Simplex Legal has partnered with the University of Calgary to engage a UCalgary Law Innovation Intern to design a technology that is accessible, customer centric and cost effective which brings efficiencies in management while adequately protecting the intellectual property of the company’s clients. Simplex Legal is in the business of changing the way legal services […]

Using drones and sensors to conduct autonomous monitoring has shown benefits in many applications, including urban infrastructure planning and maintenance. In this research, we focus on a less studied problem of detecting hazardous and illegal events along oil and gas pipelines. We aim to deliver a real-time Internet of Drones (IoD) system, which integrates the […]

Insurance companies collect huge volumes of text on a daily basis and through multiple channels, which can be used for lots of different analyses, including identifying “cause of death”. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of an insurance company’s need to understand the facts and circumstances surrounding an insured individual’s death. These facts, including […]

Nowadays, there is a rapid increase in the use of low-cost inertial navigation sensors for commercial and civil applications. Fully autonomous or remotely controlled vehicles requires a reliable and continuous navigation system providing meter level accuracy. The cost, size, and power demand of navigation systems providing this level of accuracy impose a limiting factor to […]

New innovative technology is proposed for converting residual feedstocks, like petcoke and asphaltenes, into valuable products such as humic acids. This novel approach process employs an ultrasound technique in an aqueous alkaline media to create OH radicals at low reaction conditions and thus enhancing the formation of humic acids. The process has high efficiency, conversion […]

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for loss allowances are changing, and financial institutions are proactively adapting existing methodologies and developing new ones to remain compliant. The main ingredient in the myriad of evaluations that banks are required to perform for compliance is risk assessment. The first goal of this research project is to review best […]

Since the first case in Alberta, COVID-19 has impacted everyone, especially the most vulnerable. At Criterium Group, we pride ourselves on our resiliency; with our agile structure and ways of working, we have been able to adapt to these challenging times. In light of the pandemic, we have focused on working with our clients to […]

All new infrastructure and natural resource projects being developed in Canada are required to undergo an Environmental Assessment. A key aspect of this regulatory process is the need to demonstrate that the activity will not adversely affect human or ecosystem health. It is through the science of human health and ecological risk assessment (HHERA) that […]

Environmental, social, governance (ESG) reporting or sustainability reporting is not a new concept for non-financial disclosures. However, as discussions relating to the environment, climate change, and social consciousness become more prevalent in the mainstream media, so have the discussions relating to the industry-specific disclosures on topics such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water management, and […]

The goal of the research is to assess the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of extracting dissolved lithium minerals from produced wastewaters at existing hydrocarbon processing facilities within the Duvernay Shale development and in-situ oilsands regions of Alberta. An overall economic review of the opportunity to the Province of Alberta will be completed based on […]

The purpose of this research is to determine the techno-economic feasibility of utilizing renewable energy to produce hydrogen for use in mine sites in Ontario to reduce their carbon intensity. As wind and solar electricity generation is intermittent, hydrogen has the flexibility as an on-demand fuel source, as well as an option for long-term storage. […]

COVID-19 has highlighted the need for businesses to have a digital presence, whether e-commerce or social media. The project will grow small-medium businesses’ revenue and local chambers through an e-commerce marketplace and expand recruitment to and participation in Alberta Chambers of Commerce network value-add programs.