En 2015, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies adoptait 17 Objectifs de développement durable pour l’horizon 2030. L’atteinte de ces objectifs nécessitant une grande collaboration entre tous les acteurs – gouvernements, organisations et société civile – les coopératives ont également été invitées à s’engager en ce sens. En effet, lors du Sommet international des coopératives 2016, […]

L‘objectif de cette recherche qualitative est de comparer et synthétiser les éléments ayant eu une influence sur le recours/parcours à l’aide sociale et sur les facteurs favorisant – ou non – l’accès et l’intégration en emploi des bénéficiaires de l’aide social dit aptes au travail. Le caractère innovant de ce projet réside dans la prise […]

Endophytes are fungi that live in the tissues of plants without causing damage. In return, ‘good endophytes’ provide a benefit to the plant. The best understood examples are plants with endophytes that produce toxins that increase the tolerance of the plant to insect pests. Over a very long time, some needle endophytes of conifers have […]

The project aims to examine the potential for use of municipal biosolids (treated sewage solids) as a low cost construction material in the creation of solid soil capillary barrier covers (multi-layer covers that limit oxygen diffusion) to reduce acid generation in mine tailings. The ability for biosolids to prevent water flow and oxygen diffusion through […]

The first part of this project involves the development of an internal credit rating model. Credit ratings, such as those provided by credit rating agencies like S&P and Moody’s, are an important tool that measure the credit risk associated with different companies. However, as the markets expand there are an increasing number of companies where […]

Hydraulic Fracturing or fracking has been extensively used in the extraction of hydrocarbon fuels in unconventional reservoirs. This process bears significant economic and environmental implications. The partner, ExGeo, has been providing professional services to the petroleum companies to monitor the fracking process using microseismic signals. To improve the precision of field monitoring and optimize the […]

This project is focused on the production of improved deck tiles made of foamed recycled polypropylene (PP) base mat and recycled and virgin polystyrene (PS)/ high impact polystyrene (HIPS) slats that are assembled to the base mat. The current product is available in 12” x 24” and 12” x 12” configurations in a variety of […]

Workflow management frameworks support the creation of task dependencies and make efficient use of resources while running those workloads. Typically, these tasks can be long running processes like machine learning algorithms or access data from databases. Workflow management consists of mapping tasks to suitable resources and the management of workflow execution in a cloud environment. […]

Postharvest rot of sweet cherry destined for export markets has caused significant economic losses to Okanagan growers. The major fungal pathogens causing rot have not been identified. This project will identify the two major pathogens responsible for postharvest rot in cherry during two growth seasons and characterize them with respect to temperature effects on growth […]

Depuis plusieurs années, l’évolution croissante de l’intelligence d’affaires (BI) et de l’analytique (A) a renforcé la compétitivité des entreprises, créant des disparités entre les grandes entreprises à forts moyens et les PME. Pour faire face à l’intensité concurrentielle, les PME sont contraintes de suivre les tendances technologiques en adoptant des outils BI&A toujours plus performants. […]

Le contrôle du bruit en basses fréquences est un enjeu important dans divers secteurs comme ceux de l’habitation, de l’environnement urbain et des transports. En général, pour atténuer le bruit basses fréquences, les matériaux acoustiques traditionnels doivent être plus épais à mesure que la fréquence diminue. Néanmoins, l’espace réservé pour ces matériaux est généralement limité […]

Counterproductive Work Behaviours (CWB) are negative behaviours in the workplace that could hinder productivity and organizational effectiveness. Example behaviours are CWB violence, harassment, stealing or even drug consumption on the job. CWB cost organizations millions of dollars every year and therefore their prevention is a major priority for managers. Despite its importance, there has not […]