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Transport, technologie et handicap à l’ère du numérique: Analyse comparée de l’accès inclusif à Tokyo et à Québec

L’objectif général de ce stage Globalink – d’une durée prévue de 12 semaines – est de réaliser une analyse comparée de l’évolution de l’accès inclusif à Tokyo et à Québec. L’analyse se concentre sur les facilitateurs et les obstacles rencontrés par des personnes ayant une incapacité motrice dans l’accès et l’utilisation d’écosystèmes de mobilité urbaine. Nous étudierons deux éléments de ces écosystèmes : a) les réseaux de services de transport réguliers et spéciaux (STS) et b) les modèles de mobilité comme service (MaaS) et leur dimension d’utilisabilité.
Nous réaliserons une méta-analyse narrative comparée en intégrant des données secondaires, d’observations directes et les résultats des parcours d’expérimentation in-situ dans les transports en commun à Tokyo et à Québec. Ce processus ouvre des nouvelles perspectives sur les écosystèmes de mobilité inclusive des deux villes à l’ère du numérique.
En tant que projet transnational – à travers d’une approche interdisciplinaire de la recherche sur la mobilité – ce stage Globalink vise à ouvrir un espace de travail et de dialogue entre les chercheurs participants sur les politiques, les pratiques et les travaux scientifiques engagés dans l’amélioration de la participation sociale des personnes ayant des incapacités motrices des deux villes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Routhier

Student:

Partner:

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Evaluating and learning from a mind-body medicine course: A mixed methods study (1)

This project learns from the experience of participants in an eight-week Mind-Body Medicine program (MBM). Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) teaches people how to help themselves by uncovering and engaging their inner resources and building resilience, broadly understood. The eight-week MBM program is delivered through the Iris Centre for Mindfulness, Peace and Healing in Fredericton. The research synthesizes the data gathered through two previous Mitacs funded projects. The first project analyzed nearly 1000 course completion surveys. The second internship involved individual and group interviews with participants, including participants who dropped out of the training. This present internship will synthesize the findings from both these projects, aiming to identify the strengths and limitations of the course as well as the effect of MBTs in the lives of participants. This research project will result in the production of a report and academic manuscript for peer review, with the intern as lead author. The research will support program development at the Iris Centre and contributing to the development of similar programs in the province of New Brunswick and nationally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Albert Banerjee

Student:

Partner:

The Iris Center

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

St. Thomas University

Program:

Accelerate

Sensing with Plasmonic Micro/Nanocapsules

In the context of an aging population and a global environmental pollution problem, it is becoming more and more important to develop novel innovative kinds of sensors, able to detect early health and environmental changes that could potentially affect people’s health. Within this Globalink Research project, we intent to develop plasmonic based sensors, small, cheap and easy to deploy, which will be used for two types of microsensing, namely strain/stress microsensing for biomedical application and heavy metal microsensing for environmental applications. This project will be made in collaboration with experts in biomedical engineering who develop artificial biocompatible ligaments and experts in oceanology who work on understanding the mechanism of pollutant accumulation in the Arctic

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rémi Dreyfus

Student:

Partner:

Aix-Marseille Université

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Sensing with Plasmonic Micro/Nanocapsules

In the context of an aging population and a global environmental pollution problem, it is becoming more and more important to develop novel innovative kinds of sensors, able to detect early health and environmental changes that could potentially affect people’s health. Within this Globalink Research project, we intent to develop plasmonic based sensors, small, cheap and easy to deploy, which will be used for two types of microsensing, namely strain/stress microsensing for biomedical application and heavy metal microsensing for environmental applications. This project will be made in collaboration with experts in biomedical engineering who develop artificial biocompatible ligaments and experts in oceanology who work on understanding the mechanism of pollutant accumulation in the Arctic

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rémi Dreyfus

Student:

Partner:

École Centrale de Lyon

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Integration of dynamic imaging and symptomology to identify precise treatments for knee osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) can present in different ways. The relationships between the symptoms and their causes are mostly unknown, making it difficult to choose the best course of action. Being able to identify various contributor to symptoms would be extremely beneficial to determining the optimal course of treatment. We will develop a system that accounts for 3D joint movements, forces, and their relationships to symptoms using state-of-the-art technology. Using artificial intelligence, we can combine information from advanced imaging modalities to understand knee joint mechanics while linking this information to patient symptoms. This will allow for precise understanding of the cause of symptoms. We will assess 35 participants and build machine learning algorithms to understand the relationship between patient symptoms and mechanics. We will then build an application to be used in the Fowler Kennedy Sports Medicine Clinic to advance the precision of care and outcomes for knee OA.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Trevor Birmingham;Tom Appleton

Student:

Partner:

Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Conversion of biosolid to value added biochar via pyrolysis technology for PFAS elimination

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a very large family of persistent anthropogenic chemicals utilized in the manufacturing of industrial materials with non-stick and oil/water repellent properties, Teflon, and fire-fighting foams. Their use has resulted in their final dispersion in soil, groundwater, and surface water, causing adverse environmental and health effects. They are responsible for serious environmental and human-health issues, including cancer, liver damage, cardiovascular problems, birth defect, and immune system disorders. They are often concentrated in the biosolids generated in wastewater treatment processes. This proposal is composed of two stages. Firstly, the effect of high temperature pyrolysis technology (HTP) on the destruction of PFAS in biosolids is investigated. Pyrolysis processes generate three products: non-condensable gas, biooil, and biochar. The fate of PFAS is investigated by analysis of all the three products. Our preliminary results indicate that the measured detectable PFAS in the biochar product is reduced by 97-100 wt% at a processing temperature of 500°C, and by 99.6-100 wt% at 700°C. Considering all product streams (biochar, biooil and non-condensable gas), the measured PFAS is reduced by 88.2 wt% at 700°C.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Franco Berruti

