Digital Distribution and Online Resources for e-Learning

This research will help VUCAVU.com, a non-profit online streaming platform for independent Canadian film and video artworks, determine how best to serve a widening range of users and partners given growing interest prompted by COVID-19 restrictions. The primary focus will be on educational stakeholders who need online access to audio-visual resources due to significant expansion […]

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Climate Finance and Youth Unemployment for COVID19 Recovery

The COVID19 crisis has had an immense impact in loss of employment across nations and sectors. Youth are one of the most impacted demographic groups as job security has become more precarious. With a main objective of addressing youth unemployment in recovery packages while remaining committed to climate progress, this project proposes a quantitative and […]

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Home Automation and Family Finder Mobile Application and Platform

This project will be comprised of exploratory research as well as independent research with various mobile location based technologies. The first component of the project will involve working with an existing home automation platform called iControl (www.icontrol.com). The second component of the project will be the development of a “Family Finder” mobile application that interacts […]

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Pan-disability COVID-19 data leadership and coordination initiative

The Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Alliance (CASDA) was created to develop and implement a comprehensive National Autism Strategy (NAS) to addresses critical gaps in funding and policies which are preventing autistic individuals and their families from exercising their equal rights as Canadians. COVID-19 has created additional challenges for families across Canada that must be taken […]

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Numerical Performance Assessment of Modular Two-Way Precast Slab Systems

The overarching goal of this partnership is to develop a modular accelerated building construction system that is suitable for implementation into the Canadian marketplace. The use of the post-tensioned, and friction-based, connections for modular system connections is atypical of North American design procedures and the reliance on these connections for resisting sustained gravity loads is […]

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Abolitionist Dream-Mapping

We live in a world where prisons are seen as a necessary condition for public safety and accountability. But there were no prisons on Turtle Island prior to colonization! The abolitionist dr eam of a world without prisons is grounded in a concrete historical context. This project both recovers and invents decolonial abolitionist methods for […]

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Thermally Extrudable Benzoxazine Phosphoniums for Coating and Fabrication of Common Touch Plastics and 3D-Printable Materials

Pathogenic infections are responsible for approximately 60% of all hospital acquired infections. In order to help stop the spread, high contact surfaces require chemical additives that sense and respond to the presence of pathogenic bacteria quickly, and neutralize their threat. We are proposing a new form of antimicrobial that can be used as safe, green […]

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Evaluation of a small, gas powered, patient-responsive automated resuscitation/ventilation device adapted to pandemics of respiratory failure

The projects will involve the modifications of a small automated ventilator (breathing machine) suitable for use in pandemics and underresourced settings (outside hospital, in patient transport, small hospitals), especially suited to patients with severe lung disease. Partner organization will be able to improve the design of the current ventilator to make it better suited for […]

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Mobilizing the beneficial microbiome of Ontario wheat against Fusarium

Scientists have been interested in the effects that microorganisms have on their host plants for over a century, however, recently researchers have been able to better tackle these questions with the advent of new technology. In particular, beneficial microorganisms associated with roots can increase crop resiliency against disease, pests and extreme weather events, making this […]

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Automated escalation and incident management in healthcare during mass casualties and pandemic events (Part 2)

In healthcare, communication and clear roles and responsibilities are critical in delivering care to patients. This is difficult to achieve in the best of times; during pandemics and mass casualty events, communication is the first thing to fail, leading to inefficiency, confusion, and ultimately harm to patients. This project aims to develop an automated system […]

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Remote Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection System

Gold Sentintel has built a non-visual fall detection and respiration monitoring product for Long Term Care called ElephasCare LTC. ElephasCare LTC utilizes passive radar sensors to detect residents’ position within their rooms, monitoring motion and respiration, and automatically notifying caregivers in the event of a fall, or lack of respiration. This project looks to enhance […]

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