Different ways of seeing the world will be sought to help inform how we plan to live with the world. Landscapes, species, all need their ‘part’ of the world and this project will aim to bring indigenous ways of knowing and being into how we give part of the world to them. Various First Nations […]

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The forWater Network, funded by the federal government as well as industry partners and provincial governments, is a national research network looking into the impacts of forest-management strategies on drinking-water source quality and treatability. forWater Network researchers at Dalhousie University (including Duinker, the supervisor in this application) are working with Halifax Water and Westfor Management […]

This project extends the development of an innovative fishery by-product business of an earlier Mitacs-funded project (McKay, McLachlan, O’Gorman, Oldroyd and Rad-Spice (2020)). The disposal of by-catch fish in Manitoba has been identified by fishers in Misipawistik Cree Nation as not only environmentally wasteful but also a missed opportunity for sustainable and culturally-relevant economic development. […]

Campylobacter bacteria are the leading cause of human gastrointestinal diseases globally and have been frequently identified from raw poultry products. Campylobacter is prevalent in the entire poultry processing facility. Food packaging is one of the last steps in food processing to ensure that the food products are contained and delivered in the best condition. Selective […]

Assisting Farm Management Canada, a not-for-profit organization, to overcome business challenges that have been created due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The intern will be researching new ways to effectively deliver Farm Management Canada’s programs and services, provide alternatives for maintaining company moral and assist in a solution for the office space that Farm Management Canada […]

This Ph.D. study will focus on simulating and validating soil flow behavior models using numerical terramechanics for three distinct applications of soil flow behaviors from operations of construction equipment: hauling loose material (wheel loader), excavation of soil (backhoe loader/excavator) and pushing large quantities of soil (bulldozer). Numerical terramechanics models will be compared with DEM models […]

La chitine est un biopolymère entrant dans la composition de la carapace des crustacés. Ce faisant, il représente un coproduit important de l’industrie de la pêche pour lequel le développement de nouveaux débouchés demeure un enjeu. Or, le chitosane (un dérivé de la chitine) pourrait représenter une matrice de choix pour le développement d’outils permettant […]

In collaboration with the Nadleh Whut’en and Stellat’en First Nations and SERNbc, researchers from the University of Northern British Columbia will look at the effects of wildfire on soil quality and mycorrhizal fungi abundance. Soil quality will be evaluated on the ability to promote plant growth by assessing available nutrients, soil texture and other physical […]

L’épinette noire est une espèce commerciale et des éclaircies sont couramment pratiquées pour en augmenter la productivité. Pourtant, les résultats ne sont pas toujours ceux escomptés. Il est important de comprendre pourquoi l’effet sur la croissance peut parfois être absent. Chez le pin gris, il a été démontré que la réponse à l’éclaircie commerciale était […]

Les sols au du Québec étant déficients en sélénium (Se), il est donc primordial d’en ajouter à la ration des chevaux. De nombreuses prises de sang analysées par le Service de diagnostic de la Faculté de médecine vétérinaire démontrent que plusieurs chevaux du Québec sont déficients en cet oligo-élément. Les recommandations actuelles pour les besoins […]

En début de lactation et pour subvenir à ses besoins énergétiques (production du colostrum et du lait pour son veau), la vache laitière a toujours et naturellement eu recours au glycérol en mobilisant ses propres réserves de gras (stocké sous forme de triglycéride). Cependant, cette mobilisation excessive et répétée (après chaque naissance) répondant à l’amélioration […]