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By the North with the North: Community Building inNorthern Saskatchewan

This research project will be conducted through internship research by students in the Master in Northern Governance and Development (MNGD). The MNGD is a project-based, interdisciplinary program meant to build capacity among northerners in northern Saskatchewan through a blended delivery model including face-to-face, videoconferencing, online and international field school instruction. The 2013-2014 internship research project will contribute to the MNGD graduate students’ research through the examination of community-based responses to rapid change and the development of the local capacity to respond. The project will evaluate the current and potential capacity of northern stakeholders to engage in relationships and implement processes, policies and practices that build resilient and sustainable communities. This analysis will function at the community, and multi-community levels, and thus, will be informed by their values and interests. Specifically, the objectives of this research cluster are to: assess current community-based, capacity-building programs; explore the viability of implementing new programs; evaluate the overall significance and prevalence of self-reliance and local ownership of community development; and evaluate the strategies for adapting, adjusting and accommodating to rapid change and identified risk factors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Poelzer;Ken Coates;Lorna Butler;Robert Patrick

Student:

Partner:

Cameco Corporation (Saskatoon, SK);University of Saskatchewan

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Sonde à courants de Foucault pour le contrôle non-destructif des lignes de transport aériennes d’électricité

Le projet porte sur le développement d’une sonde à courant de Foucault pour l’évaluation de l’état de corrosion interne des conducteurs des lignes de transport électriques aériennes à haute tension. En effet, ce travail vise à développer une sonde capable de mesurer simultanément les pertes de zinc (revêtement anticorrosion sur les brins d’acier) ainsi que les pertes de section transversale dans les fils d’acier et d’aluminium qui composent les conducteurs de type ACSR (Aluminium Cable Steel Reinforced). À partir de l’évaluation et de la surveillance de l’état de corrosion interne, il sera possible de réduire la fréquence et la gravité des pannes que cela pourrait engendrer sur le réseau électrique d’Hydro-Québec, notamment sous forme de chute de conducteurs. La technologie proposée représente également un grand avantage en ce qui concerne le travail des équipes de maintenance des lignes, car elles seront capables de surveiller et d’évaluer l’état de corrosion des conducteurs sans être exposées aux risques du travail en hauteur et/ou sur des lignes sous tension.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frédéric Sirois;David Ménard

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Technology

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Growth Monitoring Sustainability Scholar

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 relationship between dwelling density, land use patterns, and efficient service provision; growth monitoring data control and assurance processes, including aligning to City of Edmonton GBA+ values; efficient vacant employment and residential land use; and methods to communicate growth monitoring products through interactive visualizations and dashboards. Expected benefit to the City of Edmonton is an updated approach to monitoring urban growth that puts sustainability values at the forefront of its initiatives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Summers

Student:

Partner:

City of Edmonton

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Public administration

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Innovation des processus e-commerce

Description : Il s’agit d’un mandat d’analyse et d’optimisation des processus e-commerce d’une PME spécialisée dans la vente d’équipements sportifs haut de gamme. Le mandat est prévu en quatre phases.

– La première phase consiste en une analyse des processus actuels relatifs à l’acquisition, à la rétention de la clientèle et à tous processus visant la génération de revenus. Celle-ci servira à établir les priorités et à orienter la stratégie.
– La deuxième phase représente le développement de la stratégie.
– La troisième phase consiste à la mise en place de la stratégie.
– La quatrième phase consiste à l’optimisation de la stratégie.

En proposant ce mandat, Cardigan cherche à documenter le processus d’analyse et d’optimisation d’un site e-commerce. Cela l’aidera à demeurer à jour dans ces processus.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Vial

Student:

Partner:

Cardigan

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

SSE Sacha Benadiba – Modélisation marketing mix

Le monde du marketing numérique est chamboulé par l’apocalypse des cookies de tierces parties. Il faut dorénavant trouver de nouvelles méthodes pour bien évaluer les retombées des initiatives publicitaires. Le projet suivant vise à développer l’une de ces méthodes, en s’inspirant des modèles économétriques et du marketing modelling qui existaient bien avant l’arrivée d’internet.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denis Larocque

Student:

Partner:

Click & Mortar

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Integrating cognitive factors in dynamical models of epidemiology with applications to disease spread and control

The project aims to improve disease prevention and control by including cognitive variables in dynamic models of disease epidemic. Classical compartmental models of disease dynamics are typically used to explore the extent to which an infectious disease propagates through the population, while cognitive factors such as misinformation and degree of compliance with public health measures are often overlooked. Yet, cognitive factors play a crucial role in pandemic response behaviors. Our project will determine the impact of cognitive behavior and information dissemination on disease spread and control, while addressing the impact of risk perception, attitudes, social networks, and media on disease outcomes. The essential cognitive parameters influencing epidemic progression will be identified. In addition, we will present recommendations to support policies to address the negative effect of some cognitive factors such as misinformation in social networks. We will achieve the objectives using a modelling framework for SARS-CoV-2 as a case study.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Seyed Moghadas

Student:

Partner:

Federal University of Viçosa

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

York University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Demande SSE Pascale Primeau – Comment favoriser le partage des connaissances, le développement continue et la maîtrise des connaissances dans un contexte d’agence en marketing numérique?

