This project seeks to evaluate how contamination can influence the growth of a bacterial community. These experiments will be performed using small scale bioreactors in a lab setting, where 1 contamination source can be evaluated at a time. The results of these experiments will be evaluated by using 16s Amplicon sequencing to determine which bacterial […]

Woodland caribou in the West Chilcotin are Threatened and face population decline due to habitat loss and increased predation. In winter, caribou in this area are dependant on lichen foraging underneath the snowpack, with mature lodgepole pine forests providing suitable lichen availability and predator avoidance. For the Rainbows Mountains and Itcha-Ilgachuz caribou herds, pine beetle […]

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 […]