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From the Griffin to the Axolotl: The Resurgence and Reimagining of the Medieval Bestiary in Contemporary Hispanic Literature

The bestiary, derived from the Latin bestiarium, was a medieval genre comprised of animal catalogues, each providing descriptions, anecdotes, and illustrations of real and imaginary beasts. Often plotless, targeting women and children, decorated with lavish imagery, and laden with Catholic allegory, medieval bestiaries exploited animals’ appeal and rhetorical plasticity to educate and enforce conformity in medieval societies. Centuries later, Latin American authors took up the bestiary during the literary avant-garde and Boom periods and remolded it by embracing beasts beyond the European imagination, replacing religious doctrine with diverse ideologies, at times revelling in the nonsensical. Juan José Arreola, Jorge Luis Borges, Augusto Monterroso, and Pablo Neruda adapted the medieval bestiary, each writer infusing his work with his philosophies and idiosyncrasies. These four authors’ works serve as an origin point from which dozens of other authors take inspiration, culminating in a revival of the bestiary in contemporary Hispanic literature. Because the genre is new and can prove elusive, I will use the MITACS Global Link travel grant to hunt bestiaries through Mexico City in the hopes of expanding my current corpus.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rosa Sarabia

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Tracing the Historical Plays of Power in Alberta’s Recreation System

When we research the knowledge of the past, we also research the conditions of possibility for different futures (Foucault, 2003; Peers, 2015). Therefore, the purpose of this research project is to use the traces of the past to question the practices that have come to be naturalized within Alberta’s recreation system (e.g., providing pay-per-use recreation opportunities in big box facilities). Using an intensive archival research process, as well as a series of ongoing community conversations, we hope to uncover what is problematic and dangerous in recreation’s practices and discourses. In doing so, we hope to learn how recreation professionals specifically, and society more broadly, might think about and practice recreation differently.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maria Mayan;Danielle Peers;Candace Nykiforuk

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Playground Safety Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Green collateral damage: Social impacts of offsetting deforestation in India

For my MA thesis, I am studying the social implications of forest landscape restoration in India. India’s compensatory afforestation policy requires mining and infrastructure projects to offset deforestation by planting ‘compensatory’ trees. The scale of this initiative is huge: over $7 billion USD of offset payments have accumulated with the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Fund, which local forest departments will use to acquire thousands of hectares of ‘wasteland’ and ‘degraded land’ for tree plantation. Civil society actors have questioned whether industrial plantations can compensate for forests, and point out that rampant deforestation continues unchecked. Moreover, allocating land used as commons for plantations can have negative social impacts. In the era of climate change, forest restoration is a genuine concern, so my research will also explore alternative, community-rooted efforts to green India as counterpoints to state-led efforts. This award will support fieldwork in Odisha, India starting in September, 2018.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Neera Singh

Student:

Partner:

Tata Institute for Social Sciences

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Automatic Delineation of Seismocardiogram and Gyrocardiogram Signals

The project aims at accomplishing the real-time delineation of both Seismocardiogram and Gyrocardiogram signals (which are associated with different stages of the cardiovascular cycle) and effectively extracting cardiac performance metrics (fiducial points) for use in a non-invasive portable diagnostic tool as the deviations of the either timing or amplitude can be indicative of abnormality in heart performance. In other words, the focus is to find an effective technique for the diagnosis and prognosis of different cardiac diseases to screen at-risk individuals who have cardiac conditions and provide them an early treatment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Antony Hodgson

Student:

Partner:

Heart Force Medical Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Study of multiphase flow in a bearing cavity of an aeroengine

Aeroengines operate at very high speed and high temperatures. Therefore, the transmission system of an aeroengine becomes a critical design process because of its proximity to the combustion chamber. As a result, engineers must understand very well the fluid mechanics phenomena involved in the lubrication and cooling of the transmission components such as the bearing cavities. Such cavities isolate the oil and air mixture used to lubricate and cool a bearing from the rest of the air system. Their design and performance are currently limited by the analytical tools that can be used for production applications. The goal of this project is to validate the effectiveness of a new analytical tool based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study bearing cavities. At the University of Nottingham, the student will assist experimental engineers and professors on a bearing cavity rig financed by Pratt & Whitney Canada. The student has already prepared experimental test conditions and a methodology that will allow validation of the analytical tool with minimal risk and minimal costs. “TO BE CONT’D”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dominique Pelletier

Student:

Partner:

University of Nottingham

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Paleoclimatic records based on stable isotope analyses of speleothems

Recently, speleothems from various Korean limestone caves have received special attention as an invaluable paleoclimatic archive for both regional and global aspects. Although recent investigations show distinctive relationships between their stable isotope compositions and surface environmental conditions, the quantitative understanding on the relationship is needed for more accurate and precise reconstructions of past climatic factors (e.g., temperature and precipitation). In particular, stable isotope data with speleothem’s crystal morphology and fluid inclusion studies are necessary to achieve this goal. In this project, I would like to learn about analytical techniques on stable isotopes geochemistry especially for carbon and oxygen isotopes of Korean speleothems. If this project is successfully, I would be able to provide the quantitative data from the Korean peninsula as a typical temperate climate region to the paleoclimatic community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sang-Tae Kim

Student:

Partner:

Kangwon National University

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Predicting climate change resilience of mine site reclamation in Yukon’s boreal region: from site and ecosystem classifications to biological response

