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Le projet génèrera des connaissances sur les mesures d’adaptation du cadre bâti aux inondations à l’échelle des bâtiments et des communautés. Ce projet comble un manque d’information sur les manières d’habiter et de planifier les zones inondables constructibles au Québec. L’analyse de cas de défaillance de mesures de protection contre les inondations permettra le développement […]

The Highbanks Society, located in Calgary, Alberta, provides long-term, safe, affordable housing and social programs that provide security, stability, and eliminate barriers to growth for pregnant or parenting women between 16-24 years of age. This internship will assess the impact of the current Highbanks Society housing program ‘Homes for Heroes’ and identify opportunities for expansion, […]

The escalating energy demands and increasing impact of emissions on the environment have driven the need for new and environment-friendly alternative fuels in place of the commonly used yet hazardous and depleting fossil fuels. Identification of the suitable hydrogen production method is dependent on two major analysis methods: the analysis of the resources available in […]

Interns will help collect various data about Ontario’s bat species, and use these to investigate their distributions, use of different land cover, and interactions with the human environment in the Greater Toronto Area. One project will use ultrasonic recorders to monitor bat echolocation activity, and identify temporal and spatial activity patterns in an urban gradient, […]

This project will look into the tools available to implement machine learning in production and find the best ones to use in a small business environment. The goal is to find a set of tools that can be used by developers with little or no experience with machine learning that is still performant enough to […]

Une hausse de la fréquence des inondations dû aux réchauffements climatiques est anticipée au Québec et des impacts psychologiques sont à prévoir, notamment chez les femmes enceintes. Subir une catastrophe naturelle durant la grossesse est un stress qui laisse ses traces jusque dans le développement de l’enfant à naître, notamment en augmentant le risque de […]

Urban forests are an essential component of green and sustainable communities. They play a critical role in ecological and social wellbeing by providing beneficial ecosystem services which improve environment and human health. Nonetheless, urban and infrastructure development, invasive species, and environmental stresses threaten urban tree survivorship. While public trees are often well-documented, there is limited […]

Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities (EIWFSC) is a province-wide collaborative of Indigenous women with representation from the four Indigenous groups in the province. Throughout the duration of the project, 45 Indigenous women were trained as Peer Facilitators and have been leading culturally based workshops in their respective communities with a goal to impact positive […]

Limited academic literature exists regarding the ergonomic hazards and musculoskeletal disorder risks associated with the daily work tasks of onshore wind turbine technicians. To develop sustainable work practices and work practice tools in the Canadian onshore wind industry, this project will identify, assess, and quantify the ergonomics hazards and musculoskeletal disorder risks associated with three […]

The objectives of this project are: to identify the care gaps associated with the traditional hospital-based cardiac care program at Eastern Heath, and to propose virtualization approaches that will complement the traditional care delivery model. The project activities include analysis of current cardiac care delivery processes at Eastern Health and identification of care gaps in […]

Enacting Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) policies is of growing interest and concern in many industries, and social and affordable housing is no exception. Currently, the social and affordable housing sector in Canada (otherwise known as the seniors and community housing sector) is undergoing a period of great change. With all levels of government taking […]