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Utilisation de l’habitat naturel pendant la saison de reproduction d’une population nordique de martinets ramoneurs (Chaetura pelagica)

La mission du Zoo de Granby est orientée vers la préservation du monde animal. En partenariat avec un étudiant à la maîtrise à l’Université Laval, l’équipe de chercheurs du Zoo de Granby participe au projet sur l’utilisation de l’habitat naturel pendant la saison de reproduction du Martinet ramoneur (Chaetura pelagica). Cet insectivore aérien possède le statut d’espèce menacée au Canada. Ce petit oiseau nichant dans les cheminées de maisons a vu sa population diminuer de 90% depuis les années 1970 (COSEPAC, 2018). Une des principales causes de ce déclin est la perte d’habitat de nidification et repos. De plus, l’utilisation de l’habitat naturel pour la reproduction de l’espèce est très méconnue à ce jour. Cette recherche vise à documenter l’utilisation du milieu forestier en période de reproduction par une population de Martinets se reproduisant dans la région du Lac-Édouard.

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Faculty Supervisor:

André Desrochers;Junior A. Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Zoo de Granby

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Forestry; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Using administrative data to predict health outcomes: a machine learning approach

Adverse events due to benzodiazepine use and falls are important clinical outcomes in older adults. As well, high-cost users of the health care system, although small in number, are a substantial burden with regards to health costs. Continued use of BZRAs in older adults is concerning from a public health standpoint; 1 in 3 older adults experience a fall in the community; 5% of health care users consume about 60% of hospital and home care spending. Being able to identify these individuals would add to the current efforts to reduce health care burden. Currently, there are no risk assessment tools using administrative data to predict risk of these outcomes. Machine Learning offers a framework to use administrative data to identify high risk individuals and provide targets for intervention.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dean Eurich

Student:

Partner:

OKAKI

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Insole-based sensor fusion for ambulatory gait analysis for occupational health & safety

MEGA InTech aims to maintain healthy workers and prevent injuries. This research will advance a smart insole to deliver analyses of ambulatory gait and posture. Specifically, signal processing and sensor fusion algorithms to deliver detailed metrics of gait and occupational ergonomics will be developed. The proposed methodology will leverage the partner’s prototype insole sensor hardware to generate sensor fusion algorithms to estimating the target metrics related to occupational health & safety (e.g., falls, fatigue, soft tissue injury). To develop and test new algorithms, research-grade biomechanics equipment available at the University of Waterloo will be used as criterion-standard measurements to compare algorithm outputs derived from prototype insole sensor signals. The deliverables of this project are: 1) algorithms delivering gait and posture analytics, 2) reports detailing methods and test results, and 3) acquired datasets. The proposed research will advance products and tools towards maintaining occupational health and safety.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Tung;Arash Arami

Student:

Partner:

MEGA InTech

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

The Discovery of Potential New Antidepressant Compounds from Mushrooms Native to British Columbia

Mental illnesses, particularly depression, is one of the leading causes of global disease burden. In addition to reducing the quality of life of patients and their relatives, it costs billions of dollars annually to the Canadian economy. Unfortunately, current antidepressant drugs are barely satisfactory and have numerous side-effects. The goal of this project is to discover potential new antidepressant drugs from wild mushrooms native to British Columbia. This is in line with Translational Life Sciences (TLS) Inc., a drug discovery biotechnology company in Vancouver that is interested in finding new psychedelic/antidepressant compounds. TLS will have the proprietary rights to any discovered compounds and is therefore expected to benefit financially in the near future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chow Lee

Student:

Partner:

Translational Life Sciences Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Fiber Optic Temperature Sensors: Phosphor Deposition and Processing Improvements

Photon Control Inc. is a Burnaby, British Columbia company that designs and manufactures a wide range of optical sensors & instruments to measure temperature, pressure, position, and flow in the semiconductor, oil and gas, power, life science, and manufacturing industries. The operating principle of many of their products is based on the optical response of phosphor materials and are well suited to applications in harsh environments. Photon Control is currently seeking to improve the lifetime of their optical sensors by improving the quality and methods of deposition of their phosphor materials. Our research group has the infrastructure and expertise required to deposit and to protect these materials in robust thin film form on substrates of various size and shape, in order to address these material deposition challenges. This project will complement our current research efforts and allow Photon Control to achieve performance improvements in their optical sensor systems, providing extended lifetime in their current applications, as well as extending their range of applications to include high temperature environments, where there is a demonstrated need.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gary Leach

Student:

Partner:

Photon Control R&D Ltd

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Synthèse totale de substances naturelles hétérocycliques en séries cyclopeptidiques

Les substances naturelles d’origine peptidique constituent une très grande classe de composés à fort intérêt biologique et médicinal. De nombreux médicaments en sont issus, avec des structures et des activités biologiques aussi diverses que les pénicillines (antibiotiques), la ciclosporine (immunosuppresseur) ou l’insuline (antidiabétique). La réactivité des intermédiaires peptidiques et leur biosynthèse conduit fréquemment à des condensations aboutissant à des systèmes hétérocycliques. Au cours de ce stage, nous nous intéresserons à la synthèse totale de cyclodipeptides et cyclotripeptides naturels à fort potentiel biologique. Ce travail mettra en oeuvre des réactions de cyclisation originales et la fonctionnalisation sélective des intermédiaires cyclopeptidiques obtenus. Un intérêt particulier portera sur des stratégies de fonctionnalisation divergente vers des synthèses totales collectives, et celle d’analogues synthétiques pour de futures applications biologiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gervais Berube