Le projet est davantage axé sur la recherche et le développement puisque Pascale fera des recherches de haut niveau, comme par exemple en lien avec comment favoriser le partage des connaissances, le développement continue et la maîtrise des connaissances en marketing numérique ou encore la transformation de notre agence de marketing numérique en une organisation apprenante. Ces différentes recherches de haut niveau viendront compléter à merveille l’offre de service de notre département performance. La rigueur académique et l’accompagnement professoral fait également partie de l’approche du projet.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aya Aboelenien

Student:

Partner:

Click & Mortar

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Development of a new sample introduction system for inductively coupled plasma spectrometry

Numerous industries and government agencies carry out analyses every day using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) instruments that typically waste 95% of the sample. A greener approach would not generate any sample waste. During this project, an infrared heated spray chamber will be developed and coupled to nebulizers from the industrial partner so as to allow 100% sample introduction. A significant improvement in the smallest amount that can be measured by ICP instruments should result, along with freedom from sample-dependent effects, which will enable calibration using a single set of standards. This project will be carried out in collaboration with Telegistics Inc., who owns Burgener Research Inc., the only Canadian company fabricating nebulizers that are essentially impossible to clog. The resulting sample introduction system will greatly facilitate analyses by all Canadian laboratories employing ICP-based instruments, while allowing the partner company to expand, thereby creating new jobs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Beauchemin

Student:

Partner:

Telegistics

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation automatique du niveau de maitrise d’une langue seconde

Le but de ce projet est la création d’un outil permettant d’évaluer automatiquement le niveau de maitrise d’une deuxième langue via l’utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle. L’intégration de l’intelligence artificielle dans un pro-cessus d’évaluation permet de réduire les aspects humains de la prise de décision. En effet, le jugement d’une personne peut être affecté par différent facteur comme son état émotionnel ou son niveau de fatigue mais aussi, de manière inconsciente dû par exemple des biais cognitifs. L’utilisation de tel système permet de réduire ces bais et d’ainsi avoir une évaluation plus juste et plus constante de la performance d’une étudiante ou d’un étudiant.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Cardinal;Alessandro Lameiras Koerich

Student:

Partner:

Groupe LDL

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of a manure additive in reducing GHG emissions from liquid hog manure

Livestock manure represent a significant source of GHG emissions in agriculture section of Canada. This project aims to assess the effectiveness of a manure additive in reducing N20 and CH4 emissions during the storage of liquid hog manure, as well as the carry-on effect on soil GHG emissions after the additive-treated manure being applied to farmland. Two laboratory studies will be designed and conducted to achieve those objectives. Results of this study will clarify the benefits of manure additives, and help to provide a novel GHG mitigation strategy in manure management.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xiaopeng Gao

Student:

Partner:

Verdesian Life Sciences U.S., LLC.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Rhythmic cues with biological variability for improving gait

In this project, the goal is to manipulate the temporal variability of rhytmic auditory cues to test its effect on gait in young adults.
Young adults will walk alone without any auditory cues and then will walk to the sounds of rhythmic sequences. The rythmic sequences will either be isochronous, random (non-biological variability) or fractal (biological variability).
The first goal of this experiment is to see whether fractal auditory cueing will foster a natural gait pattern, as compared to isochronous stimuli and random variability. The second aim is to test whether the effect of this manipulation on gait structure depends on the perception of variability. It is expected that the effect is more important when variability is perceptible (for supraliminal stimuli).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simone Dalla Bella

Student:

Partner:

Maastricht University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Relations interpersonnelles et cognition

Ce projet de recherche vise à mieux comprendre l’impact des relations interpersonnelles sur le fonctionnement cognitif. Plus précisément, le projet de recherche porte sur le biais de conformité, considéré par les chercheurs comme responsable de la polarisation des opinions, notamment politiques, et de l’extrémisation des idées dans la société actuelle. Malgré l’influence importante de ce biais sur la prise de décision dans un contexte social, certains paramètres de ce phénomène restent méconnus. Ce projet a donc pour objectif de mieux caractériser la relation entre le rapport social des individus et leur propension à se conformer à un avis extérieur.
Pour ce faire, les participants effectueront des tâches psychoacoustiques durant lesquelles leurs paramètres physiologiques seront mesurés. L’étudiant s’occupera de développer le protocole, de programmer les tâches, de tester les participants, d’acquérir les données ainsi que de les analyser, et rédigera un rapport.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Floris van Vugt

Student:

Partner:

Université de Bordeaux

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award