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Agglomération industrielle en Canada : application et développement des méthodologies spatiales et spatio-temporelles

Les choix de localisation des entreprises ainsi que les agglomérations industrielles sont un sujet clé dans le développement régional et l’aménagement territorial en raison des effets externes générés par ces mécanismes qui peuvent avoir un impact sur les inégalités régionales et également sur la productivité des firmes. En lien avec notre réalité actuelle, ces mécanismes doivent être relus et abordés de manière plus précise en utilisant des méthodologies plus adaptées afin de révéler des résultats plus proches de la réalité. En effet, ce projet consiste à proposer de nouvelles façons d’aborder la modélisation des choix de localisation des activités économiques en exploitant des micro-données géographiques. Ces différentes analyses empiriques que nous proposons apporteront un éclairage nouveau et plus précis sur les principaux déterminants de la localisation des entreprises canadiennes et leurs conséquences sur les différents enjeux régionaux.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Dubé

Student:

Partner:

Université Bourgogne - Franche-Comté

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Evaluation of Upland Rice Production in Southern Alberta

This project involves first steps needed to begin growing rice under irrigation in southern Alberta. Trials will use Seed Film Cultivation (SFC) technology to suppress weeds, increase soil temperature, and reduce evaporative moisture losses. Rice grown with SFC will be compared to direct seeded plots and transplanted rice seedlings. Irrigation will be provided by an overhead pivot system or by sub-surface drip irrigation. Plant growth parameters and yield will be assessed, and this work will inform future research required to establish a rice production industry in Alberta. Rice grown using SFC technology reduces the water demand for producing the crop, and perhaps more importantly, reduces the methane (greenhouse gas) associated with flood irrigated rice production.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Copeland

Student:

Partner:

Galaxy Ag Ventures Ltd.;Farming Smarter

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Sustainability & the Environment; Water

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

Stability of Protein-PEDOT:PSS Coating for Implantable Electrodes

Medical devices that are implanted into the human body allow for continuous medical monitoring and intervention, such as stimulation, recording, and drug delivery. Cardiac pacemakers and insulin pumps are examples of novel technology implanted for long-term treatment. For the treatment of neurological disorders, recent advances in neuroengineering consider the use of implantable electrodes. However, these electrodes have yet to be safely implanted for extended periods and provide efficient electrical impulses (stimulation) to brain tissue. Scientists, engineers and clinicians from the University of Cambridge and McGill will cooperate to create a protein-based coating for electrodes and track the aging of the electrodes in environments like that of the human brain. The use of proteins, whose properties allow for the creation of soft and resistant materials, is thought to be a newfound solution to the long-standing problem of device stability and longevity. This project will open up new avenues for fabricating better biomedical devices and eventually contribute to safely treating diseases like Parkinson’s and Crohn’s disease, suppressing epileptic seizures, and more.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Noemie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne

Student:

Partner:

University of Cambridge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Combining Online and Face-to-Face Learning to Optimize Overall Learning

The project is intended to support and enhance the learnings provided by Stem Minds – a Toronto based start-up that provides digital learning focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), through the approach of gamification. The project will focus on the factors that motivate students to learn STEM subjects through gamification to deepen their learning experience and thus enhancing student engagement.
The goal of this study is to provide Stem Minds with an evidence-based approach to using the most powerful gamification factors in the optimal ways. The study will also consider the psychological theory explaining why and how these factors have their impact. By combining these two, Stem Minds will have a guiding document that they can use as they implement existing forms of gamification into their system, and as they potentially come up with new and innovative approaches informed by psychological theory.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve Joordens

Student:

Partner:

Stem Minds

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding juvenile salmon passage at newly created breaches in two major barriers in the Fraser River estuary, BC.

Estuaries are crucial stopover areas for juvenile salmon during outmigration and especially for Chinook salmon who can reside in this habitat for over a month. Many populations of Chinook salmon from the Pacific Northwest are threatened and endangered making conservation important for this species. Currently, managers are investing significant public funds in estuary restoration and understanding the effectiveness of these investments is crucial to recovery of many salmon populations. This research will provide a greater understanding of the benefit of two large projects to restore connectivity in the Fraser estuary, BC, and area highly impacted by anthropogenic barriers. This research will monitor juvenile salmon use of newly created breaches in two large jetties including measuring rates of passage at breach sites as well as investigating local changes in juvenile salmon habitat use. This information will help government managers and NGO’s in there future efforts to restore salmon populations in this region.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Hinch

Student:

Partner:

Ducks Unlimited Canada (BC)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of early markers of developmental epigenetic anomalies in bovine production

Bovine production uses a combination of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ARTs) to improve yield and reduce generation time. In bovine production and in clinical settings, ARTs are associated with elevated rates of developmental disorders in offspring, leading to animal distress, high costs and delayed results. These include Large Offspring Syndrome (LOS) and musculoskeletal anomalies, reported to have a higher prevalence in ART, and are thought to be in part the result of defects in genomic imprinting or other epigenetic disorders. At Boviteq, in vitro produced (IVP) blastocysts undergo a series of morphological and genetic screens to select for embryos with the highest potential. Despite these precautions, < 2% of calves are born with perinatal anomalies. Here, we propose to use a combination of high throughput sequencing approaches in normal and abnormal perinatal samples and in blastocysts to identify epigenetic loci that could be indicative of adverse outcomes. In addition, we will use combined transcriptomic and epigenomic approaches in single blastocysts to generate a transcriptional signature associated with normal or abnormal epigenetic marking at these loci. Through the identification of proxy markers associated with a suboptimal epigenome in the blastocyst, we hope to improve the selection of high-quality IVP embryos

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Brind’Amour

Student:

Partner:

