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Habiter le Vieux-Montréal et ses anciens faubourgs : Enjeux, conflits et perspectives de développement résidentiel dans les quartiers anciens

Le paysage du Vieux-Montréal et des anciens faubourgs est en train de changer face à l’augmentation du nombre de touristes, d’événements et surtout de résidents (de 500 dans les années 1960 à plus de 5000 résidents en 2015). Ce secteur unique à Montréal est confronté à mieux faire cohabiter la fonction résidentielle avec les fonctions touristique, commerciale, culturelle et les événements. C’est quoi habiter le Vieux-Montréal et ses anciens faubourgs aujourd’hui? Comment les mesures d’intervention proposées en vue du 375e anniversaire de Montréal peuvent-elles influencer le développement harmonieux du secteur? Quelles améliorations de l’action de l’urbanisme et stratégies des milieux des affaires pour consolider la fonction résidentielle dans le secteur tout en développant le tourisme? Voilà les questions auxquelles l’étude permettra de répondre afin d’orienter l’action publique en matière de planification urbaine et les stratégies des milieux des affaires représentés par la Société de développement commercial du Vieux-Montréal.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Priscilla Ananian

Student:

Partner:

SDC du Vieux-Montréal

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Restoration Research on Kelp Forest Habitats in the Salish Sea

Kelp beds are marine sanctuaries, providing some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet and serving as critical habitat and refuge for many species, including juvenile salmon. Recently, declines in kelp populations have been reported by several groups including fisherman and kelp harvesters in the Pacific Northwest. However, the extent and cause of this habitat loss is unknown. It is thought that an increase in stressors associated with climate change (rising ocean temperatures or acidification) is a major contributor. Thus, if lost habitats are to be restored, populations that are resilient to these stressors would be the best to use because they are most likely to survive. In this project we are estimating the extent of kelp forest cover/loss in the Salish Sea, identifying populations capable of growing under stressful conditions, and comparing growth and survival at sites currently under restoration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sherryl Bisgrove

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Minimum Velocity, Pressure-Balanced Flow Control in a Multi-Primary System

Modern air seeders in their simplest form involve an air supply system that receives granular product (seed and fertilizer) from a large holding tank, propels the product through several distribution lines, and delivers the product to the soil. Currently the conveying air runs faster than is usually required to reduce the risk of plugging. However, this results in wasted power in the air supply system, and also wasted inputs through either damage or misplacement. Better control of the air supply would reduce waste and increase yields.
This project involves continuously monitoring the overall air seeding system, and making automatic, predictive changes to the system as needed. The system will demonstrate the benefits of controlling the distribution line pressure to make pressure equal from line to line, while also ensuring minimal power consumption in the air supply system. The technologies developed through this research will reduce risks for producers, reduce the energy consumed, and reduce the yield losses associated with the air seeder failing to properly deliver seeds to the ground.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Noble

Student:

Partner:

CNH Industrial

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Manufacturing and Construction; Other

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Stabilization of Gravel Roads

Unpaved gravel roads throughout rural and northern Manitoba and across Canada are made from poorly bound aggregate materials. Consequently they quickly deteriorate to loose, rough and dangerous road conditions. They generate choking and noxious dust clouds when dry, and quickly lose strength and degrade to mucky and rutted conditions when wet. The goal of this project is to provide a low cost and sustainable solution by mixing the aggregate with high amounts of reactive clays and environmentally safe organic catalysts. This turns the clays into a cement-like binding agent that results in high-density packing and strongly bonded road surfaces that require little maintenance. The process will eliminate noxious dust clouds and the need for toxic road stabilizers like the chloride salts currently in use. Roads built with this process can be constructed from low cost locally derived materials, using standard road equipment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hamid Mumin

Student:

Partner:

Aquarian Industries International Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Wholesale trade

University:

Brandon University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation de bétons fibrés à ultra-hautes performances et caractérisation de leurs propriétés en contexte industriel

Le projet possède deux objectifs. Le premier objectif est de développer un programme d’optimisation de la compacité granulaire qui soit adapté à la production des bétons fibrés à ultra-hautes performances (BFUP). Le programme permettra d’optimiser des BFUP avec de nouvelles composantes et de limiter le travail à réaliser en laboratoire. Le second objectif est d’évaluer l’impact de différentes températures de fabrication et différentes températures de cures appliquées au BFUP sur ses propriétés à l’état frais (masse volumique, teneur en air, maniabilité) et à l’état durci (résistance à la compression, résistance à la flexion, module élastique). Le projet permettra à l’entreprise d’atteindre une meilleure productivité avec un modèle d’optimisation granulaire permettant de développer des bétons et d’approfondir son expertise sur les propriétés de cette nouvelle gamme de béton offerte à l’industrie, les BFUP. Ces bénéfices apporteront un avantage concurrentiel et une meilleure compétitivité de l’entreprise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Philippe Charron

Student:

Partner:

Matériaux King et Compagnie

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the impacts of permafrost thaw driven changes to water resources in Canada’s sub-Arctic using remote sensing and hydrological modelling

Unprecedented climate warming and human disturbance in the border region of the Northwest Territories and northeastern British Columbia (NEBC) has led to widespread permafrost thaw and land cover change that has disrupted the hydrological cycle and the industrial activities that depend upon it. To address this concern, Wilfrid Laurier University in collaboration with Nexen Energy will work toward the development of the Consortium for Permafrost Ecosystems in Transition (CPET) for the purpose of reducing the uncertainty regarding the future availability of surface water resources in the economically and environmentally important NWT-NEBC border region. The Mitacs programme will bring together researchers, aboriginal communities, government agencies and an industrial partner (Nexen) for the purpose of developing and sharing new knowledge and techniques, increasing predictive capacity so that water management strategies can be improved and implemented with greater confidence, and building a community focussed on responsibly managing its shared water resource.

