The Edmonton Valley Zoo is passionate about the natural world and is always looking to find ways to promote environmental responsibility and support wildlife research that benefits both people and wildlife. Our Conservation team works to conserve species in the wild through endangered species breeding programs, by providing support for in-situ wildlife conservation research work, […]

To reflect changing external pressures on organic farmers due to erratic and extreme weather patterns, Organic Alberta is seeing a need to shift our extension work from encouraging farmers to adopt best management practices to creating a strong foundation in systems-based problem solving. Our intern will be creating innovative course structures to provide Albertan farmers […]

The Cansbridge Fellowship, a leading Canadian non-profit dedicated to fostering entrepreneurial leadership, seeks to modernize its operations and programs to better serve students and ensure long-term sustainability. This project will bring in specialized interns to tackle key challenges, including redesigning the business model for financial stability, optimizing programs to meet the evolving needs of students […]

The project aims to analyze the financial feasibility, operational impact, and environmental benefits of transitioning to an electric fleet for AMA’s fleet. The intern will evaluate the financial implications of electrification, assess the effect on daily operations such as service efficiency and route planning, and research the availability of electric tow trucks. Additionally, they will […]

A major challenge facing the small museums like the Camrose Museum is a high rate of turnover in staff and volunteers, which limits the potential to offer innovative exhibits and programming that can respond to changing community needs. In order to address this challenge, one intern will produce a training manual and a set of […]

The Edmonton City Plan was approved by Council in 2020 and sets ambitious diversified housing and land use targets to avoid premature fragmentation of agricultural lands while accommodating another one million residents. The Monitoring & Analysis Team, within the Urban Growth Unit lead the annual Growth Monitoring Program, the Geodemographic Projection Program, and Urban Growth […]

Income-based energy burden metrics identify households in energy poverty as those which spend 10% or more of their after-tax income on dwelling energy bills, risking the inability to maintain thermal comfort. However, traditional income-based energy poverty metrics fail to capture behavioral adaptation patterns of reducing energy consumption to limit financial expenditure on energy services, especially […]

As the largest urban park in Canada, with more than 160 kilometres of maintained pathways and 20 major parks, the River Valley is a natural asset for the City of Edmonton and part of a broader ecological network that connects through the tablelands and into the region. Edmonton has a long history of protecting the […]

In order to meet our City Plan and Climate Resilient Edmonton goals of restoring ecological networks, and natural and modified ecosystems, we need to understand the true cost of restoration. The cost of ecological restoration can encompass multiple factors adding complexity to an already complex task. This project will aim to gather information from other […]

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The hydroxy group (–OH) is well represented in organic chemistry and is present in 37% of commercial therapeutics, 69% of natural products and numerous biomasses. Despite their ubiquitous nature, the development of methods to directly transform hydroxy groups in a mild and less wasteful way has been seriously neglected. This, therefore, pushes for a method […]

Our lab has demonstrated that voluntary apneas (i.e., breath-holds) at high altitude cause decreases in heart rate in lowlander populations. Apneas at altitude also cause cardiac arrhythmias in a majority of lowlanders. Unlike lowlanders, native highlanders (e.g., Nepali Sherpa) do not get the same decreased heart rate and cardiac arrhythmias during voluntary apneas at high […]