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In Conversation with Contemporary Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: What It Means to Practice

“In Conversation with Contemporary Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: What it Means to Practice” is a study of the relationship between objects and practice in Pure Land Buddhism as told by the practitioners themselves. Interviewing scholars and practitioners of contemporary Chinese Pure Land Buddhism and visiting key sites of practice in the Shanghai area, I will ask questions such as: What objects, if any, define contemporary Chinese Pure Land practice? Does curated space count as a material object? When Buddhism moves locales, from Japan to China for example, how does the materiality of the tradition get transferred? How do objects lose or gain meaning when they change locations? This project is an extension of work that I began as an intern for the Pluralism Project at Harvard University in the San Francisco Bay Area and will now extend into the urban Shanghai area. The outcome of this research will be three podcasts, a research paper that will be included in my Master’s thesis, a
presentation and five entries in the Material Culture and East Asian Religion website we are developing at Mount Allison University.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Susan Andrews

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Zhejiang University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Mount Allison University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Étude du potentiel de l’huile essentielle de monarde pour traiter les infections chez les poulets d’élevage.

L’utilisation inappropriée des antibiotiques comme facteur de croissance pour l’élevage animal a été identifiée comme l’une des causes de l’apparition de la résistance bactérienne. Ce type d’usage est d’ailleurs interdit en Europe depuis 2006. D’autre part, la demande canadienne en poulet sans antibiotique est en croissance depuis plusieurs années. Cependant, les poulets d’élevage sans traitement antibiotique sont plus sujets aux infections ce qui cause une diminution du poids et une hausse importante de la mortalité. Cette baisse de performance affecte la rentabilité des éleveurs. Par conséquent, les entreprises, comme Nutrinor, cherchent des alternatives efficaces pour remplacer les antibiotiques afin de répondre à la demande du marché. L’utilisation des huiles essentielles est fortement envisageable. En effet, plusieurs huiles possèdent des propriétés antibiotiques mais peu d’entre elles ont été étudiées pour des applications dans les fermes d’élevage. Malgré le potentiel indéniable des huiles essentielles, des études approfondies sont nécessaires pour mieux comprendre leurs compositions chimiques et leurs activités biologiques. Récemment, nos travaux préliminaires ont permis de constater que l’huile essentielle de monarde, une plante de la forêt boréale, possédait des propriétés antibiotiques intéressantes in vitro. TO BE CONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jean Legault

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Nutrinor Coopérative

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

Université :

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Programme :

Accelerate

Developing Strategic Planning Tools to Support Forest Industry Transformation

Much of the management theory taught in today’s classrooms is focused on consumer-based, growth businesses rather than natural resource-based, cyclical industries. This study will examine how natural resource industries, such as forestry, recognize and adapt to structural (permanent) challenges in their market environment. The research will have three main components: first, using publically available information sources, it will inventory which strategic actions North American and European forestry companies have taken over the past decade to acclimate to their changing business environment. Second, it will identify the most relevant streams of management and strategy literature, suggesting modifications to incorporate the needs of natural resource firms. Third, it will survey industry decision-makers to test the newly-updated theories, and develop comprehensive yet straightforward tools to aid industry in recognizing and interpreting market signals. The resource-based partner company has expressed an interest in using the strategic planning tools developed by this project to evaluate and validate its evolving corporate strategy.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Cohen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Catalyst Paper Corporation

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

A Culturally Inclusive AAC App for Autistic Children in China

Verbal language is significant in communicating our thoughts for daily living. However, children with autism often have problems with verbal communication. Early intervention is extremely significant to autistic children because it can encourage their verbal language, self-care and
social skills. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) tools based on pictures can benefit autistic children by compensating for writing and speech. In Canada, there are diverse AAC apps available for autistic children while in China, they do not have them. This project will
develop a prototype for a Chinese AAC app using a popular AAC app in English. The app will be evaluated in China with parents and caregivers through community training workshops. Lessons learned from this cultural examination of use of technology in autism intervention between the two countries will be shared with community organizations in both countries.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sambhavi Chandrashekar

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Nanjing University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

OCAD University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Multi-Hazard Performance Based Design Guideline for Wood-Based High-Rise Buildings

In order to satisfy the housing demand in major Canadian cities, there is a renaissance in the use of tall wood-based buildings. Timber is the most sustainable and environmental friendly construction material with higher seismic resistance. In April 2009, the British Columbia Building Code was amended to increase the height limit of wood-frame buildings from 4 to 6 story. In the current 2015 NBCC, the height limit was increased for entire Canada. With the use of mass timber, timber-based high-rise buildings are constructed around the world. However, there is no design guideline for mass timber buildings. The aim of this project is to develop a multi-hazard performance based design guideline for wood-based highrise buildings. The multi-hazard risk considered are strong winds and destructive earthquakes. This research will be the first to combine these two hazards within the performance based engineering context. Last year, FPInnovations released the first technical guideline to assist the design and construction of tall timber buildings. The guideline pointed out research challenges and technical gaps related to the need for proper multi-hazard performance based design approaches for tall timber buildings. TO BE CONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Solomon Tesfamariam;Girma Bitsuamlak

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

FPInnovations (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Agriculture; Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Programme :

Accelerate

Fast screening of Adsorbents for gas separations of commercial interest

Based on the number of adsorbent materials that will be provided by Xebec Adsorption Inc., a fast prescreening on the adsorbents will be carried out using the UNB’s lab’s facilities and our adsorption group expertise. After the prescreening stage, that will help us identify proper material candidates for a process of interest, a full scale characterization will be performed on the selected adsorbents, and their adsorption capacity, selectivity and kinetics will be evaluated for gas separation systems, e.g., H2, CH4 and CO2. Based on these results, the selected adsorbents,
at this stage, will be packed in bench-scale columns, and their performance will be tested using operating conditions similar to the industrial application. At the last stage, the definitive selected adsorbent(s) will be tested in the pilot scale adsorption units at Xebec Ads. Inc. lab facility
(Located in Hydrogen Institute at Trois-Rivières, Quebec), and the results will be reported to the company to be considered for their commercial needs.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mladen Eic

