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Mitigating the effects of climate change on habitat-forming seaweeds in the Salish Sea

Kelps are large brown algae that can form complex marine “forests”. Many marine species, including salmon, use these kelp forests as habitat. However, kelps in the Salish Sea have been declining in recent years. This has likely been driven, at least in part, by ocean warming. If we are to predict how kelp losses might progress in the future, we need to know more about the thermal limits of different kelp species. We also must take action to safeguard these important organisms. For this project, the thermal limits of multiple populations of bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), the principal canopy-forming kelp in the Salish Sea, will be characterized experimentally. Methods will also be established for storing bull kelp propagules in a “seed bank” that can be used to protect and restore kelp populations. This work will directly benefit the salmon that rely on the Salish Sea’s kelp forests, which will contribute to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s mission to conserve salmon populations in Pacific Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sherryl Bisgrove

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Preuve de concept d’un système d’aide à la navigation pour le transport maritime afin de réduire l’impact du bruit dans l’environnement du Bélugas

Les technologies liées aux systèmes d’aide aux prises des décisions dans des navires intelligents ont atteint un niveau
de maturité élevé dans les dernières années. Pendant ce temps, les navires autonomes et sans pilote ont aussi été
largement étudiés en parallèle aux véhicules autonomes, comme les chargeuses autonomes dans les mines. Bien que
la technologie de commande soit similaire, les difficultés rencontrées sont différentes dans la captation de
l’environnement, la gestion des collisions, la génération des trajectoires, la localisation, la reconnaissance des entités
autonomes par télécommunication ainsi que la logistique. Le projet de recherche dans cette demande de financement
étudie une preuve de concept d’un système d’aide aux prises des décisions dont il intègre des technologies de
localisation des cétacés via des capteurs hybrides 3D et de réduction de l’impact des activités de transport en utilisant
des algorithmes d’intelligences artificielles. Ainsi, une solution intermédiaire aux navires autonomes est proposée
par l’apport d’un système d’aide aux prises des décisions pour les capitaines afin de les assister.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Otis

Student:

Partner:

Arianne Phosphate

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Indigenous-led salmon catch monitoring for just and equitable fisheries management in the Central Coast of British Columbia

This research is designed to advance understandings and monitoring of the recreational and Indigenous food salmon harvests and their management within the Central Coast of BC. Further, this collaborative research project is being led by the Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance and four partnering First Nations (Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Nation) to develop a salmon catch monitoring framework. Research will be conducted by guidance from the Central Coast Indigenous Alliance ensuring that findings contribute directly to the innovation of community-based and Indigenous-led fisheries management and monitoring in British Columbia. This research project and its design is centered on weaving Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous Laws, and Indigenous perspectives (worldviews), and will be inclusive of diversity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Natalie Ban

Student:

Partner:

Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Developing an Application to Facilitate Health Practitioner-to-Patients eConsultation

Despite the advances in medical science over the years, a great number of the world population still lacks access to basic healthcare. The health disparity between people in low resource settings and developed countries cannot be overemphasized. The disparity in health between developing and developed countries is evident in their life expectancy. However, the current COVID-19 pandemic has taught us that our health is interconnected, and we are as healthy as the weakest link. Global health is our shared responsibility; therefore, we cannot leave any community or nation behind in the quest for global health. Therefore, this proposal aims to develop an application to promote global health by providing unrestrained access to medical professionals worldwide via technology irrespective of one’s geographical location. Specifically, we propose a develop dedicated video-enabled application to enable health practitioners and patients’ consultation from any part of the world thereby reducing the inequality in access to healthcare. This is in line with UNDP Sustainable Development goal of Good Health and Well-being for all.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rita Orji

Student:

Partner:

Baseline Health Services

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Agent-based Modelling of the Distribution of Calanus finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus as Input to Habitat Modeling of North-Atlantic-Right-Whale

The North Atlantic right whale (NARW) population, Eubalaena glacialis, is highly endangered. Reproduction success is thought to depend on availability of their main prey, energy-rich copepods. Thus, abiotic and biotic environmental conditions might be of high importance to determine suitable habitats of the NARW. In the framework of the smartwhales program (Canadian Space Agency), we propose to develop a model to predict North Atlantic Right Whale (NARW) distribution, through the use of a novel integrated dynamic ecological modeling technique. To carry out dynamic habitat modeling, the spatial and temporal distribution of the two main prey species, the copepods Calanus finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus are key. Therefore, our objective here is to accurately predict the distribution of C. finmarchicus and C. hyperboreus over a 5 year hindcast period using a novel Agent-based modeling (ABM) approach.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gesche Winkler

Student:

Partner:

WSP Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Other; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Impact of prescribed fire and grazing management on grassland plant and songbird communities

This project will examine bird-habitat relationships at the Nature Conservancy of Canada Old Man on His Back Conservation area. Understanding how conservation grasslands can be managed to maintain high quality Species at Risk habitat is critically important for Canada to meet its obligations under the Species at Risk Act. We have three objectives: 1) determine the long-term impacts of prescribed fire on songbirds by comparing songbird abundances and habitat metrics between areas burned by prescribed fire and adjacent control areas, 2) compare plant community structure between three grazing regimes (summer bison grazing, winter bison grazing, and summer cattle grazing), and 3) compare songbird abundance between the three grazing regimes. NCC has a mandate to manage and maintain the ecological integrity of their land. Grazing is critical to maintain the conservation value of grassland ecosystems; this proposal will provide clear answers to guide specific grazing management decisions on Mixed grass prairie.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Lamb;Stephen Davis

