Ce projet vise à évaluer l’implantation du programme Living Without Violence, développé en 2019. Il s’agit d’un programme d’intervention de groupe à distance, pour des hommes auteurs de violence conjugale ou familiale dont la langue d’usage principale est l’anglais et qui sont dispersés sur le territoire québécois. Hors de Montréal, aucun organisme n’offre de services […]

Cougars are one of the most important predators of BC’s large mammals, especially species valued for hunting. Yet, we know little about the habitat needs and responses of cougars to landscape disturbance and hunter harvest. In this project, we fit GPS-collars on 50 adult cougars in order to quantify their seasonal habitat use and predation […]

Chronic stress increases the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Specifically, chronic stress can cause increased microglial activation, leading to the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines through the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway. Pro-inflammatory cytokines play a role in the development and progression of certain brain diseases. Cerebiome has been associated with a reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines. […]

Cybersecurity incidents such as data breaches have become more critical and costly than ever, as we are generating, processing, and relying on more digital information every day. To quickly identify potential security attacks and prevent them in a sea of system activities, machine learning (ML) has been applied to support security analysts’ decisions. However, the […]

Ammonia is crucial for life as a primary element for fertilizer production and it is also a foundational feedstock for pharmaceuticals, dyes, and chemical synthesis. Ammonia has also emerged as an energy carrier and transportation fuel. Plasma-based reactors are potentially operated by renewable electricity sources (wind and solar), offering lightweight, flexible, straightforward on/off switch, and […]

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the fastest growing global health problem; with a total joint replacement being the only effective treatment for patients with advanced OA. While many studies have employed mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to repair cartilage; only little improvement has been observed and these MSCs are typically isolated from bone marrow or fat which requires […]

The emergence and expansion of diseases in wildlife in the Arctic is of growing concern to Inuit communities. Wildlife health surveillance is challenging in remote regions, and therefore it is important to draw on different sources of knowledge including local ecological knowledge, and traditional knowledge. In this project we aim to implement wildlife health surveillance […]

Asthma is an airway disease affecting over 330 million people worldwide. More than >5% of people with asthma experience uncontrolled severe disease despite being treated with high doses of steroids which give them a lot of bad side effects1,2. The availability of a new class of drugs recently called biologics have reduced the number of […]

Sycodal is a Canadian company that empowers local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with cutting-edge digital solutions to overcome human resource shortages and adapt to market fluctuations. It is a member of the NVIDIA Inception program and uses NVIDIA’s technology to add machine learning (ML) and reinforcement learning (RL) capabilities to its automation systems. These […]

Le présent projet vise à aider les municipalités québécoises à se préparer au déploiement de la 5G. Les municipalités ont peu de leviers pour orienter directement la planification des réseaux 5G afin de protéger leurs intérêts et de répondre aux préoccupations de leurs résidents. Néanmoins, ce constat n’a pas empêché certaines villes à l’international de […]

With the aging of the Canadian population, the number of people living with dementia is projected to increase. Due to a lack of disease-modifying treatments for dementia, there is a pressing need to better understand how we can reduce dementia risk across all Canadians. A wide range of modifiable risk factors for dementia have been […]

Racialized newcomer women often face significant challenges in accessing mentorship opportunities, which can be caused by a range of factors including language barriers, cultural differences, lack of networks, and discrimination. To address these challenges, the ‘Her Mentors’ project aims to develop inclusive mentorship programs specifically designed for racialized newcomer women and provide targeted support and […]