Student:

Partner:

École Polytechnique

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Assessment of RNA quantities from environmental water samples using CBSAlife TRIzol (RNA Isolation) extraction kit

CBSAlife Ltd, a company based in Manitoba, supplies microbial reagents and products to the scientific community at a reduced cost. CBSAlife Ltd has prepared a newly available kit for RNA extraction and is keen on generating data that validates the efficacy of this product, required for increased sales.
In the proposed study, a total of nine 10L environmental water samples from Red River, Winnipeg, MB will be collected over a three-month period. Armored RNA, an artificial virus, will be used as spike-in control for all the samples, while Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) will be used an environmental marker of water quality. MilliQ water will serve as non-matrix control. Viral particles will be concentrated from the aquatic samples following a skimmed milk flocculation approach. Then viral RNA will be extracted using the RNA extraction kit supplied by CBSAlife Ltd. To assess the efficacy of this kit, extraction will also be conducted using two other commercially available kits well known for RNA extraction. RNA from all three kits will then be quantified to generate data in gene copy numbers (GCNs) per volume (mL) and per biomass (ng) of RNA.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Miguel Uyaguari-Diaz

Student:

Partner:

CBSAlife

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

CEO

Trimac faces a challenge in developing quality customer leads for our financial offering. The process we currently employing is tracking news published in industry newsletters and finding contact information for companies in the news item. This approach has been somewhat successful but improvement is warranted as it certainly has not identified the full universe of potential investors. Trimac wishes to develop an more robust marketing strategy to be incorporated in future business development efforts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norah McRae

Student:

Partner:

Trimac Renewable Royalties

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Generating novel crystal polymorphs of therapeutic compounds with uniform size distribution for improved solubility, hygroscopicity and manufacturability

Two pharmaceutical products for the treatment of neurological diseases developed by Neuractas Therapeutics require fine tuning to enhance their solubility, bioavailability and stability towards relative humidity. Extensive experimental research will be carried out to improve the polymorphic distribution of the products by high through-put crystallization to improve the solubility of one of the products. In addition, optimization of process variables such as the operating temperature, temperature profile, selection of appropriate tailor-made impurities will be conducted to ensure a uniform crystal size distribution with well-defined crystal habit to improve the physical stability, manufacturability and shelf life of the products. The outcome of this research will enable Neuractas Therapeutics, a Canadian pharmaceutical company, to develop compounds that benefit the patients, the economy and highly-skilled jobs in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sohrab Rohani

Student:

Partner:

Neuractas Therapeutics

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Community Voices: Belonging and Anti-Racism – Year two

In light of increasing social division, there is a need for community stakeholders to have a forum in which to discuss issues related to creating an environment of inclusion and belonging for all community members. This project aims to create community connections between multiple stakeholders in Brandon to collaboratively identify goals to work towards, barriers encountered, and ways forward. The project, led by Westman Immigrant Services and Brandon University, is further strengthened by the involvement of Brandon’s Local Immigration Partnership, Interdisciplinary Immigration Research Network, Brandon Friendship Centre, and key community stakeholders, both for ongoing involvement and in promoting the research outcomes through their various networks. This project will launch a discussion about inclusivity locally but will serve as a pilot project for both expanding the model of community consultations to broader regions in Manitoba and across Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Lam

Student:

Partner:

Westman Immigrant Services

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Brandon University

Program:

Elevate

Community Voices: Belonging and Anti-Racism

In light of increasing social division, there is a need for community stakeholders to have a forum in which to discuss issues related to creating an environment of inclusion and belonging for all community members. This project aims to create community connections between multiple stakeholders in Brandon to collaboratively identify goals to work towards, barriers encountered, and ways forward. The project, led by Westman Immigrant Services and Brandon University, is further strengthened by the involvement of Brandon’s Local Immigration Partnership, Interdisciplinary Immigration Research Network, Brandon Friendship Centre, and key community stakeholders, both for ongoing involvement and in promoting the research outcomes through their various networks. This project will launch a discussion about inclusivity locally but will serve as a pilot project for both expanding the model of community consultations to broader regions in Manitoba and across Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Lam

Student:

Partner:

Westman Immigrant Services

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Brandon University

Program:

Elevate

Can We Predict Well-being?

People who experience mental wellness challenges or mental illness often struggle to obtain or maintain a position in the workplace. This is extremely relevant given the current COVID crisis, where personal distancing and isolation are required for the greater societal good. Organizations and communities are looking for practical tools to support mental health amidst this growing crisis, alongside ongoing social and racial unrest. Because mental wellness is directly related to social and cultural aspects of different regions, it is essential to personalize the decision support and prediction systems. We are aiming to develop a framework for determining the state of well-being of both individuals and groups within the mining industry. This framework will be critical for designing interventions to improve mental health and safety in the workplace.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Spiteri

Student:

Partner:

Refresh Enterprises Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

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