For the past six years, Ecotrust Canada has managed a group licence for FSC Canada (http://ecotrust.ca/ fsc) . This group licence allows smaller woodlot owners and chain of custody businesses to have FSC certification at a much lower cost. The program has proven to be very successful but has not yet reached a break even […]

The research would look at the amount of revenue that would be lost by not harvesting timber from sensitive areas in the Clayoquot sound region . It would also look at the viability of using non timber products as a substitute for timber harvesting. Currently the non timber products under consideration are Carbon Offsets, Resorts […]

Diamond like carbon (DLC) is an amorphous form of carbon with a high fraction of diamondlike (sp3) bonds. DLC thin films have many attractive attributes including extraordinary hardness, enhanced lubrication and wear resistance properties. Aurora Scientific Corp. is the provider of advanced vacuum coating systems based on its patented physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology. Aurora […]

This initiative is conducted with the Fraser Health Medicine Program, which provides a wide range of integrated healthcare services in acute care hospitals and out-patient services. This research will focus on various tools such as visual storytelling to engage staff to empower patients with diabetes to take control of their diabetes health by providing them […]

The objective of this proposal is to develop a new candidate recombinant protein vaccine for the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on a novel protein delivery and adjuvant technology, iPDT. If successful, this research will advance another COVID-19 vaccine candidate(s) to the pipeline toward clinical use. The causative agent of COVID-19 is SARS coronavirus […]

Biomass wHh little or no commercial value Is often produced as by-products from sawmills and commercial agricultural activity. The use of this biomass for energy generation can offset the need forfosall fuels thereby contributing to reductions In Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. However for biomass to substitute fuels such as natural gas, It needs to […]

Greenest City Conversations is an innovative, interdisciplinary and wide-scale research project aimed at developing multiple channels for public engagement on sustainability policies. Its two main goals are (1) to facilitate discussion, solicit and analyze public attitudes and opinions on, and support for, a variety of sustainability policies; and (2) to provide a comprehensive understanding of […]

The Coda Continuous Delivery platform leverages advanced artificial intelligence techniques to accelerate innovation in software development and delivery. The project aims to improve the speed in which a software development team can achieve quality code and reduce the number of issues seen by customers in production. Using a continuously learning platform, Coda catalogues historical issues […]

A composite material is a macro-level combination of two or more material whose properties can be tuned based on the macro-scale distribution of the material. D.I. Self-Composite Alloys Inc., are working on developing a new generation of materials. Their preliminary findings have shown that it is possible to create metals with improved mechanical properties by […]

Many YouTube content owners currently make money from their videos by allowing YouTube to display ads next to them. For these content owners, increasing the popularity of the video leads to more revenue, and therefore it is of great importance. The purpose of this project is to design an algorithm to predict the popularity of […]

Boundary Pass is located off the south coast of Saturna Island and is an important foraging spot for the endangered Southern Resident Killer whales (SRKW). This region is also used by fishing, recreational and ecotourism boats and by large commercial vessels transiting through the shipping lanes to Vancouver Ports. Starting in June, the ECHO Program […]

Design data is broadened beyond specifying built-environments to support evidence-based decision-making in the early phases of design. For using data, designers usually rely on specialized data visualizations. There is a need for interfaces specifically tailored for reporting designs with their form and performance data to and for seeking feedback from the other stakeholders who are […]