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Client Engagement and Customer Solutions _ECAH Inc.

ECAH (Easy Care at Home) is launched with a mission to provide easycare anytime and anywehre care to seniors in the Canadian healthcare apparatus. ECAH’s Vision to be a one-stop solution for all healthcare and wellness solutions delivered Anytime, Anywhere. Active research revealed that care providers (Personal Support Workers) are migrating from the profession as they cannot make enough money to fulfill their daily requirements. Individuals and families are looking for customized, credible, and compassionate care facing significant challenges. The number of Canadians aged 65+ will double over the next two decades. This makes it even more critical for ECAH to play an essential role in redesigning and reinventing the care process that works effectively and efficiently for both care providers and recipients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Mahaninia

Student:

Partner:

Easy Care at Home

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Racialized skilled immigrant women’s labour market integration and career advancement in the Greater Toronto Area

This research investigates the experiences and perspectives of skilled newcomer women in Ontario to understand the factors and facilitators which support their transition and integration to the Canadian labour market. While working closely with Newcomer Women’s Services (NEW), this study will interview racialised skilled immigrant women and will attempt to examine their experiences, needs, and difficulties in Canada, as well as examine at least 20 employer perceptions of the strengths and/or skill or knowledge gaps that shape the career trajectories of skilled immigrant women, and investigate the current landscape of micro-credentials in the market. This study will also offer recommendations for future interventions in the form of a micro-credentials program which can truly support women entering the Canadian job market. Since NEW is in the process of evaluating its present pilot project, this study expands on its goal and will benefit NEW in serving its target community of newcomer immigrant women as well promote NEW’s mission of empowering women.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elizabeth Buckner

Student:

Partner:

Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Stronger Together: Making Ottawa and Renfrew County Dementia Inclusive

As the population of older Canadians increases, so too does the number of persons living with dementia. Our research project aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Canadians by focusing on improving the dementia friendliness/inclusivity of our cities (where many older persons choose to live). Ten (10) persons living with dementia and their care partners will be recruited to take part in a one-month pilot where they will directly be involved in the design, data collection, and analysis and interpretation of results. Data will be collected simply, quickly and in real time using either a smart phone or paper-based booklet and be used to promote local action about neighborhood dementia- and age-friendliness/inclusiveness and knowledge around its impact on health and well-being. The project also aims to benefit service providers in the community who will have the opportunity to participate in training programs developed by the project partner, access resources and receive a “dementia inclusive” designation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Annie Robitaille

Student:

Partner:

The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Ontology mapping Symptoms to ICD10

The mapping symptoms from natural language to ICD 10 codes is crucial step in the health. Facilitating early identification of emerging health issues, monitoring of population health and agile response to changing clinical practices. Enabling accurate access to relevant information, reducing costly duplications and errors.
For us it will be so necessary to classify the symptoms into their diseases. This task is so challenging in the health field so we will develop a contextual ontology to improve the accuracy and handle the weakness.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bang Liu

Student:

Partner:

GoodLabs Studio Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Agent-based modelling and simulation of sidewalk delivery robots’ interaction with pedestrians

With the rise of e-commerce, consumer demands for parcel delivery have changed. COVID-19 further fueled this demand due to restrictions and people’s preferences for fewer interactions. With the increase in consumers’ delivery demands, the cost and complexity of meeting those parcel-delivery demands have been increased as well. There have been many disruptions to solve this problem, but sidewalk-delivery robots stand out because of their efficiency and ability to navigate through sidewalks. The deployment of sidewalk robots seems to be more appropriate than others due to multiple reasons like easy operation mode, cost, and safety concerns. The sidewalk delivery robots share resources that were primarily built for human-only like sidewalks. To study and analyze human-robot interaction, their movement behavior, and the benefits they can offer, we will require to build a digital twin of a large spatial area. A high-fidelity map will ensure that we test pedestrians and delivery robots close to the conditions they will be operating in the real world. The proposed simulation suite will offer tools and methods to test these interactions with different conditions. Simulation results will confirm that such interactions and interventions can improve the safety and mobility of sidewalk users.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gunho Sohn

Student:

Partner:

Esri Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimized use of UM171 and derived molecules for the next generation of genetically engineered blood stem cell grafts in high-risk leukemia therapy.

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have the ability to reconstitute hematopoiesis by giving rise to all blood lineages without exhaustion. Despite the widespread clinical application of HSCs, the success of HSC transplantations relies mainly on the availability of suitable donors and adequate grafts. Obtaining high-quantity and quality hematopoietic grafts for curing hematological and non-hematological diseases remains still challenging. We have previously reported that the small compound UM171 stimulates the expansion of functional long-term HSCs and also contributes on expanding immuno-modulatory cells. The recent knowledge on the UM171 mechanism of action will allow us to further improve the HSCs expansion conditions and to evaluate new analogs of UM171 for their improved properties. Defining optimal expansion conditions for HSCs will provide the milestone to further genetically engineer these cells and offer alternative therapies to patients. For instance, production of CAR expressing effector cells will provide an improved approach with the potential to treat acute myeloid leukemia. Thus, this proposal seeks to better understand the factors influencing ex vivo HSC culture and support the development of engineered HSC grafts via our expertise and of ExCellThera’s expansion and cell engineering platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guy Sauvageau

