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Building Resilience into Canadian Housing

Resilience is toughness, or the ability to function and bounce back after a traumatic event. In this Mitacs research project, the focus is on housing, and resilience results from features that protect Canadian lives and property from natural disasters. One of the ways that governments ensure the safety of Canadians is through The Canada Model Building Code. The insurance industry is also committed to protecting lives and property by contributing advice about resilience in Building Code Review Committees. However, simple resilience measures advocated by the insurance industry are not being adopted in the Code. The current research aims to understand why, and to shed light on the housing industry and its involvement in code revision.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruth McKay

Student:

Partner:

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

A study of owner perceptions of health and longevity in dogs and cats fed meat- or plant-based diets.

Plant-based diets have been introduced to the companion animal nutrition market, though little evidence exists to support or refute the nutritional sufficiency of plant-based diets for cats and dogs, or the impacts these diets may have on the health and wellbeing of the animals they are fed to. The proposed study aims to question pet owners regarding their perceptions of their pets’ health and longevity, with a specific comparison of plant-based and conventional diets. This will be achieved through a survey made available to pet owners with questions regarding pet health and nutrition. The partner organization will benefit from a greater understanding of their clients’ pets and pet health, improving their ability to provide appropriate nutrition to these animals.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Adronie Verbrugghe

Student:

Partner:

Vecado

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Accommodation and food services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling and design improvement of a novel energy conversionprocess

The industrial partner has developed a novel system to convert low-grade heat into electricity.

However, the system needs to be studied further through scientific research to help with

optimizing the product development, component design, and overall system performance for

commercialization. In the proposed research project, the intern will use computational

modeling to understand the fundamental thermodynamic processes, for the design

optimization of the individual component and the entire system. The simulations will also be

conducted to study the scalability of the system to target different markets. The intern will use

the simulations results to design and improve prototypes for the technology demonstration,

and will conduct the performance testing of the demo unit to generate the benchmark data for

marketing and commercialization of this novel technology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamran Siddiqui

Student:

Partner:

Dyverga Energy Corporation (Waterloo, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

LE PLUMITIF ACCESSIBLE

La présente demande concerne le chantier de recherche sur le « plumitif accessible » lequel s’inscrit dans l’axe Connaissance et conscience du droit du projet ADAJ (Accès au droit et à la justice) financé par le Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines (CRSH) en partenariat. En effet comprendre le contenu des plumitifs est un défi important. Au Québec, toute personne peut obtenir accès aux plumitifs relatifs à une instance civile ou criminelle. Il s’agit d’informations à caractère public. L’information disponible dans les plumitifs est aride et fragmentaire. Encore aujourd’hui, les plumitifs sont essentiellement consultés par des professionnels du droit, des personnes travaillant à l’administration de la justice ou des personnes faisant de la vérification d’antécédents judiciaires. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandrine Promtep;Florence Millerand

Student:

Partner:

Société québécoise d'information juridique

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

2017 Neighbourhood Small Grants Program Evaluation

The 2017 Neighbourhood Small Grants Program Evaluation will deepen understanding of grassroots grant making through an analysis of program outcomes and participant feedback from the Vancouver Foundation’s 2017 Neighbourhood Small Grants (NSG) program. Using data collected by the Vancouver Foundation, the project intern will produce a report that highlights the outcomes, opportunities, challenges, and lessons learned from the program activities of the 2017 granting year of the NSG. The report will also compare the findings of the survey responses with similar academic research on community and neighbourhood development. Additionally, there will be a special focus on the impact and challenges of NSG projects incorporating arts and culture. This research will be publically available, supporting Vancouver Foundations’ ongoing delivery of the NSG program, and building capacity for other municipalities and institutions to design and implement grassroots grant making programs in their communities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lynn Fels

Student:

Partner:

Vancouver Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Talent Migration for Innovation & Growth: Case of Israel

This project examines how technology firms in Tel Aviv and Haifa, Israel attract and retain migrants with skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Israel strongly depends on its innovative technology firms; however, there is a growing awareness that Israel’s economy and innovativeness could lose momentum due to job shortages in the STEM sector. By conducting research on how sub-state entities, clusters, and technology firms navigate and influence a relatively rigid migration policy in Israel, this project seeks to gain insight into ‘best practices’ and hurdles in international talent mobility in Israel with the goal of providing actionable policy recommendations to better enhance high-skilled migration policies. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Geiger

Student:

Partner:

University of Haifa

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Technology; Other

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Théorie PAC-Bayésienne pour l’apprentissage de réseaux de neurones profonds

