The Artist on the Ward (AOW) Program in the University of Alberta Hospital is a unique service that offers arts experiences such as music, painting or literary art sessions to patients, staff, and family, facilitated by onsite staff artists. The AOW program has operated for 20 years, and has received plenty of positive feedback, but […]

This research project studies the process of political identity formation and focuses on Albertans. Adults, influenced by society, media and stereotypes have this sense of “wild west” political culture so they usually describe Albertan as a farmer, cowboy or oil worker. On the contrast, youth build their political identities through their families and school education […]

Stream ecosystems and organisms that live within them can be impacted by human activities on the surrounding land. Detailed knowledge of which human activities influence stream ecosystems and their biological communities and how they impact them is important to watershed planners for developing effective management strategies. Aquatic ecosystems in the North Saskatchewan River basin are […]

AERIUM employs aerial drones to collect data and perform geospatial data analytics in real-time applicable for a variety of fields which include the oil sector, airport transportation, forestry, and smart wildlife management. This proposal focuses on leveraging the data characteristics available in multispectral imagery and that may be missing in standard RGB data to detect […]

Psychosocial rehabilitation follows the philosophy of “recovery-orientated practice”, centered around the idea of maximizing wellbeing even while experiencing symptoms of mental illness. Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Canada is the only organization with a competency document aimed to promote, standardize, and improve the delivery of PSR in Canada. This document was last reviewed in 2017 and benefits […]

In running, we don’t train to run a marathon, we train to create of our bodies and minds somebody who is capable of running a marathon. The same is true for equitizing justice, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (JEDIA) work: we don’t train to perfect static techniques of equitization. We train to develop the skills, knowledges, […]

The proposed research project aims to address the issue of language endangerment and mother tongue education through a “citizen science” methodology in the remote Zangskar valley (Ladakh, India). In particular, the project seeks to test whether a citizen science approach can be an effective and sustainable way of documenting and revitalizing the endangered Zangskari language. […]

There is a growing demand for accessible, affordable and high-quality houses in northern communities of Canada. The intern will study the foundation solutions used to support residential houses and commercial buildings in northern Canada. The intern will conduct interviews with many stakeholders on the foundation and house development and then develop a guide to the […]

We will create a tool that leverages advanced Natural Language Processing techniques to identify various named entities and their relationships from the ample of police case files containing text data. We will also create a validation tool and a visualization tool that will help us create a trustable AI tool for advanced police case file […]

The aim of the research is to conduct two studies. The first component is to conduct a robust literature review on methods to estimate above and below carbon in temperate (green carbon), and mangrove ecosystems (blue carbon). This component of the proposed research will be aimed to identify a package of monitoring tools that can […]

Living with a mental illness in Canada is complex and not well understood. The research question for this project is; when and how do people with a chronic mental illness feel cared for in palliative settings? This project will provide a unique opportunity for a student intern to partner with Health Cities, Mitacs and a […]

LegacyX is a software development firm currently transitioning from a consulting focus to a software as a service vendor, specializing in Unions. LegacyX aims to give users the choice of a range of data science tools and generate statistical analytic outcome that will allow end users gain access to the insights provided around their Union […]