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Post-breeding and migration movement of adult and juvenile songbirds among protected areas in eastern Georgian Bay, Ontario

The coasts of Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) are used extensively by migratory songbirds (including species at risk) for both breeding and migratory fueling. We will study how adult and juvenile songbirds use and move among islands and the mainland during the post-breeding period when juveniles are still developing and adults moult flight and body feathers. The research will occur in eastern Georgian Bay on properties owned by the Georgian Bay Land Trust. A Masters of Science student will survey properties for breeding birds, deploy radio tags on adult and juvenile birds, and then track the movements, habitat use, survival and migratory departure of the birds using manual and automated telemetry. This project will determine the importance of key protected areas in Georgian Bay to the health and sustainability of migratory songbird populations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris Guglielmo;Yolanda Morbey

Student:

Partner:

Georgian Bay Land Trust

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Engaging young people and fostering intergenerational collaboration: Assessing the impact of initiatives within the nature conservation sector

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has served as a global authority on sustainable development and environmental governance for over seventy years. Responding to broader trends within these areas, the IUCN has sought to foster engagement with young people as a strategic priority-to move beyond tokenistic involvement toward institution-wide intergenerational collaboration. The Canadian Committee for the IUCN (CC-IUCN) has been particularly dedicated to this work. Its
efforts, however, are hindered by a lack of both evidentiary support for such reforms as well as mechanisms for evaluating success.
Employing a case study methodology, this project seeks to identify how engaging young people may benefit the CC-IUCN and its partner organizations, including the potential return on investment [ROI] for resources spent on engagement initiatives and the extent to which these build constituency for nature and foster pro environmental attitudes and actions.
This project will also identify the key components of successful initiatives and the most effective and sustainable approaches to this work. This knowledge will be used to develop an ROI measurement tool, a theory of change model, a life-course model of engagement, and child/youth mainstreaming tools that set minimum standards for policy and programming.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Melanie Zurba

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Committee for the IUCN

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Elevate

Wireless fiber-photometry headstage platform

Having a look inside of the brain helps us understand its mechanisms and can be done using different methods. One particular method used in mice is called fiber photometry which consists of placing small optical fibers inside a particular region of the brain and shoot light through that fiber into it. The different cells in the brain interact with the light and these interactions can be recorded to analyse the data. One drawback to this technique is that it requires a cable coming from the head of the mouse restricting its movement. The goal of the project is to make a wireless headstage that that can use fiber photometry to record data and that doesn’t need to be plugged in a computer. This would free up the mice undergoing experiments’ movements and allow a broader set of experiments using free unrestricted roaming mice.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit Gosselin

Student:

Partner:

Doric Lenses Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Smart planning of pilots and vessel transit on the Saint Lawrence River

Innovation Maritime is providing technical service to the advancement of the marine sector. In partnership with Innovation Maritime, this project aims developing planning optimization tools to be embedded in one of their decision support software for supporting a federal Crown corporation responsible of providing safe and efficient marine pilotage services to vessels transiting in the Saint Lawrence River. More specifically, these tools will allow analyzing many transit planning alternatives in order to determine the optimal transit with the minimum cost while also reducing fuel consumption. In addition to develop new models and methods for pilots scheduling and vessels transit planning, the project will train a group of highly qualified personnel with multidisciplinary competences including in transportation logistics, data analytics and optimization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Audy;Mikael Rönnqvist;Mikael Rönnqvist;Jean-François Audy

Student:

Partner:

Innovation Maritime

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services; Transportation and warehousing

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Hog Urine Treatment by Membrane Distillation

The objective of this project is to test the feasibility of the membranes for membrane distillation (MD), developed recently by University of Ottawa researchers, to treat hog urine for the production of clean water in lab scale as well as with a demo unit. The MD process is eventually integrated as a part of the ATD waste management system to produce clean water, which is recycled to the barn or used for irrigation. Approximately 84,000 tonnes/day of hog urine are produced by the hogs in Canada. Currently, it is discarded without treatment causing severe pollution problems, while there is scarcity in water to be supplied to pigs and also required for irrigation of the farm. Therefore, the successful outcome of the project will have an enormous impact on the pork production industry of Canada. There is also potential of export of technology to China.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Takeshi Matsuura

Student:

Partner:

ATD Waste Systems Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Improving protein content in rice grains through prime editing

Protein deficiency is a major problem affecting large scale of the world’s population. Rice, the globally desired staple food, has low protein content (7-10%) in its grains. Though rice protein content is low compared to other cereals, it is highly desired due to the presence of highly nutritious and easily digestible glutelin protein. Grain Protein Content is highly variable between different rice varieties. Yang and his group identified that four mutations in the gene GLUA2 encoding glutelin protein is the key factor responsible for accumulation of high protein content in rice grains. We propose that introduction of the above four mutations in the glutelin gene of low protein rice varieties will significantly improve its protein content. It will be done by using a recent biotechnological tool called ‘Prime editing’ which is capable of producing desired mutations at the target region with high precision. This project also aims to identify novel genes other than GLUA2 which can be used for rice grain protein improvement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcus Samuel

Student:

Partner:

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Agriculture and Food; Biotechnology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Statistical Hazard Assessment and Modelling of Mining Seismicity

