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The Economic Impact, Social, and Public Value of MedicAlert Foundation Canada (MAFCA)

In Canada, about 1 in every 3 Canadians has a medical condition, or takes medication, that would be important
to know about in an emergency situation. That’s why, since 1961, Medic Alert Foundation Canada (MAFCA) has
helped to protect over 1 million Canadians by helping first responders and healthcare providers get access to
health information quickly. However, though the work of MAFCA is undoubtedly important, we do not yet
understand the full impact or value of this work. For this reason, to fully realize the benefits of MAFCA to
Canadians, this research project will seek to evaluate the economic impact of MAFCA’s work as well as the extent
of public value for MAFCA. Through this research, we believe that MAFCA will be better equipped to help expand
the MAFCA program to more Canadians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Papadopoulos

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Medic-Alert Foundation Inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Chaire de recherche industrielle dans les collèges du CRSNG en fabrication de composantes aérospatiales en matériaux composites

Ce projet est lié à la Chaire de recherche industrielle du CRSNG en fabrication de composantes aérospatiales en matériaux composites (AéroComp). Les nouveaux marchés aéronautiques, la mobilité urbaine et la conjoncture actuelle présentent des perspectives d’évolution à l’industrie des matériaux composites pour l’aérospatial. La compétition internationale est grandissante et cette industrie canadienne enracinée au Québec doit s’adapter aux exigences économiques et écologiques afin de tirer avantage des retombées qu’elle engendre. Les nouveaux procédés et matériaux avancés ainsi que l’automatisation offrent des débouchés intéressants pour ce secteur majeur d’activités.
Le présent projet vise à soutenir l’industrie aérospatiale locale liée aux matériaux composites par le biais des objectifs suivants : 1-Développement des procédés et matériaux avancés, 2-Accompagnement à tous les niveaux de la chaîne des valeurs « composites » et 3-Formation de main-d’œuvre hautement qualifiée assurant une relève au sein de cette industrie. Les travaux de recherche appliquée porteront sur les procédés précédant le moulage (pré-moulage), les matériaux et procédés de moulage ainsi que les étapes post-moulage.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Joncas

Student:

Partner:

Centre technologique en aérospatiale

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Designing appropriate credit risk model for big data via cloud computing

Business industries are either experiencing or expected to face the challenge of big data. Big data brings trouble to traditional data mining algorithms. Building a machine learning credit scoring algorithm under the big data scenario, offers ATB financial the framework which improve the efficiency and the running speed compared with traditional data mining algorithms, especially when the training data set is very large. Such an algorithm designed for big data will ultimately help ATB to have a better connection with customers due to the faster speed of algorithm decision. Moreover, the proposed algorithm in this proposal also offers ATB the way to improve the models’ real-time capability by considering data flowing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bei Jiang

Student:

Partner:

ATB Financial

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

An Online, Authenticated and Verifiable, Community News Platform using Blockchain

This project hopes to offer a new experience to the way people engage and consume video news on social media. By taking a community reporting approach to video sharing, validation and incentivization, this project wants to offer an online news platform with the means to not only validate and verify video news before and while it spreads on social media=.
The proposed system is not just a stand-alone platform but will work to support existing social media platforms. Our goal is in two parts. First, it will handle and service community users with a crypto-based incentivization program to verify, validate and post local eyewitness news. Second, it will cross-reference community posts with those on social media (and internally) to establish the validity of videos and the authenticity of the event associated with them.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Miri;Saeed Samet

Student:

Partner:

InSite Softwares Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Scale of the Universal Access Needs Around Central Bank Digital Currency

Online banking and cashless payment options are seemingly everywhere but remain difficult or inaccessible to many Canadians. Much is already known for how to make these systems work better for a broader range of citizens, but this know-how is spread across many documents and reports, limiting its ability to guide the design of new systems. This research bringing together statistics and findings from the state of the art. It will provide a detailed summary of the accessibility needs of different groups of users, including among others, people with disabilities and those with limited access to computing systems. These findings will provide breakdowns on the number of Canadians with different types of accessibility concerns, as well as detailed descriptions of what those needs are. This will help inform designers of digital banking tools, both at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere, of universal access priorities for digital banking.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karyn Moffatt

Student:

Partner:

Bank of Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Manufacturing; Public administration

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Application des outils du Traitement Automatique du Langage à l’étude des variations diastratiques dans le domaine du changement climatique

Le projet a pour objectif de développer une méthodologie qui permette de comparer automatiquement les variations
terminologiques et sémantiques entre deux communautés de discours expertes dans le domaine du changement climatique, en
s’appuyant sur les outils de Traitement Automatique du Langage (TAL). Il vise à éclairer la problématique de l’expertise dans le
domaine du changement climatique en analysant et en mettant en avant les spécificités terminologiques des ONG et des
insitutions onusiennes. La question de la variation terminologique se pose au moment de l’appropriation de cette terminologie
experte par les médias et par le grand public, qui ne sont pas nécessairement au fait des variations du sens d’un même terme et
de la portée idéologique de certains termes propres à une communauté de discours. Il est dès lors crucial de résoudre ce
problème dans la mesure où la conscientisation à la crise climatique et à ses possibles solutions repose en partie sur une
communication efficace dans et entre toutes les sphères de la société, ce qui implique de connaitre et de choisir les mots justes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Drouin

Student:

Partner:

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

New Insights on the mechanisms controlling fines generation and fine migration in block cave mining

