eSupply Canada is an Indigenous-owned online distributor of office, janitorial, and industrial that serves Indigenous communities and businesses, industry, and governments. Our company has experienced significant growth since we launched in 2020, and we have proven the concept that our target customers want to buy from an Indigenous supplier. As we move into the next […]

Bionik Laboratories Inc. has developed ExoLegs™, a battery powered, motor driven, robotic pair of legs intended for use in rehabilitation and mobility enhancement of individuals with paraplegia. ExoLegs represents a technology that improves rehabilitation and recovery of paraplegics and reduces secondary health issues that result from confinement to wheelchairs for extended periods. The proposed research […]

Traditional Chinese herbs (TCH) have been used for more than 3,000 years. They have gained increasing interest to improve performance in livestock, and have been documented to improve health and prevent, treat, and cure disease or ameliorate disease symptoms. However, limited knowledge is available regarding the modes of action as compared to modern medicine, and […]

Many voice and chat systems have emerged with the advancement of deep learning and big data processing technology like Alexa. However, there is still a large gap in implementing human-like conversation systems and there is a stigma around acceptance of the technology. In this project, we reduce the gap by building a personalized a voice […]

For the past two years, Kerry’s Place Autism Services has been developing a tool to measure compatibility between housemates on the autism spectrum in a group living setting. The Group Living Compatibility Assessment Tool (GCAT) is to be used as a guide to identify whether or not two persons are likely to cohabitate safely. This […]

In collaboration with Vee Canada Inc and Sona College of Technology and Vee Technologies in India, we propose to create a noncontact Electrocardiography (ECG) monitoring system embedded into different furniture such as a bed and chair for fully sensing and processing human heart activity using textile-based sensors and machine learning modules. The project’s ultimate goal […]

Removal of specialized coatings and paint from lightweight aircraft structures through laser ablation is very promising and environmentally safe decoating process compared to existing methods such as chemical stripping. However, research is needed to understand the effect of the laser process on the underlying materials. This project will include an in-depth experimental study of the […]

LockDocs is developing an innovative platform for the creation and sharing of a universal customer identity with financial services and private equity investment firms. This project will research and analyze the data residency and privacy requirements for such a platform, and will begin the identification of technology that can ensure such requirements are met and […]

Predictive modeling is a statistical data mining approach that builds a prediction function from the observed data. The function is then used to estimate a value of a dependent variable for new data. The objective of the project is to develop predictive models by machine learning approach and data mining techniques from the large volum […]

Evoco Ltd. is a Toronto based company specialized in manufacturing bio-based and environmentally friendly polyurethane (PU) materials that have a wide range of applications, including but not limited to footwear, apparel, sports equipment and pet products. The company is interested in incorporating advanced manufacturing and 3D printing technologies into their PU material fabrication procedures. The […]

Penrose Partners is a blockchain startup firm that provides transactional, educational, and corporate consulting/material production services to businesses, institutional investors, and disruptive tech companies in the blockchain space. We are the trusted advisor that bridges the gap between businesses with great ideas, and blockchain adoption. In June 2021, Penrose Partners launched the i3 Incubator program […]

This research project supports the development of cycling planning tools within an online transportation planning platform called the Transportation GeoXchange (TGX). Research focusses on the development and integration of Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) network analysis in case studies using the TGX. LTS networks are routable graphs with impedance functions that characterize the subjective level […]