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Gestion du stress financier – Part 2

La question du stress financier devient d’autant plus alarmante dans le contexte de crise financière dû à la Covid-19 qui a pour principales conséquences pertes et baisses de revenu généralisé des revenus des ménages. De récents sondages font état d’une vague de faillites personnelles à venir dans les prochains mois : 1,3 million de Canadiens pensent devoir déclarer faillite d’ici trois mois si leur situation financière ne s’améliore pas. La solution porposée permettra aux citoyens d’être en meilleure santé financière, plus épanouis et performants en leur donnant accès à des ressources de santé financière et de mieux-être financier où et quand ils en auront besoin, au travers d’un outil web basé sur l’IA et la détermination de la personnalité financière de l’utilisateur.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sebastien Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Code F

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Low Cost Ultrasonic Imaging System

This project will develop a low cost, high-frequency ultrasonic scanner that will provide two dimensional images of small animals. The system is targeted at the academic researchers and small biotechnology firms that use small animals for basic science research or testing of therapeutics. A novel scanning mechanism, currently at prototype stage will be developed and integrated into a full imaging system by the applicant. The key challenges faced by the applicant in this research are the creation of a hermetically sealed, ergonomic and acoustically transparent housing. The applicant will also conduct fatigue and aging testing of the system and will undertake experiments to determine the tradeoff between the mass of the imaging transducer used in the system and the system’s frame rate. Once the new scanner is incorporated into the system the applicant will participate in further system-level testing to determine overall system capabilities, reliability and robustness.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Geoff Maksym

Student:

Partner:

Daxsonics Ultrasound Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Réalité mixte et conscience de la situation chez les premiers répondants – Part 2

Le dépistage de la fièvre et des autres facteurs reliés à la COVID-19 à l’aide de l’intelligence artificielle et projeté en réalité augmentée pour assister les ressources médicales sur le terrain.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sebastien Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

OVA Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

LimoiJoule : Énergie urbaine rationnelle et résiliente – Part 2

Canaliser la valeur des matières abondantes gaspillées et les recycler afin d’obtenir une meilleure qualité de l’air et un chauffage plus abordable pour tous les citoyens.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sebastien Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Abrafo Negajoule

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Méthode d’évaluation des compétences dans la conception des commandes de procédés industriels avec des automates programmables industriels

Les entreprises manufacturières québécoises accusent un retard important dans l’automatisation de leur processus et la modernisation de leurs équipements par rapport aux autres pays industrialisés. Selon un sondage sur la fabrication de pointe au Québec, les répondants affirment que la pénurie de main-d’œuvre, l’inadéquation entre les compétences requises et le manque de finissants dans le domaine recherché sont les principaux sous-obstacles à la gestion des ressources humaines. Une des solutions à la pénurie de main d’œuvre est le recrutement à l’international. Toutefois, les entreprises qui choisissent cette voie ont de la difficulté à évaluer efficacement les compétences des candidats internationaux avec les pratiques actuelles. Ainsi, ce projet de recherche propose la création, la conception, le développement et la mise en œuvre d’un système d’évaluation et de notation de la solution apportée par un candidat à la suite de la conception d’une logique de commandes séquentielle et continue.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Otis

Student:

Partner:

Talentech Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Characterizing Offshore Lobster Biology and Estimating Tag Recaptures and Reporting Rates in Lobster Fishing Areas 33 and 34

Little information is known about offshore lobster. Knowledge gaps exist in general population demographics, maturity rates, and movement patterns (migrations). Most notably, nothing is known about offshore lobster in this region especially during the closed season. This project will form a collaboration between captains and their crews and researchers to collect data on the offshore fishery. The primary project goal is to ensure a healthy, viable, and sustainable fishery. Through data collection and lobster tagging training, captains and crews will participate in the core areas of collecting data on their fishery. Lobster biological characteristics, environmental (temperature), oceanographic (depth), and weather information will be collected. Lobster will be tagged and movement patterns will be mapped using a capture-mark-recapture activity. Captures of tagged lobster are anticipated to be reported by other captains. Lobster information and movement patterns will be related to other information through modeling exercises.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Trevor Avery

Student:

Partner:

Brazil Rock

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Huron Shores Hospice Internship

