Drilling deep holes into the earth’s crust is required to extract natural resources such as crude oil and has also been utilized in the geothermal energy industry to extract heat. Drilling these wells is carried out using long slender pipes, and due to the destructive nature of the drilling operation, these pipes undergo torsional, lateral, […]

Hifi Engineering is currently monitoring nearly 3,000 km of pipeline using Fiber-Optic Cables placed along their length. Tiny scratches, called Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), are inscribed into the fiber every 25m. Since the optical length of the fiber depends on the surrounding pressure, these gratings allow the fiber-optic cable to be used as a series […]

The mining industry is constantly seeking to limit its impact on the environment. To this end, new solutions for the removal of dissolved contaminants from mining waters must be developed. These must, in addition to treatment capacity allowing effluent to be discharged into the natural environment, be low in energy and chemical reagent consumption. Many […]

At the request of our community partners, Selkirk Innovates would like to refresh and ensure continuity with internships required to support our ongoing technology integration work in the natural resources sectors critical to the Kootenay environment and economy, specifically in forestry, fisheries, hydrology/ geothermal, wildfire mitigation and Mining/Minerals and with particular focus on applying geomatics […]

At the International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre), we take climate action seriously. We are dedicated to advancing the understanding and use of large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) to manage greenhouse gas emissions globally. We offer practical, hands-on experience-based guidance, and technical advice for planning, design, construction, and operation of large-scale applications of CCS […]

NTWIST’s purpose has at its core the contribution to one of the most significant challenges globally and nationally: the Net-Zero Emissions goal. In this project, we will implement in-house developed digital technologies to help move forward into the industrial sector’s energy transition process. Particularly, we will implement a software solution powered by AI that will […]

Les sciences de la Terre comprennent principalement trois disciplines, dont la géologie, la géochimie et la géophysique. La plupart des informations géologiques ont une nature descriptive issues directement de l’observation. Les analyses géochimiques déterminent précisément la composition des substances terrestres solides et liquides et sont quantitatives à l’échelle microscopique. L’interprétation des relevés géophysiques détermine la […]

This proposal focuses on enhancing the automation of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) culture by integrating Machine Learning (ML) models which will lead to more consistent and higher quality cultures. Recently, STEMCELL Technologies has introduced an automated system customized to assist scientists at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in culturing high-quality iPSCs. The current method […]

Development of new critical metals deposits are essential for the world to transition to a carbon neutral future. One important type of critical metal is lithium, essential for production lithium-ion batteries which are common in many consumer products including electric cars. This project will use a combination of geological mapping and in situ chemical analyses […]

The Government of Canada considers lithium as a critical element because it is a major component of rechargable batteries in, for example, electric vehicles, but it is also used in lubricants, ceramics, and glasses. Many pegmatites have been subjected to metasomatism but the origin of this and effect on the critical element contents are subjects […]

L’industrie minière est un secteur manufacturier clé pour le Québec et le Canada qui doit constamment améliorer sa compétitivité, notamment par des investissements permettant le contrôle des opérations. Un équipement important et très énergivore dans le procédé de production de dioxyde de Titane est le four à arc électrique de réduction du minerai d’ilménite. Ce […]

The Government of Canada considers lithium as a critical element because it is a major component of rechargable batteries in, for example, electric vehicles, but it is also used in lubricants, ceramics, and glasses. The Tanco mine in Manitoba supplies approximately 5% of the world’s lithium, but little is known about the distribution of lithium […]