The Archaic Period (8,000 BC to 1,000 BC) is the longest occupation of the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario, but the least understood and studied. Approximately 1,000 previously unknown archaeological and extraction sites have been identified in this region, mainly in Haldimand and Norfolk Counties. The proposed research project will use a combination of analytical […]

The Government of Canada considers lithium as a critical element because it is a major component of rechargable batteries in, for example, electric vehicles, but it is also used in lubricants, ceramics, and glasses. The Tanco mine in Manitoba supplies approximately 5% of the world’s lithium, but little is known about the distribution of lithium […]

All of us use our identity so many times during our daily life. For instance, we use our ID cards or driver’s license as a means of approving our identity, we travel abroad with our passports, we utilize our bank cards for buying merchandises, we use our health cards for health reasons, etc. With the […]

The project aims to identify various usability factors and how they affect user’s perception of the trustworthiness of the blockchain-based record and their intentions to adopt this technology. The study also aims in increasing our current understanding of how usability affects users’ perception of the trustworthiness of blockchain technology for personal health data sharing. The […]

As we continue to evolve as an organization, finding efficiencies and modernizing processes will position SAAM to keep on providing supply chain capacity, ensuring the communities we serve keep on progressing and moving forward with efficiencies and better technological tools in place. The Helm Connect project will be at the forefront of this replacing our […]

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a collection of hardware, software, procedures, roles, and policies that enables the use of public key encryption schemes within the context of information and communication technology (ICT) systems. In public key encryption schemes, an entity (which can be a person, a machine, or anything in between) generates two mathematically related […]

We need to understand whether estuarine marsh habitat recovers to the same condition quality as undisturbed areas after exclusion of intensive goose grazing. Recovery through natural processes takes longer than restoration assisted by transplanting, however understanding how much faster assisted restoration enables recovery helps inform cost-effective strategies. Non-profit organizations can benefit from academic support to […]

Climate change has complicated the fight for affordable and secure housing in British Columbia. The 2021 heat dome, for example, was responsible for the deaths of 595 people making it the deadliest weather event in Canadian history. Almost all of these deaths occurred at home or in a hotel and disproportionately impacted marginalized communities, many […]

This project aims to explore how women entrepreneurs perform their entrepreneurial functions within business incubators. Women entrepreneurs are known to suffer from impoverished social networks that precludes them from performing their entrepreneurial functions like opportunity recognition, resource mobilization and innovation. Policy makers seek to support and enable women entrepreneurs in various ways. Incubation is one […]

OneCup uses Computer Vision to uniquely identify livestock and wildlife from almost any angle, effectively Face ID for animals, called 360 Live ID. We then track health, growth, activity, nutrition, and phenotypes with the ID. It is a revolutionary idea that will disrupt the agricultural industry. We call our AI for cattle BETSY, or Bovine […]

This research addresses the ethical issues that abound in professional design practice. If these issues are identified, they are seldom discussed and mitigated. As such, this research aims to 1) observe human-centered design in action, 2) develop a series of tools, artifacts, and methods—what I refer to as ethical design things—to foreground matters of ethics […]

Estuaries are crucial stopover areas for juvenile salmon during outmigration and especially for Chinook salmon who can reside in this habitat for over a month. Many populations of Chinook salmon from the Pacific Northwest are threatened and endangered making conservation important for this species. Currently, managers are investing significant public funds in estuary restoration and […]