Induced seismicity is the occurrence of earthquakes which are triggered by various activities related to natural resource extraction or energy production, such as underground mining. The hazard from induced seismicity needs to be carefully assessed and quantified for safe planning and execution of those economic resource or energy-related activities. Mining and exploration industries in Canada can benefit significantly from the in-depth understanding and mitigation of risk associated with induced seismicity. The proposed research program comprises two major projects, in which a research team from Western in collaboration with the industrial partners at Nutrien Ltd. and the International Minerals Innovation Institute will advance further an understanding of the processes that trigger mining seismicity. To accomplish this, the seismicity data for several Nutrien Ltd. operated potash mines in Saskatchewan will be studied in order to infer statistical characteristics of induced seismicity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Shcherbakov

Student:

Partner:

International Minerals Innovation Institute;Nutrien

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Emma

Emma est une jeune entreprise fondée à 2017 à Montréal qui offre une assurance vie de qualité et temporaire à tous types de clients. Elle est d’ailleurs la première entreprise au Canada à offrir un service d’assurance vie aux femmes enceintes. C’est ce désir d’éliminer la discrimination sous toute ses formes qui m’a fait m’intéresser à Emma. L’entreprise se démarque par son offre très personnalisée et son amitié forte avec la technologie. Effectivement, Emma est une « assurtech ». Le développement d’une plateforme en ligne lui permet de rejoindre plus de segments qu’un courtier traditionnel ainsi que de raffiner son offre auprès de ses clients. En octobre dernier, l’entreprise à conclue sa première ronde de financement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

Emma

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Recherche sur les besoins en gaz naturel de l’industrie lourde et de son remplacement par l’H2 ou un mélange de gaz naturel et d’H2

La filière de l’hydrogène est en pleine effervescence au Québec. Pour accélérer son déploiement, de nouvelles utilisations de l’hydrogène doivent être ciblés. L’industrie lourde, ses activités industriels et les parcs industriels et portuaires qui les abritent sont de potentiels utilisateurs d’hydrogène. Ce projet vise à identifier de nouvelles utilisations de l’hydrogène dans un parc industriel et portuaire au Québec. Une première piste est de déterminer les utilisations actuelles du gaz naturel où le remplacement avec de l’hydrogène ou un mélange de gaz naturel et d’hydrogène est possible à des coûts raisonnables.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Barnabé;Sébastien Poncet;Yves Dube;Simon Barnabé

Student:

Partner:

Air Liquide Canada Inc;Énergir;Institut de Recherche Hydro-Quebec - Laboratoire des Technologies de l'Énergie

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Mining; Transportation and warehousing; Utilities; Wholesale trade

University:

Université de Sherbrooke; Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Exploration de l’expérience d’utilisation des tests génétiques direct-to-consumer chez les personnes adoptées au Québec et des déterminants du recours aux tests.

L’objectif du projet est d’étudier les enjeux psychologiques et éthiques de l’utilisation des tests génétiques par les personnes adoptées. Notre étude sera une étude comparative entre la France (où l’utilisation de tests génétiques direct-to-consumer est interdite) et le Canada (où cette pratique est autorisée). Lors de sa venue, la stagiaire réalisera une vingtaine d’entretiens de recherche auprès de personnes adoptées ayant utilisé des tests génétiques. Après une analyse qualitative des entretiens, nous nous attendons à observer une potentielle détresse associée à l’utilisation de ces tests, ainsi que des enjeux éthiques liés notamment à l’absence d’accompagnement lors de la réception des résultats. Nous pensons que nos résultats nous permettront également de mettre en lumière les enjeux spécifiques de ces pratiques dans le cas des personnes adoptées.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carl Lacharité

Student:

Partner:

Aix-Marseille Université

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Geodetic balance and morpho-granulometric characterization of the University Glacier front (34 ° 38’S- 70 ° 16’W) based on LIDAR measurements carried out in the period 2011-2019.

In mountainous areas the water supply from the ice melting allows the development of critical socioeconomic activities.Depending on this and in the face of rising temperatures, glaciers play a crucial role, maintaining a base water supply during dry periods. In Chile, it has been concluded that there is a widespread trend towards glacial retracement. However, it is complex to make direct measurements on the glaciers, as there are adverse conditions to make them. Currently, remote sensoring solves this situation thanks to increased spatial coverage and time frequency. However, these techniques are limited by weather conditions, topographics, low resolution, etc. This project based on high-resolution lidar information will calculate a geodesic balance, in addition to identifying the relationships between surface morphogranulometry and altimetric variations within the period 2011-2019.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christophe Kinnard

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de Concepción

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Water; Technology

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Designing, implementing and optimizing an SVM based system to detect machines engaged in distributed denial of service attack

In this research, we propose the design of an efficient automated system which can effectively learn from the patterns of malicious activities, in the form of distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) against web servers on the Internet, and subsequently offer potential victims protection against such attacks by banning such requests in advance. A DDoS attack is a form of attack in which the attacker arranges for multiple machines to flood a website with repeated requests, saturating its capacity so it is not able to offer services to its customers due to being overload with fake requests. eQuality offers DDoS protection to its customers and by applying the results of this research it will be able to significantly improve the quality of its service and reduce its cost.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Bauer

Student:

Partner:

eQuality

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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