L'Alliance Boviteq Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Improving the performance of manufacturing processes at GE Bromont by using artificial intelligence and pattern recognition

The products manufactured at GE Bromont go through a series of processes that produce the specific characteristics of each product according to required specifications. The number of these characteristics is very large, and several characteristics are dependent on the others. This reality makes the use of traditional statistical techniques for quality control of products laborious and possibly ineffective.
The objective of this research is to improve the performance of manufacturing processes at GE Bromont to increase the number of final products that meet specifications without having to go through non-value-added steps, and to reduce the number of products’ rejects or rework.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Soumaya Yacout

Student:

Partner:

GEC Aviation inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Artificial Intelligence; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Improving performance of recycled asphalt applications with bitumen and asphaltenes mix

New innovative technology is proposed for Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS) to produce cold mix asphalt (CMA) for dust control in unpaved roads. This novel method will design a mix of bitumen/RAS/water emulsions that break in a controlled manner upon field application. The effect of asphaltenes, petroleum solvents, emulsifier type, concentration and properties, and the preparation conditions, such as agitation speed, temperature, and the order in which components are added on the performance of the emulsions will be evaluated. Considering the large amount of asphalt shingles and residual feedstock in Canada, the success of this project helps Synchor Recycling Inc.
to commercialize this technology and sell a high price RAS-based cold mix which will increase their revenue that can later be leveraged to further advance this project. Further, the project turns solid waste, like asphalt shingles, into value added product, thus making the RAS process sustainable and environmentally friendly.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nashaat Nassar

Student:

Partner:

Synchor Recycling Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Using high-throughput mapping techniques to reveal mechanisms of vocal learning

Understanding how humans and non-human animals communicate with each other continues to be a central question in neuroscience. Songbirds serve as powerful animal models for this endeavor because they learn their vocalizations (“songs”) in a manner that resembles how humans learn to speak and because vocal learning in songbirds is regulated by discrete brain circuits that are analogous to brain areas implicated in speech acquisition in humans. We propose to take advantage of a novel, high-throughput, and barcode-based sequencing technique called MAPseq (Multiplexed Analysis of Projections by Sequencing) to simultaneously map the projections of thousands of individual neurons in the songbird brain. Our analyses will target a brain region (“RA”) that plays a central role in vocal learning and performance in songbirds. The direct projection from RA to a hindbrain area for vocal control (“nXIIts”) is observed only in bird species that evolved the ability to learn their vocalizations and, thus, implicated in the evolution of vocal learning. [Comparative studies in mammals also underscore the importance of a direct cortical-hindbrain projection for vocal learning.]

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jon Sakata

Student:

Partner:

Johns Hopkins University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Biotechnology

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of an Integral Strategy for Model-based Dose Adaptation in Chemotherapy Year Two

Drug models describe the relationship between exposure (or pharmacokinetics), response (or pharmacodynamics) for both desired and undesired effects, and individual patient characteristics. In this project, drug models will be used to propose an integrated dose adaption strategy for cancer treatment. This strategy has a particular clinical value for our partner (InVentiv Health Clinical, a Contract Research Organization) because it would allow to better inform of the drug development process, thus reducing studies´ cost, drug development duration and risks in a long run. Furthermore, there is a potential benefit for cancer patients. An adequate dose adaption strategy would theoretically decrease its associated toxicities and therefore, the “quality of life” of the cancer patient might be deeply improved

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fahima Nekka

Student:

Partner:

inVentiv Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Syncrétisme royal et divin dans la numismatique d’Argilos

Bien que les monnaies aient été largement remplacées ces dernières années par des systèmes informatiques sous forme de crédit, l’importance et la valeur d’une unité de transaction restent des éléments de très grande importance, et ce, autant pour nous aujourd’hui que pour les Grecs de l’Antiquité. Les unités de transaction en elles-mêmes datent de plusieurs milliers d’années, et varient dans leurs formes, mais l’utilisation de monnaies en métal, elle, se situe dans le contexte particulier du monde grec archaïque du 7e siècle avant notre ère. Pour ce qui est de mon projet de recherche en lui-même, la problématique s’intéressera à toutes les monnaies découvertes sur le site d’Argilos, puisque l’objectif sera de déterminer les changements distinctifs des représentations royales dans l’ensemble de la période d’occupation d’Argilos, c’est-à-dire entre le 7e siècle et le 4e siècle. Cela peut inclure le style de représentation physique par portrait du dirigeant tout autant que les éléments symboliques pouvant signifier quelconques affiliations du souverain avec une ou des divinité(s).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacques Perreault

Student:

Partner:

Université de Patras

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Tourism; Commercial Services; Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Dealing with the “forever” chemicals: To develop a compact system for the treatment of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) flush water

The decades of uncontained use of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) is believed to be one of the main reasons of soil and groundwater per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. PFAS are widely considered to be “forever chemicals” because of their extreme inertness in the environment and even water and wastewater treatment systems. Recognizing the serous environmental and health impacts of PFAS, it is no doubt that existing PFAS-impacted sites should be remediated, and PFAS-containing waste streams should be adequately treated before discharging. The partner (a local airport) is going to upgrade their fire-fighting system with a novel AFFF product that is more environmentally responsible. Thus, a thorough flushing of the system is needed before the new AFFF is introduced into the system. The resultant AFFF flush water will then need to be properly treated, and the RAA is therefore seeking a cost-effective technology for this purpose. This Mitacs Accelerate project will develop and test multiple treatment technologies for AFFF flush water. Techno-economic analyses will help the partner decide the most cost-effective treatment solution for the AFFF flush water issue as well as formulate its long-term strategic plan for future remediation of its AFFF-impacted sites. The technology and findings will

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinkai Xue

Student:

Partner:

Regina Airport Authority Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

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