The goal of this project is to train a machine learning model that can identify player’s personae using VLT (Video Lottery Terminal) data within a transactiontime limit. The personae are results of the previews MITACS project. Using unsupervised learning each playing session was associated with a playstyle. Identifying the playstyle as soon as possible is […]
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The post-doctoral fellow will act as an academic liaison between the Stratford Festival and the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute’s joint project on a series of Shakespeare-themed video games and apps. The Festival will benefit from a development of new games. This project also offers numerous scholarly products as output, including a growing partnership between […]
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (2015) report calls for the integration of Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into educational curriculum. Critical to decolonizing education is reinserting people into relationships with the land as a mode of education, referred to as ‘land-based learning’. This proposed research project will establish best practices for the establishment of […]
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Face à l’absence de festivals durant l’été 2020 et à la nécessité d’occuper l’espace au Centre-Ville et de le rendre plus accueillant pour ses visiteurs, mais aussi face à la montée de l’intérêt pour la réduction des îlots de chaleur et le verdissement novateur en ville, le Partenariat du Quartier des Spectacles (PQDS) a installé […]
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Permettre à l’organisme diffuseur Palais Montcalm – Maison de la musique (PMMM) de trouver sa place dans l’univers numérique afin de se doter de nouvelles stratégies facilitant l’accès aux contenus de musique spécialisée tout en assurant la viabilité économique des initiatives et un engagement de son public (p. ex. via l’enregistrement sonore 3D immersif).
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With this partnership, we seek to develop a better understanding of community (custodial) efforts and approaches to saving place as they are currently being mobilized by rural and remote communities. Rural and remote communities in Canada currently face rising levels of poverty, unemployment, and deteriorating infrastructure, as well as educational and healthcare deficits. At the […]
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Middle-distance running events require a high blend of endurance alongside speed and power characteristics, to produce a fast rate of energy production in large capacities. Oxygen delivery is one of the limitations to enhancing the rate of energy production, which in part is determined by the ability of the muscle to extract oxygen delivered in […]
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Windsure Adventure Watersports has been teaching windsurfing, stand up paddle boarding, and skim boarding to groups and individuals for over 40 years in Vancouver. Covid-19 has presented Windsure with both challenges and opportunities. The biggest challenge that Windsure faced was when they had to close down their business for nearly two months. This closure disrupted […]
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Hover is a new chamber opera by UBC DMA candidate Benton Roark and UBC MFA alumnus Lindsay Cuff that explores different types of seemingly impossible travails that human bodies go through and their ways of coping. The importance of water is made evident by the action that is set in, on top of, and around […]
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The purpose of this research is to use an evidence-based approach to further the Toronto Zoo’s social science and education programs, in order to support in situ conservation and biodiversity in relation to Canadian goals and the Aichi Targets. Using a collaborative approach this research will result in the co-production of knowledge, where the researcher […]
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The purpose of this research is to use an evidence-based approach to further the Toronto Zoo’s social science and education programs, in order to support in situ conservation and biodiversity in relation to Canadian goals and the Aichi Targets. Using a collaborative approach this research will result in the co-production of knowledge, where the researcher […]
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