This project addresses Canada’s urgent need for sustainable extraction of strategic materials, particularly nickel and cobalt from mining waste streams, essential for electric vehicles, batteries, and renewable energy technologies. This 18-week internship focuses on developing breakthrough electrochemical technology to recover critical minerals from pyrrhotite tailings while generating green hydrogen. The research intern will work on […]

Water quality impairment due to excess phosphorus fertilizer is a significant issue in the EU, Canada, and elsewhere in the world. Surface water quality impacts drinking water and recreation, and is tied to societal challenges such as land use, farming, climate change, as well as food and water security. Mitigation options are available but with […]

Healthy soil is crucial for global food security, yet farmers face declining fertility, nutrient depletion, and rising fertilizer costs. These challenges are particularly pressing for smallholder farmers in Kenya, where timely soil information is limited. This project connects researchers from Canada and Kenya to advance Agrilo, a real-time soil nutrient sensing system, and Agrilo-VR, an […]

Healthy soil is crucial for global food security, yet farmers face declining fertility, nutrient depletion, and rising fertilizer costs. These challenges are particularly pressing for smallholder farmers in South Africa, where timely soil information is limited. This project connects researchers from Canada and South Africa to advance Agrilo, a real-time soil nutrient sensing system, and […]

Title :System-of-Systems Solution with Quantum Simulation for Monitoring, Reporting, Validation, and Verification of GHGs/Carbon Cycle in Biodiversity Ecosystems for SEPLS to Strengthen Sustainable Overview: This project aims to develop a System-of-Systems solution using quantum simulation to monitor, report, validate, and verify greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) and the carbon cycle in biodiversity ecosystems, particularly in […]

This project focuses on validating the market potential and commercialization pathway for a sustainable activated carbon product produced using novel pyrolysis of Brewer’s Spent Grain (brewery waste). The work will assess customer segments, value propositions, production feasibility, cost structure, and pilot-scale readiness for Maple Carbon Technologies Inc. The internship will generate evidence-based insights to support […]

This project focuses on the removal of emerging contaminants (ECs), including anticancer pharmaceuticals and PFAS, from water using advanced oxidation processes such as photocatalysis and UV-based treatments.It will explore how the molecular structures of these persistent pollutants influence their degradation pathways and the formation of transformation by-products. The internship integrates Concordia University’s environmental engineering expertise […]

Monitoring water quality is essential for protecting public health and the environment, yet many harmful pollutants remain difficult and expensive to detect. Among them, phenolic compounds commonly released from industrial activities are persistent, toxic, and often found in Canadian water systems at levels that require advanced laboratory testing. Unfortunately, current sample-preparation methods used to extract […]

Waste sorting today is inefficient and relatively expensive since current systems can’t achieve full autonomy. Our project introduces a practical solution that combines AI-powered vision-based object detection with low-cost robotic manipulators to automatically detect and sort waste streams in real time. This innovation reduces hardware and maintenance costs, minimizes the labor reliance, and greatly enhances […]

ESSA Technologies Ltd. is an employee-owned Canadian environmental consulting company that combines science, systems thinking, and collaboration to address complex environmental challenges. With offices in Vancouver and Ottawa, ESSA supports clients across Canada and internationally through evidence-based decision-making, sustainability planning, and adaptive management solutions. As the company continues to expand its client base and internal […]

This project focuses on developing environmentally friendly electronic materials by combining biodegradable polymers with semiconducting materials to develop degradable, flexible, and high-performance organic electronic devices. The work aims to improve device stability and sustainability, contributing to the advancement of green electronics. Through collaboration between participating institutions, the project will promote knowledge exchange in materials design, […]

Outdoor air pollution is a human carcinogen. This classification is based largely on a series of studies that has shown it increases respiratory cancers in adults. There is more limited evidence that that suggests it increases the risk of childhood cancer. To date, there have been few Canadian studies on this topic, and none that […]