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Facilitation of early mobilization after colorectal surgery: a randomized controlled trial

There is growing evidence that outcomes after colorectal surgery are improved with the use of perioperative interventions combined into an enhanced recovery program (ERP). Encouraging patients to achieve specific daily nutrition and mobilization goals postoperatively is an important aspect of ERPs; however, it is not known whether the achievement of these goals needs to be facilitated by a member of the healthcare team. This study aims to evaluate the extent to which postoperative recovery is influenced by facilitation of nutrition and mobility. The evidence obtained from this study has the potential to optimize resource utilization by indicating whether patients can selfmanage postoperative mobilization and nutrition; or by suggesting the need to have a team member dedicated to facilitate this aspect of care. Our partner (Codivien) is a global healthcare products company committed to invest in research focused on improving delivery of care and outcomes of surgical technology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Liane Feldman

Student:

Partner:

Covidien Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Elevate

Spectra Plasmonics – Sales Intern

Drug Checking is a harm reduction method that allows people who use drugs to be more informed on what they are consuming, and public health to better understand what substances are in their communities. The U.S. CDC has estimated the cost of the opioid crisis annually in America is over one trillion dollars, so this project will explore the potential for Spectra’s drug checking technology, which is currently being used here in Canada, to be deployed in the U.S. market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Spectra Plasmonics Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Impacts of new amendments on wheat growth and soil health of a Black Chernozemic soil

The proposed project objective is to conduct a field study on an acidic soil located at the Battle River Research Group site near Galahad, Alberta. The study will focus on the effects of land application of materials such as biochar, wood ash and sugar beet sludge lime on reducing acidity of the soil, and effects on wheat health and soil health. The materials applied to land are considered waste materials that are often disposed in landfills, and if that continues will put more pressure on land resources needed to build more landfills. These materials may be useful in correcting acidic soils and providing important nutrients for plant growth. This will benefit the Battle River Research Group with knowledge gained on whether land application of these materials, often considered as wastes, could be a feasible, low-cost option for correcting soil acidity problems compared to agricultural lime and if that could improve wheat growth and overall soil health.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emmanuel Mapfumo

Student:

Partner:

Battle River Research Group

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Concordia University of Edmonton

Program:

Accelerate

Architecture résiliente aux inondations : développement d’expertise et transfert de connaissances

Le projet génèrera des connaissances sur les mesures d’adaptation du cadre bâti aux inondations à l’échelle des bâtiments et des communautés. Ce projet comble un manque d’information sur les manières d’habiter et de planifier les zones inondables constructibles au Québec.
L’analyse de cas de défaillance de mesures de protection contre les inondations permettra le développement d’outils de communication destinés à sensibiliser les parties prenantes au risque potentiel. La modélisation de typologies architecturales adaptées à différents scénarios d’inondation contribuera aux réflexions entourant la conception de la résilience des communautés aux inondation.
Les contributions des stagiaires s’inscrivent dans un des objectifs du programme de résilience diluvienne d’ASFQ : valoriser le rôle de l’architecture dans la protection du cadre bâti contre les impacts des changements climatiques. ASFQ utilisera les connaissances colligées et outils co-développés par le ou la stagiaire lors d’activités de communication grand public et de formation professionnelle sur l’adaptation du cadre bâti aux inondations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Isabelle Thomas

Student:

Partner:

Architecture Sans Frontières Québec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Technical and financial feasibility of employing cutting-edge solar technologies and design strategies in the retrofit of large commercial buildings

The proposed project aims at exploring the technical and financial feasibility of employing cutting-edge solar technologies and design strategies in the retrofit of large commercial buildings, and application to a case study in Schefferville. The research consists of two main design 1) incorporating commonly existing PV panels into Rainscreen cladding, to act as the outer protective layer of a retrofitted building envelope; and 2) explore the envelope design a rooftop greenhouse to integrate Semi-transparent PV panels. Extensive review of existing technologies will be conducted, and analysis of implementation within the mentioned envelope systems, in terms of energy generation potential, impact on the building energy performance, and life cycle cost assessment as compared to existing envelope systems. This project will assist the partners Gestion Schefferville Inc. in addressing the challenge of developing accurate lifecycle cost and energy assessment of various technologies in the retrofit of commercial building including hotels.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caroline Hachem-Vermette

Student:

Partner:

Gestion Schefferville Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Accommodation and food services

University:

Concordia University; University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Goodness Kiosk

Benevity is a global leader in workplace giving and volunteering solutions. Benevity’s flagship product “Spark” is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application which allows users to engage in their company’s donation and volunteering programs through a web or mobile application. It is common for our clients to run events or campaigns where they would like to collect donations, but this is not easily possible using our existing SaaS application.
For this project, we will leverage modern internet-connected credit card payment technologies to expose Benevity’s powerful donation processing platform via a simple “tap to donate” device, which can be configured for a specific amount and for a specific charity. The device can be left out with accompanying signage anywhere there is an internet connection, and individuals can simply tap to make a quick donation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Moshirpour

Student:

Partner:

Benevity, Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Developmental potential of oocytes after cryopreservation Year Two

