Yukon River Chinook salmon have experienced devastating declines in recent years, leading to significant impacts on Yukon First Nation citizens. To address this growing conservation issue, we have collaborated with Yukon First Nations to understand their desires for improving salmon conservation capacity, and how we can support them in this endeavour. Together, we have identified […]

La notion de transition énergétique et écologique juste — ou transition juste — a été développée par le mouvement syndical mondial pour protéger les travailleuses et les travailleurs touchés.es par la transition vers une économie sobre en carbone. Elle est née de la nécessité de protéger les moyens de subsistance de ces personnes et de […]

Infection causing bacteria often grow as a community called a biofilm, which once formed becomes protected from the outside environment. In the context of a human infection, this means a biofilm is more resistant to both the immune system and external interventions such as antibiotics. For this reason, biofilms are proposed to be the link […]

New America’s Future of Property Rights program aims to create a solution for people all over the world to achieve their basic human right “to own, rent, or otherwise occupy property” (Panfil & Mellon, 2019). What is denying a large part of populations their basic human right is the “lack of proper documents” (Panfil & […]

We propose a meta-analytic project which aims at summarizing Post-Authorization Surveillance Safety data on Advate, a recombinant FVIII concentrates used to treat patients with Hemophilia A. The study will involve the largest cohort of hemophilia patients on FVIII concentrates analyzed in theliterature. The project represents an attempt to sustain a methodologically strong approach in the […]

The internship project for this Mitacs proposal will provide new data that will be added to the existing set from a 3-year standardized experiment across North and South America. The internship will be conducted in collaboration with Professor Pablo Stevenson’s research team from Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and aims to determine which, if […]

The two-spotted spider mite (TSSM) is a global pest that feeds on more than 150 crops including soybean. In Ontario, its pest pressure is especially high in dry years. With climate change, the TSSM pest pressure will increase, predicting the need for the effective pesticide control of TSSM. Dimethoate (Lagon® or Cygon®), an organophosphate pesticide, […]

WB-EMS exercise is an alternative method to traditional exercise which improves strength and endurance. Currently, it is unclear how much fatigue is produced following one session of WB-EMS exercise and how long it takes for muscles to recover. Additionally, WB-EMS exercise can use a range of frequencies for electrical stimulation (1-100 Hz), but it is […]

A new genetic approach which considers the effect size of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, selected from co-expression gene networks) over health outcomes, titled expression-based polygenic risk score (ePRS), was created in Prof. Patricia Silveira’s Lab at McGill University. The project aim is to assess in which way two ePRS of insulin receptors, one accounting for […]

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La coccidiose aviaire engendre des pertes économiques considérables pour les producteurs. Elle diminue l’absorption des nutriments, augmente le taux de conversion alimentaire et représente le facteur de risque principal pour l’entérite nécrotique. Elle engendre également la présence de fientes liquides, imposant une gestion d’élevage plus stricte. Des anticoccidiens se sont développés au cours des dernières […]

The lymphatic system serves an integral role in fluid homeostasis, lipid metabolism and immune control of the human body. Lipid based nano-carriers employing lymphatic voyage offer multitude of advantages like enhanced bioavailability, selective targeting to localized as well as metastatic conditions, controlled delivery and others. Lipid-based nano-carriers have been tested on various experimental various in-vivo, […]