SCF Pharma, en collaboration avec le Prof. Pierre Blier de l’UQAR, a mis sur pied une plateforme d’évaluation préclinique in-vivo pour les maladies inflammatoires et l’hypertension. Les résultats préliminaires démontrent que l’activité in-vivo antihypertensive et antiinflammatoire des oméga-3 peut-être inhibés par une trop grande quantité d’antioxydant présent dans l’alimentation. SCF Pharma ne dispose pas de […]

Les enfants, adolescents et jeunes adultes font face à une crise environnementale qui semble restreindre leurs perspectives futures. Cela peut leur causer ce qui est communément désigné comme de l’éco anxiété. Il est toutefois important que cette jeunesse ne soit pas paralysée par ce sentiment anxieux, car si elle constitue une génération qui sera particulièrement […]

Le Petit Bonheur de St-Camille Inc est un organisme culturel estrien ayant pour mission « d’animer un espace intergénérationnel de rencontres à vocation communautaire et culturelle et contribuer, par ses actions, au dynamisme légendaire de Saint-Camille » (ptitbonheur.org). Pour sa part, Les Concerts de la Chapelle « visent à offrir en milieu rural des événements […]

Soybean is the fourth most planted field crop in Canada, contributing more than $5.5 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product and supporting more than 50,000 jobs. The soybean crop is susceptible to damage from drought and heat waves, as well as diseases caused by root-parasitic nematodes and fungal pathogens. The project seeks to develop a […]

Les enjeux touchant l’alimentation sont nombreux et interreliés (manque de main-d’œuvre, accès aux terres, insécurité alimentaire, gaspillage alimentaire). Pour faire face à ces défis, de nombreux acteurs peuvent agir individuellement, mais surtout de manière collective : producteurs, transformateurs, épiciers, restaurateurs, consommateurs ou décideurs. Le défi est que les acteurs ne se connaissent pas ou ne […]

Geosynthetics are rolls of man-made products that are used in roads and earthworks. These are often used to improve drainage and work very well in many instances. In some cases such as silt soils or silt-sized mine tailings, geosynthetic drainage doesn’t work well because of the naturally hydrophobic nature of the synthetic fibres. This project […]

Inadequate wastewater treatment and reuse in off-grid communities, such as many Indigenous communities, has been a challenge to the environment and hurdle to sustainable development of Canada. Although septic tanks and lagoons have been widely used, they are ineffective in removing nutrients, emerging pollutants, and pathogens, which poses serious threat to the natural water bodies. […]

This project has two main themes: The first involves measuring the benefit BiCROS hearing aid users gain from their hearing aids in challenging listening environments. Then, a statistically based qualitative process will be followed to investigate user attitudes towards their hearing aids and what contributes to their successful use. This information will be used to […]

Marine oil spills without rapid and effective response may cause a series of severe hazards such as destroying the ocean ecological environments or even impacting human welfares. Conventional responders lack the in-time response capability for these time-sensitive incidents. To this end, SHIFT Environmental Technologies Ltd., are developing a promising solution called the Coastal Incident Management […]

This project will explore cultural asset mapping on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, a region with rich cultural heritage but which also faces challenges with supporting entrepreneurship and promoting new economic opportunities. The project will explore options for the creation of a cultural asset mapping tool on the GNP through a community […]

This community project will train men from diverse ethnocultural backgrounds and support them in leading well-being groups with men from their communities. Evaluations from past projects have underscored the importance of engaging men in conversations of well-being, healthy relationships, and violence-prevention. This includes the need for further outreach to support men in accessing services and […]

Savoir Faire Linux (SFL), a leading open source software solutions provider, operates within the free, libre and open source software (FLOSS) community. SFL has been successful because it has been able to effectively adapt code developed with the contributions of the FLOSS community to the needs of its clients. At the same time, however, control […]