This qualitative study will focus on First Nations fisheries use and management within the community of West Moberly First Nations, Moberly Lake, BC. This research will be looking at whether industrial development has impacted freshwater fishery health in the area and the resulting social and economic consequences of development on the First Nations fishery users. […]

The suggested research for the Mitacs Accelerate Program is directed to be the final step in a series of previous investigations for maximizing gold extraction from the ASGM tailings and saprolite materials, retrieved from the Eldorado Gold`s Tocantinzinho project (“TZ”), looking to improve its economic results. The TZ project is located in an extensive ASGM […]

Surgical robots are dramatically changing the way in which surgeries are performed. As operating a surgical robot is quite different than traditional surgical tools, surgeons face significant learning curves when training to gain competency. A useful tool for analyzing the learning process of surgeons is eye gaze tracking. Eye gaze tracking technology may be used […]

The trees and plants – also called urban forest – in our cities help to absorb and evaporate rainwater. Since cities have a lot of surfaces that are impermeable, rainwater cannot infiltrate the soil and has to be moved away through pipe systems, carrying the pollution it collects on the surface. The urban forest is […]

Using electroencephalography based technology, it is possible to study brain function over short periods of time. Building on previous Mitacs funded research, we are developing a point of care device based on the Halifax consciousness scanner called NeuroCatch, that is cheap, portable and easy to use. The ability to monitor changes in brain function after […]

One of the most significant fastener alternatives in the market of timber construction is the emergence of self-tapping wood screws (STS). This fastener has primarily been developed to reinforce the weakest strength properties of wood. To extent the application possibility of STS in timber construction, future research needs to address the potential of such screws […]

The overall purpose of the Community Partnership Network (CPN) of the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) is to develop the Capital Region’s capacity to more effectively attract, welcome and integrate newcomers into our community, workplaces, organizations and institutions. Through this research project, the CPN will develop a wellfounded and sustainable Local Immigrant Partnership (LIP) […]

The purpose of this project is to aid in the development of more complete carbon accounting within forestry carbon projects, by working towards a means of calculating long term carbon storage within harvested wood products in British Columbia (BC). The project will involve a literature review of harvested wood products manufacturing statistic in BC and […]

My dissertation investigates the narrative photography emerged in the US around the 1970s and its influence on the formation of photographic discourse in France throughout the 1980s. By narrative photography, I refer to the photographic experiments that appropriate certain qualities of narrative forms, ranging from books to theater. With the financial support of Mitacs Globalink […]

This research will focus on designing an apparatus and developing a testing protocol for determining the capacity of helical piles in collaboration with Stable Ground Solutions. A helical pile is a type of deep foundation that consists of a shaft and helix or multiple helices. The testing of piles can be expensive and time consuming […]

The purpose of this project is to research and develop a business & technical model for a webbased geo-authenticated public consultation service. Combining methodologies from social media, e-commerce & community consultation, the project will analyze best practices in each area to determine the most appropriate model for a scalable platform for targeted community engagement. Qualitative […]

Depuis tout temps, l’homme ne cesse de vouloir déterminer son origine. La phylogénie est la branche de la science s’intéressant à la reconstruction des liens de parentés. Depuis les années 60 et l’avénement de la biologie moléculaire, il est possible de reconstruire les liens de parentés non plus uniquement par les caractères morphologiques mais également […]