Access to specialist care, especially in rural and remote locations, is a growing challenge in Alberta. Patients with conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetes, and macular edema must travel to large urban centres for assessment by retinal specialist ophthalmologists. Assessment typically requires OCT imaging, which is now broadly available through optometrist offices across the […]

This study will conduct a marine multi-stakeholder usage assessment for commercial, recreational and cultural purposes for potential tidal energy developments in Campbell River, BC. Tidal energy harnesses the daily movements of tides through confined waterways to produce electrical energy. Given that Campbell River is a busy multi-use marine port, planning estimates must be done in […]

Upgraded uses software to help software, hardware, and venture-backed startups find and claim tax credits, grants, financing, technology savings & other hard-to-see opportunities. Upgraded aims to streamline marketing processes using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide insights and streamline content creation. The core focus is ensuring that the content we generate is not generic but highly […]

Upgraded uses software to help software, hardware, and venture-backed startups find and claim tax credits, grants, financing, technology savings & other hard-to-see opportunities. We’ve indexed thousands of savings opportunities to algorithmically recommend savings where they couldn’t find them before. Upgraded aims to streamline client fulfillment processes using artificial intelligence (AI) to provide insights as well […]

This project will create three online tools to help researchers initiate collaborations, decrease the hassles of project management during collaborations, and reduce the time spent applying for research grants. The first tool will help researchers find new partners for collaborative efforts by asking them a series of questions about their research interests and collaborative style, […]

Appalachian Hardwood Forests (AHF) in New Brunswick represent biodiversity hotspots that support 180 plant species including 43 rare and endangered plants, and are only found in the Upper Wolastoq-St-John River Valley. Given the importance of these habitats, their restoration is a critical step to help solve the current biodiversity crisis and re-establish the extent of […]

This project will studying a newly discovered population of the Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylum scutatum), the rarest salamander species, in New Brunswick. Previously, it has only been known from a single location in Fundy National Park and due to its rarity, is listed as Critically Imperiled. During 2023, researchers from Mount Allison University discovered a second […]

Pour sensibiliser et persuader les municipalités à agir pour la biodiversité, il est essentiel de comprendre non seulement les enjeux liés à la biodiversité, mais surtout les leviers mobilisables par les acteurs municipaux. • Quels leviers existent au niveau municipal pour protéger la biodiversité et lesquels sont réellement moteurs de l’action ? S’agit-il des valeurs, […]

The increasing applications of high-voltage direct current technology in long-distance bulk power transmission have resulted in multi-infeed systems, where multiple inverters are located within mutual electrical vicinity. Many of these systems use the line-commutated converter, which may suffer the commutation failure (CF) when a thyristor valve does not turn off at the desired instant. The […]

My proposed project aims to determine the extent to which increased vessel traffic in the Canadian Arctic will impact Bowhead Whales and proactively develop mitigation strategies. As Arctic sea ice is lost at an increasing rate due to climate change, the amount of vessel traffic through marine Arctic environments has increased dramatically over the past […]

The project focuses on developing a ‘Question-and-Answer’ (Q&A) system over lifecycle information of infrastructure elements (such as bridges), which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to efficiently search and organize information. The developed system will efficiently search through a large variety of data, ranging from text-based documents to spreadsheets, to provide accurate answers to specific questions. This […]

Mental illness is considered one of the most serious conditions that one can develop. If left untreated, it could result in worsening the condition of the patient and increase the difficulty of treatment. From a patient’s perspective, most of the time even if they suffer with severe and debilitating symptoms, there’s still a prolonged wait […]