Transportation is now recognized as a social determinant of health. And yet the current transportation system is not set up to meet the day-to-day needs of the aging population. Within the next decade, a quarter of the population in BC will be over the age of 65. As the population ages, a decline in cognitive […]

The goal of this project is to build an information system to help SCA(Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association) improve the information flow between itself and cattle producers, make information more accessible for cattle producers and automate some of the procedure SCA currently has to do manually. Examples include sale reporting via web services and cow tracking via […]

MHRC is conducting ongoing polling of Canadians to assess the effect of COVID-19 on mental health. We require additional support to expand our capacity to analyze the datasets we are creating. Our poll is extensive including a number of markers of mental health along with an array of demographic controls and is rolled out every […]

La Société de développement économique de Percé (SDÉP) est en phase de déploiement d’une école de permaculture et d’innovation agricole dans la communauté de Val d’Espoir. Dans l’optique de développer un curriculum éducatif répondant aux besoins ainsi qu’aux réalités du milieu agricole locales, la SDÉP veut voir à la mise en place d’une communauté de […]

This project seeks to refine a prototype device for measuring upper limb muscle strength in patients with spinal cord injuries. Clinicians currently rely on a combination of subjective measures and complicated functional tests to assess their patients. We have developed an initial prototype table-top, multi-joint upper limb muscle dynamometer (tool for measuring muscle power), in […]

The goals of this partnership are for this study to provide an informative framework that employers can work from to develop strong policies which can demonstrate their sensitivity to the lived experience of their immigrant employee. From that goal, several other beneficial actions can occur which may strengthen Newfoundland and Labrador into becoming a powerful […]

Electrification connects renewable, low-carbon energy sources to the energy services that power modern society. Delivering this energy in the form of electricity is a formidable challenge, as the current electrical transmission network is not structured to deliver the amount of electrical energy needed to propel our vehicles, heat and cool our homes, and power industry […]

The goal of the proposed research project is to assist the Alberta Mentoring Partnership (AMP) is building the capacity of Alberta mentoring organizations to evaluate their mentoring programs using a community-driven approach. In particular, this year, we hope to develop and implement more accessible supports that will build the capacity of those organizations who have […]

Ocean industries in Canada contributes about $31.7 billion a year to the economy and make up 1.6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Canada has tremendous opportunity to build on the outcomes achieved to date, harness our collective national strengths and resources. Canada’s ocean industries sector can help drive our economic recovery. It will […]

Mycorrhizal fungi provide many benefits to plant health. However, their biodiversity is poorly-studied for Garry oak (Quercus garryana). Garry oak ecosystems are threatened in BC and these fungi could play a critical role in tree growth and survival, particularly with habitat loss and climate change providing additional stressors for this species. The proposed study will […]

Ontology induction from unstructured text is a long standing goal of Natural Language Processing (NLP). An ontology can serve a number of tasks, such as question answering, Information Retrieval to name a few. In fact, practice communities are often relying on an ontology in their daily decision making process. This is the case of IATA, […]

The From Hammers to Homes project seeks to engage one masters student intern for two semesters to work with the partners in order to design a new database and conduct a new annual survey to report on improving the quality and transparency of information on the residential development environment in regional Vancouver’s municipalities. The interns […]