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Trajectoire de vulnerabilite aux aleas cotiers de la Matanie

e stage s’insère dans le cadre du projet de recherche ARICO : Co-construction de scénarios d’Adaptation des territoires maritimes aux RIsques COtiers dans un contexte de changements climatiques en France et au Québec. Le stage visera à contribuer au développement d’une frise chrono-systémique afin d’analyser les trajectoires de la vulnérabilité et les facteurs les influençant, notamment par le biais d’une revue de littérature à l’international. Cet outil novateur et jamais mis en place au Québec sera testé dans la MRC de La Matanie, mais il aura vocation à être transposé dans d’autres régions du Québec soumises aux aléas côtiers, mais aussi en France. Les résultats escomptés contribueront à faire avancer les connaissances sur la vulnérabilité des territoires côtiers de la Matanie, leur évolution dans le temps et, plus globalement, sur les facteurs de changements favorisant le renforcement des capacités d’adaptation, de résilience et de gouvernance des communautés côtières, dans un contexte de changements climatiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guillaume Marie

Student:

Partner:

Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Investigation of sustainable building practices for historic structures

The student is currently performing a study in Canada investigating the usability of thermostat interfaces with a focus on the differences between old and new devices. Working abroad enables the comparison of Canadian findings with German buildings/climate/interfaces. The student will work with the Fraunhofer Institute to develop state of the art approaches for the use of digital technologies to improve the energy performance of historic buildings. This includes, but is not limited to, the investigation and development of energy saving measures specific to different types of historic buildings, the application of user interfaces based on comparative analysis between German/Canadian contexts and a feasibility study for technology adaption in Canada. Germany provides the unique opportunity to investigate older buildings/interfaces, as well as explore the impacts of natural ventilation (not available in Canadian buildings due to cooler climate). Studying abroad will provide the student access to critical data that supports her comparative research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Liam O'Brien;Mario Santana

Student:

Partner:

Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Technology; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Prediction of Heart Failure Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Validation of the TRS-HFDM Risk Score

Diabetes affects approximately 4 million Canadians. Diabetes is associated with increased risk of heart failure, which is also substantially more common after a heart attack. Patients with diabetes are particularly vulnerable due to the combination of these risk factors. As a result, risk models that can identify diabetes patients who are at the greatest risk of heart failure after a heart attack are needed. Such models can be used to identify patients that warrant or may benefit most from specialized care. Our study aims to validate the suitability of a risk prediction model previously developed at Harvard University for use in vulnerable diabetes patients. We aim to conduct our study with high-quality data from an international multi-center trial. The data will be provided by our partner institution collaborator Dr. Faiez Zannad, the trial’s primary investigator and Professor at the University of Lorraine. We expect successful validation of the risk prediction model and, as a result, improved personalized care and resource allocation in Canada’s care centers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abhinav Sharma;Matthias Friedrich

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lorraine;Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto International

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Developing a protocol for single cell Hi-C sequencing in human post-mortem brain

The purpose of the proposed research travel is to co-develop a working protocol for high-throughput chromatin conformation capture (Hi-C) sequencing using human post-mortem brain tissue at the single-nucleus level. I will be traveling to the lab of Schahram Akbarian (MD, PhD) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Dr. Akbarian is an international leader in studying the epigenetics of the human brain. Furthermore, Dr. Akbarian has immense expertise in studying the genomic organization of specific cell types in the brain. The development of this protocol has the potential to change the way we study the brain and contribute largely to how we define and categorize different cell types. Furthermore, we will be able to interrogate how genomic organization changes in a disease state, and how this change effects gene transcription and other downstream mechanisms. I will also have to opportunity to bring this protocol back to my lab, at McGill University, were I will train others in implementing this protocol for their own projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gustavo Turecki

Student:

Partner:

