The carbon intensity of Alberta’s grid electricity is the highest in Canada. The partner, BM Homes Ltd, designed and is building a low carbon solution for small mixed-use commercial buildings using advanced micro combined heat & power (mCHP) technology, aiming to reduce annual energy consumption by 22.7% compared to a reference building, designed according to […]

Le Cirque du Soleil dispose d’une expertise pratique importante pour la conception d’equipements de performance. Toutefois, due a l’absence de donnees approfondies, cette expertise repose sur peu d’evidence scientifique, rendant difficile notamment la conception d’un nouvel equipement de protection pour les porteurs de colonne humaine. Le stage propose vise a developper un nouvel equipement de […]

“Trans-mitting Care: Increasing Access to Gender-affirming Healthcare in Saskatchewan” aims to address the gap that exists in accessing gender-affirming healthcare by trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and gender diverse people and communities in Saskatchewan. The project will create a business plan for trans health clinic as well as policy recommendations for key decision makers concerning gender-affirming access […]

The project will significantly advance and integrate three sophisticated contaminated site characterization tools: stable isotope analysis, microbial community profiles, and 3D reactive transport modeling. These three tools will be applied to a series of poorly studied semi volatile compounds, including (di)chloronitrobenzenes and (di)chloroanilines, and incorporated in a conceptual site model along with concentration profiles and […]

L’exploitation minière peut entraîner le rejet d’arsenic (As) dans les eaux naturelles. À l’étape de la restauration, le traitement passif est une pratique courante pour les sites miniers actifs, fermés et abandonnés générateurs de drainage minier acide (DMA). Cependant, il existe un manque de connaissances sur le drainage neutre contaminé (DNC), en particulier sur l’efficacité […]

Le projet a pour objectif de prédire le comportement d’un électrolyseur d’eau comme charge intelligente dans le réseau de puissance d’Hydro-Québec. Cela permettra de faciliter l’implantation d’électrolyseurs afin de produire de l’hydrogène vert au Québec dans le cadre du plan stratégique de transition énergétique du Québec. L’utilisation d’électrolyseurs comme charge intelligente aurait aussi comme effet […]

Frailty is becoming more frequent for patients and the healthcare system as the Canadian population ages. Frailty is defined by a reduction in physiological reserves, which is linked to an increased risk of mortality. Sarcopenia, or age-related loss of muscle mass and function, is a key component of frailty that can be measured. Sarcopenia can […]

Rebar cages are transported to the construction site, and then concrete is cast around them. Until the concrete is cast, these cages form a structure in their own right that must be safe against collapse due to its own weight, as well as environmental and structural loads (e.g., wind). The objective of the research is […]

Avec un marché qui devrait dépasser les 200 milliards de $ US en 2020, le domaine des produits cosmétiques et un moteur économique important à l’échelle mondiale, mais également canadien. Cette activité requiert de la part des entreprises un investissement important en recherche et développement afin de rester compétitive face à la concurrence. Récemment un […]

Healthcare professionals treating trauma patients can vicariously experience trauma from long term exposure to suffering, resulting in compassion fatigue. The impact of compassion fatigue on the psychological well-being of healthcare workers is detrimental, decreasing patient care and retention of healthcare providers. In an effort to reduce compassion fatigue, Mount Sinai Hospital has implemented a 4-hour […]

Treatment of wastewater from refineries removes toxic compounds prior to the water being released into the environment. Treatment could be made more efficient and done more cheaply if we knew how to promote the growth of bacteria that enable toxin breakdown. The aim of this project is to identify which bacteria are present and active […]

Arsenic (As) contamination in rice paddies is a fundamental problem that can reduce crop yield, affect human health, and compromise food security. Moreover, rice paddies emit 30% of the methane produced by the agricultural sector. Aerating water during the growing season can mitigate As toxicity and uptake by rice, and reduce methane emissions; however, current […]