“Precision seeding” is a new approach to forest restoration that seeks to place tree seeds in locations to maximize establishment success using drone technology. Coating seeds with biochar – a form of charcoal made from waste materials – is a new innovation in this area, but it is necessary to find the right binding agent […]

Accurate monitoring of a patient’s vital signs – including body temperature, blood pressure, and pulse oxygenation – is central to the ability of clinicians to provide appropriate medical care. In spite of this, the standard equipment used to take these measurements is inefficient, inconvenient, and expensive. Adept Diagnostics will break into the medical device market […]

Dans le contexte d’un droit lacunaire et d’un manque de recherche sur la réalité des personnes trans et non-binaire en emploi, cette recherche a pour défi de mieux diagnostiquer, en mobilisant des outils relevant du droit et de la sociologie, les discriminations à l’embauche vécues par les personnes trans et non-binaires au Canada. Cette recherche […]

Les composés per- et polyfluorés (PFAS) sont des composés chimiques très stables qui se trouvent dans de très nombreux biens de consommation courants. Cependant, du fait de leur stabilité, ils s’accumulent et contaminent l’environnement. Ces « polluants éternels » ont un impact néfaste sur la santé et l’environnement. La compagnie E2metrix a démontré que son […]

Anomaly detection of machinery is a crucial aspect of predictive maintenance. It involves monitoring specific parameters related to the machinery’s condition to identify significant changes that indicate a potential fault. Bearings, which are important components in rotary machinery, are responsible for over 40 percent of rotary machinery failures. Consequently, researchers have been focusing on detecting […]

Cultural food insecurity, which is the inability to acquire, afford, and eat the traditional foods of one’s ethnic origin is a form of food insecurity that disproportionately affects new immigrant, especially the Black identifying Canadians. However, research that explores alternative ways to diversity Canadian food systems to accommodate new immigrants and to allow for smooth […]

The project is to develop an environment recognition system using computer vision and deep learning techniques (i.e., image or video classification of walking environments) and to further develop a functional prototype of an AI-powered glasses. The designed system could achieve high prediction accuracy on real-world visual data and be efficient for onboard real-time inference with […]

The mining industry is constantly seeking to limit its impact on the environment. To this end, new solutions for the removal of dissolved contaminants from mining waters must be developed. These must, in addition to treatment capacity allowing effluent to be discharged into the natural environment, be low in energy and chemical reagent consumption. Many […]

At the request of our community partners, Selkirk Innovates would like to refresh and ensure continuity with internships required to support our ongoing technology integration work in the natural resources sectors critical to the Kootenay environment and economy, specifically in forestry, fisheries, hydrology/ geothermal, wildfire mitigation and Mining/Minerals and with particular focus on applying geomatics […]

The proposed project aims to develop an assistive device that helps mitigate crouch gait in people with Cerebral Palsy (CP) by integrating the Bionic Power Agilik system with a tuneable exoskeleton device to explore the optimal knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) parameters for ultimate clinical use of the Agilik. The exoskeleton device will enable more […]

Les diagnostiques des troubles de l’apprentissage sont onéreux, soumis à la subjectivité de l’évaluateur, et les délais d’obtention d’un diagnostic sont assez long pour assurer une longue file d’attente. Le projet de recherche a pour objectif de diagnostiquer de manière quantitative le TDAH ainsi que la Dyslexie/Dysorthographie. Pour ce faire, le patient sera soumis à […]

The purpose of this project is to develop and expand the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomer’s (EMCN) career development processes and supports for LGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees in their Rainbow Refuge and Bridging and Training Programs. Settlement practitioners and social workers have identified LGBTQ+ newcomers as especially vulnerable to systemic barriers when applying for work […]