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The Functional Resilience Question-AIR: Validation of an assessment tool designed to measure employee resilience

The purpose of this research is to validate the Functional Resilience Question-Air (FRQ; Kinley, 2016), an assessment tool based on scientific principles that use the latest research on resilience and neuroplasticity. Specifically, the Functional Resilience Question-Air identifies employees’ personal strengths, providing them with a global resilience score as well as a personalized development plan. Designed to help employers of all sizes, and in all sectors, measure their workforces’ resilience, this assessment tool aligns with the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (CSA & BNQ, 2013), as it aims to promote mental health and prevent psychological harm (MHCC, 2012; 2013).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kevin Kelloway

Student:

Partner:

AIR Institutes

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Saint Mary's University

Program:

Accelerate

Testing nutrient profiling tools and portion size based initiatives (education, regulation and reformulation) for public health policy in Canada – Year two

Poor diet is one of the factors associated with obesity and overweight, which may increase the risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Two ways to improve the diets at the population level are to 1) establish public health initiatives (e.g. product labelling or advertising restrictions and 2) change the portion sizes available to the consumer.
Nutrient profiling (NP) models can establish the ‘healthiness’ of foods by ranking them according to their nutrient content and can be used to establish public health initiatives, such as helping consumers in food-selection decisions at the supermarket (e.g. labelling), setting standards for food in schools or cafeterias and provide an incentive for manufacturers to produce products lower in salt or sugar. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mary L'Abbe

Student:

Partner:

Nestle Canada Inc;SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Testing nutrient profiling tools and portion size based initiatives (education, regulation and reformulation) for public health policy in Canada

Poor diet is one of the factors associated with obesity and overweight, which may increase the risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Two ways to improve the diets at the population level are to 1) establish public health initiatives (e.g. product labelling or advertising restrictions and 2) change the portion sizes available to the consumer.
Nutrient profiling (NP) models can establish the ‘healthiness’ of foods by ranking them according to their nutrient content and can be used to establish public health initiatives, such as helping consumers in food-selection decisions at the supermarket (e.g. labelling), setting standards for food in schools or cafeterias and provide an incentive for manufacturers to produce products lower in salt or sugar. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mary L'Abbe

Student:

Partner:

SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.;Nestle Canada Inc;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Testing nutrient profiling tools and portion size based initiatives (education, regulation and reformulation) for public health policy in Canada

Poor diet is one of the factors associated with obesity and overweight, which may increase the risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Two ways to improve the diets at the population level are to 1) establish public health initiatives (e.g. product labelling or advertising restrictions and 2) change the portion sizes available to the consumer.
Nutrient profiling (NP) models can establish the ‘healthiness’ of foods by ranking them according to their nutrient content and can be used to establish public health initiatives, such as helping consumers in food-selection decisions at the supermarket (e.g. labelling), setting standards for food in schools or cafeterias and provide an incentive for manufacturers to produce products lower in salt or sugar. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mary L'Abbe

Student:

Partner:

SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A.;Nestle Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development and characterization of polyester/graphene coatings

Environmental aging is responsible for many industrial failures. Using a protective coating is one of the most common and also efficient methods to protect material surfaces against environmental attack, and consequently extend their life. For modern coatings used for industrial applications, besides high chemical stability and good adhesion, new functionalities such electrical conductivity or anti-static properties are desired. For example, for development of transportation and electronic technologies, a low cost conductive coating with good physical properties is required. Conductive coatings are formed by mixing various types of electrical conducting materials into the binder. Graphene is considered as promising versatile nanofiller due to its extraordinarily properties, such as very high electrical and thermal conductivities. It has great potential to improve the properties of low cost resins such as polyester at low filler content. This work will explore the use of NanoXplore’s graphene for developing low-cost, anti-corrosion, conductive coatings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric David

Student:

Partner:

NanoXplore Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Nanotechnology; Energy and Utilities; Construction

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment of biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of male infertility

Infertility is a health issue that affects over half a million Canadian of childbearing age. Half of these cases are related to male reproductive dysfunctions. While semen analysis provides information about some causes of male infertility, about thirty percent of these cases remains unexplained. In this context, the main goal of our project is to assess the potential of target molecules, which are secreted from the internal organs of the male reproductive system into the seminal plasma, as biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of infertility. This project is stemming from preliminary results published by our group and collaborators on a transgenic mouse model presenting with a male infertility phenotype. For instance, we showed that the expression of distinct secreted proteins as well as extracellular non-coding RNA originating from the epididymis are significantly impaired in this model. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Clémence Belleannée

Student:

Partner:

CReATe Program Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development of innovative thermal efficient steel studs – Part 2

