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Cold Dark Joy: Learning to Thrive in Winter

I recently received a SSHRC for my MFA in Creative Writing thesis titled “Cold Dark Joy: Learning to Thrive in Winter.” This creative non-fiction book explores the possibility of thriving in cold, dark landscapes, particularly in circumpolar regions. To best research the possibility of cultural happiness and well-being during dark winters, I will study the phenomenon of ‘hygge’ — a Danish philosophy of creating both physical and metaphorical warmth and light in dark times, as well as the cultural representation of winter, coldness, and darkness in Denmark. Specifically, I will study Danish folklore, art, design, and landscape via museums, libraries, art galleries, and public as well as wild outdoor spaces, in order to write about the Danish interpretation and representation of winter. My objective is to experience the positive representations of Danish wintering in order to propose a more positive cultural experience of winter to my home country of Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Timothy Taylor

Student:

Partner:

Aalborg University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Vela Canada; Building Social Capital

Research has shown that persons with disabilities have difficulty establishing relationships and becoming involved in their communities, which can generate barriers to generating and maintaining social capital. Microboards are small groups of people who have agreed to collaborate with an individual with a disability to form a person-centered ‘board’. Microboards have generated anecdotal attention for the positive impacts they can generate on the enhancement of social capital in persons with disabilities, but there is limited formal research to date on the impacts of Microboards on individuals and communities. The proposed qualitative research project will conduct 1 interviews with individuals involved in Microboard systems (persons with disabilities, board members, and community members) in the province of British Columbia. Participants will be invited to share their experiences with Microboards related to social capital outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tim Stainton;Rachelle Hole

Student:

Partner:

Vela Microboard Association of British Columbia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the Effect of Ironwood Clay on Skin Fibroblasts and Immune Cells

Clay has been extensively in use around the world for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. becoming increasingly popular as a rediscovered treatment for many different health and skincare conditions. Clays contain massive amounts of trace minerals, necessary for good health. This may explain many of the healing properties of clay. Ironwood Clay and its Glacial Oceanic extract are from the pristine source and are unique to the BC coast of Canada. This clay has been widely used for health and cosmetic purposes. However, there is no study or data available to indicate the effect of this clay or its minerals on skin cells. This study is to investigate whether Ironwood Glacial Clay or its minerals have any effect on inflammation or function of skin cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aziz Ghahary

Student:

Partner:

Ironwood Clay Company Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

A nanostructural study of pyrite with links to trace element mobility: developing strategies for 2D and 3D analysis of naturally deformed metals

Pyrite is an important mineral known to incorporate significant amounts of precious-metals (i.e. gold) within its crystal structure. Previous studies have suggested that when pyrite is subjected to high temperature conditions and plastically deforms, it releases such metals that are remobilized and concentrated into important economic ore deposits. However, the plastic behavior of pyrite and the physiochemical processes occurring during deformation remain poorly understood. Through a synergetic collaboration between Canada and Germany, we will attempt to advance our understanding of these processes that lead to the concentration of metals within deformation-induced substructures (i.e crystal defects) of pyrite. At the core of the project is a developmental strategy to integrate new applications of 2D and 3D nanostructural and and geochemical mapping techniques to evaluate the model where metals are sourced from within the crystal structure and remobilized along deformation-induced defects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Schneider

Student:

Partner:

Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Natural Resources; Mining; Nanotechnology

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Research on Multi-Platform Supported Realtime Locator for Transport/ Fleet Management Applications

The project is to conduct research on multi-platform supported Locator device by investigating an easy-to-port and extendible design to migrate a Locator firmware offered by WebTech wireless Company on alternative operating systems with more advanced features. The Locator firmware is currently run on the FreeRTOS operating system, which is known to be small and simple, but only with limited capacity to support complex applications and process large amount of data with high accuracy. We thus plan to migrate and refactor the firmware onto more advanced operating systems such as embedded Windows and embedded Linux operating systems. WebTech Company will benefit from the proposed research by gaining the Locator device with its firmware working on the embedded Linux and Windows operating systems. In addition, the developed refactoring design also helps enable fast provisioning for other operating systems, making the Locator device and its firmware more flexible and extendible to further enhancements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juangchuan Liu

Student:

Partner:

WebTech Wireless

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

L’espace public et le transport en commun à travers les yeux des adolescentes vivant dans les quartiers périphériques du Mexique

Partant des concepts de droit à la ville (Lefebre, 1968) et de justice spatiale (Soja 2010), cette étude considère les espaces publics (Paquot, 2015) comme une ressource urbaine, indispensable à l’utilisation du transport en commun (TC). Les adolescentes sont confrontées à l’exclusion, en particulier dans les villes du Sud: les filles sont responsables des tâches domestiques, elles ont moins de temps pour les loisirs, sont moins présentes dans les espaces publics (Brady, 2003). Cette exclusion affecte l’accès au TC, ce qui constitue un outil de mobilité précieux, en particulier dans les environnements les plus défavorisés.
Dans ce projet, la question générale de recherche est la suivante : dans une perspective d’autodétermination et d’égalité, quelle est l’expérience des adolescentes dans les espaces publics lors de l’utilisation du TC??

