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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

Cross Layer Security Mechanisms: From Design to Integration within Ultra-Dense Virtualized Radio Access Net

A plethora of business models have encouraged the proliferation and expansion of devices connectivity through network densification through 5G core solution. The complexity of the network as well as its ability to evolve constantly have change the way to secure is operated. Security needs to be based on constant monitoring to detect malicious behavior across a domain and mitigate the constantly evolving threats. As such detection and mitigation of these threats requires some intelligence as well as the ability to orchestrate strategies to detect and mitigate the threats. The detection leverages data analytics to reveal attacks as soon as possible, as well as orchestration capabilities to increase the detection efficiency as well as the mitigation. The implementation of orchestration leverages SDN and NFV technologies. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Georges Kaddoum;Mohammad Mannan

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC);Ericsson Canada Inc (Quebec)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University; École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Catalytic Conversion of Glucose into 5-HMF using Bi-functional Solid Acid Catalyst

In this project, we are going to achieve high yield and selectivity of 5-HMFin moderate operating conditions by synthesis of novel Silica-supported catalysts with various functionalization using different metallic compounds (e.g. Nb, Al, Zr, Cu) and acids (e.g. H2SO4, H3PO4) to form Lewis and Bronsted acid sites that can respectively carry glucose isomerization to fructose followed by subsequent fructose dehydration to 5-HMF in biphasic THF/H2O-NaCl solvent.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles Chunbao Xu

Student:

Partner:

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Western University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Fear and Anger in the Way We Speak

A spoken sentence means more than the sum of its words’ meanings. A speaker’s voice, more specifically, the way a speaker shapes speech melody, also conveys emotional information. Healthy brains easily distinguish fear and anger even in short utterances without any meaning. Yet, when we interact with people face-to-face, our brains seemingly ignore this auditory information in favor of the available visual information, i.e., body language, and in this process, our auditory system then fails to differentiate between fear and anger. In this research project, I want to explore the behavioral relevance of this neural pattern. Using a task in which I pit speech melody against body language I want to examine a) how visual and auditory information interact, b) why fear and anger are perceived differently, and c) what consequences this difference has on the way we process visual and auditory information. Understanding how we perceive emotional information is an important step in finding solutions for people whose ability to do so is impaired and improving human-computer interfaces.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lola Cuddy

Student:

Partner:

Maastricht University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Breaking the Barriers to Socially Conscious Business in Edmonton

Breaking Barriers to Social Conscious Business in Edmonton is a research project that aims to help the business community in the Edmonton downtown core and beyond better serve their community through socially-conscious business practices by shedding light on what barriers and facilitators business owners face in adopting socially conscious business practices in their day-to-day operations. In partnership with and learning from The Nook Cafe – a local business that is facilitating positive change in their community by adopting socially conscious business practices – we aim to deliver an analysis of and recommendations for how local businesses can make positive changes in their community and how Edmonton as a whole can celebrate the efforts of businesses like The Nook Cafe to accelerate adoption of socially conscious business practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sven Anders;Leo Wong

Student:

Partner:

The Nook Cafe

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Accommodation and food services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

An Artificial Intelligence algorithm for creating personalized learning journeys for students

With the fast growing information available on the web, students are often greeted with countless learning materials. As such, personalization is an essential strategy for facilitating relevant learning materials to satisfy students’ needs. The scope of this project is to design a recommendation system by using a deep learning process for personalized learning based on a quiz module. At the end of the project, we would be able to determine how students like to learn and to evolve the learning path based on strengths to enhance the learning experiences. Moreover, based on the obtained model, we will provide recommendation and dialogue to support learning. The proposed recommender system is based on hybrid filtering that considers both content-based and collaborative filtering properly. Indeed, the students’ historical data and the information of learning resources are taken into account to design a learning path to the students based on their needs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Chen

Student:

Partner:

Stem Minds

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Education; Information and Communications Technology; Commercial Services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Intégration de scénarios de climats futurs dans la planification de la conservation et de la restauration de milieux humides dans un but de protection de la ressource en eau de la Ville de Québec

Les milieux humides et les plaines inondables jouent un rôle majeur dans notre capacité d’adaptation aux changements climatiques, surtout en milieu urbain où les conflits d’usage s’intensifient. Le projet vise à 1) évaluer le rôle des milieux humides dans la régulation des crues et étiages en fonction de différentes projections climatiques et d’occupation du territoire, 2) proposer des réseaux de conservation pour optimiser les services écologiques des milieux humides, 3) évaluer les besoins de restauration des milieux humides et hydriques pour l’ensemble du territoire, 4) établir un plan de restauration pour le ruisseau Savard et la tourbière de la Base de plein-air de Sainte-Foy, 5) étudier les seuils de conservation et restauration établis dans d’autres juridictions, 6) évaluer les représentations sociales des mesures de protection des milieux humides et hydriques seront évaluées afin de faciliter l’application de la loi 132.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Monique Poulin;Alain Rousseau;Sophie Lavallée;Stéphanie Pellerin;André Evette;Marylise Cottet

Student:

Partner:

Ouranos Inc;Organisme des Bassins Versants de la Capitale

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

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