Le projet consiste à concevoir des liens faibles intégrés dans les cordages des casiers à crabe des neiges pour permettre aux baleines noires qui s’y font piéger de se libérer d’elles-mêmes. Les liens faibles sont des maillons fragiles qui cèdent lorsque la baleine exerce une force quand il se sent pris dans les cordages. Ce […]

Selenium-contaminated Soil remediation could be achieved using a cost-effective technology using a combination of biochar and phytoextraction. Selenium will be uptaken from soil and accumulated in different plant species with the support of biochar amendments. The potential of phytoextraction of Salix sp. and Phleum sp. plant species in a selenium contaminated soil amended with biochar […]

Very few guidelines (such as the isotherm equations – the moisture content of hemp seeds at a given temperature, and relative humidify) exist on aeration, natural air drying, and storage of hemp seeds. If producers and managers used wrong isotherms, spoilage or over drying of the binned hemp seeds might occur during storage. The objectives […]

While naturals disasters and extreme weather events continue to increase in both frequency and severity due to climate change, communities around the world continue to suffer major social, environmental and economic losses. However, rural communities in particular are struggling to develop adequate adaptation plans and perform risk reduction actions due to limited human and financial […]

This project is aimed at disentangling the root and rhizospheric soil microbiomes in order to develop bioinoculants as biofertilizers and biocontrol agents for improved productivity and health of black pepper instead of using agrochemicals. This new green product will lead certified organic black pepper, a better environmental and human health.

It is common to observe many types of precipitation during the winter when the temperature is near 0°C. These can be on the form of freezing rain, wet snow and ice pellets. When combined with strong winds, they can be catastrophic, in particular on the transmission and distribution power networks. According to the climatology, southern […]

The research in this Master’s project is focused on documenting and analyzing the contemporary costs associated with maintaining and/or developing agricultural dykeland and the costs associated with the development of upland. It will also recognize the evolution of land development equipment and identify modern equipment and technologies appropriate to maximize agricultural potential on both dykeland […]

Participatory plant breeding (PPB), which pairs farmers’ knowledge with the skills of formal plant breeders, is increasingly being recognized as an effective approach to develop better varieties for organic farming systems because it uses the environmental conditions of working organic farms as selection environments and incorporates farmers’ needs and observations in the selection criteria. PPB […]

The goal of the project is to mitigate the impacts to valuable salmonids from invasive smallmouth bass (SMB) in Cultus Lake through suppression and monitoring. The project will benefit both the sport fishing industry and endangered species, by suppressing predation from SMB and controlling further imbalances in predator-prey relationships. We will use methods such as […]

The climate of northern Quebec and Labrador is strongly influenced by natural variability on time scales ranging from years to decades. These internal modes of variability superimpose onto the anthropogenically forced global warming trend, thus making local climate variations difficult to anticipate in the short term. The communities living in Nunavik, Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut are […]

This project aims to identify an efficient fermentation strategy that will enable Cvictus to generate a protein-rich animal feed using methanol as the nutrient source. The key advantage of the production platform proposed by Cvictus is the use of a proprietary technology that can convert coal to methanol with ultra-low CO2 emissions. Initial research in […]

As fisheries for the Atlantic Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa) develop in Atlantic Canada, effective management will require a thorough understanding of the underlying genetic relationships within and between different populations to assess “genetic health.” Detecting genetic structure, such as differences in allelic frequencies and heterozygosity, is challenging in marine invertebrate species like C. frondosa due […]