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A 3D agent-based model for simulating urban redevelopment at the building scale

This project will explore how Toronto’s planning regulations, real estate market and urban form influence the feasibility of urban redevelopment within the city. The expected results will contribute to society and industry through the creation of 3D spatial decision support system as one of the key deliverables. This tool will help inform stakeholders of the viability of current urban regulation policies, provide insight into the most suitable locations for future urban redevelopment projects and help improve overall city management. In addition, the implementation of 3D visualisation is beneficial for urban planners to understand and interpret how vertical height limitations can impact the opportunity of redevelopment. Overall, the approach of this project will highlight how agent-based models are an invaluable tool to address the Canadian real estate crisis and can contribute to urban redevelopment initiatives to ensure a more functional city.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raja Sengupta

Student:

Partner:

Newcastle University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

New Technologies for Selective CO2 Reduction

This project plans to investigate the synthesis and reactivity of new iron-based compounds for the conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol. These compounds aim to use cheaper, more earth abundant materials and exhibit greater efficiency than current literature examples. During this research project, all compounds will be fully identified with a range of analytical techniques to deduce structure. In addition, compounds will be investigated for their reactivity with carbon dioxide and routes determined to selectively convert carbon dioxide to methanol, which can be used as an alternative fuel source. All steps along this route will be monitored to help understand the mechanism of carbon dioxide conversion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcus Drover

Student:

Partner:

Imperial College London

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Maternal disability and newborn discharge to child protective services (CPS): A mixed-methods study

As many as one in 8 pregnancies are to women with disabilities, including physical, sensory, and developmental disabilities. These women often face negative attitudes and assumptions by others about their parenting abilities and are at risk of Child Protective Service (CPS) involvement. This project aims to characterize CPS involvement experienced by women with disabilities in pregnancy and shortly after delivery. The project will use routinely collected administrative health data to estimate the risks of newborn discharge to CPS among mothers with versus without disabilities. Previously collected interview data with mothers with disabilities will also be analysed to understand how CPS involvement in pregnancy and shortly after delivery impacts their experiences of perinatal health care. Many mother-infant separations are preventable through targeted and timely intervention. This study will generate data to inform accessible, tailored services and supports for mothers with disabilities at risk of CPS involvement in the perinatal period.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hilary Brown

Student:

Partner:

University College London

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Electric Machine for Landing Phase Kinetic Energy Recovery of Commercial Aircraft

The pollution from aircraft is expected to be seven to ten times higher in 2050 compared to 1990 level. To address the issue, a kinetic energy recovery system fitted onboard commercial aircraft is proposed. The system is widely used in automotive industry but has never been proposed for aerospace applications. Electric machines are a limiting factor because they have low power output relative to weight. This research project will be a part of the wider study and will focus on development of electric machine beyond current technological limits and therefore will allow to meet the aerospace application requirements at a minimum weight penalty. The expected exchange outcome is a finalized electric machine topology selection and optimization. In addition, the network developed throughout the exchange would be a beginning of long-term collaboration focused on electric machines for aerospace applications, which would benefit both, the UK and Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Lowther

Student:

Partner:

Cranfield University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Aerospace; Green/Alternative Energy

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Imperial Visions of the Built Environment in William McFarlane Notman’s Royal Tour Photographs, 1901

My project proposes to analyze representations of the built environment in William McFarlane Notman’s photographs of the Royal Tour of Canada in 1901. Held at the McCord Museum in Montreal, the photographs picture the tour taken by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) across Canada on the newly built Canadian Pacific Railway, from Quebec City to Halifax. The photographs raise important questions about the exclusion of Indigenous communities from the camera view in the early twentieth century, and the visual presentation of settler colonial towns and cities in this period. The project outcomes are to provide insights into an as yet unresearched part of the Notman collections, resulting in an academic paper, public talk, blog post and public engagement activities with the McCord Museum. More widely, my research will expand scholarship on colonial photographic histories of Canada and provide new approaches to decolonizing archives within the museum.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gloria Bell

Student:

Partner:

Cardiff University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Indigenous Affairs; Education; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Validating a drug resistance marker for a globally important ruminant parasite

The barber-pole worm (Haemonchus contortus) is a parasitic worm of sheep, goats and cattle common in both UK and Canada. Infection of the barber-worm causes reduction in animal growth and milk production in addition to general poor health and high risk of death, costing millions from production losses annually in Canada and the UK. Symptoms commonly appear before it is possible to diagnose infection, so farmers regularly preventatively treat their flocks with chemical drugs. This drives the development of resistance to these drugs – the barber-pole worm has developed some level of resistance to all available drugs. Previous work has identified a genetic mutation within the worm that may indicate resistance to a commonly used drug, Levamisole. We will investigate if this mutation is more common in worm populations that have been exposed to Levamisole – If this is the case, then it will lead to an affordable point-of-care test which will act as a sign to farmers that this drug will not work on their farms, and so will guide sustainable treatment options.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Gilleard

Student:

Partner:

Queen’s University Belfast

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Developing a robust approach to the monitoring and analysis of insect populations: trends in fly numbers in Québec and implications for insectivores

Insects, being dominant in almost all ecosystems, are vitally important for regulating ecosystem health. There are growing concerns that insect abundance is declining globally, causing serious consequences for ecosystem services. To understand insect abundance trends, and their drivers, we need long-term monitoring schemes that are sensitive enough to detect change over time whilst balancing against the need to be cost-effective. We also need to analyse existing datasets where available, improving analytical methods to make them more statistically robust. This project will address knowledge gaps by making use of extensively sampled data on fly abundance and biomass across gradients of agricultural intensity in Québec. I will analyse how agriculture influences long-term insect trends, adding robust evidence on insect population dynamics in a changing environment. I will quantify the effect of sampling effort and temporal and spatial scale used in the study to understand how future insect monitoring schemes could most efficiently capture long-term trends and impacts of environmental drivers. The findings will therefore inform the design of more efficient insect monitoring schemes and effective post-hoc analysis of datasets.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Bélisle

Student:

Partner:

University of Reading

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Agriculture and Food; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Modeling Protein-Ligand Cryo-EM Structures with Neural Network Potentials

Drugs act by binding to a target protein. Determining the three-dimensional shape the complex between a drug and a protein is challenging, particularly when the protein spans the membrane separating the interior and exterior of a cell. Cryo-electron microscopy allows these structures to be measured experimentally, but often the resolution is too low to aid the development of new drugs. We will combine this technique with artificial intelligence protein-structure determination and computer simulations to determine the structures of drug-bound structures with minimal direction by the user but with a level of resolution that had not been possible in the past. The student will be trained in machine learning, molecular simulation, and artificial-intelligence protein structure prediction.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Rowley

Student:

Partner:

University College London

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Aesthetics of Order: An Exploratory Field Study of Journaling Launches in Toronto, Canada

Using the principle of the serious leisure pursuit information studies framework, this ethnographic research project explores set-up approaches to bullet journaling. By exploring the materiality of the bullet journal, and how journaling hobbyists create
and maintain their social worlds, this research project seeks to improve understanding on the sub-cultures in journaling communities. Through this, it contributes to building understanding on how contemporary journaling practices go beyond the act of keeping a journal to consider the material, tools, and environmental factors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jenna Hartel

Student:

Partner:

University College London

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The influence of ocean circulation on local biogeochemistry and melting tidewater glaciers in northern Baffin Bay

The Arctic is undergoing rapid change due to climate change, making local processes such as ocean heat transport and nutrient supply critical to understand due to their respective influences on retreating tidewater glaciers and local ecosystems. Northern Baffin Bay is a key region due to its proximity to rapidly retreating tidewater glaciers, as well as the North Water Polynya which has great importance to local communities and ecosystems. Using data from an ocean circulation model, along with a software called ARIANE, modelled particles will be released in northern Baffin Bay and traced backwards in time, providing information on the origin of these particles and pathways that water follows as it enters the region. Changes in temperature, salinity, and nutrient concentrations along these pathways will be used to quantify the supply of heat and nutrients, hence improving understanding of the influence of ocean circulation, heat and nutrient transport on tidewater glaciers and primary productivity in the local region.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Myers

Student:

Partner:

Northumbria University

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Globalink Research Award

2022 Digital Marketing Innovation – Corridor Interactive Inc.

Corridor Interactive requires a digital marketing intern seeking direct experience with all aspects of creating company awareness, branding and customer lead generation. This position will benefit from working with an experienced marketing team plus have the opportunity of direct ownership of programs during their term. Candidates will be expected to bring their specific knowledge of digital marketing platforms along with innovation and creative enthusiasm. The ability to work and thrive in a virtual environment is required.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Imran

Student:

Partner:

Corridor Interactive Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

Mount Royal University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Supporting Black-led Technology Startups and Community-led Entrepreneurship Innovation Training in Prairies Canada

Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA) is a non-profit technology accelerator with a mandate to increase the participation of Black-led technology startups in Canada. In November 2021, BBVA launched the first Black-focused accelerator program in Western Canada. In order to implement its programs and connect with Black communities across the Prairies Region, BBVA plans to establish a strong digital presence across social media platforms and develop relationships with social and cultural organizations within the Black community. BBVA believes Black-led startups and tech-enabled businesses in Canada have the potential to present massive market impact and opportunities in an industry where only 2.6 percent of the tech workforce in Canada are Black (Brookfield Institute:
2019). In addition, there has been no research conducted to study the reasons for the persistently lower percentage of Canadian startups with a Black founder or co-founder or the percentage of Black students enrolled in STEM programs in post secondary institutions. BBVA is a part of the recently launched Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub and the Experiential Learning in Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (ELITE) Program for Black Youth and will gather data for use in research projects related to Black entrepreneurship.

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Faculty Supervisor:

André McDonald;Philomina Okeke-Ihejirika

Student:

Partner:

Black Business Ventures Association

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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