Student:

Partner:

CHAR Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Icephobic Coatings from UV-Curable Phosphonium Salts and Their Ice Adhesion Measurement

The project will manufacture new coatings that will repel ice. These coatings can be applied onto metal, wood, glass, etc, and in particular can aid in the prevention of ice build-up on wind-power turbines. The coatings will be comprised of new materials that have not been applied as ice-repellent (or water repellent) coatings before. In addition a device to measure the adhesion of ice to the coating will be developed. 3M will benefit from investigating these materials because they offer a new technology that can be applied as both hydrophobic or hydrophilic coatings with a simple modification. These materials may also have utility for different applications, which 3M can actively pursue. 3M will also gain a method to test a coatings’ ability to repel ice, which it requires to screen potential coating candidates.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Ragogna

Student:

Partner:

3M Canada (London, ON)

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Écophysiologie de saules et de peupliers en sols pollués

Ce stage prend place au sein d’une équipe spécialisée en phytotechnologies, une science qui utilise les plantes comme outil pour répondre à un large éventail de problèmes environnementaux. Un exemple de phytotechnologie est la phytoremédiation, un procédé de décontamination qui se base sur la capacité des plantes à extraire, dégrader ou immobiliser les contaminants dans les sols ou les eaux. Cette technique prometteuse et novatrice comporte toutefois des limites qu’on se doit d’explorer pour y répondre de manière efficace. Lors de mon stage, j’évaluerai ainsi les caractéristiques écophysiologiques de différents saules et peupliers (deux genres ligneux communs en phytoremédiation) sous différentes contraintes environnementales.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Labrecque

Student:

Partner:

University of Milan-Bicocca

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of analysis methods for the risk assessment of insect-based protein sources

The increasing reliance on protein sources alternatives to meat-based products includes insects, which have not been extensively monitored or analyzed so far. Yet, there is evidence that insect may contain potentially toxic elements (PTEs), such as arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead. The development of reliable analysis methods is required to monitor the levels of PTEs, to ensure that these insect-based food items are safe for human consumption. The host laboratory in France, where the method will be developed by the intern, is a reference laboratory for the analysis of food, but they have not focused on the analysis of insect-based food so far. This collaboration will involve the development of a state-of-the-art method for the analysis of a variety of insect-based food items. The resulting method will be published so that it may be implemented by other laboratories worldwide, including in Canada. Furthermore, because PTEs include several elements on Canada’s Critical Minerals List, the method will reveal if insects could be used in geochemical exploration to locate undercover ore deposits containing critical minerals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Beauchemin

Student:

Partner:

ANSES

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Environmental Science and Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

GeoAI and GIScience to model and simulate the environmental determinants of beehives’ health

Through the integration of geocomputation approaches, Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) and Geographic Information Science (GIScience), this research project will contribute to the development of modeling and simulation approaches that will allow Nectar to understand the key interactions within the bee-human system (beekeeping). Leveraging the technological tool
developed by Nectar, called BeeTrack, the overall aim of these projects is to propose, develop and implement models of the
ecological determinants of beehives’ health by integrating climate and environmental data with Nectar’s BeeTrack data at
different spatial scales and with multitemporal information.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Liliana Perez

Student:

Partner:

Nectar Technologies

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Environmental Science and Technology; Biotechnology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Supports to Retain Critical Care Healthcare Professionals

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. It is essential to identify influencing factors and environmental barriers that affect health care professionals’ psychological wellbeing and to develop supports to retain these experts. With current workforce shortages, critical care settings cannot sustain safe and effective patient care, expand, or prepare for further healthcare crises. Alberta Health Services has made Supporting Our People a priority. This research has the potential to achieve this goal by positively affecting the mental health of health care professionals as well as the work environment and patient care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shannon Scott;Sean Bagshaw

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Health Services

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration; Retail trade

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Trajectoires numériques – Stage en recherche, analyse et conseil en transformation numériques des organisations culturelles et créatives

Rhizome Stratégies est une firme de consultation (agence d’innovation) créée en 2015 et à l’origine de la création de trois structures d’incubation et d’accélération de projets entrepreneuriaux sur le territoire de Montréal (L’Esplanade et La Piscine) et des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (La Vague). L’entreprise aide les organisations des ICC à transformer leur culture d’innovation et de collaboration, et les supporte dans la transformation de leur modèle d’affaires. Ces organisations peuvent être de tailles et de types différents, allant des start-ups aux entreprises établies, en passant par les organisations parapubliques et les organismes sans but lucratif. Le but de Rhizome Stratégies est de contribuer à la transformation sociétale dont le Canada a besoin pour affronter les défis numériques auxquels il fait face. En 2022, l’équipe de Rhizome Stratégies s’est vue confier par La Piscine un mandat de consultation stratégique en recherche, analyse et conseil pour la création de la plateforme Trajectoires Numérique financée en partie par le Ministère de la Culture et des Communications ainsi que le Ministère de l’économie et de l’innovation. Cette plateforme s’adresse aux organismes des industries culturelles et créatives québécoises pour les accompagner dans la transformation numérique de leur modèle d’affaires.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurent Simon

Student:

Partner:

Stratégies Rhizome

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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