Lift stations are an underground utility transporting wastewater from residential or commercial sources to wastewater treatment plants. Lift stations are defined as a post-disaster structure according to national building code of Canada, which are required to remain operational immediately after earthquakes. A wealth of evidence from historical post-earthquake reconnaissance has confirmed the excellent performance of […]

Global warming is a major issue faced by society nowadays and to fight it we need to be able to make global climate projections with less uncertainty. Despite numerous progresses in theoretical and computational modelling, there are still climatic phenomena that remain partially unresolved because of the coarseness of the grid resolutions used in global […]

Personal analytics refers to a recent trend where individuals wish to collect, analyze and visualize personal information so that they can gain knowledge about one’s behaviours, habits and thoughts in the context of their personal goals. The trend of self-tracking is rapidly increasing as people are becoming smarter about choices available to them, and seek […]

This project seeks to refine a prototype device for measuring upper limb muscle strength in patients with spinal cord injuries. Clinicians currently rely on a combination of subjective measures and complicated functional tests to assess their patients. We have developed an initial prototype table-top, multi-joint upper limb muscle dynamometer (tool for measuring muscle power), in […]

Stories are powerful. They weave us together and shape how we see the world. This project invites ALL Canadians to be storytellers for a common cause: the health and sustainable use of the global ocean, and all waterways leading to it. In Canada, the ocean can be understood as an interconnected expanse encompassing coastal areas, […]

Mycorrhizal fungi provide many benefits to plant health. However, their biodiversity is poorly-studied for Garry oak (Quercus garryana). Garry oak ecosystems are threatened in BC and these fungi could play a critical role in tree growth and survival, particularly with habitat loss and climate change providing additional stressors for this species. The proposed study will […]

Coastal temperate rainforests hold a high biodiversity of living organisms, including many fungal species. The diversity of fungi remain poorly described in forests of BC. In the proposed study, we will document these species and improve our understanding of ecosystem complexity by gathering essential baseline information on fungal communities. This will be useful for applied […]

This proposal aims to advance large-scale dust mitigation strategies in hydroelectric reservoir sites through improved revegetation outcomes, and through leveraging revegetation efforts to additionally enhance local biodiversity and cultural values. Our team has developed a strategic partnership between university researchers, BC Hydro, environmental industry partners, and the local First Nations community to provide an interdisciplinary […]

Recently, principles gleaned from research on learning have been applied to change people’s brains. Specifically, there is evidence that how the brain communicates can be changed through the application of positive and negative reinforcement, a concept known as neurofeedback. Importantly, researchers claim that by changing how the brain communicates, neurofeedback can change behaviour and reduce […]

Introduction: Family caregivers for palliative and end-of-life patients play a critical role in providing care in the home. Nearly 75% of people express a wish to be cared for and die at home. However, for caregivers who support this goal, there is a significant gap in adequate and effective support. Patient-oriented research recognizes the importance […]

This project investigates whether a user’s entered information in e-commerce sites is fake or real. In order to achieve the goal of understanding and identifying fake users, data are to be collected, managed, and analyzed. In addition to using existing data from the e-commerce partner organization and some third-party data if available, the two major […]

This community-based research project is a collaboration with a not-for-profit Indigenous partner organization, the Gwich’in Renewable Resources Board, that explores the impact of permafrost degradation on ?uk dagaii (broad whitefish, Coregonus nasus) habitat in the Peel River Watershed, Northwest Territories. A postdoctoral intern leading this research will use spatial overlay analysis combining Indigenous and scientific […]