Water quality is a key public and environmental health concern. Many rural communities rely on privately owned wells to provide water; however, these wells are not usually tested regularly and may be dangerously contaminated with bacteria or inorganic materials, such as arsenic or lead. A simple, easy-to-use, handheld water quality testing solution would encourage private […]

This project explores factors that affect the success of secondary school students in communities with relatively high newcomer and immigrant populations. This project aims to gain unbiased insight from the students themselves, focusing on what they identify as barriers and how they would like to be supported to overcome these barriers. The partner organization, The […]

Compared to previous generations, Canadian children today are much more likely to be driven to school daily. This trend can be explained by various issues, including parents’ concerns about the hazards posed by traffic congestion in and around school sites. School Street initiatives are intended to make it easier for children to walk or roll […]

The muscles of animals are generally sterile, however, contamination with bacteria occurs during slaughter. Contamination occurs predominantly with microorganisms associated with the animals with microorganisms that reside in biofilm communities in the meat processing plant. Bacteria that reside in biofilm communities typically grow at refrigeration temperature and include major spoilage organisms of meats and meat […]

The goal of the CFT7 Womens Research initiative is to discover labour market interests of Indigenous women within the Treaty Seven territory. The objective for the interns will be to assist the project coordinator with the development of a questionnaire that will be used to gather information from the Treaty Seven communities. The interns will […]

This project aims to form a collaboration between Queen’s University with AAVAA Inc. AAVAA is developing hearing aids with capability of attention detection decoding by recording and analyzing brain waves, which are recorded non-invasively through the skin around the ear and within the ear canal. One of the main components of this system contributing to […]

Wastewater testing can measure levels of COVID-19 in a population that is contributing to the sewer system being monitored. This testing provides an early warning signal of the burden of COVID-19 in municipalities, independent of clinical testing. Calgary based start-up company C.E.C. Analytics (CEC) has developed a compact wastewater autosampler that enables this kind of […]

A nuclear reactor to a nuclear power plant is the same as the heart to a living human. Safe operation of the plant is directly related to the health of the reactor. Just as human heart where blood circulates through to deliver oxygen to the other parts of the body, coolant passes through the reactor […]

The objective of this research proposition is to estimate a turbine labyrinth seal displacement from the commissioning sensors using signal coming from other sensors; ideally sensors that would be keep for continuous monitoring using deep learning technics.

Pertussis or whooping cough is caused by the strict human pathogen B. pertussis or Bordetella parapertussis and is a highly contagious, potentially life-threatening respiratory tract illness when it occurs in unprotected infants. Despite the introduction of acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines and great initial success of the immunization program, pertussis outbreaks were reported in adolescents and […]

Marine emergency incidents pose major environmental risks that are detrimental to the ocean ecosystem and present significant dangers to both people and property. Current response options are very limited and the existing tools to deal with nearshore environmental spills are neither timely nor efficient. SHIFT Environmental is developing innovative solutions as part of a Coastal […]

À Hydro-Québec, le « Plan de production » est la stratégie de gestion du parc de centrales mise en place afin de répondre à la demande en électricité à court terme (horizon de 30 jours) et à très court terme (horizon de 24 heures). L’objectif du projet est d’optimiser la prise de décision sur les […]