There is a pressing need for studies centered on the impact assessment of emerging wood preservatives and the remediation of orphaned sites. The present proposal describes a dual-purpose research project. The project aims to; (i) apply a modified in situ chemical oxidation technique for the removal of pentachlorophenol (Penta) and creosote compounds in orphaned sites […]

Audioptics Medical is a startup company dedicated to advancing diagnostics for diseases of the ear. Our optical imaging technology allows doctors to see through the intact eardrum into the middle ear and to use sound to stimulate middle ear structures and observe how they vibrate. This information can help to determine the cause of conductive […]

Millions of people post information on social media sites about their interests, preferences, opinions etc. on a daily basis. LeadSift mines this data stream in real-time to generate incredibly accurate and targeted sales leads. Given the short text and ambiguity around a social post, it gets very difficult to accurately identify intent. This project will […]

Factors that contribute to the generation of misinformation and distrust in Canadians around drug and vaccine safety and effectiveness include the impact of poor-quality or underpowered studies to influence the perception of therapeutic effectiveness, research priorities, and resource allocation; and the lack of understanding in the processes involved in drug and vaccine research, development, monitoring, […]

Effective mechanisms for bridging global environmental governance institutions where decision-making and governance principles are established with the experiences, knowledge, and worldviews of local peoples, communities, and conservation practitioners are increasingly necessary. Large-scale planning initiatives for conservation and mitigating climate change are cross-scalar endeavors. Therefore there is a critical need for governance mechanisms that effectively decentralize […]

Designing the most effective and efficient source of revenue is one of the leading policy challenges in the municipal sector today. Generally speaking, municipalities own and operate 60% of the built public infrastructure in the country, but are limited to approximately 8% of the aggregate tax revenue generated in the country by all three orders […]

The overarching goal of this project is to learn how to apply machine learning strategies to identify genes associated with breast cancer recurrence. The outcome of this project will be a working understanding of machine learning and its application for analyzing transcriptomic datasets. In addition, we will establish new collaborations with Dr. Sun Kim’s research […]

This project is an online multiplayer video game for Virtual Reality (VR) that is inspired by escape room themes and puzzles. The project is going to be developed using Unreal Engine 5 which is one of the newest and most powerful technologies that allows the team to implement more complex ideas and scenarios that were […]

Most forests slow down climate warming by removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass and soils. However, how much CO2 they remove depends on how much CO2 different forest compartments (vegetation and soils) take up from or release to the atmosphere. New sensor technologies have been developed allowing year-round measurements of CO2 […]

In response to the current climate crisis and since the Paris COP21, there has been widespread international agreement on limiting warming to < 2°C. Two recent IPCC reports have emphasized that the most feasible pathway to limiting warming to 2°C or less is to deploy both climate mitigation (emissions reduction) and intervention (Carbon dioxide removal) […]

There is a growing need to address the rising child mental health crisis in Canada. One way is to take a personalized medicine approach which includes factors that influence an individual’s environment, genetics and their microbiome. The microbiome includes a collection of microorganisms and can live on or within the human body. Many environmental factors […]

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is rapidly emerging as a potential technique to mitigate against the worst impacts of climate change. However, little is known regarding the potential biological and ecological impacts of introducing alkaline base into the coastal ocean to capture CO2, reversing ocean acidification in the process. Specifically, it remains unclear whether the phytoplankton […]