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Public Transit Feasibility Study for the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay

The Town of Happy Valley – Goose Bay is located in the central part of Labrador on the coast of Lake Melville and Churchill River and as such it plays a significant role in the area as a place of employment, education sectors, healthcare facilities, shopping, municipal services and healthcare facilities. With a population of 8,109 in 2016, it observed a huge surge in population between 1971 and 1991 in particular. The community is growing day by day but there is no existence of public transit here. The community people rely heavily on their own motor vehicle but those who does not have any access to a car, struggle a lot. The aim of this research project is to find out a feasible public transit route for the area. Proposed public transit infrastructure can bring a lot of benefits to individuals and local communities such as, it reduces air pollution, traffic congestion and increases mobility or ridership, travel safety as well.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Muhammad Ahsanul Habib

Student:

Partner:

Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Le rôle des municipalités dans le développement et l’épanouissement des minorités de langue officielle au Canada

Cette étude vise à mieux comprendre le rôle des municipalités dans le développement et l’épanouissement des minorités francophones du pays. Elle permettra de mieux définir ce qu’elles font et ce qu’elles peuvent faire. L’organisme partenaire profitera des résultats de recherche afin de poursuivre son travail visant à favoriser la municipalisation des localités qui n’ont pas de gouvernement local en montrant à l’aide de données probantes le rôle que peut jouer un gouvernement local dans le développement des communautés francophones en situation minoritaire au niveau local. Plus largement cette recherche permettra d’analyser quelles sont les meilleures pratiques et dans quelles conditions elles sont mises en place, sachant que l’intervention des municipalités dans le domaine des langues officielles permet de développer des avantages concurrentiels et la création d’emplois.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Landry

Student:

Partner:

Association francophone des municipalités du Nouveau-Brunswick

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

Université de Moncton

Program:

Accelerate

Relations avec la communauté et prévention-contrôle des infections : Lignes directrices pour favoriser les rapports sociaux des personnes vulnérables en milieux fermés pendant une crise sanitaire

La mise en œuvre des mesures en réponse à la COVID-19 dans les milieux où sont confinées les personnes avec un trouble mental ou des déficits cognitifs, tels les milieux psychiatriques, correctionnels ou les CHSLD, pose un défi de taille. Il importe d’informer les praticiens et les décideurs des conséquences de ces mesures sur ces populations vulnérables déjà confinées afin de favoriser l’application des meilleures pratiques, qui tiennent compte de la santé et du bien-être des utilisateurs de services. Ce projet vise donc à documenter les impacts des changements de pratiques en réponse à la COVID-19 sur les usagers, et sur l’organisation de ces services ainsi que de mettre sur pied et diffuser un guide de pratiques à adopter en temps de crise sanitaire dans ces milieux fermés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Audrey-Anne Dumais Michaud

Student:

Partner:

Université de Montréal (Institut national de psychiatrie légale Philippe-Pinel)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université du Québec en Outaouais

Program:

Accelerate

Linearization of High Peak-to-Average Power Amplifiers for Digital Broadcast Radio Applications

Broadcast radio is changing from an analog medium based on frequency modulation (FM) to a full digital broadcast based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The high peak-to-average power ratio of the OFDM waveform requires different power amplifier topologies and a high degree of linearity. The research in this project analyzes current amplifier performance for digital radio broadcasting in the FM band, investigates new linearization techniques and explores new amplifier topologies. Key research aspects are improving linearity to meet spectral emissions requirements and increasing power added efficiency (PAE) for amplifiers broadcasting a hybrid waveform composed of both an FM and OFDM component that is increasing in injected power with the goal of an all digital OFDM waveform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Francois Bousquet

Student:

Partner:

Nautel

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

RISC-V Vector Processor for High-throughput Multidimensional Sensor Data Processing & Machine Learning Acceleration at the Edge

