Development of Data Collection Procedures

1JustCity’s West End Drop-in provides support to West End community members seven days a week. The main part of their organization is a drop-in lunch program, but there is a constant push for their organization to do more than that. They provide Indigenous Cultural Programming, offer Housing Support, and aim to create a community where […]

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Exploring an interactive multisensory physical movements model during and beyond COVID-19: a case study of children with special needs

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced children to quickly adapt to home-based or virtual learning; however, a number of researchers have identified challenges and difficulties with applying and using technology. More importantly, there has been a significant rise in the rates of mental illness occurring as a result of COVID-19 and children are now experiencing increased […]

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Natural Health Products to Manage Cancers of Dogs: A Pre-clinical Investigation

More than half of Canadian households have companion animals such as dogs or cats. However, cancer has become the leading cause of death in dogs. Currently, available treatments have limitations and compromise the quality of life of dogs. Dragonfly Research Inc (Adored Beast Apothecary) wishes to develop unique natural health products (NHP) to prevent and […]

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Determing the value of delivering light >500nm to dental resins

A new curing light, PinkWave (Apex, Racine, WI) was introduced last year (https://vistaapex.com/pinkwave). This light is unique because it has four distinct wavelength bands that deliver red (625 – 750 nm), infrared (800 – 900 nm), blue, and violet light. The manufacturer also claims that this ‘quad-wave’ light can reduce polymerization shrinkage stress.[13] Initial reports […]

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The Fertility Partners 2023

The Fertility Partners is the business partner of choice for distinguished IVF and prenatal care providers, working together to identify and institute best practices so they can deliver fulfilling outcomes and exceptional experiences to patients and their families. Since the platform started less than 3 years ago projects for this Mitacs internship are assisting in […]

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A Machine Learning Framework for Exploring Mortality in Developing Countries with Verbal Autopsies

This research project, backed by Unity Health Toronto and the Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR), aims to explore the use of machine learning in predicting causes of death using verbal autopsy data from low-to-middle-income countries. Verbal autopsy is a cost-effective and efficient method for documenting deaths in regions with limited resources. By employing advanced […]

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Intégration de dérivés du Vat orange 1 au sein de cellules solaires organiques

Le développement de technologies alternatives au pétrole est devenu un impératif. Toutefois, il ne faut pas envisager d’autres ressources fossiles pour subvenir à nos besoins au risque de se retrouver dans une situation semblable. L’énergie solaire est considérée depuis plusieurs années comme une candidate excellente pour subvenir à nos besoins. Dans le cadre de ce […]

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Acceptance and Commitment Training with Autistic Youth and Young Adults

Autistic youth and adults often experience a drop-off in supports as they transition to adulthood, especially in evidence-based interventions that support their mental health and wellbeing. Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) is an evidence-based therapy based on mindfulness and behavioural principles that has preliminary support to improve the wellbeing of autistic people. The present project […]

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Using AI to inform Doctors in a Cardiology Platform

Cardiac specialists spend anywhere from 60-70% of their patient consult working with electronic medical record (EMR) software attempting to extract salient patient data that leads to providing the most accurate diagnosis and care path. Cadea Health Inc. is seeking to reduce the workload cardiologist face by taking advantage of AI to intelligently gather and present […]

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Improving Equity in Access to Palliative Care

The new Frontenac Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team for our region has established palliative care of one of its priorities and formed a Palliative Care Partnership of stakeholders involved in providing palliative care across the FLA. The objective of this project is to improve access to palliative care for underserved and marginalized populations, especially […]

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Machine learning-driven molecular classification of pediatric brain tumors

Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related death in childhood and are generally categorized as low-grade or high-grade. More granularly however, there can be over 100 types of brain tumors which can vary widely in both prognosis and treatment. Machine learning has increasingly been applied to classify brain tumors and other cancer types but […]

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Prescription de l’entraînement par intervalles de haute-intensité : une étude de portée pour mieux décrire les différences entre les hommes et les femmes selon les disciplines sportives.

L’entraînement par intervalles de haute intensité (HIIT) permet d’améliorer les facteurs déterminants de la performance sportive. Toutefois, la prescription des HIIT est souvent basée sur des études dans lesquelles les femmes sont sous représentées ou même absentes. Pourtant, une compréhension des réponses physiologiques en fonction du sexe est cruciale pour permettre l’individualisation de la prescription […]

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