Les composés per- et polyfluorés (PFAS) sont des composés chimiques très stables qui se trouvent dans de très nombreux biens de consommation courants. Cependant, du fait de leur stabilité, ils s’accumulent et contaminent l’environnement. Ces « polluants éternels » ont un impact néfaste sur la santé et l’environnement. La compagnie E2metrix a démontré que son […]

The City of Edmonton corporation has declared one of its top goals is to move away from business-as-usual ways of working, to be able to integrate climate justice thinking and future fit solutions into organizational processes, including but not limited to the institutionalization of a carbon budget/accounting system. In August of 2019, the City declared […]

Dans la région de la Capitale-Nationale, on peut compter une proportion de 14,9% de personnes ayants des incapacités. En 2010, la Ville de Québec publiait sa 2e édition du Guide pratique en accessibilité universelle. Depuis, les meilleures pratiques en matière d’accessibilité ainsi que les connaissances sur le(s) handicap(s) se sont précisées. L’Office des personnes handicapée […]

Plastic has become ubiquitous in our daily lives, finding its way into a wide variety of products and applications. However, the extensive use of plastic, coupled with improper disposal and inadequate recycling practices, has significant economic and environmental consequences, posing a severe threat to our planet. In Canada alone, a staggering 3 million tons of […]

Over the past 30 years, there has been no statistical change in the gap between the unemployment rates of African Nova Scotians and the provincial average. In early 2019, the Nova Scotia Government funded a Social Innovation Lab led by One North End to develop innovative solutions to address this long-standing issue. African Nova Scotians […]

Within the 2023 calendar year, the Charlotte County Resiliency Steering Committee, partnering with CBDC, aims to improve community capacity through an intentional focus on enhancing relationships with local island communities by developing a shared vision for the initiatives, meeting in person on the islands and developing and delivering the second annual “Our Amazing Place” event. […]

Elizabeth Fry Society Manitoba (EFSM) also caters to women who are at risk of becoming involved with the criminal justice system. This organizations’s overall goal is to reduce recidivism, and have the group and individual supports needed in order to help women thrive in the community, by learning new methods of pro- social coping mechanisms. […]

Sanexen un membre de la famille LOGISTEC est un fournisseur de solutions environnementales de premier plan depuis 35 ans. Grâce à la restauration de sites, les projets majeurs, les infrastrustures, la gestion des sols contaminés et matières résiduelles ainsi que les technologies de l’eau Sanexen continue d’offrir des solutions innovantes à sa clientèle industrielle et […]

There has been a lot of effort in making printed media accessible to low vision or blind individuals. Braille has been extensively utilized to make text accessible to the blind. Software that automatically converts text to speech has also been employed for this. However, the existing solutions are not adequate for conveying graphical information to […]

Notre mission est d’outiller et d’accompagner les propriétaires et aspirant·es propriétaires dans la réalisation de leurs ambitions immobilières. Ce projet vise à établir les conditions de réalisations nécessaires permettant la création d’un double numérique de propriété dans le plein respect des règles de protection des renseignements personnels.

Soil contaminated with organic and inorganic contaminants represents the largest waste stream in Alberta’s landfills. Electro-Kinetic Solutions Inc. (EKS) has developed the Electrokinetic Soil Treatment (EKST) Process to cost-effectively decontaminate soils onsite, instead of disposing them in a landfill. This innovative technology, based on the proven physics of electrokinetics, is effective even for fine-grained soils […]

The proposed research project will target the assessment of the environmental quality of Osisko lake and the implementation of a mitigation measure for lake restoration. The first master student will work on the evaluation of chemical pollution and the profiling the microbial community existing in the lake. The second master student will be in charge […]