Research problem: Reclamation practices in regions known to be undergoing rapid climate change must consider what adaptive measures could be implemented to maximize short-term reclamation success and long-term resilience of reclaimed sites. Objectives: I will investigate how a multi-scale ecological classification system can be used to predict regeneration success of different forest tree species at reclamation sites in north-central Yukon. To predict regeneration success, I will investigate how tree species in equivalent, nearby natural stands have responded to observed climate change in the past. Methods: I will use a dendrochronological approach to reconstruct tree growth over the last 50+ years in natural stands that are either directly comparable to the reclamation sites, or that are equivalent under an observed or predicted warming signal. Climate equivalency is determined with a climatic niche model. Site equivalency will be determined by evaluating topographic metrics and soil data at candidate sites. Water deficit will be measured during hot/dry periods at reclaimed and natural sites as a key factor in determining resiliency to climate change. Anticipated Outcome: “TO BE CONT’D”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andreas Hamann

Student:

Partner:

Integral Ecology Group

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Queer Community Building Strategies

Professor Hannes Brunner at Wiessensee Academy of Art Berlin is experienced with making work that encourages public and social engagement and environmental designs. I am hoping to learn from his expertise of making work that involves these themes. Berlin is known internationally for its thriving arts and queer communities. Conducting research in Berlin will give me the opportunity to experience various factors that will further my understanding of making work to support culture and relationships. Art making is the tool I use to contribute in fostering my relationships with various communities and Berlin offers me a balance of cultural diversity, artistic development, and the opportunity to acquire knowledge that will support my education and personal growth as a queer artist of colour. This research project is an opportunity to gain the information needed to progress with my strategies of art making and gather experiences that will inform my work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rory Macdonald

Student:

Partner:

Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other

University:

Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

N-Heterocyclic carbene derived frustrated Lewis pairs toward small molecule activation

N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) is a reactive molecule which shows surprising reactivity toward various small molecules – such as bond activation of inert compounds. Although NHCs have shown their great reactivity, there still remains a lot of interesting molecules yet to be activated by NHCs. The objective of this project is to elevate the reactivity of NHCs toward various molecules that are inert to NHCs so far. This can be achieved by introducing Lewis acid additive to generate NHC derived frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs). In this FLP, Lewis basic NHC and Lewis acidic additive can act in cooperative way toward inert small molecules. Since the FLP usually shows much greater reactivity than its Lewis acid or Lewis base components alone, introducing Lewis acidic component to the Lewis basic NHCs will enable the activation of noble small molecules.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Stephan

Student:

Partner:

Pohang University of Science and Technology

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Natural Resources; Pharmaceuticals; Other

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

A method to reduce floating ground effect on wearable Electrocardiography (ECG) sensors

Heart’s electrical activities are traditionally collected by employing multiple electrodes that are connected the patient’s body and collected and recorded on an electrocardiogram. The objective of this project is to enhance the patient’s comfort and allow for a continues ECG monitoring with improved flexibility while minimizing the sacrifices of detected and accumulated data. In this proposal an unconventional method is suggested that employs physically separated sensors and circuits to enhance patient comfort and allows for a better flexibility. In this approach, three devices are used to collect and convert the signal and eventually transfer it to the wireless transmission block of the system. In this work, the focus is on the data collection of the three developed ECG sensors and the front-end circuit of the system that can collect and convert the signal for transmission without the need for a common ground electrode.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arezoo Emadi;Mitra Mirhassani

Student:

Partner:

HelpWear

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication for industrial use case

Ultra-reliable and low latency communication is increasingly an important aspect of future wireless communications. Specifically, in the context of mission critical communications for large-scale networks of sensors and actuators in automated and/or remote-control applications, low-latency wireless communication with high level of determinism is a vital element. The key performance indicators for such use case are in sharp contrast to the current broadband communications, since latency and reliability are paramount but lower data rates can be tolerated. In the context of motion control in industrial automation, ultra-high reliability of nine nines is expected from the communication system in ultra-low latency of one millisecond or less. Such requirements introduce new challenges for the research community that require novel wireless communication solutions to be addressed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wei Yu

Student:

Partner:

Nokia Canada Inc (ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle pour détecter les intentions de mouvements chez un amputé.

Afin de remédier à la perte d’autonomie chez un amputé, l’utilisation d’une prothèse active, c’est-à-dire qui effectue des mouvements, est recommandée. Toutefois, leur contrôle peu naturel explique pourquoi les amputés adhèrent difficilement à cette solution. Or, un contrôle beaucoup plus intuitif pourrait être effectué en détectant en premier lieu le mouvement souhaité par l’amputé puis en activant la prothèse correctement. Vu la complexité du signal, il est invraisemblable d’associer l’activité électrique du muscle au mouvement désiré à l’œil nu. Par contre, grâce à l’intelligence artificielle, il est possible d’apprendre à un ordinateur à détecter cette intention de mouvement. Ce projet de recherche vise à investiguer les algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle pour déterminer le plus performant à utiliser avec l’activité musculaire d’un amputé. Une précision de décision de 85% est espéré à l’issu du projet, soit 85 signaux du muscle sur 100 ayant bien été associés au bon intention de mouvement de l’amputé.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sofiane Achiche

Student:

Partner:

Trinity College Dublin

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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