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Addressing obstetric violence in Brazil: Multi-stakeholder perspectives, empowerment, and care in the context of Brazil’s National Humanization of Labour and Childbirth Policy

This research will explore the vision of professionals, women, partners, and decision –makers about the implementation of the Brazil national policy of humanization of childbirth. This research will review the specific roles of health promoters, nurses, physicians, social workers, psychologists and midwives in different health care organizations to educate women about their rights during the pregnancy, child delivery and post-partum. The research will promote a debate about the needed changes to improve the quality of care for those women and the collective level of awareness about the obstetric violence against women at their most vulnerable condition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karline Wilson-Mitchell;Margareth Zanchetta

Student:

Partner:

Universidade de Brasília;Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Évaluation du système d’automatisation MOBILE dans un centre de décontamination et de préparation des instruments chirurgicaux

L’objectif de cette étude est d’évaluer l’impact du fonctionnement d’un prototype du système d’automatisation MOBILE dans un environnement représentatif à l’aide d’un modèle de simulation à évènements discrets. Ce système a pour objectif de permettre : i) une automatisation des chargements et des déchargements des laveurs; ii) une sélection automatique des laveurs et de leurs cycles de lavage et ii) une réduction des mouvements des membres de l’équipe client avec ses fonctions de cueillette et de livraison de matériel directement aux postes de travail désirés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nadia Lehoux;Nadia Lahrichi

Student:

Partner:

STERIS Canada Corporation

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal; Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Dipolar depletion : study of a field tunable colloid-polymer solution

In a colloid-polymer mixture, the addition of non-adsorbing polymer can control the magnitude as well as the range of an effective attraction between micron-sized colloidal particles. In such a system, various phases, including network-forming gels, can be observed. With tunable interactions, such systems could also be used for the studies of phase transition kinetics. An externally controllable tunable interaction can be achieved by the application of an external ac electric field. While the gas-liquid transition has been extensively studied, and transitions to various gel and glass states have been observed, a field would enable controlled crossings of phase boundaries. The external ac electric field induces dipolar interactions in the colloidal suspension, which is an important driving force for nanoparticle self-organization. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anand Yethiraj

Student:

Partner:

Utrecht University (Mexico)

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Technology; Nanotechnology; Other

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Globalink Research Award

L’influence de la langue sur l’évaluation d’une marque

Mon projet de recherche vise à étudier l’impact de la langue utilisée par une marque sur la perception et l’évaluation que les consommateurs ont de celle-ci. Dans ce but, une recherche théorique avancée sur la marque et une étude culturelle seront le socle d’une expérimentation visant à tester des hypothèses.
Grâce à cette bourse, je pourrai effectuer mon expérimentation au Brésil, avec et auprès d’étudiants universitaires et sous la supervision du professeur Martin De la Martinière Petroll sur place, et de celle de Zandra Balbinot, ma directrice de mémoire basée à Montréal. Cette aide précieuse me permettra de disposer de données solides pour ma recherche.
Lors de cette expérimentation, un groupe de contrôle ainsi qu’un groupe test (composés d’étudiants) devront interagir avec différentes marques dont les noms proviennent de différentes langues. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zandra Balbinot

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Elucidation of candida and human cancer cell (host-pathogen) interaction

Candida is one of the most common fungal pathogens in humans. Through the control of our immune system, Candida resides as a harmeless commensal organism in almost all humans (host). A change in environmental and host conditions leads to Candida changing from its harmless state to a parasitic (pathogenic) state, which causes disease. Candida has the ability to spread through the bloodstream, for example from implanted medical devices, move from the gut during surgery and colonize internal organs in the human body, causing life-threatening infections of the skin, mucosa. Individuals with a weak immune system such as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and cancer are particularly susceptible. The infection caused by Candida, called candidiasis, has high morbidity rates. Although there is an increased risk of developing Candida infections in cancer patients, Candida can also lead to cancer. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tanya Dahms

Student:

Partner:

Université de Toulouse

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Ainsi furent chevaliers fet : le rituel de l’adoubement et la formation du groupe chevaleresque dans l’Europe médiévale du XIIIe siècle

Structuré par un partenariat étroit entre des chercheurs de l’Université d’Ottawa et de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ce projet a pour objectif de comprendre la pratique de l’adoubement, le rituel par lequel un individu était fait chevalier, dans les sociétés médiévales de l’Europe Occidentale du XIIIe siècle. Il s’agit d’un défi de taille, puisque les textes médiévaux traitant de l’adoubement sont nombreux, épars et rédigés en différentes langues, ce qui rend leur collecte difficile. Pour y parvenir, j’entends utiliser les nouvelles possibilités qu’offrent les humanités numériques afin d’appliquer des méthodes informatiques de cueillette et de traitement des données à une recherche portant sur des documents médiévaux. À l’heure où les inégalités sociales vont croissantes dans les sociétés contemporaines, l’étude de l’adoubement, parce qu’elle permet de penser le phénomène humain fondamental qu’est la domination, revêt un intérêt scientifique et politique transcendant largement les frontières de l’Europe occidentale du XIIIe siècle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kouky Fianu

Student:

Partner:

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Seeing the bigger picture: understanding marine integrated management to support conservation and sustainability

