worked so hard to create this space. While many projects in Kingston focus on the tangible, physical heritage of the city, this project seeks to highlight the “intangible community heritage” of Kingston’s arts community, focusing on the importance of the people rather than limestone, brick, and mortar, and the ways in which these disparate groups came together and became a community. TO BE CONT”D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeffrey Brison

Student:

Partner:

Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring the connection between design and computational thinking across industry and educational contexts

In today’s fast-paced, technologically-driven world, it is of paramount importance that we take advantage of different ways to solve problems, to generate the most efficient solutions. One way to accomplish this goal is to adopt different ways of thinking about how we solve problems. It may be of great value to base problem-solving that we teach in education using basics of design thinking and computer science, two existing disciplines. However, research has not yet assessed how these types of thinking may be related across different contexts, like education and industry. In this project, the intern will work with an academic expert and leading industry partner to develop and assess technology-enhanced educational materials. In doing so, the intern will gain experience collaborating with experts from education, business and robotics, and the industry partner will benefit from the intern’s research findings in developing curriculum-based educational materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Mueller

Student:

Partner:

InkSmith Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

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