Older adults living with frailty recover less quickly following minor illnesses and are more likely to be hospitalized or die. Therefore, it is of importance to identify strategies to prevent or treat frailty. In Canada, there is currently no available multi-component interventions addressing frailty in long-term care settings. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of […]

The research project has as a general objective to analyze the organizational climate and its interference in the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (ICP) from the perspective of managers and health professionals in a hospital context in the face of COVID-19. To achieve the objective in the proposal of a mixed methods study, data will be collected […]

The ‘Obesity Epidemic’ is a major issue faced by western society today. Physical activity is known to directly correlate with reduced body fat, increased strength, and an improved overall sense of health and wellness. However, a majority of the population, for various reasons, is not physically active. These reasons can vary from the lack of […]

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) is a common disease associated with hospital stays and is caused by a bacteria known as C. difficile. This project will examine transmission patterns of the bacteria and attempt to develop methods for detection of the pathogen in order to reduce incidence of the disease. This will ease the […]

Canadian salmon production is the fourth largest farmed salmon industry in the world. Farmed salmon is British Columbia’s (BC) largest agri-food export with a total economic output of $1.6 billion annually, which represents 60% of total production in Canada. Approximately, 90,000 tonnes of farmed salmon are produced in BC every year which in turn supports […]

Many fish populations have declined across Canada, due to diverse pressures including overharvesting, pollution, habitat degradation, and more. Prior to colonization, Indigenous management systems supported large-scale fisheries alongside healthy fish populations. These systems are being revitalized by their communities, to meet the needs of both people and fish, and move towards more sustainable fisheries practices. […]

Wheat is a major staple food crop. Winter wheat has higher yield potential than spring wheat. Fusarium head blight (FHB), mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum is one of the major diseases of wheat. FHB related traits (visual symptoms, fusarium damaged kernels-FDK and deoxynivalenol-DON) are influenced by multiple genes or quantitative trait loci (QTL) with small […]

Ce projet vise le développement d’un programme de promotion de saines habitudes d’activité physique et alimentaires chez des femmes ayant été atteintes d’un cancer du sein. L’intervention impliquera deux approches, l’une virtuelle et l’autre en présentiel, qui sollicitera la collaboration entre le médecin de famille, le kinésiologue, le nutritionniste et le patient. Deux groupes de […]

Les Premières Nations sont de plus en plus impliquées dans les projets de recherche qui touchent leur territoire. Or, le développement de compétences en recherche en sciences naturelles au sein des communautés est nécessaire pour assurer une collaboration équitable et harmonieuse avec les institutions de recherche. La recherche proposée sera menée par la Première Nation […]

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is the most important disease of feedlot cattle, which remains the leading cause of disease-induced economic loss in the Canadian cattle industries. BRD is induced by bacterial pathogens including the Gram-negative (G-) bacteria Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and Histophilus somni. Even with current prevention and control measures targeting associated pathogens, the […]

Breast cancer affect one out of eight women worldwide. Triple-negative breast cancer is an invasive breast cancer that is estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative, and HER2-negative. Triple-negative breast cancer is a type of breast cancer that is usually more aggressive, harder to treat, and more likely to come back (recur) than cancers that are hormone receptor-positive […]

Around the world, birds have been declining at an alarming rate. It is therefore important that conservationists use as many resources as they can when making informed conservation decisions. Autonomous recording units (ARUs) have become an increasingly popular choice for monitoring bird populations, because they can be left in highly remote regions (such as Canada’s […]