Environmental forensic investigations endeavour to identify connections between environmental pollution and polluters. There assessments are integral to legal cases spanning pollution from accidental spills to illegal disposal of chemical waste. A common challenge is the investigation of complex contaminant mixtures that may have multiple polluters or where only part of the complex contaminant mixture are […]

This project explores the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on racialized women in the workforce in Ontario. As groups overrepresented in poverty rates, unemployment rates, and low-waged and precarious work prior to the pandemic, racialized women are more likely to experience poor or negative mental health and wellbeing during the pandemic. Despite being one of […]

COVID-19 is an unprecedented public health emergency affecting every industry. As we wait to develop treatments and vaccines to protect individuals from COVID-19, we must develop strategies to protect workers in Canada’s vital industries. In the absence of any adaptation strategy, risk of infection will continue to threaten the health and safety of workers. This […]

This project will look at the career aspirations and confidence of engineering students in their first year of studies. The data to be analyzed comes from a survey of first year students collected as part of a co-op prepapration program. The data will be analysed to look for differences by gender, international and student status, […]

Bridges are critical infrastructure assets, which connect transportation networks for the delivery of goods and services and are vital links for first responders. The goal of this research is to advance the state-of-the-art in innovative and cost-effective solutions to monitor the condition of bridge infrastructure using a low-cost sensor network and an intelligent robotic machine, […]

The proposed project is aimed at adding smart contract and sharding functionality to the Dandelion network, improving cryptographic efficiency with aggregable signatures under the BLS signature scheme, identifying a roadmap to a Quantum Resistant aggregable signatures, and mathematically proving the safety and liveness properties of the extended system using TLA+ proofs. This improve the platforms […]

Understanding scenes representing real world environments is a challenging problem at the intersection of Computer Vision research and Deep Learning and a necessary pre-requisite for Embodied AI. Embodied AI is an emerging field within Machine Learning that focuses on the challenges that need to be addressed for successful deployment of edge devices such as drones […]

There is a growing disconnect between the areas of focus in innovation research occurring at universities and the practical concerns, needs and direction of the animal production industry. Research has shown that ongoing communication and interaction between researchers and end-users is necessary, both before and during research, in order to ensure that research conducted is […]

To address the global concerns regarding climate changes and increase of earth temperature, carbon dioxide emission has to be removed/reduced. A major source of Co2 emission is transportation vehicles, which account for close to 30% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. An active method to reduce this significant contribution to global warming is electrification of transportation […]

Mental health is a growing concern for Canadian youth, with higher rates of mental health concerns in youth who are BIPOC. As a result, many mental health programs are established to detect and treat concerns in youth, with the goal of reducing mental health burden in adulthood. However, BIPOC youth face many systemic barriers to […]

Toxicity testing of ophthalmic products is an important step in developing new eye products. Microfluidic devices, such as lab-on-a-chip, are an effective way to evaluate the toxicity of new products prior to animal testing. However, the current methods to create these microfluidic chips are too time-consuming and expensive for high-throughput screening. The objective of this […]

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has a large impact on the wellbeing of Canadians. Some people find the available treatments helpful, but some do not. There is a need for new treatment approaches. This project will provide 6 nutritional counselling sessions along with fish oil supplementation to 40 adult women with moderate to severe GAD. The […]