With the growing demand for energy efficient buildings, conventional steel wall studs are no longer an appropriate choice for exterior walls. Conventional steel studs cause an inordinately high degree of thermal bridging which lowers the energy efficiency of the building. To address this concern, Structa Wire Corporation started the development of an innovative steel stud that replaces the solid steel web in the conventional steel stud with welded wires. The newly proposed steel stud shows promising energy efficiency, by demonstrating a significant reduction in thermal bridging. Recent experimental testing also shows this innovation has a high structural performance. In this research, an intern from UBC will work closely with Structa Wire Corporation to develop a computer model which is compared with experimental data. The developed finite element model will be used to optimize the design and conduct certification tests to ensure the developed stud meets the applicable industry standard.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Yang

Student:

Partner:

Structa Wire Corp

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Experimental investigation of regular and composite glulam columns under flexural and axial compression load

Structurlam products Ltd is a renowned Canadian company for its quality mass timber products and ability to fabricate complex design. The company developed a new generation hybrid composite glulam structural element while the performance is still unknown. The proposed research here will investigate the performance of this element under bending and compression. Both the regular glulam element and the hybrid composite glulam elements will be experimentally tested, and their performances will be mutually compared in terms of their loading capacity, deformation capacity, and failure modes. This research will also provide adequate design guidelines to structural engineers so that they can safely use this product as a beam or column element in structures. The results of this study will have a significant effect on the development and application of this hybrid glulam element.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shahria Alam

Student:

Partner:

Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Construction; Forestry

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Synthesis of Stimuli Responsive Viscosifying Agents for use in Fracturing Fluids

Fluids used in hydraulic fracturing are designed to open fractures and transport proppant along the fracture to ensure conservation of the fracture. Scientists in the industry use commercially available polymers that are produced at low-cost in high volumes for other industries (e.g. water treatment) without really understanding the reasons why these polymers have the desired performance for fracking. The fluids we are focused on developing are used to reduce the cost of pumping/fracking to make drilling operations economically viable. The first goal is to understand the key macromolecular characteristics of polymers that make them good candidates for friction reducers and viscosifying agents. The second goal is to develop new polymers that will have the dual performance activity of friction reducer and viscosifying agent in one product versus the common use of multiple fluids.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Silvia Mittler;Amarjeet Bassi;Paul Charpentier

Student:

Partner:

PolyAnalytik Inc;Western University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario; Western University

Program:

Accelerate

LiDAR derived wood quality attributes across the landscape

The proposed research will create value added models that will be used to predict wood quality attributes (wood density and fibre dimensions) on the landscape within Ontario’s boreal forest. This will be achieved by modeling stem and stand attributes from airborne laser scanner data (LiDAR). The derived stems and stand attributes (such as tree height, diameter, crown length, and stocking) will be used as predictors of inherent wood quality attributes (Fibre dimensions and wood density). This set of predicted models will benefit the partnering organization by providing them a value-added field or service for use in their forest inventory and other products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mathew Leitch;Ulf Runesson

Student:

Partner:

KBM Forestry Consultants Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

Ecosystem Services and Food Security for the Lil’wat Nation

The Lil’wat Nation is working to foster community food security by restoring and activating Indigenous knowledge around traditional food systems. Our project examines ‘Ecosystem Services’ approaches as one way to support local food security while also protecting culturally-important environmental services. Led by a Lil’wat Food Committee, this project will engage community members in community planning and visioning exercises that evaluate what future paths for environmental stewardship are the highest priority. We will determine best practices for how farmers, ranchers, food harvesters and collectors can be compensated for protecting ecological values and services, and work to create spatial data to advise stewardship programming for lands within Lil’wat Traditional Territories.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janette Bulkan

Student:

Partner:

Lil'wat Management Services LP

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Étude de viabilité technico-économique d’un véhicule poids lourd multi-source et multi-moteur

Ce projet de recherche est la première étape pour établir les bases du développement d’un produit qui permettra l’hybridation de véhicules lourds. On entend par hybridation l’utilisation de plusieurs formes d’énergies et plusieurs moteurs qui seront utilisées d’une manière optimale pour propulser le véhicule et réduire l’utilisation des combustibles fossiles polluants et par le fait même, les gaz à effet de serre (GES). Le projet vise donc à comprendre comment ces formes d’énergie peuvent interagir, les modéliser mathématiquement et formaliser une étude de viabilité technico économique.
L’étude technico-économique par le biais de simulation numérique constitue un outil fondamental pour la validation de tout système complexe, comme celui proposé par l’hybridation de plusieurs sources d’énergie et plusieurs moteurs, et leurs différents modes de fonctionnement. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joao Pedro Fernandes Trovao

Student:

Partner:

ENER6 Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

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