For the Inuit communities that reside in the Canadian Arctic, climate change and regional development have impacted people’s access to essential resources and their preservation of Inuit knowledge. By partnering with the Arctic Eider Society (AES) and Ocean Wise Ikaarvik program, I will translate my primary research in phytoplankton remote sensing into relevant information for […]

Based on the first internship of Mitacs Accelerate Project, research has been conducted on several aspects of an online traceability program which has been developed and operated by Ecotrust Canada. Aspects covered including business planning, budgeting, researching for revenue sources and of course type of entity in order to transition the program into its own […]

The purpose of the project is to assess the housing, community engagement, and social inclusion needs and challenges faced by different residents, many of whom are older adults and are residents in Brightside Community Housing Foundation. Also known as Brightside. A mixed method approach (dempgrahic questionnaire, survey and focus group) will be used in this […]

Woven fabric-reinforced polymers (WFRP) are composite materials consisting of interwoven fibers dispersed in a continuous polymeric matrix phase. Lightweight and yet very strong mechanical characteristics of WFRPs are, however, often disadvantaged by poor quality due to manufacturing defects. The proposed project aims to exploit the simulation tools developed at University of Bristol to simulate the […]

Widespread decline in social capital is well-documented and has been attributed to a range of underlying root causes, from policies regarding the physical design of our neighbourhoods, increasing geographic mobility, shifting away from more localized economies, the complexity of increasing cultural diversity in many areas, to societal beliefs and norms related to individualism. We know […]

Within species, there is variability among individuals in their characteristics and resource use. This variability is frequently represented as discrete forms, or morphs, that have differences in genetics, physical characteristics, and resource use. The evolution of morphs within fish species has occurred independently dozens of times within lakes at northern latitudes. This phenomenon is perhaps […]

The proposed project will investigate the behavior of high-performance reinforced concrete (RC) core walls, which are designed to rock about their base in two horizontal directions. For this purpose, a 1/6.5 scaled specimen of the 24-story reinforced concrete wall will be built and tested at the Multi-Array Shaking Table (MAST) facility at Tongji University, Shanghai, […]

This research project will analyze different funding options for watershed co-governance in the Nicola River watershed in British Columbia. There are ongoing efforts in the Nicola River watershed to develop and implement a co-governance structure involving the Province of BC and five Nicola First Nations. These efforts are made possible by short-term funding that is […]

There are thousands of mobile apps available for download that are geared towards health and fitness, yet limited research evaluating the real-world effectiveness of such apps exists. The MOVR app is designed specifically to enhance one’s functional abilities, fitness, and functional well-being through personalized exercise prescriptions based on individual needs. While MOVR has had anecdotal […]

KPU and BuildMapper pursued a collaborative data science project to automate and enhance BuildMapper’s core business intelligence algorithms. One algorithm will consist of a customized web crawler for the discovery and acquisition of semi-structured and unstructured construction phase information sourced from municipality websites. The other work includes the design of a SQL database for the […]

This paper studies the answer to the Japanese scholarship in the Song Dynasty ancestor of the 17th ancestor of the Song Dynasty. The answers reflect the academic rationale of the Tenda in the early Song Dynasty, and I will analyze whether his answer is only from an academic standpoint. His answers include his own theoretical […]

The plant cuticle is an essential extracellular structure required for plant survival on land. It forms a seal over the aerial plant surfaces providing protection against biotic and abiotic stress. It controls water exchange between the plant and its environment and reduces the risk of infection and herbivory. Cuticle structure, composition and biosynthesis are well […]