Projets novateurs réalisés

Stagiaire en urbanisme – Analyse et mise à jour du schéma d’aménagement et de développement de la ville de Gatineau – Mobilité durable et transport collectif

L’embauche de stagiaire serait bénéfique pour la Société de transport de l’Outaouais et le Bureau de projet du Tramway Gatineau-Ottawa, car elle permettrait à la participation du stagiaire le travail dans certains domaines, dont la mise à jour de données statistiques et de l’analyse et la participation à la rédaction de certaines sections du schéma d’aménagement et de développement de la Ville de Gatineau.
Plus concrètement, le chapitre 5 : Mobilité durable et transport collectif, sera celui auquel le stagiaire participera, afin d’y insérer le projet de Tramway Gatineau-Ottawa, qui n’est pas présent jusqu’à présent dans les outils de planification. Comme le projet constitue un axe structurant, plusieurs autres éléments connexes (liens en mobilité active, zones axées sur le transport en commun et densification, agencement avec les autres modes de transport collectif, etc.) devront aussi être réfléchis dans le contexte de l’arrivée du tramway. La mise à jour des données statistiques est très importante afin de pouvoir cibler les besoins prioritaires en matière de mobilité actuels et futurs, permettant une meilleure planification dans le domaine.
Le stagiaire, par ses deux années au baccalauréat en urbanisme, à acquis plusieurs connaissances en matière d’urbanisme et mobilité durable, qui s’avèrent utiles à la tâche. Les compétences de base complémentaires acquises dans ce des domaines connexes (par exemple, la géomatique) permettent une collaboration avec les experts d’autres domaines plus faciles.

Teacher Time Machine Marketing Research Project

The objective of this project is to determine the usability and acceptance of Teacher Time Machine web application as an AI power platform for teachers, administrators, and school district leaders. It will involve doing market research, creating a market strategy and determining and testing execution of marketing steps. The partner organization will benefit by having the product validated for use by teachers, administrators, and school district leaders. Feedback will also help Teacher Time Machine scale up their product by marketing to other users such as post secondary educators, industry training programs and international educators.

Medventions: Cardiac Surgery

Medventions is a full-time 14 week paid program that allows students and new graduates to take part in physician-led, hospital-based fellowship training. Fellows come from different areas of study and will get hands on experience in a clinical setting with innovators and experienced mentors. It equips fellows to identify priority healthcare needs and develop their own prototypes to help solve pressing issues in our healthcare system. At the end of the program, the interns will present their final innovation at the Innovation Showcase, which will celebrate the interns and the work they have done over the past four months. Here, they will present their prototype and business model, and field any questions from an audience comprised of those engrained in the health innovation ecosystem in Nova Scotia.

This cohort will be comprised of 4 fellows and our academic supervisor for this cohort is Clifton Johnston from Dalhousie University. The fellows will be shadowing their clinical lead Dr. Ali Hallani who specializes in cardiac surgery and are expected to start in early September.

Technical feasibility study for unified PCB manufacturing to serve PHY layer functions in WDOCSIS prototype

This project explores the feasibility of creating a printed circuit board (PCB) to serve the physical layer (PHY) functions within a WDOCSIS prototype. Rather than approaching this from a technical standpoint, we adopt a strategic perspective to drive product innovation. Our approach encompasses three key components: We will create a PCB that seamlessly integrates physical layer (PHY) functionalities. By leveraging commercially available electronic boards and optimizing their performance iteratively, we’ll design a circuit that enhances the end-user experience. The hardware design will prioritize ease of installation, ensuring end-users can easily set up and benefit from the WDOCSIS prototype. Our global network architecture will align with business goals. We will conceptualize a system that functions efficiently and supports scalability, cost-effectiveness, and customization. This strategic approach ensures long-term success. The project’s deliverables will encompass a well-documented PCB design for the CPE, simulation results, and a repository of exported files. Additionally, we will provide thorough documentation of the global network architecture, emphasizing its strategic impact.

