Hydraulic fracturing is a process where fluids are injected in high pressure into wells and fracture the rocks. This process is the driver for shale gas extraction and therefore its efficiency plays a major role for unconventional oil recovery. One of the key questions in such a process is the extent that the pressurized fluids […]

Evident in extreme weather events and a 1.1°C global temperature increase since the late 1800s, attributed to rising greenhouse gas emissions. It stresses the urgency of addressing climate change to meet 2030 and 2050 carbon and energy targets, presenting a sustainability challenge requiring broad-scale action on environmental, social, and economic fronts. The focus turns to […]

Pacific Herring is a very important species in the Salish Sea. Its position in the food web gives it an environmental role, notably because it is one of the salmon’s important sources of food. Its economic and social role for British Columbians is also well known among fishermen and Native communities. However, the reproduction dynamic […]

Canada’s West coast is prone to tsunamis induced from local megathrust earthquakes that can be generated from the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). The main objective of this research is to study, analyze and simulate the current detection, notification and response systems for an earthquake and resulting tsunami and develop a comprehensive solution using the network […]

Happipad is a not-for-profit Canadian corporation which leverages technology to facilitate the matchmaking and support of home-sharing between refugees and hosts in Canada. Launching its pilot projects in Metro Vancouver and Toronto, Happipad wants to assess its effectiveness and benefits for refugees and minimize its potential barriers to make it a replicable framework for implementation […]

La simulation numérique d’écoulements diphasiques air-eau au sein de turbines hydroélectriques aérantes sera effectuée. Le premier objectif est de déterminer la distribution de taux de vide dans l’aspirateur afin de qualifier ultérieurement le taux d’oxygénation de l’eau turbinée. Le deuxième objectif est de déterminer le rendement de la turbine après ajout de dispositifs aérants. Les […]

Le composite bois-polymère (CBP) est un matériau de construction fait de polymère chargé de particules ou fibres de bois. La popularité de ce matériau est grandissante, mais ses propriétés mécaniques le limite aux applications non-structurales. Le projet propose d’évaluer cinq approches qui permettraient d’élargir le spectre d’utilisation des CBP et d’augmenter significativement leurs propriétés mécaniques: […]

While many Canadian planning practitioners are familiar with the harmful legacies of transportation infrastructure development in the United States, particularly as it relates to the displacement and forced removal of racialized and low-income communities, there is comparatively little documentation or awareness of this history in Canada. This research project will contribute to filling this knowledge […]

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Research on salmon in the Skeena River estuary in 2007 and 2013 quantified the abundance of different species of salmon in different locations of the estuary over time. These results indicate that the region where industrial development is proposed contained the highest abundances of Chinook and sockeye in both years surveyed, and coho in 2007. […]

People in prisons and on parole in Canada face extreme barriers to health, wellbeing and social belonging. However, there is limited research on the specific processes and outcomes of criminalization and incarceration, and gaps in understanding can lead to policies and laws that do more harm than good. Given this, this project will support partnership […]

First implemented in January 2023, the Bridge Healing Transitional Accommodation program offers transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness who have been discharged from hospital emergency departments. The program provides wraparound community supports such as mental health and addiction services to help clients transition to permanent housing. In doing so, the program bridges the gap between […]