Plants including Cannabis host distinct beneficial microbial communities on and inside their tissues designated the plant microbiota from the moment that they are planted into the soil as seed. Understanding the microbial partnerships with Cannabis has the potential to affect agricultural practices by improving plant fitness and production yield of Cannabinoids. Much less is known […]

The multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital (SMH) is among the largest in the world. While considerable data is collected from the MS clinic in both structured and unstructured form, the ability to glean this information to assess quality of care and conduct advanced analytics such as predictive modeling is limited. In this […]

La recherche a pour but d’observer comment l’agilité se traduit dans un contexte communicationnel. Les méthodes agiles sont souvent présentes dans le domaine des technologies de l’information (TI) avec des équipes de développeurs. Toutefois, plusieurs recherches scientifiques importantes démontrent que les méthodes agiles telles que le Scrum peuvent et devraient s’appliquer dans le domaine des […]

Agricultural production of crops requires an intensive amount of inputs that go beyond just planting the seed, such as fertilizers, pesticides and biological inoculants. As the need to produce a greater quantity of crops increases with the population, it is our duty to ensure we are using these inputs efficiently. Our research will examine how […]

Leveraging the entirety of point of sale and loyalty data collected across a category, as well as additional socio-economic and other supporting data sources, apply statistical modelling to identify the own-price elasticity of demand and cross-price elasticity of demand at regular and promoted price points across Unilever’s portfolio within that category. Subsequently measuring the promotional […]

With the growth of the internet, online and social media marketing have replaced tv and print advertising. Many companies have become extremely savvy in the use of online marketing tools to reach consumers. But how should online marketing be used when a company is working within a business-to-business context? Online marketing techniques often do not […]

One of the major responsibilities of financial and business analysts is to generate narrative reports summarizing business trends based on time series data. As it stands, this analysis is typically done manually, requiring analysts to pour over huge amounts of data looking to understand trends, and performing ad hoc analyses to establish relationships between data […]

Doctors are learning that nutrition plays a very important role in patient outcomes. Research has shown that protein is especially critical to patient health and recovery, especially for the elderly and severely ill. The quality of the protein, and the quantity of protein that patients receive makes a big difference. This project will examine how […]

In this project, the intern will have the opportunity to work in Perten Instruments Canada and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Utilization Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan to use the latest model of Rapid Visco Analyzer 4800 (developed by Perten Instruments) to evaluate the performance of resistant starch. The new instrument has the capability to heat […]

The goal of this project is to assess the effectiveness of a novel memory training program developed by Dave Farrow, 2 time Guinness World Record winner for best memory. The cornerstone of this program is the concept of memory personalities which posits that 1) the optimal way of processing and organizing information to be remembered […]

Accurately estimating permeability is critical for being able to properly predict fluid flow in an oil reservoir. Typical approaches, such as estimating permeability using well production data or in the lab using core samples are impractical or expensive in the Alberta Oil Sands. An alternative approach is to infer permeability from particle size distribution that […]

Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent influenza infections. However, the current production of influenza vaccines in embryonated chicken eggs has limited capacity during pandemics or high demand seasons, and is both labor-intensive and time-consuming. Consequently, there is a need to develop a robust production platform that can efficiently accelerate the production process and […]