The alarming increase in the scale at which infectious diseases spread and devastate global socioeconomics necessitates timely characterization of the disease-causing agent to devise effective intervention strategies to stop the spread of disease at the source of introduction. It is known that domestic and wild animals play significant roles in the transmission of pathogens to […]

Tuck’s Bee Better Farm was incorporated in 2013. The farm supplies stores all across the island with honey, cranberry juice, and various other products with honey as an ingredient, and various wax products. It is a small family run business that has an opportunity to grow but does not have in house marketing expertise. Tuck’s […]

Bioponics is an innovative form of container gardening that uses patented processes to create ideal growing conditions for edible crops. The company, Bioponix Agricultural Corp., has developed a specialized Bioponix growing container, along with a liquid organic fertilizer and soil conditioner with a bioactive nutritive consortium. This partnership project will document the growth of strawberry, […]

The agricultural industry is adopting new technologies in many practices, including automation of routine practices such as milking in dairy or harvesting fruits. These innovations require the development of sophisticated machines and image processing algorithms associated with. This proposed project aims to develop the technology that allows design of a machine and associated algorithms to […]

Restoring degraded land for food production is a major global challenge. The turbulent waves of extreme weather experienced across western North America over the past year continue to shake agricultural producers – farmers must contend with both extreme rainfall and drought while still maintaining financially and ecologically viable systems. This research project will determine the […]

Laying hens need a reliable source of protein and energy for egg production and maintenance that does not induce fatty liver disease (FLD). As egg production moves in the direction of group housing scenarios, more management techniques, including nutritional management, that reduce losses due to feather pecking and cannibalism will also be required. Hemp has […]

L’aménagement de larges bandes riveraines végétalisées en bord de champ est une pratique agroenvironnementale qui contribue à réduire les impacts environnementaux causés par les activités agricoles. Par contre, ce retrait de surface cultivée représente une perte de revenu pour un producteur agricole et ceci nuit à une adhésion généralisée à cette nouvelle pratique à l’échelle […]

Chinook salmon are anadromous fish, with juveniles spending 1-2 years in freshwater before migrating to sea to mature for 2-5 years and returning to freshwater to spawn and die. ‘Smoltification’ is the physiological, morphological, and behavioural transition of freshwater stream-dwelling ‘parr’ to downstream migrating ‘smolts’ and, eventually, saltwater marine ‘post-smolts’. If the salmon do not […]

This proposed research will evaluate changes to ecosystem composition and configuration in the subalpine and alpine zones from the recent unprecedented outbreak of MPB in Jasper National Park (JNP), Alberta. New extended time-series data and innovative spatial assessments will be used to consider the impact of novel disturbances on species-at-risk, including whitebark pine, limber pine, […]

Over the past decade, wildfires in British Columbia have caused major disturbances, economic costs, and a significant impact on global emissions. The current fire prevention approach aims to avoid fires, however there is a growing realization that more proactive measures are necessary. Across Canada’s interior, the absence of fire and unusually hot and dry weather […]

L’asclépiade est une plante sauvage longtemps considérée comme une « mauvaise herbe » mais qui produit, entre autres, une fibre chaude, souple, résistante et hydrophobe, que l’on appelle dorénavant soie d’Amérique. Cette fibre économique, qui est déjà utilisée dans l’industrie textile, offre une faible densité du fait de sa structure creuse, ce qui la rend […]

The goal of the study is to investigate the health and ecology of juvenile Chinook Salmon during the winter, a season with supposedly very low levels of survival. We fish throughout the winter on an on-call basis, and sample and release most fish brought on board; a small portion of juvenile Chinook Salmon are retained […]