PSR Canada is a grassroots volunteer professional organization that provides education to practitioners in the field of mental health and addiction. Using its Competencies of Practice for Canadian Recovery-Oriented Psychosocial Rehabilitation Practitioners, a document compiled through the Scientific Committee of the organization, it offers a national certification program for people who want to demonstrate their […]

Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) need to be decoded and translated into proteins in our bodies. This process must be tightly regulated by RNA-binding proteins such as LARP1. This protein is found in several organisms and by regulating mRNA translation it also regulates cell growth, but its function is poorly understood. LARP1 has been found in higher-than-normal […]

Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) can 3D print final parts from continuous carbon fiber composites with high structural and thermal performance. In this project, a custom-built 3D printing head with feeding and cutting capabilities will be designed and manufactured. It will be installed on a robotic 3D printer to manufacture parts from high-temperature continuous fiber composites. […]

The project’s partner, MyPalate Inc., produces real meat without raising whole animals and facilitates a new era of protein consumption.. Using a parallel, gas-controlled bioreactor system, the project aims to understand how process parameters influence oxygenation status during muscle cell proliferation and differentiation. Specifically, we aim to investigate how the dissolved oxygen, impeller agitation speed, […]

Conifers retain their leaves in winter and downregulate photosynthesis. Remote sensing of coniferous forests based on measurements of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) seems a suitable tool to estimate forest photosynthesis, but little is known about the effects of downregulation of photosynthesis on the SIF signal. By installing a novel FloX field spectrometer at a coniferous […]

This project is a collaboration between Drs. Jennifer Provencher, Jesse Vermaire, and Christina Davy at Carleton University in which the two student interns will quantify microplastic contents in various environmental samples to improve our understanding of the fate of microplastics in the environment. The students will learn to assess microplastics in environmental samples (e.g. scat, […]

This project studies Machine Learning algorithms for multi-category document classification. The purpose is to effectively predict user’s behavior based on the contextualization of the advertising and the associated document and therefore, to increase the click rate and the success of a dynamical advertising campaign. Due to the nature of the World Wide Web, the feature […]

The spinal cord is one of the most imponant neurological structures in the body. Noninvasive image-based assessment of this structure is an increasingly demanding healthcare service. This project is a preliminary development stage of a computer-aided spinal-scan assessment software toolkit which aims at faciiitating the diagnosis of spinal cord problems. In parlicular, the proposed project […]

Brain segmentation is crucial for providing accurate predictions to the patients due to the information which can be extracted from it, such as the shape and size of the tissue, underdeveloped or injured regions, and annual comparative results for brain growth. Segmentation of infants’ brains currently requires deep expertise and is a labor-intensive process, typically […]

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a branch of fluid mechanics that is focused on using numerical methods to solve and analyze practical engineering problems involving fluid flow. The purpose of the proposed research project is to develop novel simulation methods directed at applications in sensitivity analysis and design optimization. Sensitivity and optimization studies are becoming […]

The purpose of this internship is to research and identify best practice’s (desktop and interviews), make recommendations for marketing, products, and operations and finally to implement and evaluate. This will be done in cooperation with the co-founders. An ancillary benefit for the intern will be gaining business acumen through mentorship with the co-founders.

Current analytical methods for the extraction of lipid-soluble compounds (fatty acids, cholesterol, antibiotics, pesticides, vitamins) are costly and time-consuming. Recently, we have assessed a novel patent-pending “kit” method for extracting fatty acids and cholesterol from food and tissues with great success. We propose to continue testing this method for extraction of lipid-soluble vitamins, pesticides and […]