Block cave mining is generally considered the preferred mining method for deeper and lower grade copper and gold deposits. The body of practical knowledge related to the impacts that mass mining methods have on the surrounding environment is limited by the challenges imposed by the ever-increasing size of caving operations, and the difficulty to transfer knowledge across different geological, geotechnical and hydrogeological conditions at different sites. Fragmentation, gravity flow and fines migration play a key role in block and panel cave mining with respect to both safety considerations (mudrushes) and technical aspects (ore recovery and dilution). The objective of this project is to develop a better mechanistic understanding of the processes governing fines generation and fine migration. The aim is to develop a comprehensive research program that incorporates both the experience of the industry partner and a clear statement of study objectives and deliverables aligned with the interests of the industry partner. The desired research outcome would be the development of a solid understanding of fines migration mechanisms that could then be applied to cave design.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Davide Elmo;Erik Eberhardt;Bern Klein

Student:

Partner:

Centre for Innovation in Mineral Resources Engineering

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Humano.Health

Augmented reality has the ability to revolutionize the healthcare system. Notably, for medical students and doctors. Studies demonstrate that interactive learning is the most effective way for medical information to be disseminated to medical students and professionals. This project seeks to develop an app for women’s sexual health that will assist in physician and medical student education through augmented reality.
Women’s health (WH) is an area where research has indicated that significant barriers still exist for optimal patient outcomes. One of these barriers is healthcare professional education and training. By way of example, in a 2021 study on Canadian medical school training, Anderson and Gagliardi (2021) concluded: “based on program and course descriptions, WH may not be well-integrated at Canadian medical schools, and future physicians may not be consistently exposed to the full breadth of WH. This reveals opportunities for enhancing WH in the medical curriculum. Future research is needed to engage stakeholders including women in developing, implementing and evaluating competencies and corresponding curriculum that reflect the full range of WH concepts and practices.”

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Shiu Cheung Li

Student:

Partner:

EsVedra Wellness Inc.;Shasta House Media Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Analysis of Survey Incident Reports: Examining Factors that Influence Health and Safety Within the Mineral Exploration Field

Canada is recognized as one of the leading nations worldwide in terms of mining production, attributing a major component of the success to the mineral exploration field. Companies engaged in mineral exploration have been increasingly more aware of the importance of health and safety systems, yet high numbers of reported incidents remain. Mineral exploration efforts need to have, and enforce, responsible exploration to ensure health and safety for all individuals involved. The proposed project will examine incident report data acquired via survey from a variety of companies and will apply known safety theories to frame the findings. Following the statistical analysis, this work will identify common trends, areas of importance, critical issues, and actionable training suggestions to mitigate risk in the field for mineral exploration workers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alison Godwin

Student:

Partner:

Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Mining

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

Fiti Probiotic Sachet Production

Fiti probiotic sachet project involves culturing, freeze-drying and packaging a measured formula of lactobacillus rhamnosus, streptococcus thermophilus, and bifidobacterium bifidum for a Canadian solution to the termination of sachets produced by a Dutch partner who will not longer produce the ‘Fiti’ sachets. In partnership with the Fanshawe Centre for Research and Innovation, the project will allow Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) to provide Fiti probiotic foods through social enterprises to vulnerable populations in London, Ontario and beyond. YOU production of the sachets will allow the Western Heads East program at Western University to continue to supply the probiotic sachets to social enterprises in Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicole Haggerty

Student:

Partner:

Youth Opportunities Unlimited;Mistyglen Farms Ltd

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology; The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

High-efficiency supersonic binary fluid ejector

From the survey of literature (Eames et al. (1995), Chunnanond & Aphornratana (2004b), Chunnanond & Aphornratana (2004a) and others), the performance of a jet refrigeration system depends greatly on the ejector configuration (characteristics). Many researchers have shown the need to improve performance in order to make ejector-based cooling economically more attractive. It is known that the entrainment ratio (ratio between the mass flow rates of the entrained secondary fluid to the primary fluid) is one of the major parameters that influence the coefficient of performance (COP) of ejector refrigeration systems (Buyadgie et al. (2010), Chunnanond & Aphornratana (2004b)). Furthermore, the use of two chemically distinct fluids in the forward and reverse Rankine cycles of an ejector refrigeration system can improve the COP (Buyadgie et al. (2010)) when the selected binary fluids have different enthalpies of vaporization and different molecular masses. Several experimental investigations have been carried out to study the effect of ejector geometry on its performance….

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Martinuzzi

Student:

Partner:

May-Ruben Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Elevate

Development and validation of a biomanufacturing process yielding a bacterial formulation for bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated marine environments

Oil spills are among the most damaging environmental threats to marine ecosystems. To this day, there are
several methods for decontaminating marine sites. However, bioremediation (including the addition of specialized
microorganisms) is often the best solution from an efficiency and eco-responsibility point of view. However, an
important limitation remains regarding the application of this approach, namely the production, formulation and
dispersion of the added microorganisms in the affected areas.
Alcanivorax borkumensis is a marine bacterium specialized in the biodegradation of oil and its population in the
affected ecosystems increases following an oil spill, making it a microorganism of choice for the bioremediation
of marine ecosystems contaminated by hydrocarbons. Adding high concentrations of this bacterium will greatly
accelerate bioremediation.
Thus, the objective of this project is to develop a process that will produce this bacterium in a highly viable form,
thus, leading to high biodegradation rates following its addition to the contaminated marine sites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Vermette;Denis Groleau

Student:

Partner:

Proventus Bioscience Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

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