Toronto Arts Foundation (TAF) and the Diversity Institute are partnering to analyze arts funding outcomes for Persons of Colour, Indigenous Persons, Deaf Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Persons Living with Mental Illness, as well as 2SLGBTQAP Persons in Toronto. This project will identify barriers faced by these marginalized groups when applying for arts funding in […]

The goal of the project is to develop, implement, and validate novel condition monitoring algorithms that can detect the onset of a failure through changes in behavior of the DC bus capacitors in motor drives with no additional sensors. This is an important research area as detecting the onset of a potential failure is of […]

The research that I plan to conduct in this internship is part of my doctoral work. Through an ethnographic examination of the everyday realities of young men and women in West Africa’s largest marketplace, my PhD research will examine the relationship between livelihood opportunities, policy, and youth social action in Onitsha Eastern Nigeria. This research […]

While there are national and provincial data assessing issues involving marginalization, racism and discrimination, smaller regions require local data to develop strategies that benefit them directly. The current project aims to develop an anti-racism strategy for the Cowichan Valley region by assessing the attitudes towards marginalized groups, specifically ethnic and racial minorities, and the experiences […]

This research project will investigate cost effective methods for agricultural production. Specficially, soil will be classified as high expected yield and high yield variability, high expected yield and low yield variability, low expected yield and high yield variability, and low expected yield and low yield variability using appropriate statistical methods. Different seed and fertilization rates […]

Using simplified language understandable to a layperson; provide a general, one-paragraph description of the proposed research project to be undertaken by the intern(s) as well as the expected benefit to the partner organization. (100 – 150 words) To address local food system issues like loss of farmland, people without enough food, or climate change impacts, […]

Industries around the world have been leaning towards cleaner solutions to mitigate their environmental footprint. IT is one industry that has been rapidly growing during the recent past. Hence, it is important to enhance the environmental performance of IT solutions through a life cycle thinking lens. Eco-efficiency evaluation enables analyzing the environmental and economic performance […]

Compared to previous generations, Canadian children today spend considerably less time playing freely outside and are much more likely to be driven to school on a daily basis. This trend can be explained by various issues, including parents’ concerns about strangers and traffic, and a lack of safe places for children to play and move […]

The proposed project aims to develop simple thermal resistance network models using experimental and CFD data to predict the performance of conventional circular sectioned heat pipes and thermosyphons. Heat pipes are a type of enhanced heat transfer device that uses a continuous cycle of boiling and condensing of a fluid to transfer heat at a […]

This project will establish the framework to extract and transform clinical data into a research dataset to conduct world-leading Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) around concussion. The research and analyses from this dataset will inform patient care for patients with concussion and answer key questions that have healthcare and policy implications for concussion management. The framework […]

Earthquakes pose significant risks to many Canadian homeowners in British Columbia, Quebec, and Eastern Ontario. Many homeowners in these regions have not purchased earthquake insurance for their homes, and recent surveys suggest that most Quebec homeowners are unaware that earthquake loss is not covered in their general insurance plans. If a devastating earthquake were to […]

Aircraft Pilot Coupling (APC) may arise when airframe structural modes encroach into the frequency range of human senses, biodynamics and control, which is becoming more relevant given the increasingly flexible and optimized airframes of next-generation aircraft. The phenomenon is characterized by oscillations sensed by the aircraft crew and passengers that negatively impact the ride quality. […]