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Performance Enhancing Effects of Altering Blood Flow Patterns

The vision of Own The Podium is for Canada to be a world leader in high performance sport. With this vision comes the required investment into our understanding of how athletes adapt to training and how this understanding can be leveraged to provide our national level athletes a competitive edge on the world stage. This project aims to understand the adaptations that lead to the incredible improvements in aerobic fitness in high-level endurance athletes observed following blood-flow restriction training. Current research demonstrates profound improvements in aerobic fitness following blood-flow restriction training, even in already trained athletes. However, the mechanisms leading to the improved fitness are unclear and understudied. Understanding the types of adaptations that are occurring and in what timeframe they occur will inform how our international level endurance athletes can incorporate this type of exercise into their already busy training programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jamie Burr

Student:

Partner:

Own the Podium;Delfi Medical

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Other services (except public administration); Retail trade

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Web Page Contextual Sub-Components Recognition and Identification

The intent of this project is to build a web-page content subsection identification and analysis service. The subsections of a web-page are considered to be meaningful page components (articles, images. media blocks) that can be identified and uniquely fingerprinted.
The intent of the project is fourfold:
a) sub-component identification and fingerprinting
b) sub-component content change tracking and precedence history identification
c) sub-component analysis disregarding non-relevant component
d) compact service component implementation with the emphasis of user-side execution (rust/web assembly)
The research conducted in this project will enable key functionality of the Scrawlr platform, including ability to build content-aware features, enabling richer user interaction capabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shurui Zhou

Student:

Partner:

Scrawlr Development Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Other

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating an Expanding Prodrug Platform for Controlled Drug Delivery

The development of new strategies to improve drug delivery has the potential to significantly improve patient outcomes. Ripple Therapeutics has developed a new approach to developing implants based on a discovery that prodrugs (an inactive version of a drug) can be processed into an implant without the use of a polymer to hold the implant together and control the release rate of the drug. This project will determine if these implants can predictably control drug release and the safety of the prototype implant materials will be confirmed. The successful completion of this project will provide Ripple with data to advance this product and accelerate its clinical program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Sheardown

Student:

Partner:

Ripple Therapeutics

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing possible value-added food products (crab ovaries) from the invasive species European green crab, Carcinus maenas

The European green crab is among the 100 “world’s worst alien invasive species.” It invaded the North American coast in the 1800s and is now commonly found in both Pacific and Atlantic provinces in Canada. Huge number of green crabs can cause significant ecological and economic impacts on local marine ecosystems. There are many measures conducted to control their populations. Developing commercial use of green crabs is one of them. This project aims to get benefit from great number of green crabs and treat them as a nature resource. We will apply a technique (eyestalk ablation) to produce crab ovaries from female green crabs. Market surveys would be conducted to figure out the commercial potentials for crab ovaries. This project may provide a solution to control this invasive species and exploit the food market for green crabs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Iain McGaw

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Aquaculture and Fishing; Agriculture and Food

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Concertation intersectorielle autour des réalités paternelles dans le champ des services en périnatalité au Québec

Le projet de recherche a pour objectif général d’approfondir les défis que représente la concertation intersectorielle dans le cadre des services directs aux pères dans le champ particulier de la périnatalité. Il se décline en trois sous-objectifs : (1) consolider la base de connaissances disponible aux actrices et acteurs du terrain quant aux réalités paternelles lors de la période périnatale; (2) approfondir la compréhension des enjeux relatifs aux pratiques professionnelles auprès des pères dans le champ de la périnatalité ainsi qu’à la concertation entre les différentes organisations provinciales et locales dans ce champ; (3) élaborer une série de repères conceptuels et opérationnels servant d’appui au développement d’une démarche d’accompagnement des concertations intersectorielles dans le champ de la périnatalité. La méthodologie du projet s’articule autour d’une recension de la portée des écrits scientifiques et d’un entretien collectif avec trois groupes de 6 d’informateurs clés provenant du champ de la périnatalité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carl Lacharité;Lyson Marcoux

Student:

Partner:

Regroupement pour la Valorisation de la Paternité

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a breeding database for the application of omics technologies in canola variety development

Next generation plant breeding requires bringing together many different types and sources of information about different plant varieties, including their genetic information together with how well they grow in different environments. The best ways to organize and integrate these sources of information within a plant breeding program is not well known. In this project, we will work with Nutrien Ag Solutions to devise and evaluate a breeding database and associated software tools to assist and accelerate their double haploid breeding program in canola. The results of this research will include an optimized database and optimized data workflows that are developed and evaluated through formal human-computer interaction research methods.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Stavness;Debajyoti Mondal

Student:

Partner:

Nutrien Ag Solutions (Saskatoon, SK)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Biotechnology; Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

The development of a safety assessment model for spent nuclear fuel disposal with special emphasis on radiolytic corrosion of the copper fuel waste container