The objective of the project would be to develop a Strategic Plan that incorporates all facets of HSH’s services. Beyond end-of-life care, HSH is committed to changing the conversation around death and dying through programming which includes hosting Death Cafes and facilitating educational workshops on end-of-life planning. They also offer end-of-life Doula services, and public Grief Recovery Method sessions to assist the bereaved as they recover from their grief. All of these services are provided at no cost to the resident or their families. The Strategic Plan would need to consider new and innovative approaches to funding these services, as well as look at potential growth opportunities for new programs, in response to evolving community needs. The Strategic Plan would help guide HSH’s activities over the next few years, but allow it the flexibility to respond to an ever changing social and economic environment. HSH is a relatively young organization and a well thought out and researched (first) Strategic Plan would give them a solid foundation on which to build as they monitor and adjust their performance going forward. It also has the potential to improve the sustainability of HSH’s funding model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jay Handelman

Student:

Partner:

Huron Shores Hospice

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Business Strategy Intern

Barco is a global technology leader that develops networked visualization solutions for the Entertainment, Enterprise and Healthcare markets. My main objective is to help Barco reach a go/no-go decision on investing in R&D towards specific technologies/products in the Operating Room. This internship will help identify the target technology/product/surgical-market for which Barco will make a significant R&D investment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

MTT Innovation Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Ultrasound-driven “on-demand” pulsatile delivery of chemotherapeutics or chemotherapeutic delivery vehicles to tumours

In many drug delivery methods, chemotherapeutic drugs have a hard time solely attacking cancer cells in a tumour and instead also attack healthy cells in the body, leading to severe side effects. Pharmasonica has developed ultrasound-responsive microcapsules that can be injected in the stationary tumour. These microcapsules have small silica nanoparticles on their outer shell that eject out upon ultrasound activation (similar to popping a cork on a wine bottle) to enable “on demand” drug release; the more nanoparticles ejected out, the more drug is released. This enables clinicians to personalize and optimize a chemotherapeutic treatment for an individual patient. This project aims to confirm the mechanism of drug release (ideally pulse-like over multiple ultrasound activation cycles), assess what types of therapeutics can be delivered by the microcapsules, and gain proof-of-concept data around the biocompatibility, safety, and efficacy of the microcapsules for cancer therapy within an animal model. From this interaction, the partner will receive validation data on their prototype essential to bring it closer to the healthcare market as well as an improved understanding of the key market(s) to target.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Sheardown

Student:

Partner:

Pharmasonica Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Incorporating Hyperflux in a Nanoptics Platform

This project aims to develop a new platform for spectroscopic imaging with optics at the nano-scale. It will involve forming a new relationship between Tornado Spectral Systems, RHK Technologies and the Burch group at the University of Toronto. This relationship will combine their unique expertise to achieve a system with unparalleled performance, able to determine a wide variety of physical properties on unprecedented length scales. The resulting Tip Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy system will be of interest to a wide array of researchers in biology, physics, materials, engineering, and chemistry, not to mention numerous industrial and medical markets. Thus at the conclusion of this project Tornado Spectral Systems will be in an excellent position to widely broaden their customer base, including a new entrance into the high performance, research grade, optical spectroscopy market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kenneth Burch

Student:

Partner:

Tornado Spectral Systems

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Investigation of Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Optimal Fixation Parameters using Advanced Statistical and Computational Approaches

Imagine having the full use of your arm to perform everyday tasks like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, or putting on a shirt, and then losing that ability because you can no longer rotate your shoulder. Such severe shoulder damage is common in almost 1 in 10 adults over 65. Their only chance to regain function is to undergo surgery that reverses and replaces the whole shoulder joint, and many patients will need a second replacement surgery to maintain that function. This research will develop models to design a better implants for shoulder replacement. The results of this research will lead to improved quality of care for patients, and reduce the need for subsequent surgeries. These benefits will in turn reduce the burden on the healthcare system and the cost of continued disability among patients due to poor functional outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joshua W Giles

Student:

Partner:

Vancouver Island Health Authority (Victoria, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Multi-Gram Scale Synthesis, Purification and Formulation of Psilocybin

Mental illness and addiction refer to a wide range of disorders that affects mood, behavior and thinking and thus leads to depression, anxiety disorders, substance use disorder and stress. The psychedelic drug assisted therapy functions as a mental health therapy, which is evolving at a quicker pace nowadays. These drugs are useful in the treatment of anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder, substance addiction, cancer-related and end of life anxieties. So, many researchers believe that these drugs if administered properly, could revolutionize mental health care, without having adverse effects. We plan to synthesize a very promising psychoactive drug psilocybin in multi-gram scale with high purity and will prepare its various formulation to manage its accurate amount of administration and controlled slow release. It will be further evaluated for its biological activity in collaboration of Halucenex life sciences, Inc. Over the period of 8 months, psilocybin will be synthesized, purified, characterized and formulated at Acadia University and bio evaluated at Halucenex life sciences Inc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amitabh Jha

Student:

Partner:

Halucenex Life Sciences Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

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