Student:

Partner:

Nature Conservancy of Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

The Development of Green Carbons from Biomass Torrefaction: Activated Carbon

B. W. BioEnergy Inc. has developed and characterized three major carbon samples from a renewable, cost-efficient feedstock, the Alder and Willow trees. B.W. BioEnergy Inc. has identified the need for facile methods of activating Torrified Alder tree biomass and probing the potential application of these biomasses to adsorb various industrial pollutants in the aqueous phase including heavy metals (Pb, Hg, Cd and Cu) and organics (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) as a major research objective. The proposed collaborative project investigates the surface chemistry and porous structure of a series of chemically activated carbon from Alder and Willow wood prepared by mild oxidizing agents under mild conditions in the liquid phase. The adsorption of pure naphthalene and pyrene as well as several heavy metals (Iron, Copper and Lead) on the various activated carbons will be investigated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephanie MacQuarrie

Student:

Partner:

B.W. BioEnergy Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Cape Breton University

Program:

Accelerate

Techno-economic analysis of commercial CO2 to formic acid electrolytic stacks and process

Electro Carbon aims at developing a compact prototype that electro-reduces CO2 captured from combustion into formic acid. Formic acid is the building material for chemicals, used as hydrogen carrier for direct formic acid fuel cells and/or converted to commodity chemicals. 1 L of liquid formic acid contains the equivalent of 590 L of hydrogen. In the electroreduction of CO2 to formic acid, the targets are a Faradaic efficiency > 90% and a current density > 200 mA cm-2. The objective of the project is to predict the output of the electrolyzer by modeling the input, operating conditions, cell stack configuration, catalyst kinetics, current density, etc. The project also encompasses the techno-economic analysis of the entire CO2 to formic acid process, including product separation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daria Camilla Boffito

Student:

Partner:

Electro Carbon

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating practical treatment processes to reuse wastewater effluent for irrigation and chemical treatment purposes at the Town of Altona, Manitoba

The Town of Altona is interested in reusing the wastewater effluent discharged from its aerated lagoons for irrigation or chemical treatment. The current wastewater effluent will be tested and its characteristics determined. Advanced wastewater treatment processes will be investigated to treat the aerated lagoon effluent, and the suitable process able to meet the federal and provincial guidelines for irrigation or spraying for chemical treatment will be identified, tested and recommended for such purpose for the Town of Altona.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiuyan Yuan

Student:

Partner:

Innovantage Inc;Town of Altona

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Using Shared Mental Models to Improve Collaboration in Integrated Service Delivery Settings

Growing complexity of social needs, aligned with pressures for efficient and effective public services, has been met with calls for inter-professional, integrated approaches to societal problems (Henderson et al., 2020; Careau et al., 2018). Recent evidence has confirmed a positive relationship between shared mental models, and team/organizational performance (Evans & Baker, 2012). The purpose of this research project is to explore how the shared mental model framework can be applied in an inter-professional service delivery setting to improve collaborative practices and service delivery.
Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (Luna) is a recognized centre of excellence in child abuse intervention and prevention. They have a dedicated and skilled inter-professional team that work together to focus on the most complex, severe and urgent cases of child maltreatment. Using Luna as the location of study, this explanatory sequential mixed methods research project will: identify the shared mental models that underpins their work; understand the impact shared mental models have had on collaborative practice; and, articulate lessons learned in a way that benefits Luna and other Canadian child and youth advocacy centres.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cathie Scott

Student:

Partner:

Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Royal Roads University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing an Automated Response Characterization Tool Based on Affect, Content, and Linguistic Features of the Casper Test

Open-ended questions are where respondents consider hypothetical scenarios that they might encounter in real life and describe what action(s) they might take in response to each situation. To assess a test-taker’s responses to these questions, a human scoring process (i.e., human raters marking each response individually) is followed. Despite following clear scoring criteria, human raters are likely to take additional factors (e.g., word choices) into account when scoring open-ended questions. Therefore, to what extent how someone writes influence the scoring needs to be carefully evaluated. Fortunately, new techniques and tools in natural language processing (NLP) allows researchers to analyze large amounts of textual data efficiently and achieve state-of-the-art results. This project aims to develop a tool that can analyze responses given to open-ended questions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Okan Bulut

Student:

Partner:

Altus Assessments

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

The Pan-Canadian Immunoglobulin Database: Enabling Utilization Reporting and Personalized Treatment Using Data Mining Techniques for Immunoglobulin

Immunoglobulin (Ig) is a blood product that is used for people who either lack IgG antibodies or require immunomodulatory therapy for life-threatening autoimmune conditions. The use of Ig products continues to increase each year, at an average rate of 8%. The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced additional stress on the Ig supply due to a reduction in the collection of source plasma.
We will build a comprehensive database for Ig products using electronic health records and patient clinical information to gain in-depth understanding on why, where and to whom Ig products were used in Hamilton Ontario and Calgary Alberta. Data-driven models will be developed to investigate strategies to positively impact health outcomes and optimize Ig utilization. We will also assess the compliance with current provincial guidelines, and design tools to help electronic data collection and to achieve automated utilization reporting and audit.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Na Li;Douglas Down;Douglas Down;Na Li

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Blood Services (ON)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

McMaster University; University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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