Fertility improvement is important in both human being and livestock industry. Increasing the oocyte competence is one of the most critical measures for fertility improvement. miRNAs are small non-coding RNAs which can regulate the estrogen production in the ovarian follicles which in turn affecting the oocyte development and competence. However, its underlying mechanism remains unknown. […]

The goal of the project is to assess the viability of current synthetic data generation systems. If the generated synthetic data is accurate enough without providing sensitive details it can be used to train machine learning models without needing to share sensitive information. The particular application of this project is to computer logs which can […]

Pipeline alerts are beneficial to analysts to determine where their attention is needed. However, a high false positive rate leads to a noisy stream and wastes analysts’ time. The first sub-project will aim to classify the alerts as either low or high likelihood of a false positive, allowing analysts to spend their time where it […]

In collaboration with the CCES we will develop a practical approach to training business and sports ethics—one that enhances students, professionals, and sports participants and leaders’ ability to navigate “how to resolve ethical dilemmas” to minimize social and environmental damage and maintain the integrity of sport. This project aligns with one of the strategic pillars […]

Parenting is challenged by the pace of change in information technology, impacting child development and parent-child relationships. Children learn and grow in online environments and their development, perspectives and understanding of the world are impacted by multiple communities, which creates risks to safety, relationships and experiences. Supporting technologies will help bridge this gap, intervening with […]

Cyber attackers can sometimes compromise endpoint machines. They may perform malicious actions that will damage the company. As a result, it is necessary to collect forensics artifacts (Information from the endpoint machine that can be used to trace the attackers’ behaviors) from the compromised machine for investigation. With the information we have, we may reconstruct […]

Big data and analytics are pervasive within society and the ability to collect and interpret data sets has changed the operations and management of organizations impacting areas such as consumer purchasing decisions and transforming the methods and measurements used by managers. This is no different in sport where data analytics was first used for on-field […]

Plenty Canada has partnered with the University of Guelph to launch a biocultural knowledge and mapping project to begin restoring Indigenous knowledge, visibility, and character to the Greenbelt as an important Indigenous cultural landscape in Ontario. Our proposed work builds upon the success of a pilot project that we launched with the Canadian Commission for […]

The Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) develops, connects and informs leaders so that they can create better lives in the communities where they live. ROI proposes to engage a Mitacs Intern to lead its Rural Change Makers project, an initiative that brings youth in rural areas in Ontario together to build and improve their leadership capacities […]

This research will evaluate the Nova Scotia True Sport Athlete Ambassador Program. Together, SNS, CSCA, and the CCES have created and launched a social media campaign to improve the sporting culture across Nova Scotia by increasing awareness for the seven True Sport Principles. Each month, the yearlong campaign will feature a different Nova Scotia-based athlete […]

Atmospheric behaviour will change substantially with Climate Change and is one of our generation’s most pressing challenges. The world requires accurate estimates of future the impacts from droughts, floods, heat waves, increase hazards, from freezing rain to hurricane to plan, prepare and mitigate. Combatting climate change requires reducing our emissions in a strategic way. Current […]

Glioblastoma is the most common type of adult brain cancer. Glioblastoma tumors are very aggressive because these cells can rapidly invade deep into healthy tissue, which makes them particularly difficult to attack with current treatment options including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Therefore, better pharmaceutical strategies to neutralize glioblastoma cells without damaging surrounding healthy cells is […]