Cornerstone is taking a leadership role in creating a network within Eastern Saskatchewan that can bring innovators, investors and farmers together to start actioning these problems and solutions. They are looking to operate in the “activation” phase of innovation – helping to get problems and ideas into the hands of the right people or organizations […]

Loin pain-hematuria syndrome (LPHS) is a rare human disease with a reported prevalence of 12 per 100,000. It is predominantly observed in women with the age at symptom onset ranging from the first to sixth decade of life, with most patients being in late 20s or early 30s. The characteristic feature of LPHS is unrelenting […]

Refresh Wellness app intends to offer a novel approach to address the global prevalence of mental health disorders, in Canada and abroad. We are in the process of developing a comprehensive mental wellness platform that can be used in both individual and workplace settings to monitor and analyze mental health patterns, and generate appropriate solutions […]

The Canadian aviation industry is anxious to recovery from the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. More air traveling requires more extensive application of aircraft de-icing fluid (ADF) to ensure aviation safety in freezing seasons. The major ingredients of ADF include anti-freeze agent (ethylene or propylene glycol), corrosive inhibitors, surfactants, pH buffers, polymers, and dyes. These chemicals […]

The decades of uncontained use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) is believed to be one of the main reasons of soil and groundwater per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. PFAS are widely considered to be “forever chemicals” because of their extreme inertness in the environment and even water and wastewater treatment systems. Recognizing the […]

This proposed project will be to formulate a comprehensive management plan for the Redberry Lake Biosphere Region (RLBR). The management plan needs to address all issues of relevance for the RLBR. The following issues will likely form part of management plans: biodiversity and ecosystem services and their conservation and use, sustainable land and resource use, […]

The incorporation of natural habitats into urban planning is becoming commonplace and these habitats are important for biodiversity conservation, improving human well?being, and inspiring urban residents to participate in science and connect with nature. Our project aims to document the changes in bird and mammal communities along an urban to rural gradient within and just […]

Plant breeding companies develop new seed varieties by growing thousands of candidate varieties in large field trials and manually selecting the best-performing varieties. Variety selection is informed by genomic data, but plant populations still need to be grown in field conditions and screened for specific physical characteristics, called phenotypes, such as yield, disease resistance, harvestability […]

Modernizing plant breeding programs through integrated genomic and phenomic data management and analysis is an important organizational innovation for many public and private plant breeding organizations. This project involves enhancing the reliability and maintainability of the GenGuard software platform to support marker-assisted breeding with the partner organization. The objectives of the project include improving the […]

Livestock monitoring is a topic of great interest for livestock farming since it would help identify the most appropriate feed cycle, improve and predict animal health, thus reducing investment cost, and providing other important knowledge to improve the breeding process. This research project proposes the development of a non-invasive monitoring system for livestock using video […]

Currently, around the world municipal solid wastes creating a serious risk to human health and the environment; the cheapest and commonly used management technologies for these wastes are landfilling or combustion. However, landfill releases methane and other greenhouse gases, also it has potential to pollute surrounding soil and groundwater. On the other hand, municipal solid […]

Royal Auto Group in Yorkton is developing new and innovative marketing solutions to reach new more diverse demographics in the east-central Saskatchewan region. This project will develop, cost and implement novel and innovative approaches to marketing sales and services to non-traditional markets in a region that has seen significant demographic shifts over the last five […]