Leach’s storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) are long-lived seabirds that spend most of the year on the open ocean and return from overwinter grounds in the southern hemisphere to breed in large colonies in Atlantic Canada. Since the 1990s, breeding colonies have severely declined and Leach’s storm-petrels are listed as Threatened in the COSEWIC registry of species […]

Leach’s storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) are long-lived seabirds that spend most of the year on the open ocean and return from overwinter grounds in the southern hemisphere to breed in large colonies in Atlantic Canada. Since the 1990s, breeding colonies have severely declined and Leach’s storm-petrels are listed as Threatened in the COSEWIC registry of species […]

Social reproductive suppression is when the reproduction of healthy, adult animals in a population is inhibited by the presence of a socially dominant individual. This is known to happen some group-living species, where only the dominant pair will reproduce, and the other group members will assist in raising their young. There is evidence that social […]

Social reproductive suppression is when the reproduction of healthy, adult animals in a population is inhibited by the presence of a socially dominant individual. This is known to happen some group-living species, where only the dominant pair will reproduce, and the other group members will assist in raising their young. There is evidence that social […]

Parasports Quebec provides sport opportunities for people with disabilities at all performance levels to promote meaningful engagement throughout the lifespan. The physical and social benefits of sport are amplified for people who use manual wheelchair (MWC), but sporting opportunities for wheelchair users are often limited by availability. Therefore, choice of sport and fit with individuals’ […]

Video Lottery Terminals (VLT) are common gaming machines for money usually found in various venues. These machines are anonymous and stateless and do not record any information about player’s identity. The data obtained from these machines is very complex and hard to analyse. The gaming industry is keen to understand how a game or a […]

Ce projet vise le rapprochement interculturel en utilisant l’art et l’ethnographie pour proposer une formation dont la base des informations est tirée de l’expérience et de la trajectoire des individus et des groupes dans les quartiers de Montréal. L’objectif de cette recherche est de produire une formation qui pourrait contribuer à transformer les préjugés et […]

The vision of Own The Podium is for Canada to be a world leader in high performance sport. With this vision comes the required investment into our understanding of how athletes adapt to training and how this understanding can be leveraged to provide our national level athletes a competitive edge on the world stage. This […]

IN_SITU is a research study that investigates the possibilities and challenges of connection and bridge-building between Canadian arts sectors and the most advanced academic research centres dealing with Artificial Intelligence in Canada and beyond. The study will explore how artists and artistic organizations can augment their digital strategies, literacy and intelligence when artists co-create with […]

Dans le contexte socioéconomique actuel, notamment marqué par une plus grande décentralisation des services municipaux (Mosley, 2009) et par les exigences relatives à l’efficacité et à l’efficience des ressources allouées, la reddition de ces mêmes services est un enjeu d’importance, à la fois pour les instances étatiques (les bailleurs de fonds) et pour les citoyens […]

Le club de hockey le Canadiens de Montréal cherche à développer des outils de visualisation pour faciliter l’interprétation et la communication des données à sa disponibilité avec les décideurs (administrateurs, entraineurs, recruteurs) de l’organisation. Une grande quantité de données est produite à chaque match et entrainement de l’équipe, provenant des déplacements des joueurs (géolocalisation), évènements […]

High numbers of microplastics are currently present in freshwater lakes, rivers and ponds. Fish are known to mistake microplastic particles for food, then behave differently after eating them. As changes in behaviour are often the first line of defense against human-induced rapid environmental changes, monitoring these behavioural changes can tell us how pollutants, like microplastics, […]