There is international recognition of the need to conserve marine biodiversity and safeguard ecosystems, as reflected by international agendas and goal setting. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water, calls for the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. Achieving international goals will require unified actions across ocean sectors, necessitating integrated approaches to management. Currently, a mutually agreed upon definition of integrated management is lacking, and management tends to occur via individual sectors. If governments, industries, and conservation authorities hold different views on integrated management, the uptake of integrated approaches may be delayed and progress toward conservation and sustainability goals impeded. This research will review the diversity of views on integrated management within the scientific literature, and will analyze the influence of this scientific discourse on policy in European and Canadian contexts. This research is expected to advance the understanding of integrated management and to identify points of improved integration between conservation, industry, and policy. Where conservation and industry have historically collided, this research seeks to identify synergy that may facilitate integrated management, supporting progress toward Canada’s national and international conservation and sustainability goals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rodolphe Devillers

Student:

Partner:

Université de Perpignan

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Globalink Research Award

In-situ Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy on Novel Metallic Single Crystals

With the increase of CO2 emissions, pollutants and waste production from developed/developing countries, there has been an urgent need for the scientific community to come up with effective and reliable solutions to these environmental concerns. The demand for renewable and clean energy alternatives has never been so urgent. While there have been developments in various fuel cell technologies, the high-cost of platinum-group nanomaterials being used for electrocatalysts is currently prohibitively expensive. Nickel nanomaterials have been identified as candidates to be used as high activity, cheaper alternatives. This project proposes to use in-situ electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy to study processes related to alkaline fuel cells and water electrolysers. There exists a significant knowledge gap involving the fundamental surface phenomena taking place on monocrystalline surfaces that can be present on nanomaterials. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Jerkiewicz

Student:

Partner:

Universität Ulm

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Green/Alternative Energy; Technology; Other

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Impact des propriétés physiques de la neige sur les lemmings en Arctique

Mon projet de doctorat porte sur l’impact des propriétés physiques de la neige sur les lemmings en Arctique. Ces petits mammifères sont un maillon clé de l’écosystème arctique, étant la proie principale des prédateurs vivant dans ces régions. Les changements climatiques sont susceptibles de modifier la qualité de la neige en Arctique, ce qui pourrait affecter les lemmings qui dépendent de la neige lors de la période hivernale. Les lemmings creusent des réseaux de tunnels sous la neige pour s’alimenter de végétation, mais nous ignorons encore comment la neige influence leurs déplacements. Étudier les tunnels de lemmings dans le manteau neigeux et développer des systèmes optiques permettant de les photographier sous la neige sont deux méthodes qui nous permettront de mieux comprendre leur écologie hivernale. Mon projet de doctorat vise à mieux comprendre, à l’aide des méthodes mentionnées, l’écologie hivernale des lemmings. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gauthier Gilles

Student:

Partner:

Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Kinetics of Enzymes in Crowded Environment – In-vitro modeling of Biological entities

Enzymes are macromolecules that speed up the rate of chemical reactions by many orders of magnitude. Different classes of enzymes are present in a cell at different copy numbers to control and fine-tune its metabolism. The kinetics of enzymes differs depending on the physical properties of the local surroundings. Due to the high complexity of a cell’s composition, it is hard to extract information on enzyme kinetics by in vivo experiments. We will perform in vitro experiments using advanced scientific techniques such as fluorescence spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to characterize the structural dynamics of enzymes in artificially crowded environments and correlate that with the kinetics measured through standard UV/Vis spectrophotometry. We will combine results of different experiments performed at both the host and parent institute to develop an improved understanding of how environmental factors such as (i) excluded-volume and (ii) non-specific interactions modulate kinetic processes.
In addition to that we will study the role of confinement on macromolecular diffusion by preparing gels using different methods and characterize them by performing small angle X-Ray scattering at the host institute […]

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anand Yethiraj

Student:

Partner:

University of Orléans

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Biotechnology; Nanotechnology; Pharmaceuticals

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Targeting lifestyle behaviours among teenage and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors in the United Kingdom and Canada

Improvements in survival rates of cancer diagnosed between the ages of 13 and 29 have led to a growing number of survivors of teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer living with quality of life challenges well into adulthood. TYAs are at an increased risk for physical and mental heath challenges following diagnosis and treatment, and these risks may be exacerbated by engaging in health risking-behaviour (e.g., poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and substance abuse). Lifestyle changes may be effective for protecting TYAs from these health risks, yet a there is a need for the development of age specific lifestyle interventions. However, global inconsistencies in the care of TYAs has made this challenging. This projects aims to report on these inconsistencies, merge existing lifestyle strategies developed at the University College London and University of Toronto, and build a platform for age-appropriate resources for TYA supportive care in the United Kingdom and Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Catherine Sabiston

Student:

Partner:

University College London

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Research on High-Performance Graph Differencing, Fuzzy Hashing and Clustering Algorithms

Metafor is developing a new class of IT system management solutions and as a part of this, Metafor wants a method to show differences between multiple deployed instances of an application. Metafor would also like to have the ability to group many application in different clusters based on their structural similarities. We would like to be able to do so by calculating hash values for each tree, or to find an alternative way which is inexpensive in CPU and memory usage. Moreover, we would like to find ways to apply the tree differencing techniques already developed, to models of applications that are unavoidably messy and cyclic, reflecting their often chaotic reality. To implement this, Metafor requires an accurate and high-performance generalized graph differencing algorithm. All the implementations will be done using the Java and Scala programming languages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Will Evans

Student:

Partner:

Metafor Software

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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