Develop a business model and establish funding sources for Hiellen Long Houses that generates revenue year-round. Context: Hiellen Village Longhouses are owned by the Old Massett Village Council (OMVC) and managed by though development corporation. Revenue is almost exclusively generated during the tourist season June- September annually. Land based healing initiatives for First Nations are […]

The wider adoption of fuel cells has been hindered by durability and reliability issues. This research alliance (consisting of Ballard and SFU) has made significant recent advances on developing novel diagnostics techniques to detect the inception of hydrogen leak faults in fuel cells. We aim to continue to build on these advances through this grant. […]

The aim of the proposed research is to develop renewable textiles from agricultural residues. The project will use an alternative process, proposed by Earth Protex, for converting primarily wheat straw into a wood pulp like material while minimizing the losses during the process. The pulp will undergo further chemical treatment under mild conditions before being […]

British Columbia’s agriculture sector faces substantial labour issues including difficulties in recruitment, retention, and workforce engagement of domestic seasonal workers, which significantly impacts its productivity and sustainability. This project addresses the critical need for a comprehensive understanding of the domestic seasonal labour market: who the workers are, what attract them, how we can increase their […]

Leveraging its roots in dance and technology, Credo is building a multimodal motions platform for dance to enhance education, choreography and archival practices; the foundation being motion capture data. There are existing 3D motion capture libraries but they are either one of or many of the following: outdated, not comprehensive, poor quality, non-standard, poorly labelled […]

The “Engineering Design of Aquaponics System Towards Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Bella Bella, BC” Mitacs Internship project is an important component of the ongoing larger project: “Cultivating Resilience: Aquaponics for Food Security and Wellness.” This project is funded by the New Relationships Trust not-for-profit corporation through their food security and sovereignty funding program. […]

The overarching objective of this research project is to support and increase climate action leadership through the process of seeding, establishing, building, and growing an online climate action intersectional leadership community of practice that will in turn inform the development and design of an evidence-based framework and pedagogy to be used to shape an extended […]