Root rot disease especially Aphanomyces root rot has led to decrease pea acreage in the prairies due to yield losses of up to 70 percent in wet years. Current fungicides are few and have very limited efficacy on the target pathogen, but may negatively affect other living organisms in the environment. Therefore, there is the […]

Today’s automobile is more than a mechanical tool; it contains a myriad of computers, sensors, IoT, and embedded nodes. The embedded system is the heart of a vehicle’s electronic system because of its versatility and flexibility. Furthermore, these systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated and interconnected, both to each other and to the Internet. However, with […]

Successful partnerships between non-profit organizations and funders are fundamental for organizations’ abilities to concentrate on their mission, and for founders to see their philanthropic investments align with their values and make real impacts. Matching founders and organizations has traditionally been done informally through personal connections, networks, and expensive prospecting software and databases. Just like a […]

The aim of the internship is to develop strategies for commercialization of radical, generic technologies developed by Exro in the area of clean technology. They have developed and patented. a variable input electrical generator that could be very efficiently used in producing electricity for undetermined electricity generation levels from clean tech sources like wind turbine […]

– South Asians make up 60% of Canada’s immigrant population, with Punjabis being the fastest-growing subpopulation of this demographic in BC. Since many Punjabi women have low health literacy skills and face cultural stigmas around mental health, community-based health promotion (CBHP) programs are needed. However, such programs typically focus on supporting affluent White groups. This […]

Stroke is the number one cause of adult disability in the world. Due to the neurological damage from stroke, a vast majority of individuals suffer from hand function disability (~70%). To improve hand function and overcome challenges from this disability, IRegained has developed the MyHandTM system, a connected mechatronic device with programmed proprietary hand function […]

Les larves d’insecte, les mollusques et les crustacés qui habitent le fond des rivières servent de bioindicateurs de la qualité de l’eau pour plusieurs programmes de suivi au Québec et ailleurs. Ces espèces varient énormément quant à leur tolérance à la pollution, ce qui permet de distinguer les milieux pollués des milieux naturels selon la […]

The main objective of the project is to develop a customizable corporate challenge and integrated workplace wellness tracking and self-monitoring platform. Physical inactivity has a direct impact on employees’ medical condition, workplace stress, health metrics, self-reported work impairment, and absenteeism. Thus there is a crucial need for wellness programs that maximize employee participation to physical […]

Reliable long-term and short-term financial performance predictions are crucial for financial corporations to make major financial decisions and assess their financial health. Our work will develop high-performance machine learning models to detect the underlying drivers of various financial affairs such as balance, revenue, expense and cash flow, etc. And effectively using these key features to […]

Tiresias is a client private solution to malware protection and threat intelligence. Tiresias allows a user to put all their incoming files in a cryptographically secure Data Chest locally. After sending the Data Chest to our cloud environment, our AI scans and infers if it is malicious without seeing the actual file content from the […]

In 2018, Canada legalized the use of recreational cannabis. Despite legalization, there are still many things we do not know about how cannabis can impact our health. It is important that scientists study what cannabis does to our bodies so that Canadians can be informed consumers. A common way to consume cannabis is to use […]

The process of an oil and gas reservoir being “soured” by hydrogen sulphide is complex due to the many operations (e.g. changing production methods and waterflooding). The phenomena of souring occurs in most reservoirs were secondary or enhanced oil/gas recovery takes place. Hydrogen sulphide casues a number of operational and safety problems such as scaling, […]