The overarching goal of this project is to learn how to apply machine learning strategies to identify genes associated with breast cancer recurrence. The outcome of this project will be a working understanding of machine learning and its application for analyzing transcriptomic datasets. In addition, we will establish new collaborations with Dr. Sun Kim’s research […]

This project is an online multiplayer video game for Virtual Reality (VR) that is inspired by escape room themes and puzzles. The project is going to be developed using Unreal Engine 5 which is one of the newest and most powerful technologies that allows the team to implement more complex ideas and scenarios that were […]

Maskwiomin is a start-up company, founded in 2020 and located in Sydney, NS, that manufactures and sells creams and soaps made with birch bark extract derived from a traditional Mi’kmaq skin remedy. Maskwiomin derives its name from the Mi’kmaw words of maskwi = birch bark and omin = oil/extract. The extract is traditionally produced in […]

Most forests slow down climate warming by removing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass and soils. However, how much CO2 they remove depends on how much CO2 different forest compartments (vegetation and soils) take up from or release to the atmosphere. New sensor technologies have been developed allowing year-round measurements of CO2 […]

In response to the current climate crisis and since the Paris COP21, there has been widespread international agreement on limiting warming to < 2°C. Two recent IPCC reports have emphasized that the most feasible pathway to limiting warming to 2°C or less is to deploy both climate mitigation (emissions reduction) and intervention (Carbon dioxide removal) […]

Mops & Pops Water Taxi business is developed with the idea of creating a tourist activity, business event venue, an expansion in the transit system, and highlights the expanding Sydney Waterfront. The business will start water taxi services under contract with the Sydney Port Authority. The taxi service would be cost affordable and based on […]

We will develop complex image analysis processes to advance and tighten our current processes and more accurately and speedily identify bare spots and in addition develop new processes to identify specific weeds that cause problems in wild blueberry fields. Using spatially accurate drone photography of wild blueberry fields the intern would use custom programming logic […]

There is a growing need to address the rising child mental health crisis in Canada. One way is to take a personalized medicine approach which includes factors that influence an individual’s environment, genetics and their microbiome. The microbiome includes a collection of microorganisms and can live on or within the human body. Many environmental factors […]

Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) is rapidly emerging as a potential technique to mitigate against the worst impacts of climate change. However, little is known regarding the potential biological and ecological impacts of introducing alkaline base into the coastal ocean to capture CO2, reversing ocean acidification in the process. Specifically, it remains unclear whether the phytoplankton […]

Water resource management has been a challenge facing many regions worldwide, including Vietnam and Canada. Reservoirs are crucial in water management. The project is to further the intern’s PhD research on improving the reservoir operational rule with a case study of Thac Mo Reservoir in southern Vietnam. A model combining a rainfall-runoff framework, reservoir operating […]

Developing a sensor to detect nutrients in plants, replacing wet chemical analysis, has many advantages including rapid understanding of the nutrient status and the ability to scan wide areas of the field. The sensing principle is based on detecting spectral patterns of the leaves and relating them to nutrient availability in the petiole. However, such […]

Le présent projet cherche à catalyser les efforts communs afin de mieux définir les contours de l’innovation en adaptation aux changements climatiques pour le secteur du tourisme largement affaibli par la crise sanitaire et répondre au besoin de relancer différemment les activités économiques touristiques. Il vise à comprendre comment, face aux impacts des changements climatiques, […]