When designing a Collaborative Service Robot (CSR) for Long Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) its appearance and how its look and feel is perceived by its human counterparts play an essential role in its acceptability. This fact highlights the importance of gaining user feedback during the design process. In this project, we will adopt a user-centered […]

Ce projet va analyser la gouvernance démocratique (GD) des organisations d’économie sociale (OES) au Québec en vue d’illustrer une diversité de situations où cette pratique incarne la spécificité des OES mais aussi de leur complexité. Au Québec, l’économie sociale regroupe plus de 11200 coopératives, mutuelles et associations à but non lucratif, actives dans tous les […]

Depuis quelques années, les musées tendent à se responsabiliser socialement et à intégrer les technologies à leurs activités. Ainsi, la recherche vise à étudier les stratégies de médiation culturelle proposées par le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal par rapport aux nouvelles tendances qui relèvent du champ scientifique de la muséologie. Il s’agit plus précisément de […]

The project aims to study the carbon footprint of pre-manufactured timber sections in the construction industry over its supply chain. This will include the following subobjectives: 1) Mapping of the activities of the supply chain. The aim here is to formalize a process model for all activities related to pre-manufactured timber. Equally important, the study […]

The Etobicoke Creek watershed is heavily urbanized with significant water quality issues. As part of the development of a watershed plan, scenario analysis allows for modelling different future land use and climate conditions to understand how watershed conditions will change. The purpose of this research is to establish and utilize an appropriate water quality model […]

This research intends to investigate the impact of media type and size on stirred mill performance. Stirred milling tests will be performed with ceramic medias of different mechanical properties and sizing. The energy-size reduction relationships under each test condition will be analyzed. The effect of media type and size on media wear rate will also […]

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is an invasive insect from Asia that was detected in Ontario in 2002 and has caused severe declines in ash trees. EAB is able to kill a healthy ash tree in 3-4 years and has caused declines of up to 99% in some areas 8-10 years after arriving. Although there is […]

Dans les aquariums publics, les animaux marins sont maintenus dans des systèmes d’eau de mer recyclée à 100%. Dans ces systèmes recirculés, l’accumulation d’azote et de phosphore minéral dissous peut atteindre des valeurs toxiques pour les animaux. Les macro-algues marines sont connues pour leur capacité d’absorption et de séquestration de ces minéraux dissous. Certaines d’entre […]

The proposed research will take place in the City of Mississauga. A recent study by Gro?mann et al. concluded that heavy levels of tree pruning leads to an increased number of microhabitats, compared to trees pruned less often (2020). These trees are often called ‘veteran trees’ in North America, and are very important for urban […]

The critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale resides in waters with busy shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where incidents of ship strikes have proven to be a primary cause of whale death, resulting in their numbers dwindling to less than 400. Though the implementation of speed limits […]

The rate of unemployment among the visually impaired is dramatically higher compared to the rest of the population. Even though much research and development has been achived to ,maximize the employability of persons living with a visual impairment, and to make them competitive in the employment market, the same cannot be said for employers themselves. […]

BC’s rainbow trout fishery consists of over 800 lakes, fished by hundreds of thousands of anglers across the province. It provides some of Canada’s best fishing, but there are key processes occurring that fishery managers can not account for with current approaches. Researchers and managers have created a new management tool that would allow decision […]