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Quantifying the effects of the Green Energy Act and the determinants of resistance to wind turbine development in Ontario

In 2009 the Government of Ontario enacted the Green Energy Act (GEA) to promote the development of renewable energy projects. Subsequently, the importance of wind generation both for electricity generation and in public debate has grown dramatically in Ontario. While the GEA simplified the regulatory process for developing renewable energy projects, wing turbine siting has become increasingly contentious in many Ontario communities. This project will undertake analysis of a newly constructed database following Ontario wind turbine projects through the regulatory process, construction, and operation, including media coverage and legal proceedings, in order to identify the determinants of local community resistance to wind development. During the course of the project, the interns will match the turbine development and media data with detailed geographic, socio-demographic and economic data to enable statistical analysis of the factors contributing to stakeholder resistance and the effects of Ontario’s renewable energy policies on wind generation development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Margaret Loudermilk;Guy Holburn

Student:

Partner:

Suncor Energy Inc (Calgary, AB)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Mining; Wholesale trade

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Increasing support for posthumous organ donation in Canada: Preaching to the Unconverted

Our project will investigate reasons for and against posthumous organ donation, and aims to better understand the motives and deterrents for becoming, or not becoming, a registered organ donor. The results of this study will inform the development of public awareness campaigns designed to address the concerns and viewpoints of the Canadian public and have a lasting impact on increasing organ donation registration. This project is relevant to the intern’s doctoral research on public trust in posthumous organ donation, and will further Lashbrook Marketing and Public Relations’ goal to be a leader in the design of public education campaigns that have widespread social impact and contribute to the public good.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacquelyn Burkell

Student:

Partner:

Lashbrook Marketing & Public Relations

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

The Science of Body Sugaring – Part 2

Sugarbush Spa is a London-based company that specializes in the removal of unwanted body hair by a method known as sugaring. The method, used for centuries in the Middle East, has several notable advantages over traditional waxing. Commercially available sugaring pastes suffer from inconsistency in production and unsatisfactory performance. At its core, the creation of sugaring paste is a synthetic organic chemical reaction, hydrolyzing the disaccharide sucrose to the two monosaccharides glucose and fructose. The goal of this internship is to develop a superior sugaring paste using scientifically-informed methods. The intern will use an iterative process, keeping a strict log of conditions and a record of observations and results. Product samples will be examined using NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and evaluated by expert staff at Sugarbush Spa for is physical properties. Ultimately, a standard operating procedure will be developed for Sugarbush Spa to create a consistent, high-quality sugaring paste.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Kerr

Student:

Partner:

Sugar and Company Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Meander Belt Delineation Procedure: An evaluation of current practices in Southern Ontario

Meander belt delineation is required as part of planning and development policies and species at risk legislation. The ultimate goal of the delineation procedure is to reduce loss or damage of property, limit development encroachment, and protect natural areas or sensitive habitat along river systems. In partnership with Beacon Environmental Ltd., an environmental consulting company located in Guelph, Ontario, the goal of this research is to evaluate current practices of meander belt delineation in Southern Ontario. Although there is a very extensive literature on meander morphology, evolution and mechanics, very little of it is concerned with the prediction and variables controlling meander belt development. Current procedures for land planning and conservation utilize site-specific historical migration assessments or empirical equations developed from rivers outside Ontario, which differ, from geomorphic conditions and river types in southern Ontario. Consequently, the reliability of these procedures is in doubt. Using a sample of river reaches in the Credit River system, Ontario, the project will develop new empirical relations between belt width, and independent variables known to affect meander dynamics. The objective is to propose recommendations for modifications of existing meander belt delineation procedures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Ashmore

Student:

Partner:

Beacon Environmental Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Recherche sur l’identité mutuelle au Québec en 2016

Dans un contexte où le marché des mutuelles d’assurances québécoises vit de grands défis quant à la compétitivité et la capitalisation, alors qu’elles tentent de rester conformes et cohérentes avec leurs missions et leurs natures associatives, Humania, inc et Union Vie cherche à trouver des moyens pour arriver à conserver cet équilibre et pour demeurer mutualiste tout en restant compétitif. Les résultats attendus sont une série de recommandations afin d’aiguiller les réflexions que le conseil d’administration élabore depuis un certain temps et d’outiller ce dernier afin de lui permettre de s’ouvrir sur de nouvelles pistes de solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Lafleur

Student:

Partner:

Humania Assurance Inc;Promutuel Assurance

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Fostering Best Practice in Canadian Wastewater Systems

The research project aims to determine in what ways can investment in wastewater treatment better maximize environmental and economic benefits to enable sustainable community development. The research will include identifying, and analyzing areas of economic and environmental opportunity, including improved project management, energy capture and reuse, asset management, and repurposing of waste materials (biosolids and treated effluent). Data will be collected through review and analysis of GMF reports and interviews with municipalities. The research will include input from a technical and municipal advisory group. FCM will benefit from this research by 1) advancing replication of good practice, 2) producing two guides showcasing best practice and 3) delivering capacity building activities to encourage uptake of best practice.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amelia Clarke

