Employment land and space is a strategic area of policy development for the District of Squamish, and a key focus of our Economic Action Plan. As population grows in the District, we’re conducting policy review and analysis to understand the employment space needs of our local sectors, the current capacity for different types of space, […]

During a medical imaging exam, patient motion such as breathing, cardiac motion, and random adjustments of the head or body can affect the accuracy of the acquired images. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a powerful medical imaging technology that can detect minute amounts of an injected probe targeting specific tissue processes and diseases. Magnetic resonance […]

Pollution of water and food is a severe concern as a result of the increasing use of pesticides in agricultural areas. Timely testing of these contaminants is critical to ensure the quality and safety of water and food, particularly for people of the local community. Insecticides (carbamates and organophosphates) may be identified fast in water […]

Unlike in lossless compression, the decoder in a lossy compression system has flexibility in how to reconstruct the source. Conventionally, some measure of distortion such as mean squared error is used as a quality measure. Accordingly, lossy compression algorithms are analyzed through rate-distortion theory, wherein the objective is to minimize the amount of distortion for […]

Kingston’s cultural heritage sector is a vibrant mixture of museums, libraries, galleries, archives and historic sites. The city of Kingston alone boasts over 24 museums & historic sites, as well as 3 art galleries. This sector is fundamental to the regional economy and community quality of life. The Kingston & Area Association of Museums, Art […]

eye3 is a medical device development company based in Southwestern Ontario. Our research facilities are at McMaster University in Hamilton, with head offices in Port Credit. Eye3 is developing a next generation point of care screening device for detecting drugs of abuse. The platform utilizes a field friendly, ruggedized reader and cartridge system to test […]

Cannabinoids, especially cannabidiol show promise as medicinal agents and are often now proscribed for a variety of indications. One of the major challenges is the lack of a standard dose, and safe ways to ingest. Smoking dried plant material causes harmful particles to enter the lungs, while homemade “edibles” can both vary in their potency […]

CKCU has partnered with the Innovation Hub at Carleton University to develop the next generation of its foundational technology platform, COD. The platform allows CKCU to leverage automation and cloud-based technologies to track, monitor and report on content that is played on-air. This function is a critical part of the terrestrial broadcasting industry and enables […]

In Deep Learning, one of the most important determinants of the performance of a model is the training procedure used. The ideal training method produces a model that is accurate and fast, it should work on models of various sizes and be flexible enough to allow users to specify conditions they want the model to […]

Research has suggested that the future of learning, in some form, is online. However, Covid showed us – by putting more than a billion students into online classrooms – that the current balance between how teachers conventionally teach in a classroom is not fit-for-purpose in the virtual world. Not only is the online environment completely […]

Since its’ inception, Vector Medical has been a leader in developing innovative strategies for the IME industry. Our most notable differentiator has been our ability to conduct our assessments via telemedicine across Canada. The COVID-19 crisis has created a perfect storm in the IME industry. Worker requests for medical leave (i.e. disability claims) have spiked […]

In recent years, there has been a rise in the development of interactive AI systems and applications where the user follows a procedure to complete a task, including (instructional) fitness and cooking apps to name a few examples. Most of these efforts focus around video question-answering (QA), where a system is built to answer questions […]