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Topographie du bien-être

Valider les construits d’une application permettant de mesurer le bien-être des individus au sein de leur organisation ou de leur communauté.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sebastien Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

inpowr

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Enzyme-free, one-step nucleic-acid detection for point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic screening

Rapid diagnostic testing has proven essential for stemming the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. Given the global threat of COVID-19 transmission, millions of tests are needed per month to isolate infections and to facilitate safe reopening of societies. This internship will contribute to COVID-19 diagnosis efforts by first developing a faster and cost-effective protocol for viral nucleic-acid extraction, the first step common to the majority of COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests. The internship will also contribute to the development of a one-step, enzyme-free assay that is cheaper and amenable for usage at the point-of-care to help address the demand for more testing capacity both in Canada and world-wide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Leo Chou

Student:

Partner:

Luna Nanotech

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development of novel protease inhibitors active against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus

Effective anti-viral therapies are required to treat individuals infected by the SARS-Cov-2 virus, the causative agent of COVID-19. So far, only repurposed drugs have been investigated as treatment to fight SARS-Cov-2 infection. The goal of the project is to use our custom yeast-based screening platform in collaboration with the artificial intelligence algorithms of InVivo AI to develop specific inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 enzymes called proteases. The intern will develop novel assays for SARS-CoV-2 proteases, screen large libraries of compounds and, in conjunction with InVivo AI, analyse results using artificial intelligence. Invivo AI will benefit from this collaboration by gaining access to unpublished chemical screen data to improve and test their algorithms. Candidate hits found during this project may be further developed into prospective novel anti-viral treatments that could help ameliorate severe respiratory symptoms associated with COVID-19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Tyers

Student:

Partner:

Valence Discovery Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Artificial Intelligence; Biotechnology; COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

L’impact du traitement des sols par les bois raméaux fragmentés de Gmelina arborea et de Sarcocephalus latifolius sur le stock du carbone et les substances humiques

Les sols constituent le plus grand réservoir de carbone de la Terre et offrent plusieurs services écosystémiques pour assurer la sécurité alimentaire, l’adaptation au changement climatique et son atténuation. À la COP-21 (l’édition 2015 de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques), l’initiative française ‘’4 pour 1000’’ stipule qu’on pourrait réduire considérablement l’augmentation annuelle de dioxyde de carbone dans l’atmosphère en augmentant de 0,4% par an le stock de carbone dans les 30 premiers cm du sol.
L’utilisation des bois raméaux fragmentés (BRF), une technologie développée à l’origine à l’Université Laval, permet de séquestrer le carbone et d’améliorer la fertilité des sols agricoles sans recours à des engrais synthétiques. Ainsi dans les régions subsahariennes où les sols agricoles sont dégradés, l’utilisation des BRF pourrait permettre de relever le double défi de séquestration de carbone et de formation d’humus stable pour une agriculture durable.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tatjana Stevanovic;Damase Khasa

Student:

Partner:

La Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development & manufacture of a scFv antibody therapy for COVID-19

The current project will assemble a library of molecules known as single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibodies to treat COVID-19. The scFv antibodies will neutralize the SARV-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by targeting its spike (S) glycoprotein. ScFv antibodies offer numerous advantages compared to other treatment alternatives such as small-molecule drugs and monoclonal antibodies, and are arguably the cheapest and most efficacious option to fight the pandemic. The antibodies will be rapidly designed, selected and optimized using a workflow rooted in computational protein modeling and synthetic biology. The BioFoundry at the University of British Columbia, which will lead the project, ranks among Canada’s leading research groups in synthetic biology and possesses unique expertise in the experimental methods required to generate a catalogue of promising scFv candidates. The project also involves an industry partner, Sanofi Pasteur. The company is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer and will provide in-kind support and technical advice to develop an economical and large-scale scFv manufacturing platform. We anticipate generating the antibody library within a short period of 6 months, following which the library and manufacturing protocol will be transferred to Sanofi Pasteur for clinical and commercial development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vikramaditya Yadav

Student:

Partner:

Sanofi

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology; COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Data – Driving Recovery in the aftermath of COVID-19’s 1st Wave, Steadying for the 2nd

Numerous studies in the application of Machine Learning to mental health have demonstrated a range of benefits in the areas of diagnosis, treatment and support, research, and clinical administration. COVID-19 is an unprecedented health crisis causing a great deal of stress in populations in Canada. In this project, our aim is to apply practical machine learning approaches to study whether the effects of medical cannabis can help address anxiety, depression and sleep challenges exacerbated by COVID-19. Patient reported scores in the standardized medical questionnaires will be used to determine which specific cannabinoid therapy dosing regimens (Eg: High CBD versus Balanced CBD/THC versus High THC) are effective and, specifically, for which particular subsets of patients experiencing anxiety, depression and/or sleep challenges. The significance of this project is to advance the clinical delivery of precision-based cannabinoid medicine to address the SUA/MH (substance use and abuse/mental health) challenges COVID-19 is presently exacerbating.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sheela Ramanna

