Taking a bite out of our City’s Natural Areas: Busy beavers and how to manage them.

The City of Edmonton supports research, educational and professional development experience for University of Alberta graduate students. The program immerses students in a real world learning experience where they can apply their skills and contribute to building a thriving, sustainable and welcoming home for the Edmontonians of today and tomorrow. This will be a joint […]

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Jurisdictional scan and opportunities for the City of Edmonton around the potential of coaching ambassadors for residential deep energy retrofits

The City of Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition Strategy & Action Plan identifies the urgent need to renovate Edmonton’s existing home stock to reduce energy use and utility costs. There are over 350,000 residential buildings that need to improve their energy efficiency in order for the City of Edmonton to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals. […]

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Opportunities for solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging integration

Edmonton is on a path of transformational change to become a climate resilient and low carbon city. Edmonton’s Energy Transition Strategy and Action Plan identifies the actions needed to align Edmonton with the international target of limiting global warming to 1.5C. Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation and generating local renewable energy are two […]

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Equitable access to electric vehicle charging

Edmonton is on a path of transformational change to become a climate resilient and low carbon city. While there are many components to creating this vision, sustainable transportation and equity are front and center in shaping the future of Edmonton. Transportation is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, representing 31% of […]

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Green House Gas Data Metrics & Analysis

The purpose of this initiative is to analyze existing data to determine units of measurement and key performance indicators that will determine if a net reduction in GHG’s are truly being achieved. This will go deeper in also determining the benefits of utilized recycled materials such as asphalt, concrete, cement powder and aggregates. The benefits […]

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Comparative Analysis of Risk Perceptions and Flood Preparedness (Canada and Japan)

With climate change driving more severe and unpredictable weather, countries around the world are facing higher probability of extreme weather events, particularly in the form of flooding, storm surges, and hurricanes. The overall objective of this research is to explore how Canada, a (low-probability of risk country) and Japan (a high-probability of risk country) compare […]

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A Lipo-Polymeric Approach to Breast Cancer Gene Therapy

Nucleic acid-based therapies such as DNA and siRNA has equipped us with the freedom to customize in our battle against specific cancers and other diseases. Especially the non-viral approach to deliver the therapeutic nucleic acids in a clinical setting provides a safer alternative to the viral gene therapy systems. However, to achieve a clinically relevant […]

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Quantification of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD IgG antibody and SARS-CoV-2 virus

The project is focused on designing and developing a novel point of care analytical device using functional magnetic microparticles that can quantitatively determine the concentration of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody and SARS-CoV-2 viruses in human saliva and serum. This approach will allow mass testing in the general population to assess past or current infection. Furthermore, it can […]

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Design and development of a benchtop ophthalmic device for the treatment of vitreous floaters.

PulseMedica is developing a medical device platform to treat vitreoretinal eye diseases that affect over 500 million people worldwide. Our device consists of a state-of-the-art 3D imaging and surgical platform that allows for comprehensive patient treatment including machine learning based disease detection, surgical planning, surgical treatment, and post-surgery evaluation. This device uses multiple laser-based imaging […]

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CAUDS Coalition Project

The intern will work on a project to develop a coalition of cross-sector community leaders in a mental health-care setting. The project will contribute to new solutions to community challenges in Canada surrounding the pharmacological treatment of alcohol use disorder. The intern will train in research skills, interdisciplinary teamwork, and community-based research methodologies. The intern […]

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