Cheekbone Beauty Inc. is an Indigenous Canadian-owned beauty company with a mission to transform the lives of all its consumers through sustainable products and business innovation. The proposed project involves repurposing wine-making waste (grape pomace) from local Niagara Region wineries into high-value added ingredients with anti-aging, anti-pollution, and sun protection properties, for cosmetic applications. This […]

Calves are born without antibodies needed to fight off disease. The only source of antibodies available for the first few weeks of a calf’s life comes from maternal colostrum, the first milk produced by the cow. Calves are able to absorb these antibodies for approximately 24 hours of life, and absorption rates vary widely. Currently, […]

Deux espèces de trichogrammes parasitoïdes sont présentement utilisées pour lutter contre la pyrale du maïs, soit Trichogramma ostriniae, soit T. brassicae. Ce projet vise à connaître l’effet de l’utilisation combinée de ces deux espèces. Les deux espèces possèdent des écologies différentes notamment en ce qui a trait à la diapause. Notre hypothèse de travail sera […]

This research project will help build the foundation of thrombosis research within Newfoundland and Labrador with a focus on the Thrombosis Service at Eastern Health. It will inform clinical practice within the province and beyond.

Nunavut Fisheries Association (NFU) is doing this study that evaluates quality, handling and processing methodologies for Pandalus montagui shrimp (striped shrimp) with the aim of improving quality and yield. Montagui shrimp is typically regarded as an inferior quality product to Pandalus borealis (Northern shrimp) and as such gets a lower price in the market.

Bronchiolitis is one of the most common causes of infant hospitalization and the costs associated with it are large. Since active treatments are mostly ineffective for bronchiolitis, supportive management (including oxygen saturation monitoring) is the main focus of inpatient management. However, ideal oxygen saturation targets for infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis have not been established. This […]

There is increasing evidence that multiple genetic variants within a patient can compound their effects, resulting in a more severe clinical phenotype in comparison with the clinical manifestations in individuals with single genetic variation. In this study, we aim to examine the clinical utility of a massively parallel sequencing technique to identify clinically relevant secondary […]

Blood pressure increases with age in Western societies; however, populations that live as hunter-gatherers and subsistence farmers rarely develop cardiovascular disease and do not have age-related increases in blood pressure. The mechanisms responsible for the maintenance of cardiovascular health with aging are not clear. A mismatch between the conditions that postindustrialized populations inhabit – low […]

As part of the transition plan to low-carbon economy, the province of Quebec (QC) has become one of the 20+ regions and cities worldwide to announce a plan to electrify transportation which centers around setting up a ’complete electric battery ecosystem’ by 2050. While this plan poses a new phase of land appropriation and environmental […]

Creatine has been used as a feed additive in the poultry industry to improve energy metabolism and growth performance. However, because of creatine’s relative instability in foodstuffs, GAA has recently been explored as a potential alternative to creatine supplements. GAA is the immediate precursor for creatine production in the body. For this process, another amino […]

Naturally saline lakes are highly productive ecosystems that support a wide variety of species and are of commercial value for sodium sulphate production used as detergents and other commercial products. Saskatchewan contains the most saline lakes in all of Canada, and many of these lakes are critical staging habitat for migratory shorebirds that rest and […]

Climate change is rapidly altering the planet, and solutions are urgently required to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit further warming. Blue carbon ecosystems (salt marshes, seagrass meadows, kelp forests, marine soft sediments) are important carbon reservoirs that could contribute to Canada’s climate change solutions. Yet, despite having the world’s longest coastline, Canada has […]