With the Regional Council’s adoption of HRM’s Social Policy Framework (2020) and the Public Safety Strategy (2017), Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) committed to advancing community safety and wellbeing as vital outcomes. To be effective, these outcomes must be measurable, and bring transparency to the impacts of municipal programs, services, and policies. Experts from various HRM […]

Afin de lutter contre l’insécurité alimentaire, plusieurs groupes d’acteurs-citoyens sont en train de se mobiliser pour récolter les « fonds de champs. Au Québec, Mauricie Récolte, issu du regroupement initial du projet Maski récolte et Des chenaux récolte, a mis en contact les producteurs, les cueilleurs et les organismes communautaires pour développer un projet de […]

The pandemic negatively impacts most businesses and this will likely influence consumer behavior in the future. Habitat for Humanity aims to adapt to the new situation and increase their revenue by focusing on some business strategies. These strategy require comprehensive research in terms of the real estate industry, market environment, market share, etc. It is […]

The objective of the study is to develop an algorithm to streamline and automate the decision making process for implementing the municipal wastewater collection flushing program. Traditionally, a municipal flushing program, or pipe cleaning, is based on a time-cycle approach. This means that all sewer pipes in the network are treated the same, ignoring variables, […]

Operating room scheduling is one of the most important issues at Foothills Medical Centre (FMC), on which the hospital budget and the efficiency of OR management rely. OR scheduling is difficult in practice and theory because there are many constraints and disturbances. However, cardiac surgeries have special characteristics. Compared with other types of surgeries, cardiac […]

The use and burning of fossil fuels, such as oil and gas for transportation and industrial activities, are sources of both air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. While air pollution affects human health, greenhouse gas contributes to climate change. Therefore, reducing fossil fuel use can improve air quality as well as help fight climate change. […]

The purpose of this project is to improve the lives of citizens in The Region of Durham through a partnership between the Regional government and Ontario Tech University. This project will tackle issues related to aiding vulnerable populations in our communities such as members of our homeless population and seniors living in long-term care homes. […]

The focus of this project will be how modern technologies, specifically static and mobile laser scanners, drone photogrammetry, and Virtual Reality (VR) can be applied to solve issues related to renovating and utilizing (repurposing) old buildings. This is a multi-disciplinary approach with college interns from Geomatics Engineering and Architecture Engineering programs.

The World Health Organization has identified poor test-result management as a high priority area of patient safety. Systematic reviews in test-result follow-up have shown that failure to follow up on test results, such as pathology or medical imaging, can have major consequences for the effectiveness, quality and safety of patient care. Over the last three […]

Le projet de recherche partenarial s’intéresse au processus de redynamisation des territoires et aux enjeux de cohabitation des usages et usagers, en continuité avec des recherches antérieures notamment financées par Mitacs. Le projet développé dans le secteur Assomption-Sud — Longue-Pointe avec le Service de développement économique de la Ville de Montréal a pour objectif d’explorer […]

Bridge Management Systems are being used worldwide by transportation agencies as a means to effectively manage the stocks of existing bridges. Quebec Ministry of Transportation own and maintain a huge inventory of over 9,600 bridges, i.e. provincial: 5,300 and municipal: 4,300 bridges. MTQ uses visual inspection, which is always subjective to operators’ technique, experience, and […]

The focus of this project is to measure the historical and current rates of shoreline change around Point Pelee National Park (PPNP) and Peninsula. This information, combined with survey, climate, land use, and statistical data, will provide a better understanding on the primary causes, locations, and timings of significant shoreline change trends observed within the […]