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Limits of Solidarity

The Limits of Solidarity is an original transmedia research/creation project for new screens, creatively and critically investigating various practices and projects of global solidarity that engage with issues of gender and sexuality. Using imaginative hybrids of fictive, experimental and documentary forms (in the expanded essay tradition of such artists as Farocki, Biemann, Fung) and in particular exploiting the seeming authority of the ‘fake’ image-text document (in the manner of such artists as Ra’ad, Puig, Sebald), The Limits of Solidarity will create creative and critical transmedia ‘responses’ to several global solidarity campaigns, including ones that target crises in Uganda, St. Petersburg, Iran/Iraq, and Jamaica. These responses will include: an original website; a short dance/opera film; and a research study investigating the efficacy of ‘new stories for new screens.’

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janine Marchessault

Student:

Partner:

Greyzone Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

Public Access

Program:

Accelerate

Water Monitoring using Flocks of Flying Robots

This project aims at developing an automated system for water sampling along the coast of Nova Scotia using a swarm of flying robots. Currently, water is sampled by hand by teams of 2-5 people each on a number of boats, that must regularly travel to different sites, collect samples, and bring them to land for analysis. This task is slow and costly and exposes people to the inevitable dangers of the ocean. We propose to use a swarm of flying robots developed by Spiri Robotics to take off from a set of pre-determined base stations along the coast, collect samples at target locations, and bring them back to the robots’ base stati

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giovanni Beltrame

Student:

Partner:

Spiri Robotics

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Hotspots of CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean plays a pivotal role in the climate system by taking up and redistributing heat and carbon globally. This leading order role is attributed to the Southern Ocean’s unique circulation whereby deep waters are brought to the surface by a vigorous wind-driven upwelling. Since these deep waters are rich in dissolved inorganic carbon, natural air-sea carbon dioxide (CO2) is released to the atmosphere where these waters outcrop. Until recently, in situ observations have been very scarce so that large uncertainties remain on the sign and strength of contemporary air-sea CO2 fluxes but also on the patterns of these fluxes. Since 2014, autonomous floats have identified “hotspots” of CO2 outgassing at the Southern Ocean surface. These hotspots could significantly contribute to a reduction in the current estimate of the CO2 sink. In this project, we propose to investigate the spatial distribution and intensity of these hotspots of CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean using a suite of climate and ocean models.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carolina Dufour

Student:

Partner:

École Polytechnique;Sorbonne Université

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et élaboration d’une politique de développement durable en gestion des matières résiduelles : moyens crédibles pour une entreprise d’économie sociale

Peu de connaissances existent sur la quantification des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) et sur les pistes concrètes de réduction à l’échelle d’entreprises d’économie sociale oeuvrant en gestion des matières résiduelles. De telles démarches doivent être soutenues par une politique de développement durable pour implanter ces actions à long terme. Ce projet répondra à ces questions de recherche chez une entreprise d’économie sociale, le Groupe Coderr, en déterminant de nouvelles filières de valorisation des résidus récupérés, proposant des moyens de réduction des GES et réalisant un diagnostic de développement durable. Le projet permettra à l’entreprise de bénéficier de nouvelles filières de valorisation et d’un potentiel de viabilité économique en mettant en place des pistes de réduction de GES. Les retombées de ce projet renforceront les missions environnementales, sociales et économiques de l’entreprise dans la communauté et fourniront un modèle transposable à d’autres entreprises canadiennes en économie sociale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Faubert

Student:

Partner:

Groupe Coderr

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

3D-Printing for Remote Industries (3DPRI) in Harsh Environments: On the post-processing of a wire arc additive manufactured 420 martensitic stainless steel for enhanced functionality and service life