The computing solutions of tomorrow must be more energy efficient than those of today, which requires combined efforts to be conducted on multiple research areas: from new transistor technologies to innovative software algorithms by way of original processor architectures. This project enters into this last research area by revisiting the vector processing model, which provides a highly efficient way of exploiting data parallelism in scientific computations, sensor processing, and machine learning algorithms. Indeed, the efficiency of vector processors comes from their ability to perform parallel-data computations on very large vectors, thereby amortizing the overhead of fetching and decoding instructions. In this project, we aim at developing a state-of-the-art energy-efficient open-source vector processor that follows the RISC-V “V” specifications. To this end, we will explore original architectures – low-precision instructions and autonomous memory subsystems – that will lead to better performances in a reduced power envelope.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvon Savaria;Jean-Pierre David

Student:

Partner:

OpenHW Group;CMC Microsystems;ETH Zurich

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Human-Based Study to Characterize the Biomechanical, Physiological and Comfort Impact of Alternative Torso-Borne Loads and Load Distributions

Torso-borne protective clothing and load carrying equipment (ie. bulletproof vests) is fundamental to the safety of Canadian Armed Forces personnel. To make informed decisions on purchasing and developing new equipment, a suite of mannequin-based tools was developed by Defense Research and Development Canada. They are developing a female model to reflect the Canadian Armed Forces’ goal to increase diversity within its ranks, particularly with the representation of women. HumanSystems® Incorporated has been contracted to complete human testing to help validate the new tools. The intern will collect kinematic data from female participants conducting a series of tasks commonly performed in the Canadian Army. These tasks will be completed while wearing a vest, manipulated to simulate different loads and arrangements of torso-borne equipment worn by soldiers. The data will be used to determine the forces and moments on the spine as a crucial step to validating the new system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michele Oliver

Student:

Partner:

Human Systems inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Towards development of a biodegradable polymer for use in single-use surgical gloves

The proposed university-industry research aims to develop a biodegradable polymer with a target application in personal protective equipment (PPE), aligned with the ongoing global research efforts towards Next Generation Plastics (NGPs). The new NGP is expected to fully degrade within 2-5 years when disposed in soil and exposed to a combination of water, UV and thermal-based biodegradation mechanisms. If proven feasible through the proposed lab-scale tests, followed by upscaling by the industry partner, the new product will address Canada’s recommended zero-plastic waste strategy by avoiding the use of non-recyclable plastic products and adapting circular economy approaches in engineering productions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abbas Sadeghzadeh Milani;Cigdem Eskicioglu

Student:

Partner:

FEED Engineering

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Simultaneous localization and mapping using a magnetic quantum sensor

Vehicles that are able to autonomously move in the air, on the ground, or underwater must fuse various forms of sensor data together in order to ascertain the vehicles location relative to objects or a map. Typical sensor data includes inertial measurement unit data and some sort of positioning data, such as GPS data. However, positioning data is not always available, especially indoors and underground. SBQuantum (SBQ) has developed a novel quantum magnetometer that can measure the Earth’s magnetic field gradient. This project proposes sensing and mapping the magnetic field gradient using SBQ’s sensor in order to deduce the position of a vehicle or hand-held device. In particular, the focus of this project is the research, development, testing, and deployment of a navigation solution using magnetometry data provided by SBQ’s quantum magnetometer, as well as assessing just how reliable and accurate a magnetometry-based navigation solution is. The proposed navigation solution can potentially be used as an inexpensive means to position vehicles or hand-held devices such as smartphones in, essentially, any environment, when GPS is not available.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Richard Forbes

Student:

Partner:

SB Quantum

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Environmental Science and Technology; Mining; Quantum Science

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Intelligent Lawn Mow Routing using Automatic Vehicle Locator Technology for Smart City

