While ESG initiatives and corporate social responsibility have become major priorities in boardrooms around the country, many organizations are still in need of support to execute specific strategies to tackle these important projects. As leading experts and champions within the sustainable procurement space in Canada, ETCH is uniquely positioned to apply its knowledge to instruct […]

The Christmas tree industry in Canada produces about 2 million trees annually. More than 70% the annual harvest comes from the province of Quebec. However, Christmas tree farms in Quebec are losing many young trees to root dieback diseases caused by soil-borne fungi. An effective biological solution is to mix disease-suppressive compost with soil before […]

Bacillus thuringiensis MS 20 produces a peptide, Bacillin 20, that has been shown to improve crop stress tolerance, enhance plant growth, stimulate the production of phytohormones and modify the plant root systems for better uptake of water and nutrients. The purification of Bacillin 20 from microbial broth culture is affected by the organic compounds present […]

My PhD dissertation is going to be focused on the Kubrawiyya Sufi order, a very influential spiritual community, which despite its massive importance has not received due attention from academics; the available modern scholarship on them has been predominantly concerned with the Kubrawis’ mystical doctrine, and the history of this order with all its crucial […]

Exposure to suboptimal nutrition (e.g., insufficient micro-nutrient intake) and substances (i.e., alcohol/tobacco) during pregnancy has been linked to mental health problems in the child. However, the mechanisms of this association remain unclear. One hypothesis is that exposure to suboptimal nutrition and substances may lead to premature birth (defined as

Notre projet entend se concentrer sur une particularité du roman “Renart le Contrefait” (XIVe siècle) qui a jusqu’ici assez peu interpellé la critique : dans un monde inversé où des animaux s’approprient déjà les traits d’humains, des femelles anthropomorphisées renversent à leur tour l’ordre du monde et résistent à l’idéalisation d’un féminin obéissant et tempéré […]

Of G7 nations, Canada has the greatest undersupply of affordable housing, and lowest rate of supply of core housing needs as defined by CMHC. Recently we (Ayrshire) have seen a shift in investment demand associated with new acquisition and developments of multifamily apartment housing in Western Canada. Given it’s strong performance and impact investing nature, […]

To address the challenge of increasing flight endurance for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), a novel technique involving the exploitation of atmospheric energy, typically by soaring in thermal updrafts, is being developed. The AUTOSOAR algorithm developed in a previous Mitacs project permits the UAV to rely less on its onboard motor to maintain altitude, and reduce […]

Conventional von Neumann architectures rely heavily on communication between memory and compute elements, making them power hungry. In recent years, therefore, neuromorphic computing based on low-power compute-inmemory devices has been gaining interest. One of the essential aspects of such systems is the hardware modeling of synapses that are expected to store weights that represent the […]

Ever-increasing complexity of high morbidity rate diseases including infections, cancer, atherosclerosis, has posed significant challenges in delivering active pharmaceutical agents at their intended targets. Polymeric soft nanoparticles based therapeutics have provided an advantageous platform, and have provoked the design of tailor-made nanoarchitectures that can load, target and deliver with high efficiency. Using synthetically articulated stimuli […]

Bombardier Aerospace, Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limited and Pratt & Whitney Canada have all initiated projects on Additive Manufacturing processes. Although applications are different, all companies are facing the same challenges including the lack of a mature certification path and a mature Canadian supply chain. In order to accelerate the maturation of this technology, we […]

Le projet de plateforme dynamique d’échanges de Symbiose agroalimentaire Montérégie (SAM) vise à permettre aux entreprises d’échanger directement entre elles diverses ressources tout en leur permettant d’être reconnu dans la région de la Montérégie pour leurs pratiques circulaires. Cette plateforme territoriale répertoriera les entreprises de la Montérégie participant au projet de SAM ainsi que leurs […]