Student:

Partner:

ExCellThera

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Évaluation de systèmes d’inspection visuelle intelligents afin d’améliorer l’efficacité de la production du processus de fabrication de capots de cuve d’électrolyse de la compagnie Estampage JPL

La compagnie Estampage JPL Ltée et le Laboratoire des Technologies de la Biomasse (LTB), visent à améliorer le processus de transformation de l’aluminium. Le projet se consacrera à développer des technologies d’inspection visuelles intelligents (capteurs, senseurs, caméras, compteurs intelligents, etc.) pour être capable de diagnostiquer les problématiques de qualité de la matière première et de réduire la quantité des produits non-conformes. L’automatisation de l’usine à travers des technologies de pointe permettra un contrôle adéquat des variables importantes dans chaque étape du processus et les données récoltés pourront faciliter la gestion et permettra prendre de décisions plus rapides et plus précises au sein de la compagnie.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Michel Lavoie

Student:

Partner:

Estampage JPL

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Targeting achievement in higher-order thinking and STEM: An interprofessional approach

This proposed research investigates the use of ThUMP by classroom educators to foster high order thinking through authentic and meaningful practice activities. Research suggests that practice is require to obtain expertise in complex subject areas such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). ThUMP allows educators to author practice activities that students can access using mobile devices. This proposed research adopts a design based approach in order to provide feedback / feed forward to the Mathtoon’s developers. Findings from this study will be shared in recognized international conferences and publications

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Crichton

Student:

Partner:

Mathtoons Media Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Methods for Automated Linear Disturbance Mapping

In the Canadian boreal forest region habitat fragmentation due to linear disturbances (roads, seismic explora-tion, pipelines, and energy transmission corridors) is a leading cause for the decline of wood-land caribou (Rangifer tarandus) – boreal population; and as a result, a deep understanding of linear disturbances (amount, spatial distribution, dynamics) has become a research and forest management priority in Canada. An ideal tool in mitigating and restoring the impact of linear disturbances is a way to automatically generate maps detailing forest region habitat fragmentation. As a result, the focus of this project is to develop machine learning ap-proaches to automatically create maps of linear disturbances, where these maps are produced from satellite data covering the area of interest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher D Storie

Student:

Partner:

Hatfield Consultants

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

Personal Health Information Software Platform – Data Exposure and Referential Integrity Investigations for Electronic Medical Record Integration Development for Seamless Hospital Use

TAMVOES is a personal health record (PHR) software platform that seeks to help better manage an individual’s health by empowering them to collect and securely store copies of their health history, allergies, vitals and appointments online. They have an opportunity to increase their customer base by extending their platform to hospitals and large clinics, especially those using electronic medical records (EMR) in their operations. The Mohawk College mHealth and eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC) will help to investigate how a major EMR used by a large Southern Ontario hospital that is a potential client of TAMVOES enables data integration through Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) protocols. MEDIC will use the findings and consider stakeholder (TAMVOES, patients, hospital, and EMR platform) needs to develop PHR to EMR software integrations. The project will help TAMVOES sell their EMR integrated platform to hospitals and larger clinics who use two major EMRs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Doug Ward

Student:

Partner:

TAMVOES Health Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Applying the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate a Story-Based Positive Youth Development Program for Young Ice Hockey Players

Despite the numerous benefits of participating in child and youth sport, they not guaranteed. Purposeful efforts must be made to ensure that sport offerings are age appropriate, promote engagement and enjoyment, and involve quality social relationships. This project represents a partnership with the objective of implementing and evaluating a story-based positive youth development (PYD) program—The 1616 Program—for young hockey players (10 years of age) in North America. The aim of the 1616 Program is to use elite hockey players as role models—through story-telling—to serve as motivating agents to introduce and engage young athletes with important concepts pertaining to PYD. This Mitacs funded project is founded in the RE-AIM framework and PYD literature to ensure that the 1616 Program aligns with the founder’s vision for the program while simultaneously is fulfilling the intended outcomes and needs of the end-users.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luc J Martin;Jean Côté

Student:

Partner:

Ladd Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Ryan Underwood Mitacs Elevate with General Fusion: Investigation of Novel Photon Detection Devices for Fusion Diagnostic Applications

General Fusion is pursuing a fast, efficient, and collaborative path to practical fusion power. Its vision is a world with clean, limitless energy, and General Fusion’s mission is to deliver it using its proprietary Magnetized Target Fusion technology. General Fusion is building a Fusion Demonstration Plant to prove this technology and will require numerous state-of-the-art fusion fuel measurement tools. TRIUMF has research experience in relevant electronics and measurement tools. The applicant will work with TRIUMF and General Fusion to investigate a new type of electronic device that shows promise for three different tools that measure temperature and composition of the fusion fuel. This research project will help determine the feasibility of this technology for these applications, which will benefit both TRIUMF and General Fusion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fabrice Retiere

Student:

Partner:

General Fusion Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

TRIUMF INC.

Program:

Elevate

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.