In Winnipeg, MB, grass and weed growth can be seen during the summer, up until the middle of October. Weeds such as dandelions are hazardous to human health as they can trigger allergic and asthmatic reactions to the public. Their roots can grow up to two feet long if not removed on time. During the grass growth period, the City of Winnipeg uses many mowers of different sizes and horse-powers to mow and remove the weeds in boulevards, athletic fields, parks and other city owned green spaces. Currently, mowing routes are decided manually by the foremen. This is inefficient and time consuming. In the past year, the City has initiated a pilot Smart City mowing tracking project using Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) technology. These devices have been installed on lawn mowers and the City has been gathering data such as the geographical locations and speeds of the vehicles. We propose to use the AVL data to automate routing in real-time. We will synthesize an efficient routing algorithm that minimizes the transportation cost of the different lawn mowers by finding the shortest path between mowing location.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Parimala Thulasiraman

Student:

Partner:

City of Winnipeg

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Employment Transitions of Refugees: Refugees, Employer, and Sponsorship Group Perspectives in Pictou County

Since 1979, Canadians have used the Private Sponsorship of Refugee (PSR) program to sponsor and resettle refugees in their communities. One of the roles community-based refugee resettlement volunteers play is helping newcomers find work or set up a small business. Research indicates that community-sponsored refugees make a faster and more resilient economic transition, but we don’t know why. This study draws from the first-hand experiences of refugee newcomers and volunteers and employers who help refugee newcomers resettle to gain insight into why community-based resettlement facilitates their economic transitions. In addition to contributing to the academic knowledge on refugee economic integration, this study will provide tools for PSR groups to share with newcomers and the volunteers who support them including a “best-practices” manual for volunteers, an information booklet for employers, and an orientation to economic integration for refugee newcomers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norine Verberg

Student:

Partner:

Pictou County Safe Harbour Society

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

St. Francis Xavier University

Program:

Accelerate

The Voice of e-Democracy Panel in the City of Markham

The proposed project will help develop an online forum that can be used as a public consultation tool for governments as they make important public policy decisions. This forum will be developed and tested in the City of Markham as a case study. The model will then be refined so that it can be applied to other jurisdictions. The result will be a framework and online panel that can be used by various actors to communicate with and learn firsthand from citizens through digital technology. This model will also be the basis for the establishment of a Centre for e-Democracy, which will be facilitated through a collaborative partnership between industry, academia, government, and advocacy groups. The value for Delvinia is to build upon the AskingCanadians marketing panel the company established and create a new forum that goes beyond linking businesses and consumers, connecting government and citizens.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Wolfe

Student:

Partner:

Delvinia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Cybersécurité et expérience utilisateur : exploration du rôle de l’interface dans la réduction de la cybercriminalité en contexte bancaire

De plus en plus de personnes utilisent les services bancaires en ligne au quotidien et s’exposent ainsi à des risques divers tels que le vol d’identifiants. De nombreux outils technologiques peuvent être mis en place pour contrer ces activités criminelles, mais leur utilisation et adoption dépend des comportements des utilisateurs. Malgré une compréhension des enjeux sécuritaires, de nombreux utilisateurs sont toujours victimes de ce type de vol du fait de leur utilisation quasi-automatique des outils en ligne qui entraîne une perte de vigilance face aux informations présentées. Nous souhaitons tester des fonctionnalités sur les interfaces bancaires afin d’augmenter la vigilance des utilisateurs et de les permettre de détecter la menace à laquelle ils font face. Ce projet vise à développer et tester à l’aide d’outils psychométriques et physiologiques des changements d’interfaces afin de proposer un juste équilibre entre vigilance et expérience utilisateur agréable. Cette recherche est critique pour l’entreprise partenaire tout comme pour l’ensemble de la société qui pourrait ainsi bénéficier de recommandations en matière d’interface afin de réduire les risques d’attaques criminelles faisant appels à des outils d’ingénierie sociale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre-Majorique Léger;Sylvain Senecal

Student:

Partner:

Mouvement des caisses Desjardins

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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