Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar is a phenomenon that results from excess insulin or strenuous exercise in diabetic patients. If untreated, this can quickly lead to dizziness, seizures and even death. In healthy individuals, the body is able to compensate for these fluctuations and restore blood sugars to normal levels by lowering insulin and raising […]

Toronto has been experiencing a housing affordability crisis for almost two decades and the house prices continue to increase. The increasing unaffordability causes many problems in the city including increasing social inequality and difficulty of accessing affordable housing essentially for newcomers and racialized communities. This project aims at focusing on the discussion of “missing middle” […]

We are proposing to help design the experimental setup to characterize chip-scale Optical Phased Arrays (OPAs). OPAs – a photonic device used for optical beam forming and beam steering – have been widely studied for LiDAR, optical sensing, free-space communication and more. Building on previously prototyped phase array antenna design at Honeywell, the team aims […]

Next Hydrogen company, in partnership with Wellmaster, wants to use by-product oxygen in the water electrolysiindustry as a raw material in another business. The project site proposed, in Bruce County, has many farms producing agricultural wastesThe project will asses whether composting and vermicomposting are the best choices to use this oxygen. One of the most […]

Transient electronics and their dissolution byproducts, are usually harmless and benign, and hence they are an attractive approach for the global e-waste problem especially for low-cost, one time use devices such as RFID tag antennas. For this research, a straightforward laser-induced method of environmentally friendly reduced Graphene Oxide films is proposed for fabricating transient RFID […]

Toronto City Council received a petition signed by close to 14,000 individuals calling for Dundas Street to be renamed, citing its namesake Henry Dundas’ role in delaying the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The petition has led to a broader review of how the City commemorates public figures and events in place names, monuments, […]

The project involves the conversion of pulp and paper waste into renewable natural gas (RNG) using anaerobic digestion. It is the process in which microorganism converts the organics content into methane, hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide in the absence of oxygen. However, these microorganism are highly sensitive to change in pH, sulphates, organic load and […]

Industrial applications are among the heaviest producers of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and require a large amount of energy to operate. Industrial applications have now begun to invest in “microgrids”, which are small-scale power systems that utilize clean energy sources, such as solar, batteries, and electric vehicles, to satisfy energy demand. This project will develop […]

Neurological conditions such as stroke are a major cause of disability in Canada, estimated to affect 1.5 million Canadians. Canadians living with neurological conditions face many ongoing challenges with reduced functioning and activity limitations. According to the World Health Organization, one in six people worldwide have a stroke. Two out of three survive, but up […]

Racial discrimination remains a crucial issue in the Canadian labour market and in Canadian workplaces, and labour unions are a crucial actor in the fight for racial and economic justice. However, the continued discrimination experienced by racialized workers in Canada––which has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic––presents a crucial and ongoing challenge for labour […]

To commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2022, the Regent Park Film Festival will commission four local IBPOC artists (prioritizing gender diversity and those from Regent Park or similar communities in Toronto) to produce digital media art works that engage with the history of Regent Park. The basis for their artistic engagements will include visual source […]

My research seeks to explore the growing field of Impact Producing in Canada. Impact Producing is defined as the labor of maximizing a documentary film’s potential for social change. This field often involves creating partnerships between documentary films and existing social movements and the nonprofit sector. My research will explore the methodologies and development of […]