Malgré leur grande serviabilité, les milieux humides sont les écosystèmes les plus détruits et dégradés à travers le monde. C’est pourquoi on tente depuis maintenant plusieurs décennies de restaurer et recréer ces écosystèmes. Toutefois, il s’agit d’une science complexe en plein essor et à ce jour, les taux de succès de ces travaux demeurent faibles. […]

We will create a tool that leverages advanced Natural Language Processing techniques to identify various named entities and their relationships from the ample of police case files containing text data. We will also create a validation tool and a visualization tool that will help us create a trustable AI tool for advanced police case file […]

L’objectif général de cette recherche est de mieux saisir la contribution de l’action publique locale et régionale au développement de la région des Laurentides. À partir de trois sous-projets, 1) le rôle du PAGIEPS comme levier de la lutte à la pauvreté et en faveur de l’inclusion sociale dans les Laurentides, 2) les fonds régionaux […]

Carbon Footprint and Mitigation Planning for Waste Services at the City of Edmonton

The City of Edmonton developed the City Plan to help guide the growth of Edmonton towards the two-million people horizon. The City Plan envisions a more dense and sustainable City with a wide range of transportation options available for all Edmontonians. As Edmonton welcomes more people, additional transportation options will be required in the City. […]

This research project has two goals. The first goal is to design and test software that will automatically transcribe 9-1-1 emergency calls and interpret their meaning with respect to the central facts of an emergency (who, where, and what occurred) as well as possibly when, why, and how the emergency occurred. The second goal is […]

La Commission des services régionaux Nord-Ouest (CSRNO) va implanter un programme Mangez frais/ Eat Fresh dans la grande région de Grand-Sault jusqu’à la grande région d’Edmundston et les environs. Ce programme consistera a offrir des sacs de des fruits et légumes frais peu dispendieux.

Urban black-tailed deer in Esquimalt BC have increased in number, leading to their perception as pests and posing risks to residents through traffic accidents. Lethal removal programs (i.e., culling) are unethical and based on little scientific evidence. We seek to use more humane methods of population control by reducing deer birth rate using birth-control vaccines. […]

The Growth Monitoring Sustainability Scholar will support the Urban Growth Monitoring and Analysis Team as it implements growth monitoring renewal through The City Plan. This Project includes evaluating, analyzing, and reporting on several sustainability factors related to urban growth in Edmonton, including neighbourhood growth sustainability modelling using tax revenue and servicing costs data to analyze […]

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, the critical care workforce has been exposed to a multitude of psychological risks, and because of this health care professionals are experiencing unprecedented levels of exhaustion, burnout, anxiety, depression, stress, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and moral distress. These psychological effects of the pandemic have led to an increase in workforce turnover. […]

The Town of Canmore is looking for a Sustainability Scholar to conduct research into the best practices from across Alberta, Canada and Internationally for the management of Construction Renovation and Demolition (CRD) waste. The intent for this project is that the Scholar provide a series of recommendations to the Town and draft up language that […]

Route Optimization for Waste Collection vehicles at the City of Edmonton