Environmental forensic investigations endeavour to identify connections between environmental pollution and polluters. There assessments are integral to legal cases spanning pollution from accidental spills to illegal disposal of chemical waste. A common challenge is the investigation of complex contaminant mixtures that may have multiple polluters or where only part of the complex contaminant mixture are […]

In Ontario, the bulk of electricity is generated in the south close to the major population centres and transmission lines do not extend far into the North. This results in many off-grid communities north of the Great Lakes that rely on diesel generators to produce electricity. This region of Northern Ontario is host to many […]

The Canadian Government offers many forms of support to start-up businesses and entrepreneurs. However there is no single, easily accessible source of information available to entrepreneurs to be able to determine which funding programs they are eligible for and which programs fit closest to their business. This research, in conjunction with Twothirds Water Inc. and […]

Palladium and other precious metals found within the East Bull Lake Intrusions have been identified by the Geological Survey of Canada as Critical Metals that are vital to future of humanity and our dominance as a global mining powerhouse. This proposed research will provide internship training on the geological conditions of Palladium concentration in the […]

Ce projet vise à évaluer la présence des potagers dans une ville en région nordique et dans un contexte minier. L’objectif est de déterminer, en collaboration avec des citoyens et citoyennes la productivité de leur potager, les niveaux de contamination dans les sols et dans les légumes, afin d’évaluer le niveau du risque sanitaire à […]

The Canadian agricultural sector is facing a wide range of challenges that include depleting natural resources (e.g., water), environmental pollution (e.g., fertilizers), and climate change. Precision agriculture is a method of farming that uses technologies to monitor soil and crop status and support timely and variable-rate farming practices. It is thus a promising approach to […]

Coal-fired power companies in Alberta need to conduct afforestation of thousands of hectares of previously mined lands, as the province transitions from coal-fired to gas-fired power plants. Identification of management practices that address soil building, erosion control and manage ruderal vegetation concurrently is critical to facilitate reclamation efforts. This study will implement an integrated set […]

The proposed research project for Globalink Research Award is to test a hypothesis of faunal connectivity in the Devonian (419-535 million years ago) Nothern Hemisphere through comparision of the fossil vertebrates from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago with those from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, with special focus on an extinct group of lobe-finned fishes (sarcopterygians) […]

Cognitive AI software using a metallurgy ontology can use semantic network descriptions of mineral deposits and mines to evaluate a mineral deposit and determine which deposit, anywhere in the world, most closely matches its metallurgical characteristics. After finding a suitable match, the user would be able to read the metallurgical report(s) of the similar deposit(s) […]

This 8-month project will help advance Planetary Hydrogen’s efforts to demonstrate and certify it’s SeaOH2 process by: 1. Explore the Canadian CDR policy landscape and developing a strategy to inform policy-makers of Ocean-based CDR methods; 2. Work with Ocean Scientist, regulators and other stakeholders (such as community groups, environmental non-governmental organizations and partner for-profit entities) […]

Fundamental questions remain on how polar oceans will respond to climate change and how rapidly changes will occur. Based on observations made from satellite, there is growing evidence that ocean and sea ice interact at scales on the order of a few tens of kilometers, the mesoscale. However, it is not clear how exactly the […]

The From Hammers to Homes project seeks to engage one masters student intern for two semesters to work with the partners in order to design a new database and conduct a new annual survey to report on improving the quality and transparency of information on the residential development environment in regional Vancouver’s municipalities. The interns […]