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Development of Water Quality Assessment Approach for Hazard Identification and Communication in First Nations Community Water Systems

The state of drinking water systems and services in First Nation communities is a recognized challenge in Canada. While municipal water systems are regulated by provinces, there is no such parallel regulator for First Nation communities. For First Nations, there are multiple federal agencies that intersect with community decision-making through fragmented processes and guidelines which leads to an unclear accountability framework. The Atlantic First Nations Water Authority (AFNWA) was established in 2018 as a new paradigm of water management for First Nations in Canada. This First Nations owned-and-operated, full-service water utility offers an opportunity to transform water management for participating Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik communities. The AFNWA is partnering with the Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS) at Dalhousie University to research the development of sustainable and effective water sampling strategies to inform risk-based management objectives and compliance standards. The findings of this research will be directly applicable to the AFNWA, but widely applicable to any First Nations water system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ken Oakes;Graham Gagnon

Student:

Partner:

Atlantic First Nations Water Authority Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Cape Breton University; Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Deliberative Oblivion. Museums and Exhibitions in Chile in 19th century

“Deliberate Oblivion” is a research project which aim to contribute to my doctoral dissertation “The Nation Under Display”. My proposal seeks to explore how the notion of “oblivion” operated in an active way in museums decision-making processes during the nineteenth century in Latin America. Through this, I want to demonstrate that “oblivion” has a socio-political function and, as such, it was utilized for the creation of patriotic historic narratives in museums and exhibitions.
My participation as a guest researcher in the Taller de Estudios e Investigaciones Andino-Amazónicos (Andin-Amazonic Studies Research Centre), TEIAA, from the University of Barcelona will allow me to dig into my study subject from a regional perspective, identifying similarities and differences between different countries and national experiences. Through this, I aim to conclude if the utilization of “oblivion” as a national narrative axis is a distinct characteristic of the Chilean case, or conversely, a regional one.
The outcomes of this research will not just have a direct impact in my dissertation, but also in other ways of knowledge mobilization, such as open workshops, my participation in podcasts and social media content, or the publication of academic and non-academic papers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nora Jaffary

Student:

Partner:

University of Barcelona

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Fabrication robotisée de pièces en matériaux composites

Ce projet collaboratif vise à développer une ligne de production automatisée pour le moulage de pièces en matériaux composites pour l’industrie automobile. Le procédé de fabrication développé par la société sera doté d’un système de contrôle automatisé Industrie 4.0 ayant l’avantage d’une inter connectivité des équipements de fabrication, ce qui permettra un suivi en ligne et en temps réel de l’ensemble de la production. Une pièce automobile sera utilisée comme démonstrateur de fabrication rapide et automatisée.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philippe Causse

Student:

Partner:

Ruiz Fabrications Aérospatiales

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Des phytotechnologies aux jardins de la biodiversité

Et si l’ingéniosité humaine et celle des plantes indigènes se rejoignaient dans nos jardins? Le travail qui sera fait au cours de cette Maîtrise aura pour objectif d’identifier des végétaux indigènes qui sont bien sur adaptés au climat local mais qui ont aussi les caractéristiques nécessaires pour les intégrer de façon innovante dans des infrastructures vertes adaptées. Autant les critères esthétiques, physiologiques et/ou économiques seront pris en compte afin de bonifier l’offre disponible via la filière horticole, un acteur important de l’adaptation aux changements climatiques. En misant sur la biodiversité, nous souhaitons ainsi démocratiser encore davantage les concepts phytotechnologiques multiservices et l’implantation des phytotechnologies partout au Québec.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joan Laur

Student:

Partner:

Institut de recherche en biologie végétale

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Incorporating Price Expectations into Developers’ Behaviour in UrbanSim

UrbanSim is a simulation framework that facilitates the evaluation of land and transportations policies in the housing and land markets. Current approaches in the UrbanSim, being developed through CHMC to represent the Greater Toronto Horseshoe, do not consider price expectation formation in land and housing market models. The goal of this research project is to incorporate the price expectation formation strategies into the developers behaviours in the UrbanSim system. The proposed model will evaluate the impact of different strategies on the decision-making processes of developers in the land and housing markets. The study will use development proforma paradigm to formulate a model to emulate the developers decision process. The proposed model will be calibrated and tested using open parcel data of the City of Toronto. The model will be used to compare the simulation scenarios with and without the expectation strategies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dawn Cassandra Parker

Student:

Partner:

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (Ottawa, ON)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Developing novel pan-inhibitors of coronaviruses main proteases

Multiple coronaviruses including SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2 have infected humans in the last two decades. In particular, the current COVID-19 pandemic triggered by SARS-CoV-2 has affected the entire human population, caused millions of deaths and negatively impacted the global economy. Vaccines have helped to reduce the severity of the infection; however, the virus continues to evolve with ability to escape immunity and reinfect people. Therefore, there is a need to develop potent oral drugs for treatment of coronavirus infection. Our research team has recently identified important scientific evidence of a common molecular site that is present in all coronaviruses. Using advanced computational methods and cutting-edge experimental methods, we aim at designing small molecule drugs to target this ‘hotspot’ site in coronaviruses. This will possibly help to develop drugs not just against the current SARS-CoV-2 but all coronaviruses, thereby, equipping us against any future outbreaks from this highly infectious virus family.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Todd Holyoak;Subha Kalyaanamoorthy;Aravindhan Ganesan

Student:

Partner:

Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Retail trade

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Development of chemical property and process models for a new fermentation approach

