New technologies for low frequency photoacoustic imaging

This project is focussed on developing an optical imaging technology called photoacoustic imaging. Photoacoustic imaging is able to distinguish healthy tissue from cancerous tissue during breast surgery and could one day eliminate the need for repeat surgeries. The technology uses a pulsed laser to selectively build up pressure in some tissues and microphones to listen […]

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How do textbooks promote reconciliation?

How do textbooks promote reconciliation? Over the past decade, new history textbooks have been published in Canada and in Central Europe. In Ontario and Quebec, the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report provided a stimulus for reform. In Europe, historians from Germany and Poland wrote a textbook – approved in both countries – which seeks […]

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Generative AI for Dynamic Environment Creation in VR & AR

This project will use state-of-the-art advancements in artificial intelligence in order to automate and enhance the creation of virtual environments in virtual and augmented reality. By building upon previous successes incorporating artificial intelligence into the creation of 2D environments to enhance and guide the algorithmic generation process. By allowing the incorporated AI to respond and […]

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Inventory management implementation

This project will help an early-stage startuo in the health tech space move from small-scale manufacturing and fulfillment to more sophisticated solutions for inventory management, logistics, and fulfillment.

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Metabolic differences during metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancers

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a debilitating disease that has a 5-year survival rate of only 44%, making it the fifth most lethal cancer in women. A major reason for this low survival rate is the high rate of metastasis, where cells detach from the primary tumour site on the ovary and reattach at secondary […]

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Investigating AKT1-dependent pathways to regulate cellular metabolism

The serine/threonine kinase AKT1 is a key mediator of cell growth and survival processes including glucose metabolism, apoptosis, transcription, proliferation, and migration. AKT1 is activated by phosphorylation at two key regulatory sites, Threonine308 and Serine473, that are both used as clinical diagnostic markers for cancer. AKT1 also plays an important role in glucose metabolism by […]

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Bunkie Life Manufacturing Breakthrough Creation

Bunkie life is in the custom building and manufacturing industry but we’re famous for our small log cabin kits called bunkies that can be built in a weekend with no power tools or 2nd mortgage required. Ultimately, they help families create extra space for meaningful connections. Bunkie Life recently appeared on CBC’s Dragon’s Den and […]

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Mechanism of action of novel anti-Helicobacter pylori agents from lactic acid bacteria secretions

Helicobacter pylori (HP) colonizes chronically ~50% of the world’s population, causing gastric tissue inflammation and gastric ulcers or cancers. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) have probiotic effects against HP, meaning that they help alleviate symptoms. We found that 5 LAB provided by partner Lallemand Health Solutions (LHS) produce and release molecules that inhibit the growth of […]

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Geo-Mechanical Modeling for Management of Geologic Carbon Sequestration Risk

The proposed work will involve the development of a fully coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) model to study the behavior of cold CO2 fluid injection with surrounding rock. The numerical solution is based on the 2-D thermo-poroelastic displacement discontinuity method (DDM), which is a nonlinear joint deformation model, coupled with the finite element method (FEM) for solving […]

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