Student:

Partner:

Ekosi Health

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

SARS-CoV-2 Genomics for COVID-19 wastewater tracking

This project aims to develop SARS-CoV-2 genomics tools to apply to the tracking of COVID-19 in municipal wastewater. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in wastewater has been used to estimate prevalence of the virus in the corresponding community. This has the potential to be a relatively inexpensive early warning system that is complementary to testing in the clinic. However, genome sequencing to differentiate between lineages or genetic variants, which could be used to track origin of outbreaks, has not yet been applied to wastewater. There are still a number of technical challenges that must be solved in processing the wastewater samples such that the viral genetic material is suitable for sequencing, There are also bioinformatics challenges to solve, related to extraction of meaningful genome sequence information from complex mixtures of microbial communities, and mixtures of different SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants. The two interns will therefore directly address these two challenges, with one of them focusing on genome sequencing, and the other on bioinformatics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jozef Nissimov;Trevor Charles

Student:

Partner:

Metagenom

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Assessment and Information Dashboard of COVID 19 Readiness for Canadian Businesses

The project aims to research and develop the most effective way for making COVID 19 guidelines into measurable actions for organizations. This research will enhance Diversio’s Audit tool in two parallel tracks: 1) Methodology for developing sector- and region-specific compliance surveys, translating those survey responses into a scoring methodology, and 2) Technology for automating the process of converting survey responses into a real-time dynamic information dashboard. The research outcomes will provide real-time indicators of preparedness for COVID 19 responses and a tool for employers and employees to conduct just-in-time self-administered compliance checks to identify gaps and improve their responses to COVID 19.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philip Bigelow;Helen Chen

Student:

Partner:

Diversio

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Industry Internships on Smart Applications and Virtual Infrastructures

This MITACS Accelerate program will support a internships for graduate students in the areas of
services and applications using next generation communications, Internet, and cloud computing. The
interns will be placed in Canadian telecom and networking providers and vendors and will undertake
research projects defined jointly with these partners. The program will prepare graduates to work and
industry and will foster collaboration between universities and industry. The program will strengthen
the Canadian industrial base in information and communications technology through the preparation of
highly qualified manpower with expertise in the design and operation of globally competitive ICT
infrastructure and the creation of innovative and disruptive products, services, and applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Liang;Alberto Leon-Garcia;Tho Le Ngoc;Hans-Arno Jacobsen;Paul Chow

Student:

Partner:

TELUS (Scarborough, ON);Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC);Allstream Inc;Cisco Systems;Juniper Networks

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University; University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Soil Stabilization with DFI

Over the years, numerous techniques and additives have been employed to increase soil strength and stability – from filling a bog with stones or other fill to compacting the soil with heavy machinery or mixing soil with cement or lime and allowing the resulting mix to harden. Duraflex Solutions Ltd has a new, environmentally-friendly product named DFI for stabilizing weak soils. DFI has worked well in Europe and is processed by simply mixing the top layer of the soil with the product and leaving the mix to harden. Duraflex Solutions Ltd wants to determine if this product performs in Canadian soils and the Canadian climate as well as it does in Europe, so a research program involving laboratory and field work will be undertaken to establish how to use DFI successfully in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nigel Graham Shrive

Student:

Partner:

Duraflex Solutions Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Remote Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection System

Gold Sentintel has built a non-visual fall detection and respiration monitoring product for Long Term Care called ElephasCare LTC. ElephasCare LTC utilizes passive radar sensors to detect residents’ position within their rooms, monitoring motion and respiration, and automatically notifying caregivers in the event of a fall, or lack of respiration. This project looks to enhance the feature set to add temperature and other vital sign sensing – all remotely and autonomously monitored, reducing personal contact with caregivers, promoting physical distancing, and providing early detection for potentially infectious diseases where temperature, respiration or other vital sign metrics are indicative of possible infection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Shaker

Student:

Partner:

Gold Sentintel Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Towards disability inclusive COVID-19 policy

Youth with disabilities and their caregivers are disproportionately affected both by the COVID-19 pandemic and the policy measures that are adopted in response. Given the increased risk for this vulnerable population, intentionally planning and co-designing policy to meet the needs of youth with disabilities in emergency preparedness efforts is critical. Unfortunately, there is inadequate data collection and insufficient COVID-19 emergency planning and response for youth with disabilities. This knowledge gap means consideration of health and social policy implications specific to the needs and experiences of youth with disabilities and their families are lacking.
This project aims to facilitate a disability-inclusive pandemic response identifying ways governments can engage community partner organizations representing persons with disabilities while simultaneously developing community-based solutions to enhance their capacity to cope with outbreaks. The partners will benefit from the value addition of interns supporting their robust COVID-19 community engagement work. Partners and interns will work together to address issues, increase awareness and link the community and government around the remaining challenges facing persons with disabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Zwicker;Meaghan Edwards

Student:

Partner:

Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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