La raison d’être de ce projet est de mettre au point un outil d’aide à la décision pour les décideurs politiques en matière de sécurité alimentaire. Pour cela, une approche multidisciplinaire et transversale est cruciale. En effet, les systèmes alimentaires se composent de multiples acteurs, ayant des expertises, des contraintes et des capacités variables dans […]

Le projet proposé vise à évaluer le potentiel écologique et économique de l’agroforesterie en milieu agricole au Québec à travers le concept de de restauration intégrée des paysages forestiers. L’intégration des pratiques agroforestières permettent d’améliorer la résilience des territoires agricoles et de lutter contre les changements climatiques. Ce projet comporte deux volets et vise (1) […]

In partnership with the First Nations Fisheries Legacy Fund and their partner First Nations, Katzie, Kwantlen, Kwikwetlem, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Tsawwassen, the proposed interns aim to develop a framework of aquatic health indicators that are identified and shaped by cultural values and priorities laid out by the involved First Nations in the Lower Fraser River […]

The raw materials that support and accompany the development of society will always be essential beyond the technological evolution. The challenge is to renew the reserve of natural resources at great depth. For new exploitation of these resources, the borrowing of old infrastructure of mining camps above and below the ground makes it possible to […]

Sixty phenotypically superior balsam fir trees (twenty each from Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) will be tested for needle keepability at each of two locations and at two collection periods in both 2020 and 2021. The same trees will be monitored for timing of bud flush and the correlation between the time of bud […]

Environmental quality criteria (EQCs) for soils are not designed to protect ecosystems from multiple contaminants that co-occur. EQCs are overwhelmingly based on dose-response studies of single contaminants, and lack mechanisms for scaling EQCs to accurately predict metal mixtures toxicity. The inability to predict risk for metal mixtures in soils at Canada’s many current and legacy […]

The Southern Ocean plays a pivotal role in the climate system by taking up and redistributing heat and carbon globally. This leading order role is attributed to the Southern Ocean’s unique circulation whereby deep waters are brought to the surface by a vigorous wind-driven upwelling. Since these deep waters are rich in dissolved inorganic carbon, […]

Hudson Boat Works in London, Ontario is the only company in Canada that manufactures highperformance rowing shells. Hudson wishes to employ finite element techniques to optimize the design of their rowing shells and associated structures using advanced engineering techniques. Optimization of composite materials design requires a detailed understanding of their mechanical response, including how they […]

Environmental scientists examining large-scale ecosystem processes (e.g., climate change, contaminant effects) are increasingly charged with collecting high-quality data on a more rapid timeline and extending the application of that data spatially and temporally. IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA) is a field research station comprised of 58 pristine lakes and their watersheds. This area has been […]

Potash, a group of potassium bearing minerals, is an essential crop nutrient. The use of potash-based fertilizers increases crop yields while making plants more resistant to extreme climate and disease. It is essential to meeting the food needs of the growing human population. Canada-based Nutrien Ltd. extracts potash from underground mines across Saskatchewan and is […]

Green roofs minimize stormwater runoff, building cooling costs, and provide other social, economic, and environmental benefits. Green roofs are also highly-proprietary, with the industry having many components to suite different applications, all influencing green roof survival and performance. With a green roof by-law and construction standard in Toronto, green roof coverage is consistently among the […]

There are growing concerns over the cumulative hydrological effects of forest disturbance on hydrology in the Duteau Creek community watershed. The objectives of this proposed study are: 1) to calibrate and validate the hydrological model SWAT; 2) to assess the cumulative hydrological effects of proposed forest harvesting under future climate change impacts; and 3) to […]