The project will involve a partnership between the Western University, where the intern is enrolled in the Chemistry PhD program, and the Surface Science Western (SSW). The SSW is a commercial organization which does contract research and problem-solving for industrial companies and is contracted to the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) to support the development of corrosion models for copper waste containers. The intern will participate in tasks related to the development of performance assessment models for nuclear waste disposal, particularly on thejustification that radiolytic corrosion will not threaten container integrity. The generation of a model to assess the influence of radiolysis is a part of the contracted research to NWMO. In addition, he will interact with the experimental research program designed to generate the data base required to develop and validate such a model. TOBECONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Clara Wren

Student:

Partner:

Surface Science Western;Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

An Integrated Energy Management Tools and Life Cycle Assessment for Wastewater Treatment Facilities

The Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) represent the largest energy user in Canada. The WWTP’s energy demand is expected to increase due to population’s growing. Approximately 850,000 people die each year from diarrhoea related to unsafe drinking water. In order to increase the quality of the drinking water standards, more energy consumption will be required which leads to potential environmental damages and air pollution. In this research, an Integrated Energy Management System is proposed to plan and build a sustainable infrastructure of WWTPs to meet the energy demand by renewable energies, reduce the air emissions and environmental impact by using different tools and methodologies and provide significant annual energy saving.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hossam Gaber

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Water; Green/Alternative Energy; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Development and commercialization of epigallocatechin monolaurate as a novel antioxidant alternative in preventing oxidative deterioration of marine omega-3 products

Canada is known globally for its prosperous fishery industry. Meanwhile, omega-3 lipids are extensively manufactured and commercialized as value-added by-products of fishery processing wastes in Canada. However, the marine omega-3 lipids are highly unsaturated and oxidizable. The oxidization of omega-3 lipids leads to significant quality loss of products. The addition of lipidic antioxidants prevent lipid from oxidation and therefore becomes one of the main-stream strategies in preserving omega-3 oil. However, the desire to replace the current food antioxidants has last for decades because of their safety concerns based on a plethora of theoretical/empirical proofs. This project will provide, epigallocatechin laurate, a safer/healthier novel lipidic antioxidant for marine omega-3 (unsaturated) oil manufacturers/consumers under the supports of Lab2Market program in commercialization training. Overall, this work is expected to benefit the partner organization with understanding the scientific/industrial trends and the impact of present/emerging technologies on marine lipid and antioxidant industries. Meanwhile, a successful commercialization of this innovative technology will significantly contribute growth, vitality, and competitiveness to Canadian economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fereidoon Shahidi

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Co-creating EDI, psychological safety, and mental health in the forestry and wood product manufacturing (WPM) sectors: A transdisciplinary research project with the Gorman Group

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives are often introduced into organizations without research, social change frameworks, or involving people directly impacted by the initiatives. In the absence of a thoughtful theory of change, these initiatives may not support the intended outcomes, or worse, lead to adverse effects on social development and well-being. This research asserts that if we want to further the equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and mental health and well-being agendas, applied social sciences research is required to help bridge the gap between social research and social development. This project takes a transdisciplinary research approach alongside the Gorman Group, a forestry/wood product manufacturing (WPM) company operating four sites in British Columbia, Canada and one site in Oroville, Washington in the United States. This project will explore how EDI, psychological safety, and mental health can be co-produced alongside employees to shape meaningful social outputs, outcomes, and impacts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Walinga

Student:

Partner:

Gorman Group

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Royal Roads University

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying Vulnerabilities in Sexual Assault Policies among Marginal and Racialized Communities in Southern Alberta

Interning with a community based organization, the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre in Lethbridge, I will aim to research and explore the needs of marginalized and racialized communities as it pertains to sexual assault resources and policy creation/implementation. That is, I aim to research how university sexual assault policy may be successful and where it may need improvement based on the lived-experiences of marginalized and racialized communities. The goal is to foster inclusivity within sexual violence policies across university campuses and to ensure sexual violence experienced by those marginalized and racialized are appropriately considered in terms of intersecting oppressions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carol Williams

Student:

Partner:

Chinook Sexual Assault Centre

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Lethbridge

Program:

Accelerate

Updating Laubscher’s empirical method to estimate subsidence limits

The increasing global demand for mineral resources and the depletion of significant of high grade near-surface deposits is driving mining companies to consider cave mining as the ideal method to exploit large low-grade deposits at depth. A key characteristics of cave mining is the formation of a significant surface subsidence crater, which may impact nearby infrastructures, as well as have important environmental impacts. The objective of this research is to update empirical subsidence charts using new cases from recent cave mining operations. This research represents a valuable contribution to caving geomechanics in the preliminary prediction of surface subsidence limits, which are of fundamental importance for the design and planning of adjacent infrastructures and for protection of the environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Davide Elmo

Student:

Partner:

SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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