The key objective of this research is to measure the quality of in-feed materials of wood pellet plants around the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. This research will include the collection of in-feed materials from at least eight plants and a series of experimental measurements in in-feed properties such as moisture content, ash content, […]

Approaches to land use planning in BC are rapidly shifting in an effort to right previous wrongs with respect to the dispossession of Indigenous land. The BC government committed to developing a new planning framework, through the Modernized Land Use Planning (MLUP) program, that involves deep collaboration with Indigenous Peoples to conduct equitable decision-making process […]

Employment is important for ensuring social inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who commonly use the identity term self-advocates in Canada. Self-advocates are much less likely to be employed, and work fewer hours a week and often earn only minimum wage. When gender is taken into account, men are hired more frequently, work […]

Cannabinoids are synthesized and accumulate in Cannabis plant hairs called glandular trichomes, which are particularly abundant on female flower buds. Cannabinoid content and composition vary dramatically among Cannabis strains, with two general groupings distinguished: marijuana strains, defined by high THC and low CBD levels, and hemp strains containing low THC and high CBD (or low […]

Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest gynaecological conditions in the developed world, as it is often detected late into progression. Efforts to improve surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches have only made marginal improvements to patient outcomes over the past 30 years, but there remains potential within immunotherapeutic approaches. Understanding the tumor microenvironment, and particularly the […]

Project 1: The objective of this project is to design a Visual Systemic ‘Risk Map’ as one possible prototype to address some of the issues of risk identification and analysis in the context of global financial systems. We propose the design concept of the ‘Risk Map’ using principles of Cognitive Systems Engineering (instrumental papers in […]

The project investigates the transformation of anonymity in times of networked-data by looking into the history of urban neighborhood design and its relation to neighborhood-related machine learning algorithms, such as k-nearest-neighbor (KNN). This method analyzes behavioral patterns to form groups (neighborhoods) of actors with the same characteristics (neighbors). This groupingis then deployed to understand and […]

The goal of the broader Alliance submission is to develop a technology platform to test and benchmark best practices, policy recommendations, and regulations for the safe and reliable operation of automated UAVs during ground-based BVLOS (Beyond the visual line of sight) missions in urban areas, using 5G networks, a first in Canada. The Mitacs internships […]

This research project aims at improving the recovery of precious metals from fine-grained resources using ultra-fine grinding process. The project involves testing three different ore samples to quantify the benefits of HIGmill grinding on mineral recovery. A comprehensive HIGmill model for optimization purpose will be developed based on bench-scale tests. The developed HIGmill model could […]

The company is called Sewllkwe (pronounced sell-kwa) Book, which was founded by Trever Andrew. It is an Indigenous Water Management platform that is a customizable cloud-based application that covers all aspects of managing water and wastewater systems and data directly from any mobile device. The project will be focused on hiring one research assistant with […]

The overarching objective of this proposal is to develop and validate a new, robust and reproducible 3D culture system that supports the clonal growth of primary sources of normal and malignant human epithelial cells and that is suitable for commercialization by STEMCELL Technologies who will partner in its development. The work will systematically address 3 […]

PARP inhibitors are an FDA-approved treatment for breast, ovarian and prostate cancers. This project aims to develop 3 new classes of PARP inhibitors, 2 of which can target multiple pathways with a single drug, helping to prevent resistance to the PARP inhibitors and enabling the combination of 2 drug treatments without the added side effects […]