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Faculty Supervisor:

William Quinton

Student:

Partner:

CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

Les oiseaux communs comme indicateurs de la biodiversité – Une approche écophysiologique en milieu agricole et péri-urbain

Les principales menaces qui pèsent sur la biodiversité sont l’étalement urbain et l’intensification agricole. Les activités humaines génèrent de nombreux polluants qui peuvent affecter la santé des écosystèmes. La dangerosité de ces polluant est le plus souvent établie à partir de leurs effets mortels sur les animaux. Or, même exposés à de faibles doses, des effets non létaux liés à l’exposition à des peuvent contribuer à réduire la taille des populations. Ces effets sont rarement quantifiés ni utilisés pour établir une base de règlementation. L’objectif du projet est de documenter la part relative de l’intensification agricole et de l’étalement urbain sur la santé et la reproduction des oiseaux insectivores. Un réseau de plus de 400 nichoirs sur l’ensemble du territoire permet de suivre la reproduction dans différents habitats. Ce suivi sera couplé à des capteurs atmosphériques pour mesurer les polluants. A terme, il devrait être possible d’établir une série d’indicateurs sur l’impact des polluants sur la santé de la faune sauvage et d’interpeler les conseillers environnementaux.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francois Vezina

Student:

Partner:

Terre-Eau Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Visible Power: Genesis of the Elaboration of Contemporary Capital Cities, 1850-2000 (Based on the Cases of Brasília, Ottawa, and Astana)

This study, based on the archival research in the National Archives in Brasília, aims to research the conception and construction of this city, which became a new capital of Brazil since 1960. More specifically, the investigation focuses on three phases of the elaboration of Brasília: the legislative and executive activities aimed at choosing and promoting its new site; the design competitions for the governmental buildings and district; and the inauguration ceremony that took place in 1960. Through an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of these moments I propose to rethink intellectual and political projects of Brazilian authorities who established a new capital in order to understand how their aspirations, utopias, and compromises were translated into the form and the architecture of a city. This investigation also aspires to accurately historicize the correlation between urban planning, architecture, and nation-building in the case of Brazil, where the capital city was moved several times since the 18th century.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michèle Dagenais

Student:

Partner:

Universidade de Brasília

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Predicting Impact of Biological Research Manuscripts

Meta’s Bibliometric Intelligence is a service platform to provide automated and in-depth manuscript assessment to authors and publishers in biological science. This internship project is to develop a new version of Bibliometric Intelligence. The intern will apply state-of-art machine learning and natural language processing skills to improve its performance. Accurate assessment and profiling of manuscript by the new Bibliometric Intelligence will allow researchers and publishers to pre-rank manuscripts efficiently, and to reduce the unnecessary painful submission waiting time. Success of this project will not only bring in business values to the partner organization, but also greatly benefit the research publication eco system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eugene Fiume

Student:

Partner:

Meta Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Privacy Enhanced Decentralized Identity System

The rise in adoption of online services for sensitive tasks such as banking and accessing public services, has led to increased security and data privacy requirements. Many institutions use third-party services for logging in and handling security. So you might enter a single username and password, connecting only once to access a number of different government services. This is convenient for a user, but there are some security risks in the way these third-party services are currently implemented. There’s a single point at which an unauthorised user may be able to break into all the services. This research will look at trying to implement more secure ways of offering a user a single login point for multiple services. When a user tries to log in, the system will do a number of checks across multiple locations to determine if the user information is valid. Much of the research will concentrate on implementing this for mobile devices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mariano Consens

Student:

Partner:

SecureKey Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Data Driven CRM Optimization for eReading

During the duration of the proposed project, the intern will become a member of the partner organization’s “Big Data” team, participating in all team activities, and completing research-oriented work for the team. The intern will complete research that will explore and improve upon previous methods of intelligently communicating with customers through personalized emails. This may include notifying specific users of new product releases, or of an upcoming sale that may be of interest to them. Using knowledge gained during research, the intern will create a software system for the partner organization that will use customer data to target customers with highly personalized email content.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eugene Fiume

Student:

Partner:

Rakuten Kobo Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Facilitating Discovery of Books Through Proactive User Cues

Search and recommendations drive the majority of sales at KOBO. It is therefore critical to continually improve and tune these algorithms. Our project will explore several questions dealing with integrating information provided by users in order to optimize search and recommendation algorithms: how to integrate user-generated tags in order to enhance search (rather than simply depending on product metadata), how to elicit user preferences when they join the service (when we have no existing data to work with), and how to present reasons for recommendations to users, as well as how to integrate user feedback on these recommendations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eugene Fiume

Student:

Partner:

Rakuten Kobo Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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