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Climate change adaptation options and policies in Japanese forests and forest sector

Forests are increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Changes in temperatures and precipitation patterns could affect the composition, health and productivity of the forests and the values people derive from them. In response to these observed and anticipated changes, scientists and decision-makers are increasingly considering the use of strategies intended to increase the adaptability of forests to climate change. In Japan, climate change adaptation in forests has been identified as a priority by the government. However, while the vulnerability of Japanese forests to climate change is scientifically established and politically acknowledged, there is very limited research on possible adaptation options and policies. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shannon Hagerman;Robert Kozak

Student:

Partner:

Forest Research and Management Organization;Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Dynamic Casual Modeling of Effective Connection in Brain Network Based on the Cloud Computing Platform

Since the Brainnetome Initiative and Human Brain Project began, a few efforts have been made to address the computational challenges of neuroscience Big Data. The promises of these two projects were to model the complex interaction of brain and behavior and to understand and diagnose brain diseases by collecting and analyzing large quantities of data. Archiving, analyzing, and sharing the growing neuroimaging datasets posed major challenges. New computational methods and technologies have emerged in the domain of Big Data but have not been fully adapted for use in neuroimaging. In this internship, I propose a new method to model the effective brain network connection which may help u to understanding the information processing capabilities of the brain. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alan Evans

Student:

Partner:

The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

New Commons: Sustaining Rural Japanese Regionalisms through the Re-Inhabitation of Public Schools

I am a student in the Masters of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. My thesis focuses on the repurposing of buildings and the cultural connections architecture can have to its local communities, in the context of rural Japan. Through the Mitacs Globalink JSPS summer program, I plan to conduct the fieldwork of my thesis, interview with Japanese experts on the subject and access research resources unique to Japan. I plan to travel to Japan and visit three rural sites undergoing depopulation and, with the resulting research and documentation, propose an adaptive re-use project that will preserve cultural production and local economies. I will compile my fieldwork conducted in Japan and produce a document, in English and Japanese, that highlights cultures and traditions integral to my sites of interest that will later serve as an educational tool for communities and other architects. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jane Hutton

Student:

Partner:

The University of Tokyo

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Nanoparticle detection and filtering in bottle resonator

I propose to design a platform to detect and filter out particles on the order of 10 nanometers from a liquid in a dynamic environment. An optical cavity confines very large amounts of light is made by modifying a capillary optical fiber for which the light circulates around the outer edge. This large amount of stored light creates a large electric field inside the modified capillary. As a liquid containing nanoparticles is pumped through the capillary it will interact with the electric field which will shift in the wavelength of light entering the cavity. This light-nanoparticle interaction will also pull the nanoparticle towards the edge of the capillary,where the electric field is largest and will keep them at near the edge while the rest of the fluid passes through. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pablo Bianucci

Student:

Partner:

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of an implantable oximeter for patients suffering from chronic respiratory insufficiency: design and validation of a prototype

Oxygen therapy is one of the most used treatments during hospitalization, especially in patients with cardiac or respiratory diseases. The latest recommendations emphasize the need to titrate oxygen as precisely as for any other drugs to avoid underdosage (hypoxemia) as overdoses (hyperoxia). Two million patients in the US receive oxygen therapy in the long term, and this number is rapidly increasing with the growing number of individuals with chronic cardiac and pulmonary diseases and with the aging of the population. The utilization of a pulse oximeters is very limiting for patients receiving long-term oxygen, because conventional oximeters are uncomfortable, they can fall off or lose the signal frequently, and they are very sensitive to movement artefacts. This project aims to combine complementary expertise in electrical engineering, artificial intelligence and respiratory medicine of three leading research institutions to develop an implantable oximeter measuring the rate of saturated oxygen (SpO2) continuously to be used in patients in whom long-term oxygen therapy has been recommended by their treating physician. An implantable oximeter will provide continuous, reliable and stable SpO2 signal to facilitate monitoring of health status in patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit Gosselin

Student:

Partner:

OxyNov

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Design of a next generation 3D ultrasound vector flow imaging tool

Non-invasive imaging of hemodynamics is known to enhance screening and monitoring of cardiovascular diseases (a leading cause of death in Canada’s aging population), however clinicians lack an imaging tool that can visualize the complex 3D and dynamic nature of hemodynamics in real-time. To meet such clinical needs, this project will aim to devise the first real-time 3D ultrasound imaging tool that can visualize 3D flow vector fields at high volume rates. The proposed tool will be realized by integrating a 2D sparse spiral array probe with a new open-platform ultrasound scanner, and then designing and implementing a new 3D flow vector estimation algorithm on the scanner for real-time execution. This project will synergize ultrasound-related expertise in hardware design from University of Florence and in vector flow imaging from University of Waterloo. Once developed, the proposed tool will provide quantitative 3D flow fields with high temporal resolution that can be leveraged to derive parameters relevant to cardiovascular diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alfred Yu

