Blockchain is an emerging technology that has the potential to change the way financial participants transact with each other. It enables direct transfer of value and financial assets between participants over networks without the need for a central authority (internet of value). It does this by combining the functionality of different technologies – distributed systems, […]

Le projet Amaruq, détenu à 100% par la compagnie Mines Agnico Eagle Ltée., est situé à 50 km au nord-ouest de la Mine Meadowbank et à 120 km au nord-ouest de la communauté de Baker Lake, au Nunavut. Le projet Amaruq fait présentement l’objet de travaux d’exploration intensifs suite à la découverte en 2013 par […]

Les entreprises investissent d’importantes sommes annuellement pour développer les compétences de leurs leaders au moyen d’activités comme le coaching exécutif. Si le coaching réalisé en face en face et le e-coaching (p. ex., utilisation de Skype) sont des pratiques très populaires, peu d’appuis scientifiques nous renseignent sur leur efficacité. La présente recherche vise d’abord à […]

Bone marrow transplantation is an effective treatment for blood-related malignancies. However, it frequently results in graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), a life-threatening condition where donor immune cells attack host tissue. It is due to individual genetic differences, present even when the donor is closely related, and results in damage to several organs including skin, liver and digestive […]

Professionally practicing Civil Engineers and Earth Scientists engage in stream restoration actions in order to enhance freshwater habitats for salmon, trout, and a variety of other species. There is a wealth of procedures and standards available to help practitioners develop design plans. However, there is a lack of specific guidelines to help identify stream reconstruction […]

Les tourbières dans la région du Centre-Nord du Québec, n’ont jamais fait l’objet d’études détaillées. Ces tourbières seraient des tourbières minérotrophes pauvres s’apparentant morphologiquement à celles des secteurs de LG4 et de Laforge situés plus au nord. Dans cette région, les tourbières présentent des signes de déséquilibre hydrologique notamment par l’expansion et la coalescence des […]

Avian Reovirus (ARV) is an economically important virus that is affecting poultry flocks in Alberta. Birds infected with pathogenic ARV may develop a disease named viral arthritis/tenosynovitis which is characterised by lameness, swollen joints, rupture of tendons and increase mortality. The disease is controlled by parent stock vaccination with live and/or inactivated antigen to provide […]

In response to an emergency involving a maritime incident, the first task of a Search and Rescue (SAR) mission coordinator is to develop plausible scenarios to help identify the area likely to contain the missing vessel and/or person(s) in water. Once the area likely to contain the search object has been determined, the SAR mission […]

This research project is focused on char, a carbon compound which is similar to activated carbon found in water filters such as Brita. This char is produced as a by-product of a municipal waste treatment processes. The char currently produced has high levels of naphthalene, the volatile organic compound used as the principal ingredient in […]

Quejos Ancient Foods (QAF) Inc. manufactures a line of dough-based food products that are gluten-free, grain-free, yeast-free, sugar-free. The dough is made from cassava flour, which has high concentration of carbohydrates and is rich in micronutrients. Traditionally, the cassava flour undergoes fermentation without the addition of yeast before the dough is made, and this process […]

The proposed postdoctoral research focuses on addressing the challenges associated with energy access in developing countries as well as promoting energy-independent communities in Canada in a bid to promote sustainable development. The study would investigate a consortium-like financing model for small and medium scale renewable energy projects in which energy service companies are financed by […]

Crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo have developed at an exponential rate and have been used to develop a variety of artistic, commercial and social ventures. Alongside this marketplace lending has provided retail-level people the opportunity to lend money to each other using platforms such as Lending Club and Prosper. In 2014, in the […]