Siksika Nation Climate Change and Renewable Energy: Mitigation, Adaptation, Resilience, Food Security, Economic Development

This project is a cooperative arrangement with Siksika economic development. University of Lethbridge researchers are evaluating a range of economic development options for consideration by Siksika. These options are focussed on renewable energy, sustainability, and food security for the nation, and for economic development to further Nation participating in the Alberta and Canadian economies. Siksika […]

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Developing a Database of Canadian Climate Policy and Programs

This project fills a data gap by creating key research inputs in the climate policy space: an online climate policy database and stringency index. We organize and classify government actions related to climate change in Canada by key criteria of interest including economic sector, target outcome, type of initiative (pricing system, performance regulations, incentives, innovation […]

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Impacts of wildfire and windfarm construction on the herpetological community of eastern Georgian Bay.

Understanding the degree to which habitat disturbance affects fragile and biodiverse herpetological communities is critical to mitigating damage from future anthropogenic and natural environmental disturbances. This is especially true if the disturbances are an ever-growing green energy source in the energy sector, wind energy, and an increasing natural disturbance, wildfire. Few studies have examined how […]

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Fabrication, characterization and modeling of novel CMOS-compatible polymer-based redox memory structures

A cross-disciplinary collaboration between investigators in Electrical Engineering and Chemistry has lead to the discovery of a promising new material system for nanoelectronics. This material system is a conducting polymer / inorganic metal oxide heterojunction, electrochemically grown onto a crossbar structure. This heterojunction produces transient current-voltage characteristics that can be controlled by electric fields and […]

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Développement d’un système électrochimique optimisé sous forme de modules pour transformer du CO2 capturé en sel de formate pour l’utiliser comme agent déglaçant

Electro Carbon est une entreprise spécialisée dans le développement de technologies de rupture et innovantes orientées vers la valorisation du dioxyde de carbone (CO2). Toujours soucieux de la protection de l’environnement, Electro Carbon agit pour répondre aux besoins mondiaux en matière de réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et de lutte contre […]

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Comparative analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic response in BC and Alberta

The project aims to compare and analyse the response of BC and Alberta during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research is scheduled to be conducted into 5 main areas: the situation of the healthcare system before the pandemic, the policies set in place during the pandemic, the outcomes of such policies and interventions, the unintended consequences […]

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Pour une écologie sonore urbaine à travers la diffusion d’oeuvres originales dans l’espace publique

Cette recherche-création vise à sensibiliser les habitant·e·s à l’écoute de leur environnement sonore à travers la diffusion d’oeuvres sonores originales dans l’espace public. Grâce au dispositif de diffusion “Essaim” conçu spécialement pour la diffusion prolongée en extérieur, les oeuvres sonores à caractère écologique pourront être entendues dans des parcs, des passages ou des places publiques. […]

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Novel Protein Cages for Biotherapeutic Delivery

Currently, drug delivery systems used in clinical applications are limited to liposome and polymer-based systems. Although these methods have been shown to be sufficient for most applications, they have limited targeting of specific areas in the body and have a low effectiveness for efficient drug administration. To compensate, higher and multiple dosages are required, drastically […]

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Ice-melting performance and environmental impacts of various de-icer salts

The application of road salt to our roads, parking lots and sidewalks, is causing long-term corrosion to infrastructure and vehicles, and damage to the environment. Various alternative de-icing salts have been proposed but a holistic understanding of their ice-melting performance, corrosion effects and environmental impacts is limited. The goal of the broader project is to […]

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Software development for composite structures health monitoring

Composite structures are very popular in industries due to their lightweight and high strength. They degrade and cause huge economic losses or even serious disasters. Structure health monitoring has a great significance in the operation and maintenance of industrial assets. Current commercial software for structural health monitoring uses traditional and common methods which are only […]

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Biomechanical analysis of the pelvic floor and pessary devices using colpodynamic imaging and finite element modeling

Pelvic floor disorders, such as pelvic organ prolapse (POP), negatively affects millions of women each year. POP is the descent of the vagina resulting in symptoms of vaginal bulging, pelvic pressure or heaviness, pain, and incontinence. A nonsurgical option for POP symptom relief is the use of pessaries, removable vaginal prosthetics; however, current pessary designs […]

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