Lifeguard.org (URL: www.joinlifeguard.org) is a unique ESG venture that represents the first ever effort to provide the infrastructure, collaboration tools, and incentives needed to enable and encourage peer-reviewed science, focused on complex public health and environmental issues, on a massive scale. Our vision is to create a world where multi-disciplinary teams of scientists and subject-matter […]

Project Justification Research and analysis into the reception of visual distortion correction as a tool for image optimization for moderate to severe stage AMD patients with central vision loss allowing them to see better images. Project Objective and Scope Research and design a study protocol to either prove or disprove the hypothesis that correcting distortion […]

Pelvic floor disorders, such as pelvic organ prolapse (POP), negatively affects millions of women each year. POP is the descent of the vagina resulting in symptoms of vaginal bulging, pelvic pressure or heaviness, pain, and incontinence. A nonsurgical option for POP symptom relief is the use of pessaries, removable vaginal prosthetics; however, current pessary designs […]

The goal of this project is to develop enhanced knowledge and gain applied experience through technical research, development and knowledge mobilization activities. The research topic is focused on adaptive architectures with a focus on computational design of environmentally responsive, intelligent, interactive, and reconfigurable structures. Working with Philip Beesley as academic chair of ACADIA 2013 and […]

Market research is fundamentally about understanding humans as consumers, in all their complexity and nuance. This fellowship will apply natural language processing techniques to the problem of representing consumer language, and generating conversational prompts intended to elicit opinions and underlying motivations which are pertinent to ad-hoc market research objectives. In partnership with Nexxt Intelligence Inc., […]

Light can have a significant effect on our wellbeing. In general, it is healthy to follow the natural outdoor cycle and receive a lot of light during the day and no light at night. However, in the modern world of high-rise buildings and electric lights, we can often end up desynchronized from the outdoor world. […]

The requirement for dissolution testing (both routine sample and method development) is increasing for all of the current and future programs at Accucaps and is a regulatory requirement for most oral pharmaceutical products. The need for access to capacity and development capabilities for dissolution must reach beyond Accucaps. For these reasons, a collaboration with Dr […]

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) framework is one of the most important frameworks under the belt of ESG analysis. Climate-related risks are disclosed, and risks and opportunities are identified for a better decision-making process, assisting organizations in a smooth transition process to a low carbon economy. To date, the TCFD framework is […]

This project is focused on assessing market feasibility, market size and full market commercialization go-to-market strategy for productizing smart infrastructure use case for Rogers Communications Inc. Key deliverables for the project include market size go-to-market strategy, and unique value proposition for the product.

Employment land and space is a strategic area of policy development for the District of Squamish, and a key focus of our Economic Action Plan. As population grows in the District, we’re conducting policy review and analysis to understand the employment space needs of our local sectors, the current capacity for different types of space, […]

Pollution of water and food is a severe concern as a result of the increasing use of pesticides in agricultural areas. Timely testing of these contaminants is critical to ensure the quality and safety of water and food, particularly for people of the local community. Insecticides (carbamates and organophosphates) may be identified fast in water […]

Developing new high performance steels using pilot scale facilities such as those available at CanmetMATERIALS laboratory in Hamilton is more efficient and cost effective than using industrial lines. However, some recent projects carried out for Stelco Inc revealed unexpected discrepancies between pilot scale results and real industrial data. The aim of this project is to […]