Wooden utility poles provide safe, economic, easily obtainable means of delivering power, communications, and cable television to the masses of industrial and residential locations worldwide. However, when a pole has been in service for a substantial number of years, its failure becomes more likely. Hence, the proposed project focuses on the strength estimation of in-service […]

Research problem: Cheese has a unique food matrix that combines milk proteins, fat, lactose and calcium with a solid texture. However, the satiating properties of cheese are not well understood. Cheese is also used as an ingredient in various foods, including pizza; however, the contribution of cheese to the glycemic properties of such composite meals […]

The Boreal Forest is under increasing pressure from human-caused land disturbances. In Central Yukon, the main source of land disturbance is mining of old streambeds for gold. Gold deposits coincide with wetlands and present-day waterways, areas that provide important habitat for wildlife, including many bird species. Miners are required to return these areas to a […]

Wildfires are naturally occurring phenomena that are necessary for the health of boreal forests. However, fires can cause infrastructural damage and loss of life if they spread into places where people, towns, and other assets are at risk. Due to the impact of wildfires on society, attempts have been undertaken to assess wildfire potential, spread, […]

As the earth is facing widespread human-driven biodiversity loss, one increasingly important tool for conservation will be zoos and aquariums. However, because the environments animals experience in captivity are different from their wild habitats, the size, shape, health, behaviour, and breeding habits of species can change because of evolution and altered environments (e.g. altered nutrition). […]

Watersheds in the coastal regions of British Columbia are comprised of rugged mountains and high storm runoff, rendering streams prone to increases in snowmelt during rain-on-snow (ROS) events due to forest harvesting. Importantly, both forest harvesting operations and ROS events are widespread in the transitional snow zones of Vancouver Island, BC. Correspondingly, they routinely experience […]

La mouche du bleuet (Rhagoletis mendax) est un ravageur d’importance dans le bleuet nain, car les fruits infestés par des larves de mouche sont invendables. La mouche du bleuet étant une menace préoccupante pour l’industrie du bleuet nain au Lac-St-Jean, notre équipe de recherche vise à développer les connaissances liées à sa biologie et son […]

Chinook salmon may be especially vulnerable with limited food available when they first enter the ocean and during their first winter in the Straight of Georgia. To evaluate this, researchers will use lab studies to produce a new tool, that can be used without causing harm to the fish, to see whether wild Chinook salmon […]

Human-caused bruises, tail lesions caused by tail biting, ear lesions, among other things, in slaughter pigs are detrimental to animal welfare, a violation of the Animal Welfare Act, and a source of public concern. Animal-based indicators of welfare are quantifiable characteristics on the animal that are reflective of what the animal has experienced. The evaluation […]

Fertiles est une jeune entreprise spécialisée en permaculture, un méthodologie visant à prendre comme modèle la nature pour créer un monde plus équitable et durable. Pour cela, Fertiles accompagne des organismes dans leurs projets socioécologiques via l’acquisition de connaissances en lien avec l’agriculture ainsi que des outils de gouvernance partagée, l’application du principe de tarifs […]

Cannabinoids and terpenes that make the chemical composition of cannabis material are found in the metabolic factories, glandular trichomes. The trichomes are stalk like protrusions with a bulb at the end that functions to hold the synthesized compounds. The project is to analyze trichomes visually to determine if bulb colour changing and stalk extensions are […]

Ce projet de recherche vise à étudier la performance environnementale et économique de certaines activités de La Centrale Agricole. Cette coopérative regroupe des entreprises œuvrant dans le domaine de l’agriculture urbaine. Cette évaluation permettra de comprendre si la gestion des matières résiduelles dans un site décentralisé, c’est-à-dire à l’endroit où est générée la matière permet […]