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juan Torres

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de Guadalajara

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Compound recommendation for plant health using machine learning and computational chemistry

Virtual screening is a computational technique used in drug discovery to search large libraries of small molecules in order to identify those structures which are most likely to bind to a drug target, typically a protein receptor or enzyme. Virtual screening is thought to have the potential to speed the rate of discovery by reducing the need for expensive and time-consuming lab tests to physically test thousands of diverse compounds, often with an expected hit rate on the order of 1% or less with still fewer expected to be real leads following further testing. The proposed project aims to develop computational models that would screen through large libraries of chemical compounds and recommend those with potential efficacy against desired indications in plants and crops. The models will be developed using data collected by Terramera, with high classification accuracy, according to threshold tolerances defined by Terramera scientists.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Ester

Student:

Partner:

Terramera Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Anomaly Detection in Land Vehicle Traffic Activity

This project’s objective is to develop a capability to detect and describe anomalous situations in ground vehicle traffic. Anomalous situations are described as substantial/important changes from the traffic frequently observed for a particular route and/or time. In this sense, anomaly can be quantitatively measured by the degree of predictability of current traffic given historical observations. In the use case of interest, information from traffic will be captured from a GMTI sensor performing recurrent surveillances (1-3 hours per day, multiple days per week) over the same area. By developing such capability, Thales wishes to create a new service offer (based on existing but still un tapped historical data): a decision support capability for GMTI analysts that will draw their attention on suspicious activities that would normally be unnoticed. This project does not deal with raw data processing or tracking problems, but uses vehicles tracks as input data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lijun Sun

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Transportation (excluding aerospace)

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Stories without borders: A Canadian/Mexican study of translation practices and Indigenous language literacy

“Stories Without Borders” is a collaborative educational project between a Canadian and a Mexican research team, with the support of the Canadian NGO Education without Borders (EwB). The research problem addressed is: How can children’s stories written in English and other Indigenous languages for Indigenous children in Canada best be translated into Indigenous Mexican languages for Indigenous children in Mexico? The study addresses both translation challenges and solutions described by Mexican translators of 7 Indigenous languages in the process of translating 12 children’s stories available on the Canadian open access site: Indigenous Storybooks, found at (http://indigenousstorybooks.ca/). The Mitacs intern, UBC PhD candidate Liam Doherty, will develop a translation app for the project, and help with data collection, coding, and analysis of the qualitative data. There will be 84 new translations available on the Indigenous Storybooks site, and a publication in preparation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bonny Norton

Student:

Partner:

Education without Borders

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Méthodologie d’identification des facteurs et schémas responsables de la baisse de productivité

À l’ère de ‘l’industrie 4.0’ qui prône le numérique et la connectivité, la gestion et l’exploitation des connaissances fournissent un avantage significatif dans un contexte manufacturier toujours plus concurrentiel. Cela permet le transfert de connaissances, la formation, la résolution de problèmes complexes ainsi que la prédiction de phénomènes. Les données de production peuvent provenir de sources variées (contrôleur machine, capteurs installés sur la machine, contrôles qualités, opérateurs, etc). Ces données contiennent des informations et des connaissances qui, si elles étaient collectées et traitées adéquatement, pourraient être exploitées et intégrées dans un système de fabrication pour améliorer la prise de décision et améliorer la productivité. Le projet de recherche proposé vise à développer une méthodologie de collecte, d’exploration et d’exploitation des données de production pour permettre d’identifier les facteurs et les schémas responsables de la baisse de productivité parfois observée.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christophe Danjou

Student:

Partner:

APN Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Clustering Generating Mechanisms in a Mixture of Additive Noise Models

Pattern analysis is the study of patterns in observed data. One important question in pattern analysis is to find and group similar objects together, e.g., those people with cardiovascular diseases among a set of volunteers willing to donate an organ. This frequently-encountered problem in the domain of data analysis is referred to as classification and clustering with some differences between the two. Despite being common, the problem still carries many aspects that are not well established and need to be dug further. In the current project, we study one of the relatively less discussed features of the clustering problem. That is, instead of grouping the data points based only on the observable values of some features, we allow for the possible associations among the features of a single object as well. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francois Soumis

Student:

Partner:

Huawei Technologies Canada Co Ltd (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Other

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying microRNA expression profiles and biomarkers in peripheral whole blood in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada and may affect up to as many as 3 million Canadians. However, due to inadequate diagnostic tools, 50% remain undiagnosed. Furthermore, COPD patients also suffer attacks, or exacerbations, which can hospitalise the patient, worsen their condition and take weeks to recover from. Exacerbations are difficult to predict and it is even harder to identify which patients are more susceptible to repeated attacks. I will investigate a group of small molecules, microRNAs, in patient blood, in order to identify which specific miRNAs are associated with COPD exacerabations and to identify whith patients are more susceptible to repeated exacerbations. Ultimately these findings will allow researchers a better insight into the mechanisms of COPD exacerbations, which in turn will lead to improved predictive and diagnostic tools and allow doctors to tailor patient management and reduce future lung attacks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Tebbutt

Student:

Partner:

St Paul's Hospital

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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