Bioethanol is well-established as an alternative to petroleum-based fuels. A current roadblock in ethanol fermentation is end-product inhibition: where the increasing concentration of ethanol slows the growth of the yeast cells and their ability to ferment biomass. There is work being done to use existing separation technologies to remove ethanol throughout the reaction to avoid end-product inhibition, however these methods are often energy-intensive and therefore not feasible on a commercial scale. Drystill has proposed a novel separation technique called “Concurrent Alcohol Removal and Fermentation” (CARAF) that is able to perform this separation at a low temperature, conserving the yeast, while at a lower energy cost. In order to clearly demonstrate the advantages CARAF has over more traditional separation methods, a robust process simulation is required. Aspen Plus and OLI will be used to thoroughly evaluate and optimize the performance of the CARAF process in terms of ethanol production, separation performance, energy requirements, as well as capital and operating costs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vladimiros Papangelakis;Bradley Saville

Student:

Partner:

Drystill Holdings Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Comprendre l’assemblage du microbiote végétal dans le temps et l’espace à l’aide de spécimens d’herbier

L’urbanisation est un enjeu pour la santé des écosystèmes et les services qu’ils procurent aux Canadien.nes. Les microbes jouent un rôle important dans le maintien de ces services. On comprend toutefois peu comment ils peuvent être impactés par une augmentation de la surface bâtie et des températures associées à l’urbanisation. Ce projet étudiera la réponse du microbiote végétal à l’urbanisation dans la grande région montréalaise. Pour ce faire, le.la stagiaire impliqué.e dans ce projet évaluera les différences entre les bactéries foliaires de plantes trouvées en zones rurales et urbaines. Il.elle développera également de nouvelles méthodes d’analyse pour étudier le microbiote historique (pré-urbanisation) de plantes collectées dans ces mêmes zones il y a plusieurs décennies et ayant été préservées dans des herbiers. Une meilleure compréhension de la réponse des bactéries à l’urbanisation pourra contribuer au développement de biotechnologies améliorant la résilience des écosystèmes au changement environnemental. Le projet mènera également au développement de nouveaux savoir-faire qui stimuleront la recherche en biologie végétale à l’IRBV.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Geneviève Lajoie

Student:

Partner:

Institut de recherche en biologie végétale

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Le principe de sécurité juridique en droit européen et canadien

Ce mémoire entrant dans le cadre de l’obtention de l’examen d’Etat allemand (équivalent de la maitrise) au sein de l’Université de
la Sarre (Allemagne), je souhaite réaliser une étude comparée de droit français, européen et canadien. Lors de ma recherche de
sujets, j’ai été particulièrement intéressé par le principe de sécurité juridique, qui ne cesse de gagner en importance depuis les
années soixante en droit européen et s’établit au fur et à mesure dans les droits nationaux, y compris en droit français depuis
2006. Ce principe existe aussi au Canada, mais d’une manière diffférente, puisqu’il ne lui a pas été, pour le moment, un statut de
norme juridique.
Cet étude me permettrait d’acquérir des connsaissance de droit d’un troisième pays, en plus de ceux du droit allemand et français.
Elle pourrait être une aide précieuse alors que le marché de l’emploi, particulièrement au Luxembourg dont la Sarre est voisine,
requiert des compétences en droit comparé français, allemand et une connaissance du droit d’un pays tiers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pascale Dufour

Student:

Partner:

Universität des Saarlandes

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Accurate 2D to 3D overlay

The project will investigate image-based 3D reconstruction to infer the 3D geometry and structure of human body and scenes from multiple 2D images.
Effective solutions typically require multiple images, captured using accurately calibrated cameras. Stereo-based technique – Multiple View Geometry, for example, require matching features across images captured from slightly different viewing angles, and then use the triangulation principle to recover the 3D coordinates of the image pixels. Shape-from-silhouette, or shape by-space-carving, methods such as The Visual Hull Concept require accurately segmented 2D silhouettes. These methods, which have led to reasonable quality 3D reconstructions, require multiple images of the same object captured by well calibrated cameras
This research will benefit the partner organization by being useful to many applications such as robot navigation, object recognition and scene understanding, 3D modeling and animation, industrial control, and medical diagnosis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Svetlana Yanushkevich

Student:

Partner:

H3alth Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Comprendre le rôle du microbiote des bonsaïs dans leur résilience et leur vulnérabilité à la maladie

L’éclosion de nouvelles maladies reliées aux changements globaux et l’augmentation du transport mondial est un problème dont l’importance a été particulièrement flagrante ces deux dernières années. Chez les plantes comme chez les humains, il importe de mieux connaître les nouveaux agents pathogènes de façon à développer des façons plus efficaces de les combattre. Ce projet utilisera des approches génomiques pour caractériser les micro-organismes associés à de nouvelles maladies des bonsaïs au Jardin botanique de Montréal. Il évaluera également comment les microbes normalement présents chez les bonsaïs peuvent contribuer à la vulnérabilité et la résilience de ces arbres miniatures à la maladie. Ces connaissances aideront à développer de meilleures stratégies de prévention et de traitement de nouvelles maladies des plantes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Geneviève Lajoie

Student:

Partner:

Jardin botanique de Montréal

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

CLP: Efficient Log Compression and Analytics for Big Data Platforms

Tech companies generate Petabytes of log data per day, with 50% – 100% year-over-year growth. Conventional log analytics systems no longer scale to such large data sizes. In addition, managing such large data is extremely costly at every level, from storage cost, to network bandwidth, and to the cost of compute resources.
This research proposes a novel system called CLP (Compressed Log Processor). CLP compresses the logs to unprecedented compression ratio, and more importantly, it allows one to search the compressed logs without decompression. CLP reduces the cost of log management and storage by over 40x, saving companies hundreds of millions of dollars per year. More importantly, it enables users to quickly search through Petabytes of logs efficiently. The partnership with YScope will make CLP production-ready, and it can be directly integrated with existing big data analytics systems and compress the logs at the source.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Baochun Li

Student:

Partner:

YScope Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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