Hematopoietic stem cells have the ability to sustain lifelong production of blood cells and are currently used to treat patients with various blood disorders via bone marrow transplantation. A critical aspect of using stem cells for therapies is their limited availability. Therefore, expansion and production of functional blood cells is essential to improve transplantation and […]

The intern will assist the company in the successful implementation and tweaking of a new ERP system. These duties will include learning the company’s operational processes, auditing inventory counts, updating SOPs to work with the new automated processes, integrating supply chains, and aligning orders to inventory. The expected benefit is that the company will have […]

L’élimination progressive des cages conventionnelles pour pondeuses au Canada obligera les producteurs à adopter des systèmes de logement alternatif, soit l’élevage en logements enrichis ou en volière. On observe que la mortalité et les risques de contamination bactérienne dans les volières sont plus importants que dans les logements enrichis. Dans un contexte où on craint […]

High-skill clean-tech, such as adaptive grazing (AG), has the potential to both increase soil carbon sequestration and assist producers in developing more sustainable operations. This research aims to address these gaps through a multi-year analysis of a peer-mentor AG training program. Working in combination with the NGO Seed Change we propose to conduct a mixed-methods […]

The intestinal microbiota is essential for enhanced gut health. Factors such as diet transition and the stress of transportation are associated with changes in the normal microbiota of calves. In addition, specific microbiota profiles have been associated with better performance and used to predict diarrhea in calves. Improved performance can be achieved by the use […]

This proposal is devoted to two areas of sheep production: animal health (parasitic infection) and feed efficiency, which both areas are economically important and make a substantial impact on the profitability and sustainability of the enterprise. We will investigate to find potential biomarkers that could be indicator of parasite resistance and/or feed efficiency and could […]

The general objective of this project is to identify what the existing practices and associated challenges that orchestrators face when coordinating and managing requirements in the software ecosystem, placing an emphasis on third-party integration partnerships. This includes investigating the relevant stakeholders including customers, third-party integrations, other successful software ecosystems, competitors, and the platform itself. The […]

Agricultural water management, being a critical area in accordance with the freshwater consumption rate, should be regulated with the help of emerging cutting-edge research. Recent research proves that precision technologies significantly reduce the agricultural input cost for the farmers thereby increasing their net revenue at the end of harvest. Technologies such as AI, remote sensing, […]

At the beginning of 2020, Nancy Wilson, the business owner, purchased a vertical farm from Freight Farms. Since then, she has been selling a variety of products to customers. As a business owner, her time has been devoted to all aspects of the business, like any new business. However, this has inhibited the growth of […]

The Fireweed Food Co-op is a non-profit community service cooperative whose mission is to reduce barriers to, and increase participation in the local food system for all people from producers to eaters. In early 2020, Fireweed Food Co-op initiated their pilot year for the Food Hub (a social enterprise project of theirs), which was also […]

Kelps are large brown algae that can form complex marine “forests”. Many marine species, including salmon, use these kelp forests as habitat. However, kelps in the Salish Sea have been declining in recent years. This has likely been driven, at least in part, by ocean warming. If we are to predict how kelp losses might […]

This project will examine bird-habitat relationships at the Nature Conservancy of Canada Old Man on His Back Conservation area. Understanding how conservation grasslands can be managed to maintain high quality Species at Risk habitat is critically important for Canada to meet its obligations under the Species at Risk Act. We have three objectives: 1) determine […]