Oocyte cryopreservation is imperative for assisted reproductive technologies (ART). It offers cancer patients to preserve their oocytes for future fertilization, flexibility in the timing of infertility treatment, and the potential for establishing oocyte banking. However, the currently available protocol is limited because the oocytes after cryopreservation have lower ability to develop into viable embryos (developmental competence) compared to unfrozen oocytes. The aim of proposed study is to improve the conditions of oocyte cryopresrvation which subsequently result in an increase in oocyte competence. This aim will be achieved by supplementing the cryopreservation medium with substances, known to play roles in oocyte metabolism, energy production, and oxidative stress prevention, and testing subsequent oocyte development into embryos by using murine models. The established protocol will be used to improve human oocyte cryopreservation technology at the Montreal Reproductive Center (MRC).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Teruko Taketo

Student:

Partner:

Montreal Reproductive Centre;OriginElle Fertility Clinic & Women's Health Centre (ON)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Elevate

Integrate Goodness Capabilities into Microsoft Teams

Benevity is a global leader in workplace giving and volunteering solutions. Benevity’s flagship product “Spark” is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application which allows users to access a catalog of “goodness content”, which consists of giving and volunteering opportunities associated with registered charitable organizations. One of the ongoing challenges Benevity faces, as do many content platforms, is encouraging users to return to the platform to engage with the content. One strategy is to “push the content to where the users are”. For Benevity, this means exposing content from our platform via APIs so that they can be discovered from within third-party applications where users are spending their time, such as collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack. For this project, we will build an integration with Microsoft Teams to allow users to discover and interact with the catalog of Benevity’s goodness content. The expected outcome is increased user participation and engagement in the company’s workplace giving and volunteering program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Moshirpour

Student:

Partner:

Benevity, Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Cross-Disciplinary Research Networks and Universal Communications: Stan VanDerBeek’s Multimedia Collaborations.

My project conducts a cultural history of the postwar period in North America, by investigating experimental cinema’s entanglement within a network of interdisciplinary and multimedia experimentations. Specifically, I focus on the interactions of filmmaker Stanley VanDerBeek with two interdisciplinary projects that were conceived as investigations on the interrelation of art, new media, technology, and anthropology: the Explorations research group –led by Marshall McLuhan and anthropologist Edmund Carpenter– and Experiments in Art and Technology –launched in 1966 by a group of engineers and artists. VanDerBeek produced a large corpus of writings on his vision of cinema as an “expanded medium,” and his search for a “non-verbal international picture-language.” I contend that this universalist ideal to connect the entire world through media has its roots not only in the discipline of communication but also anthropology. Experimental cinema is a fragment of these cultural and scientific interactions, and crystalizes their articulation in a coherent discourse.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Catherine Russell

Student:

Partner:

New York University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Evaluating the Effects of Fatigue and Bracing on Knee Kinematic and Kinetic Measures

The overall purpose of this research is to measure the effect of lower extremity muscular fatigue and bracing on the hip, knee, and ankle joint biomechanics in two different populations; i) those at risk of ACL injury and ii) those with early onset osteoarthritis. This topic is significant because muscle fatigue is often considered as a risk factor for injuries to the knee
The two main objectives of this study are: i) quantify the effect of an Ossur knee brace on the motions of the knee joint in a fatigued and non-fatigued state; and ii) implement this knowledge to design a novel brace with embedded wearable sensors to track fatigue and joint motions in real-time.
We will recruit 40 participants (20 young [15-20 years] athletes and 20 older adults [35-50 years] with early onset osteoarthritis). Using a motion tracking system, force plates, and instruments to measure muscle activation, joint motions, ground reaction forces, and muscle activation patterns will be quantified, respectively. Participants will perform complex multi-planar movements in a fatigued and un-fatigued state, with and without the OSSUR knee brace.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Timothy Burkhart;David Wasserstein

Student:

Partner:

Össur Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Probabilistic modeling of frozen soil-pipe interactions using numerical and reliability methods

Frozen clay soils comprise a large portion of permafrost in Canada. Long-term records indicate ongoing global warming has resulted in the thawing of portions of the permafrost area, which leads to the extensive settlement of the ground surface and causing damage to infrastructures. Pipelines are buried below the ground to avoid failure because of the external loads and harsh environmental impact on their stability. The frozen soil-structure interaction is a complex topic due to uncertainties enforce by the harsh environment and frozen soil behavior. There is a need of probabilistic modeling of soil-structure interactions using numerical and reliability methods. The applicant is intended to take this Globalink Research Award opportunity to carry out research related to reliability analysis under the supervision of a host professor in US. To address the aforementioned issues, this study will develop a probabilistic approach to investigate uncertainty propagation during the geotechnical analysis of pipelines in cold regions like Canada. The outcome of the proposed study will be beneficial for researchers, engineers, and stakeholders to minimize the risk of failure or poor infrastructure performance under climate stress.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Biao Li

Student:

Partner:

University of Cincinnati

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Novel methodologies to facilitate testing processes for VR development

Testing is a core process for the development of Virtual Reality (VR) software. VR development without appropriate and efficient testing will cause defective user experience and slow down the development process. However, state-of-art VR testing highly relied on VR equipment such as VR headset. To address this problem, our project will investigate and assess novel methods and user interfaces to enable VR developers to robustly and reliably test their applications on a computer screen with no need for further equipment such as a VR headset. We will explore the design directions for innovative tools that will be used to advance VR product development at Unity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jian Zhao

Student:

Partner:

Unity Technologies

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

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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.