deviantART is the world’s largest online arts community with a huge number of users and items. They currently recommend art to users only via an algorithmic presentation of “popular” items, and an item-item recommender system presented alongside every individual piece of art. deviantART expects to use recommender systems technology to enhance and leverage the contributions […]

L’érosion de la biodiversité est un problème majeur auquel fait face l’humanité actuellement. Les établissements d’enseignement et de recherche, tout comme les autres organisations privées et civiles, ont un rôle essentiel à jouer dans la préservation de la biodiversité puisqu’ils ont une empreinte écologique résultant de leurs activités. La création d’un ensemble stratégique d’initiatives pour […]

Mergers and acquisitions in the agricultural input supply, food processing, and grocery retail sectors have resulted in high levels of concentration in food supply chains, leading to a power asymmetry between the consolidated large firms in these stages and the smaller farms in the primary production stage. This project will explore whether concentration in farmers’ […]

For a hundred years, fetal bovine serum (FBS) is used for cell culture. Cell culture is a critical tool for understanding life, through research, as well as manufacturing biologics, such as vaccine and lab grown meat. It is also used to reproduce tissue which can be used in human graft. FBS is the fertilizer for […]

The construction industry, accounting for a substantial 35% of waste and 40% of global carbon emissions, faces the imperative of transitioning to sustainable practices to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 amidst escalating population growth and housing demands. 3D Construction Printing (3DCP) emerges as a viable solution, capable of reducing the carbon footprint by utilizing low-carbon […]

In Canada, water security challenges include environmental degradation, water pollution, and climate change impacts. Utilizing constructed wetlands (CWs) for wastewater treatment addresses these issues by offering a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution. It helps mitigate pollution, conserve water resources, and adapt to changing environmental conditions, fostering long-term sustainability. However, given the uncertainty surrounding the effectiveness of […]

Ekstera has developed a new Stirling engine capable of converting sustainable heat sources into power at high efficiency. Their patented design requires new components with unique requirements that are complicated to manufacture. Dr. Hosseini is the director of the Machining Research Lab at Ontario Tech University, with expertise in advanced additive and subtractive manufacturing. This […]

Methane is a GHG that is at least 28 times more potent than CO2 and a significant contributor to ground level ozone (which impacts health and agriculture). Inversion Point Technologies will work with the intern to simulate methane removal from the air through addition of natural oxidizing agent in hydrogen peroxide. The intern will work […]

This project is about making museums more open, fair, and inclusive. It focuses on how museums decide to remove certain artworks from their collections or re-introduce and contextualize artworks from a decolonized, anti-racist worldview, as well as the museum architecture and the exhibition spaces. Through comprehensive research, interviews with experts, and community discussions, we aim […]

While mountain biking is a sport of growing popularity among adolescents and adults alike, it is also notoriously injurious. Mountain biking is associated with high rates of head injuries, and exposure to sub-concussive head acceleration events. Despite this, limited research has investigated the extent to which mountain biking participation contributes to brain injury and cognitive […]

This proposed research aims to focus on the perspective of newcomers and the organizations that provide direct support to newcomers, and how policies and plans enable or inhibit how readily newcomers can find and secure skills- commensurate employment. It is our intent to make this research as practical as possible for newcomer-serving organizations to design […]

La valorisation des matières organiques résiduelles issues de l’industrie agroalimentaire représente un défi important qui s’inscrit dans l’optique de réduction du gaspillage alimentaire. Une des solutions innovantes permettant de relever ce défi est le surcyclage de ces matières organiques par les insectes et leur transformation en protéine entomologique utilisable en alimentation animale. Le présent projet […]