Aifred Health has developed an AI-powered clinical decision support system to support doctors treating patients with depression, which is currently under clinical trial. This project aims to improve Aifred’s existing offering by developing technology for trajectory predictions. This technology can be used for several applications involving time-series data, including tracking patient treatment progress. This will […]

Over 400,000 culvert stream crossings are present in British Columbia, with many acting as barriers to fish passage. The frequency of culverts on the landscape has made them the leading cause of linear stream habitat fragmentation for salmonids and a restoration priority. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the British Columbia Fish Passage Technical Working Group […]

There is an increase in reporting of angling activities linked to environmental pollution and exploitation. Soft plastic lures (SPLs) are a major pollution source arising from recreational angling. A small portion of SPLs currently commercially available are designed to be more environmentally friendly alternatives to PVC as they are biodegradable and are manufactured using natural […]

The purpose of this project is to study the behaviour of western painted turtles during the nesting season. These species are currently in decline in British Columbia due to urbanization and a loss of nesting habitat. In recent years, the construction of man-made nesting beaches has been widely used in an effort to help this […]

Les résidus de bauxite sont des déchets générés en grande quantité lors de la production d’aluminium. Ils sont souvent déposés dans des bassins de sédimentation engendrant ainsi de sérieux impacts environnementaux et économiques. L’utilisation de ces déchets pas ou peu valorisés pour l’élaboration des produits à haute valeur ajoutée est encouragé par l’entreprise Rio Tinto […]

Southern mountain caribou inhabit high elevation forests and parkland in late winter when snow depth facilitates access to arboreal lichens, their preferred winter food source. Use of these habitats coincides with human recreational use of these same areas by helicopter skiing, commercial backcountry skiing and snowmobiling (backcountry recreation). The COVID-19 related travel restrictions implemented in […]

Canada is considered to be one of the leading nations in nature conservation. Greenheart specializes in the design and construction of aerial trails. University of British Columbia (UBC) is a world renowned institute for structural engineering research. This Mitacs Intern Program is intended to create a robust research program that allows UBC researchers to collaborate […]

Surgical manipulation (e.g., injections, electrode placement) in the developing mouse brain is essential for neuroscientists in order to study the structure and function of the brain and behaviour. Unfortunately, most atlases used in targeting are based on static adult mouse anatomical brain features. Here we propose the use of 4-dimentional (4D) brain atlases (time being […]

This phase will concentrate on providing a means of transferring data from the Polar Data Catalogue in a CCADI approved format. This will include analysis of the Polar Data Catalogue data and comparison to CCADI’s standards, and creating a Extract Load Transform (ETL) processes to transfer the data to the Arctic Research Foundation platform.

Large quantities of data are constantly acquired during underwater acoustic surveys for environmental monitoring and resources management. The data, visualized as 2D images, are typically analyzed manually or semi-automatically by experts (marine biologists, acousticians, oceanographers), which is time-consuming and prone to errors and inter-expert disagreements. The goal of the proposed research project is to develop […]

The Peace River Break is in the north east section of the province situated at the narrowest point of the Rocky Mountain range allowing for critical movement and ecological connections east-west over the Rockies and north-south between the mountain national parks and the Muskwa-Kechika Management area to the north. The purpose of this research project […]

One of the essential components of a lithium-ion battery is its electrodes, with the most common type comprising conducting coatings applied to both sides of a metal foil. The goal of this project is to develop a sensor for measuring thickness, conductivity, dielectric response and moisture content of the coating. The main challenge of this […]