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Xebec Adsorption Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

University of New Brunswick

Programme :

Accelerate

Investigation of Pore-scale Mechanisms of Applying CO2 Huff-and-Puff to Enhance Shale Gas Recovery with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Considering the unique properties of CO2 under supercritical condition, CO2 is proposed to be used in huff-and-puff treatments to enhance shale gas recovery from shale gas formations. This research project will look at the fundamental pore-scale mechanisms when CO2 huff-and-puff is used for enhancing methane recovery from shale formations. In order to obtain pore-scale mechanisms of applying CO2 huffand-puff to enhance shale gas recovery, a series of CO2 huff-and-puff experiments will be conducted in conjunction with the NMR measurements. Meanwhile, the effect of wettability, injection pressure, operating temperature, permeability, and water saturation on shale gas recovery will also be evaluated. After finishing this research, we will reveal the pore-scale mechanisms of CO2 huff-and-puff in enhancing shale gas recovery, provide pragmatic guidelines for effectively carrying out CO2 huff-and-puff in the field, and also explore the technical feasibility of CO2 storage in shale formations.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Huazhou Li

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Xi’an Shiyou University

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Scale-up of Bioaugmentation Cultures and Development of Delivery Strategies and Monitoring Tools for Anaerobic Benzene and Alkylbenzene Bioremediation

The overall objective of this project is to scale up and demonstrate the utility of novel bioaugmentation cultures for BTEX compounds, and associated diagnostic tools to properly deploy the technology. The intern will lead the project team to develop gene-based biomarker tools applicable to the bioaugmentation cultures and apply these tools to samples submitted from bench scale treatability testing and real world field samples. Additional the intern will determine the applicable regulatory approvals required from Environment Canada New Substance notification program and collect and compile data required for a regulatory application.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Elizabeth Edwards

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

SiREM

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Biotechnology; Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

Designing a safe, non-intrusive game for children to potentially detect Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a universal problem. It produces lifelong ill effects. Children should be made aware of it and educated about protecting themselves. They need easy ways to recognize and express attempts of CSA. This project aims to design an educational game that
creates awareness in children about CSA. It will be conducted in Canada and India to study how cultural differences might influence the design. Children will not be directly involved in the research. Parents, guardians, and other interested adults in Canada and India will be surveyed
to gather requirements for the design of the game. They will also participate in the design through focus group sessions to be conducted in Toronto and Bangalore. It is hoped that the resulting game will be helpful in making children more savvy about CSA.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sambhavi Chandrashekar

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Jain University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Université :

OCAD University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

The Symbiosis between State and Church in Text and Practice of Esoteric Buddhism in 8th Century China

The spread of Buddhism brought to encounter Indic and Sinitic cultural systems, the two of most disparate civilizations in the world. After hundreds of years of continuous contact and communication, a Buddhist sect that is most characteristically Indian and most alien to the Chinese flourished in China, which came to be known as Esoteric Buddhism or Buddhist tantra. More remarkably, it realized the closest cooperation
between the state and church that has ever seen throughout Chinese history. So far, scholarly efforts remain general and speculative to understand that phenomenon, and, although yielding some insights, the scholarship awaits verification and reassessment with historically empirical studies. In view that the primary sources have never been fully exploited and that it happened around a turning point of Chinese history, when momentous changes happened in almost every aspects of the society, the proposed project would be based on chronological examination of various primary sources and their interpretations in the specific historical context. The study extends from my doctoral research and would supplement it in discussion on related critical issues.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jinhua Chen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Tsinghua University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Democracy in Authoritarianism: Public Participation in Biosafety, Biodiversity, and Climate Change politics in China

My dissertation looks into China’s three environmental policy domains, including climate change, biodiversity and biosafety (GMOs), to investigate how China’ environmental diplomacy, economic interest and political concerns of legitimacy and stability intersect to condition public
participation and its effectiveness in affecting policy decisions. It seeks to illuminate not only why authoritarian regime embraces deliberation and public participation, but also how much democracy an authoritarian China can take without having to resort to suppression. While trying
to map out the distribution and evolution of public opinion mobilization on the three environmental issues, my dissertation also aims to shed light on the agency of key political actors in shaping China’s environmental governance from civil society organizations, international NGOs, media (traditional and mass media), and even within the government.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Yves Tiberghien

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Minzu University of China

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Large-Scale Purification of Antifungal Oxylipids via High-Speed Counter Current Chromatography (HSCCC) and Their Identification Using Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)

Phyto-pathogenic fungi are one of the main concerns threatening agriculture in Canada. Those phyto-pathogens not only affect the yield and the quality of agricultural products, but their metabolite, represented by mycotoxins, will also endanger food safety. In the pursuit of innovative environmental-friendly fungicides, oxylipid is of great research-importance because oxylipid with specific structures can act as an antifungal compound as well as a self-defense signaling molecule at the same time. Some monohydroxy fatty acid, have been proven to be very active in inhibiting foodborne pathogenic fungi in vivo and in vitro; however, their application in plants is limited by the low yield of purified products. Therefore, this project aims to explore a large-scale purification technology, i.e. high-speed counter current chromatography (HSCCC) to
purify the target antifungal oxylipid, and use liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) technology to identify those products. Large amount of purified antifungal compounds will be generated for further application in plant, and their potential usage as innovative environmentally friendly fungicide will be fully explored.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michael Gänzle

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Zhejiang University

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

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