Student:

Partner:

Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

High Efficiency PFC Rectifier using Wide Band Gap Power Device

The energy-hungry telecomm industry is in need of power supplies with ever-increasing efficiencies to conserve energy and reduce carbon footprint. In collaboration with the industry partner, the proposed research project aims at developing a power factor correction (PFC) system, an essential component in a telecomm power supply, for achieving efficiency of 99% or above. The project will make use of emerging power semiconductors with superior characteristics to build a PFC circuit using one of the most promising circuit structures. It will focus on various technical aspects around the main topic and will eventually implement, test and verify the developed prototype to reach the proposed efficiency goal.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiacheng (Jason) Wang;Jiacheng Jason Wang

Student:

Partner:

Alpha Technologies Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Process flowsheet development for sustainable recycling of waste LED lamps

Lamps and lighting products are the most commonly used electrical product around the globe. With the improvement in lamp technologies, from incandescent bulb to compact fluorescent lamp to LED bulbs, the products have grown complex and hence they require an improved recycling process. An LED lamp consists of various valuable metals such as iron, copper, aluminium, chromium, silver, gold and some hazardous metals such as lead and arsenic. It also contains plastic and glass. A proper recycling process should be able to recover the valuable metals, plastic and glass while it should be able to deal with the hazardous materials in an environmentally friendly manner. This project aims at developing a Process Flowsheet for sustainable reprocessing of LED lamps.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maria Holuszko

Student:

Partner:

Contact Environmental Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation et validation en analyse des structures : conformité du calcul automatique aux normes canadiennes

Ce projet de recherche a pour objectif d’optimiser un nouveau logiciel de calcul structural nommé Advance design 2016 de la compagnie Graitec afin d’inciter les firmes de génie-conseil à l’adopter dans la conception des bâtiments neufs. La méthodologie proposée dans ce projet permettra de développer et d’implanter des tests de validation au logiciel en question. Les outils d’optimisation qui seront intégrés au logiciel permettront d’accélérer les projets de construction au Canada, de diminuer les coûts et d’augmenter le niveau d’exactitude de la conception tout en minimisant l’erreur humaine. La compagnie Graitec collaborera avec l’École de technologie supérieure dans le but de promouvoir l’utilisation de son logiciel dans travaux académiques et professionnels et l’étudiant bénéficiera de l’encadrement et de l’expertise de l’équipe de recherche et développement de Graitec dans le domaine des analyses et de conception des structures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rola Assi

Student:

Partner:

Graitec Inc (Canada)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Embodied Cognition: Poetry, Process, and Alternative Epistemologies

Participating in Mitacs Globalink will offer me the unique opportunity to engage in cross-cultural dialogue with scholars in the historic region of Sarnath, Varanasi, India, at the Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS), a unique institution founded by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru in consultation with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. I would be working with eminent scholar, Ven. Lobsang Norbu Shastri, Vice-Chancellor (until 2015) of CUTS. Through this research, I hope to further the conversation between the philosophical humanities and the sciences, for the promotion of an interdisciplinary understanding of embodied cognition. This groundbreaking research will inform the future trajectory of my work in writing journal articles, designing university courses, and presenting at international conferences, such as the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, an annual gathering of the world’s leading neuroscientists, psychologists, educators, philosophers, and contemplatives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bo Earle

Student:

Partner:

Central University of Tibetan Studies

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Advanced Earth Observation Technologies

UrtheCast is developing advanced cameras and sensors flying on a constellation of 16 satellites orbiting the earth in tandem pairs. The unprecedented data set requires innovation in advanced earth observation algorithms and applications, which will require novel techniques for analysis, simulations and advanced “big data” processing. The objective of this project is to put this data to good use. Never before has the world been viewed with such detail and precision. The opportunity to accurately study forest biomass, species mix, agriculture productivity, plant yield and water resource management is now a possibility, if we can innovate with new algorithms and infrastructure to process this data effectively.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yvonne Coady;Olaf Niemann;Nicholas Coops

Student:

Partner:

UrtheCast

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia; University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Rapid Access to CT to Streamline Emergency Care

Since 2011, radiologists at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) and Victoria General Hospital (VGH) have piloted a “Rapid CT” (CT = Computed tomography) program to provide same-day CT scans for patients referred directly by participating community physicians, with the intent of avoiding unnecessary ED (Emergency Department) visits. This research will test the hypothesis that the Rapid CT pilot project has reduced costs by reducing ED visits. This research was commissioned by the BC Radiological Society because it is directly relevant to their interest in understanding and advocating the efficient and cost-effective use of medical imaging in BC. The results will also be relevant to the rest of Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rebecca Warburton

Student:

Partner:

British Columbia Radiological Society

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

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