Newly developed additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, also known as 3D-printing, are able to fabricate complex geometry components at a relatively high deposition rate, the lowest possible number of production cycles, and minimum materials waste in contrast with the conventional subtractive fabrication techniques. By drastic reduction in the fabrication time and production steps, minimizing the on-hold inventory, additive manufacturing technologies have the potential to revolutionize the industrial manufacturing sectors. This research project aims to further expand the industrialization of this fast-evolving technology by modifying the microstructural features of the 3D-printed parts, and consequently improve the performance of the fabricated structure during the harsh in-service conditions through applying post-printing heat treatment cycles.
Currently, all industrial sectors dealing with damaged or failed engineering parts during operation have to order their required parts from different fabricators. This can potentially lead to interruptions of their regular work process and incurrence of valuable lost time. We propose to solve this issue by establishing an on-site small to medium-scale 3D-Priniting manufacturing platform. This unit would be capable of fabricating a wide range of engineering parts made from different materials, size, and geometry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Nasiri

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and Gas; Ocean Tech; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Parcours d’apprentissage et bien-être à l’école en contexte COVID

Dans ce projet de recherche, l’organisme partenaire, la Fondation Jasmin Roy vise à dresser, avec le soutien de la chercheure principale et des stagiaires, un portrait du bien-être à l’école et des pratiques de soutien aux parcours d’apprentissage en contexte COVID. Les consignes sociosanitaires imposent certaines limites aux interactions en classe. Alors que certaines pratiques impliquant notamment la proximité physique étaient utilisées par les enseignants pour établir la relation de confiance avec l’élève, le contexte actuel oblige de repenser les pratiques de soutien. Quel impact ce contexte a-t-il sur le bien-être à l’école? Quelles sont les pratiques de soutien aux apprentissages offertes par les enseignants et les parents? Quels sont les besoins des adolescents et les solutions à envisager pour combler ces besoins? Ce sont les questions qui motivent ce projet. Les réponses viendront de sondages effectués auprès des enseignants, des parents et des élèves. Des entrevues seront aussi menées auprès des enseignants pour en savoir plus sur les stratégies adaptatives adoptées pour favoriser le soutien aux parcours d’apprentissage des élèves et leur bien-être en contexte d’apprentissage.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Lessard

Student:

Partner:

Fondation Jasmin Roy Sophie Desmarais

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Capacity Planning at Sureshot Dispensing Systems

AC Dispensing is one of Nova Scotia’s most progressive companies. It has invested in state of the art metal cutting equipment and sophisticated manufacturing planning and scheduling software. This project will assist AC Dispensing in developing mathematical models that will enhance their capabilities in planning production to meet customer demand. The work will involve data modelling, forecasting, mathematical optimization and simulation. The aim is to extend the planning process to medium term issues that allow the company to manage inventory, part purchasing lead times, and customer fulfillment comitments.
AC DISPENSING has invested in state of the art manufacturing equipment and manufacturing control software to improve productivity in the manufacturing process of their innovative dispensing equipment. This project will develop mathematical models and simulation and optimization approaches to assist management with forecasting, planning and controlling their inventories, production schedules and customer fulfillment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eldon Gunn

Student:

Partner:

AC Dispensing Equipment Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

bridgeVUE – leveraging emerging technologies for safer and more efficient marine navigation.

Navigation at sea is a complex and comprehensive task. Combined with the challenges of navigating in heavy traffic, and avoiding dangers in low light and low visibility, it becomes considerably more difficult. This project, bridgeVUE, leverages an emerging technology to enhance marine navigation by contextualizing radar data over an individual’s field of vision, in real time. By using an Augmented Reality (AR) headset, bridge crew can overlay critical information over their field of vision, even when visibility is near zero.
bridgeVUE is a functioning prototype with generic 3D models and a basic UX/UI. This project will focus on the user-experience (UX) and user-interface (UI) for the bridgeVUE system and ensuring all elements of the software come together in a coherent, easy-to-use, and an intuitive manner for the end-user(s). These elements include, but are not limited to, colours, 3D models, object life-cycle, image processing, target selection, hand gestures, and voice commands.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nadja Bressan

Student:

Partner:

Engage Creative Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

Accelerate

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