Honey bee queens are the only reproductive female in a beehive – if a queen dies or is unable to lay eggs then the whole colony will slowly die. A queen’s lifetime reproductive capacity, or fecundity, is imperative for maintaining a strong, healthy colony, but declining queen quality is a growing concern among beekeepers. Beekeepers […]

La gestion des matières résiduelles est problématique dans les communautés nordiques éloignées au Québec. La localité de Radisson – la communauté allochtone la plus au nord du Québec – n’échappe pas à cette réalité. Située à proximité de la Baie-James et du complexe hydroélectrique La Grande, Radisson écope d’un volume important de résidus de construction […]

Older adults (60+ years) are a growing population in Canada, and recreation provides a valuable opportunity to support and improve the health of older adults. Community recreation centres develop and implement recreation opportunities for older adults, but do not have the tools to track the success of their programs. The purpose of this project is […]

Using financial rewards (such as gift cards, free movies, etc.) has been shown to be effective in increasing physical activity levels in the short term (i.e., three months). However, there remains little evidence to support the use of financial rewards in changing behaviour in the long term (i.e., 12 months). This project will examine the […]

Andermatt Canada Inc. will partner with the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture (ISH) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, NSERC and MITACS for a 3- year research project to explore the most efficacious and sustainable strategy for the management of winter climbing cutworms in vinegars in BC. Four promising categories of cool-adapted biocontrol tools will be employed to […]

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is rapidly emerging as a potential technique to mitigate against the worst impacts of climate change. However, little is known regarding the potential biological and ecological impacts of introducing alkaline base into the coastal ocean to capture CO2, reversing ocean acidification in the process. Specifically, it remains unclear whether the phytoplankton […]

Global warming and the atmospheric concentration raise of carbon dioxide (CO2) characterize the main environmental problems nowadays. Forestry and agriculture sectors are among the chief contributors to the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to FAO reports, agricultural machinery is responsible for over 75% of nitrogen oxides (NOx),42% of methane, and 20% of CO2. Canada […]

Catalytic converters used in car exhausts are effective means of reducing pollutant emissions from internal combustion engines under normal operating conditions. They contain precious metals which makes them attractive for recycling due to their metal value and also the sustainability of the demand for these metals. The price of Catalytic converters can be determined based […]

The proposed research aims to contribute to the development of a recycling process for waste magnets. The proposed method is based on slag treatment which is a high temperature process for separation of one element from another based on their difference in oxygen affinity. For example, the affinity of neodymium for oxygen is significantly higher […]

Le retraitement en place de type 2 est une technique de réhabilitation des chaussées qui s’inscrit dans les principes du développement durable et de l’économie circulaire. Ce projet vise à développer des outils permettant de mieux encadrer cette technique de réhabilitation dans un contexte climatique propre au Canada. Les organismes partenaires pour ce projet représentent […]

Diabetes is a chronic illness characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose, accompanied by disturbed metabolism of fats and proteins. In the present project, a non-invasive wrist-worn device (Watch HOP) will be designed and fabricated to obtain physiological data (digital biomarkers) from participants to enable the creation of an algorithm that will ultimately allow to […]

Our partner organization has developed a new type of camera, one where depth information is part of a single lens/sensor construction, meaning that there are no occlusions or shadows which plague stereo cameras, there is no requirement to light the scene as well time-of-flight cameras, and the expense is low compared to light-field cameras. Currently […]