Vers un plan d’aménagement forestier atikamekw

Le Conseil des Atikamekw de Wemotaci (CAW) au Québec et la Chaire de leadership en enseignement en foresterie autochtone (ci-après CLEFA) de l’Université Laval collaborent depuis 2019 afin de définir une vision atikamekw de la gestion des forêts. Cette collaboration a conduit à un constat important : il est essentiel de déployer des efforts particuliers afin de proposer un paradigme forestier cohérent avec la culture et le mode de vie atikamekw nehirowisiw ainsi que la richesse de leur rapport à la forêt. Pour y arriver, il importe de poursuivre le travail avec le CAW, et de proposer une planification forestière à l’échelle du Nitaskinan de Wemotaci d’ici trois ans. Le projet servira notamment à réaliser le travail de terrain nécessaire pour traduire les valeurs et les savoirs des familles atikamekw en « family map » (représentation de l’utilisation du territoire). Ensuite, nous déterminerons les enjeux-solutions de la planification forestière pour les Atikamekw de Wemotaci. Les participants seront des représentants de familles atikamekw, par exemple les chefs de territoire. Le projet a une très grande importance stratégique pour le CAW, en raison d’une entente qui sera signée en novembre 2023 avec le gouvernement du Québec. L’entente vise notamment à établir une nouvelle relation de Nation à Nation et à assurer une participation accrue dans les processus décisionnels en matière de gestion et de mise en valeur du territoire et des ressources forestières.

Artificial Intelligence, Participatory Governance and Urban “Smart” Infrastructure: An Examination of Critical Junctures for Canadian Digital Policy

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Landscape Changes and Place Making in Santarém Region, Lower Amazon, Brazil. From Late Pre-Columbian until Contact Periods

Despite an increase in the number of archaeological field projects in the Amazon region, few studies have analyzed landscape in order to understand the intricacies of political life of a given complex-society in the Amazonian prehistory. This research will focus on landscape formation and changes to decipher the degree to which the Tapajó group were politically centralized and hierarchically structured. It will also to contribute to the ongoing debate on the degree of human impacts and modification of the Amazonian landscape, in particular the Santarém region in the Lower Amazon. From the 10th to the 18th centuries, this region was inhabited by the Tapajó Indians, who produced the famous Santarém style ceramic. To fulfill the research objectives, settlement patterns and landscape modification of three areas (Flona- Tapajós, Belterra Plateau and Satarém) will be compared. In addition Geographical Information System spatial analysis will contribute to suggest how the Tapajó settlements were integrated and connected in terms of pathways and river networks.

Towards Ethical Guidance for AI in Canadian Housing Policy

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Studying the Technical Feasibility for the Development of an Intelligent Cloud-based Inventory and Product Information Management System for a Gourmet Retail Store.

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Prototyping a serious card game for a gamified approach to upskilling and AI integration in professional settings

In our project, we’re creating an innovative card game that blends traditional symbols, like those from tarot cards, with modern cultural references to help professionals navigate today’s complex workplace dynamics. The card game, created with different AI tools, aims to encourage strategic and speculative thinking, collaboration, and open-mindedness among employees, making room for a more inclusive and empathetic work environment. Through gameplay, we tackle the challenges posed by technological advances like artificial intelligence, turning apprehension into understanding and distrust into confidence. Our project offers an interactive and inclusive approach to learning and adapting in a world where digital and human workforces must coexist harmoniously. We believe that by integrating elements of play, our game can become a powerful tool in corporate training, enhancing skills that AI cannot fully replace—creative problem-solving, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal savvy. The anticipated benefit is twofold: it will prototype a powerful device to enrich the employee experience and boost leadership within organizations, and also provide us with valuable insights for further knowledge, market launch and partnership development.

Automated Temperature Monitoring System (ATMS)

The concept of Thermonalysis came from direct interaction with restaurant owners. A clearly identified problem is the current process of recording temperature and time readings of their food products. Monitoring food temperature is a critical step in ensuring customer safety. The current process of monitoring food temperature involves staff manually taking the food temperature and recording it themselves into their database or paper forms. This current process is manual, prone to human error, and often skipped because it’s an inconvenience. There are huge potential risks for owners of restaurants, food providers, and public health if food monitoring is inaccurate. The current process is lacking a product that easily and accurately monitors and records food temperature.

Themonalysis Inc aims to build a software-as-a-service tool paired with a temperature reading device to track and report live temperature data for health and food safety compliance standards. The technology should automate the recording and submission of food temperature readings by sending the data to the designated compliance/reporting software. The technology should record and submit the data. This data would be automatically uploaded and saved in an application that can be accessed by management of the restaurant or catering facility.

Advancing Data Science Research (Cohort #2)

Enormous quantities of machine-readable data, measured in many terabytes, are readily available. The sources include the world-wide web, publicly available databases, raw experimental data, unannotated genomic sequences generated by biochemical tools, and so on. However, data does not necessarily equal useful information. More often than not, the data has to be intelligently processed, interpreted, transformed, and then integrated into unified repositories. The research internships in the data science consortium enable local companies to access high-in-demand expertise and collaborate with the University of Victoria to advance and apply high quality methods for exploring, integrating and analyzing “big data” for their respective business goals. The consortium seeks to build an ongoing initiative in data science and industry collaborations through HQPs