Approximately one-third of songbird species which migrate to the Canadian boreal forest to breed require older forests for nesting and foraging. In Alberta, older boreal forests are altered by ongoing industrial activity, such as logging; the birds that rely on these habitats are sensitive to this change. Forestry companies are constantly developing and testing new […]

Improving feed efficiency (FE) and meat quality (MQ) are Canadian swine industry priorities that will increase sustainability and competitiveness. It is difficult to improve these traits simultaneously by traditional breeding methods due to limited knowledge of genetic interactions, limitations on animals that can be measured and the high cost of measurement. High throughput genomic technology […]

Improving feed efficiency (FE) and meat quality (MQ) are Canadian swine industry priorities that will increase sustainability and competitiveness. It is difficult to improve these traits simultaneously by traditional breeding methods due to limited knowledge of genetic interactions, limitations on animals that can be measured and the high cost of measurement. High throughput genomic technology […]

$50B of unrealized GDP will occur by 2030 in Canada if the skill gap challenge is not addressed. With the acceleration and uncertainty of a borderless economy, Employers, Educators and Jobseekers will continue to be in constant flux. The greatest cost to Small & Medium Sized Businesses (SMBs) is the hiring, skilling and training of […]

Root rot disease especially Aphanomyces root rot has led to decrease pea acreage in the prairies due to yield losses of up to 70 percent in wet years. Current fungicides are few and have very limited efficacy on the target pathogen, but may negatively affect other living organisms in the environment. Therefore, there is the […]

Reliable long-term and short-term financial performance predictions are crucial for financial corporations to make major financial decisions and assess their financial health. Our work will develop high-performance machine learning models to detect the underlying drivers of various financial affairs such as balance, revenue, expense and cash flow, etc. And effectively using these key features to […]

In recent years, plant-based food products, such as plant-based beverages, ice-cream, and yogurt, have been much admired by health and environment conscious consumers due to their sustainability and health benefits. This industrial collaborative project aims to optimize grinding processing to treat plant proteins of different sources to achieve sufficient particle size reduction, while avoiding the […]

The goal is to understand the behavior of cryptocurrency chains when fraud amounts are transferred from the MasterCard network to cryptocurrency exchanges. Based on this understanding, we need to come up with an Index score or Leading indicators of certain pattern that indicates high fraudulent activity in the MasterCard network. We need to build such […]

Free-ranging and free from bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, the Ronald Lake wood bison population in northern Alberta has ecological, cultural, and spiritual importance. The ongoing sustainability of the population requires stewardship and management that aligns with the goals of Indigenous governments, provincial and federal governments, and other interested parties. Partnering with The Firelight Group, alongside […]

Increasing soil carbon and nitrogen storage is critical for mediating climate change and sustaining soil fertility. A large number of biodiversity manipulation experiments have collectively suggested that high plant diversity increases soil carbon and nitrogen stocks; however, it remains untested whether such conclusions hold in natural ecosystems. We will analyse Canada’s National Forest Inventory database […]

Regulatory changes in accounting standards implemented in 2018 (rules IFRS 9) require that banks’ provisions (i.e., reserves set aside to cover future losses) are evaluated in a forward-looking manner, considering carefully-designed projections of the macroeconomic environment. Further, should a financial instrument experience a substantial risk increase, the methodology to calculate reserves must become more conservative. […]

Team collaboration is important for performing image-guided surgery, including laparoscopic surgery. Therefore, training healthcare providers in a team setting is critical for the success of laparoscopic procedures. To improve the quality of any team training program, we need to develop a reliable assessment instrument to measure team performance. The currently available team assessment tools are […]