Student:

Partner:

University of Florence

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Biotechnology; Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Information Needs of People with Colorectal Cancer: a Knowledge Synthesis

The information needs of people with colorectal cancer are complex and poorly understood. This project seeks to undertake a narrative synthesis, a form of story telling that brings together evidence in a way that tells a convincing story of why something needs to be done or changed. It helps bridge the gap between research, policy, and practice. With a group of interested health care providers, I will examine literature that re/presents the views and experience of people with colorectal cancer. We will present the findings of the synthesis of this literature to people with colorectal cancer and health care providers, soliciting their views on what the literature says and additional feedback. We will create a story that, through knowledge translation activities, can inform the practice of health care providers interested in ensuring that providing useful and timely information to people is a fundamental component of quality cancer care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mary Ellen Purkis

Student:

Partner:

BC Cancer Agency

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Effects of sublethal neonicotinoid exposure on the functional expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the aquatic insect, Chironomus dilutus

Neonicotinoids are the largest-selling, fastest-growing group of insecticides worldwide. Due to their chemical properties (high water solubility) and current agricultural application practices, neonicotinoids and their mixtures are routinely detected in global freshwater environments. As these compounds can persist in light-limited environments and are highly toxic to invertebrates (particularly arthropods), the effects of long-term exposures to neonicotinoids/mixtures on aquatic insects is of ecotoxicological concern. Previous studies have characterized the toxicities of select neonicotinoids and their mixtures to sensitive aquatic insects, using the aquatic midge Chironomus dilutus (C. dilutus) as a representative test species. However, toxicological effects tend to vary depending on exposure length/condition, mixture composition, endpoint of concern, and individual insect species. One hypothesis for these diverse effects is that the function of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), the main molecular target of neonicotinoids, varies both between different insects and in response to neonicotinoid exposure. However, limited research has been completed on the function and expression of the nAChR in non-target aquatic insect species. Therefore, this project aims to fill that data gap. In this study, we aim to characterize the function and expression of the nAChR using C. dilutus as a representative test species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karsten Liber;Christy Morrissey

Student:

Partner:

University of Orléans

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Environmental Science and Technology; Agriculture and Food

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Recovery of common loon populations on acid-stressed Ontario lakes

We will use a database of more than 30 years of scientific survey and citizen-science observations of common loon breeding on lakes in Ontario, as well as other parts of Canada, to determine whether loons now breed successfully on lakes where they were negatively affected by acid rain (and other human threats like development). Our data will be augmented by new surveys on the same lakes we have surveyed for three decades. The information will help the partner inform and tailor its ongoing citizen science program, and will yield key information to wildlife managers for managing loon populations in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Mallory

Student:

Partner:

Birds Canada (ON)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Transporting Glass Recycling

Glass has long been used as a material for packaging food and beverages for household consumption. As continued focus is given on operating an effective and efficient recycling program, Recycle BC is interested in better understanding the pathway that glass takes within the program from a GHG perspective – from the point of disposal for recycling, to when it is hauled to its end use destination. We want to understand what the breakeven point is between the amount of GHG emissions required to collect glass versus the emissions offset by recycling it.
Also, currently glass collected through the Recycle BC program is either processed into new bottles, used as material for sandblasting, or used as a construction aggregate. As end markets shift in BC, we are interested in seeking out new and innovative applications for recycled glass as a feedstock.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Gunton

Student:

Partner:

Recycle BC

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of Savings and Retirement for Canadians

There are numerous financial goals that most Canadians face. Retirement, funding post high school education, managing debt, purchasing appropriate amounts of insurance and saving for lump sum purchases. Each of these goals has various accounts and savings vehicles associated with them. The research projects we are proposing will help Canadians define their own financial situation, focus on their goals in the optimal order, and best utilize savings vehicles and government benefits to best meet their goals. Glencairn Financial Inc. wishes to be in the business of helping Canadians meet their goals no from a product and sales approach, but from a mathematical and optimization approach.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Chen;Hongmei Zhu

Student:

Partner:

Glencairn Financial Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

“Canadian Architectural Education, Accreditation, and Certification trends in a Changing Environment”

The proposed research will follow four steps within the scope of this Mitacs grant:
1. Collect data from existing sources, including the CACB, regarding Canadian Schools of Architecture statistics;
2. Find gaps in the data collection and seek out the missing data from Schools of Architecture and/or the partner organizations;
3. Collate the data as a whole and begin quantitative analysis according to several questions outlined above (i.e. how many hours does each School devote to design studio instruction per week?);
4. Interpret the data in terms of qualitative analysis in order to address qualitative questions surrounding certification and accreditation within Canadian Schools of Architecture (i.e. does the amount of Canadian architecture graduates correspond to them becoming certified or completing internship within 3-5 years? And what does this tell us about the transition from School to licensure in Canada compared with other countries?)

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Bordeleau

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Architectural Certification Boards

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

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