De nos jours, l’analyse des données est au coeur de plusieurs nouvelles technologies, surtout avec l’arrivée de l’ère du « big data » et l’essor du « deep learning ». En effet, les réseaux de neurones profonds appliqués à des données massives révolutionnent certains domaines comme la vision, le traitement de la langue naturelle et la bioinformatique. Cependant, la compréhension théorique des performances de ces méthodes ne parvient pas encore à expliquer leurs accomplissements empiriques. Le présent projet vise à exploiter la théorie PAC-Bayésienne afin de mieux comprendre d’un point de vue théorique l’apprentissage profond. Le PAC-Bayes permet d’obtenir des garanties statistiques pour des algorithmes d’apprentissage automatique pouvant être exploitées durant le processus d’apprentissage. Ainsi, le développement d’outils théoriques permettra de faciliter l’exploitation des réseaux de neurones profonds et de guider les développements futurs dans ce domaine.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Laviolette

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lille

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Other

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Commande non linéaire d’un robot parallèle à câbles dédié à la réadaptation des membres inférieurs

L’utilisation de systèmes robotiques en réadaptation médicale présente un certain nombre d’avantages par rapport à la thérapie traditionnelle, tels qu’une bonne répétabilité de mouvement, une assistance contrôlable avec précision pendant les mouvements et des mesures de performance quantifiables. Récemment, une nouvelle classe de systèmes robotiques, appelés robots parallèles à câbles, a été introduite dans le domaine de la réadaptation médicale. Dans de tels mécanismes, l’effecteur est entraîné directement par des câbles au lieu de liaisons rigides. L’étape la plus difficile et cruciale dans le développement des robots à câbles est la mise en œuvre d’un algorithme de commande qui rend le dispositif utile.
L’objectif de ce projet est de concevoir un contrôleur non linéaire pour le suivi de trajectoire d’un robot parallèle à câbles dédié à la réadaptation des membres inférieurs humains. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maarouf Saad

Student:

Partner:

Université de l'Aquila

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Functional investigation of the human knee

The knee is the joint that is the most affected by sport trauma and osteoarthritis and a lack of proper models significantly affects our ability to make appropriate diagnosis and propose effective treatment. This research project with Frederic Marin from the University of Technology in Compiegne, France, aims to develop a mathematical model to analyse data collected on human participants who performed different knee exercises. Using the data collected from two populations, young healthy subjects and healthy seniors, a model will be developed by Olivia Lougheed, as 3rd biomedical engineering student at the University of Waterloo. This model will take into consideration the anatomy of the knee as well as the orientation of the knee. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maud Gorbet;Naveen Chandrashekar

Student:

Partner:

Université de Technologie de Compiègne

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Évaluation de la qualité de vie au travail des employés de commerce de détail spécialisé en produits et services pour les animaux

Avec ses 63 magasins à travers le Québec et plus de 720 employés, Mondou se place au premier rang des leaders canadiens dans la distribution de produits, de services et d’accessoires dédiés au bien-être et à la santé des animaux de compagnie. Afin d’assurer la santé et le bien-être de ses employés, la direction a mis en place différentes pratiques de qualité de vie au travail (QVT) qui sont essentiellement appliquées au siège social. Elle souhaiterait les appliquer aussi dans les magasins et au centre de distribution, mais les caractéristiques du travail et l’environnement de travail à ces endroits semblent représenter un défi à relever. Cette recherche vise à déterminer les pratiques de QVT efficaces et applicables dans le contexte des commerces de détail et en particulier, celui des magasins.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Estelle M Moorin

Student:

Partner:

Mondou

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Cycle de sondage de l’engagement chez Videotron: Comment soutenir les gestionnaires pour passer à l’action avec leurs équipes?

Le mandat sera:
o D’analyser les données d’engagement (sondages et actions entreprises par les gestionnaires quant à l’engagement de leurs employés)
o De rencontrer des gestionnaires pour identifier et comprendre les freins, défis et enjeux auxquels ils font face, ainsi que leur point de vue quant au passage à l’action et le suivi en continu.
o De faire un diagnostic organisationnel
o De faire des recommandations sur les meilleures pratiques de l’engagement et de la mobilisation et sur comment soutenir les gestionnaires pour passer à l’action avec leurs équipes.
Ma participation permettra d’apporter une nouvelle perspective et un point de vue plus riche à la problématique de l’organisation. Elle permettra également de mettre de l’avant les meilleures pratiques du domaine et les faire partager à l’entreprise. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Olivier Doucet

Student:

Partner:

Videotron (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Communicating Credentials: Building blockchain solutions for university degree verification

Document fraud is increasing and undermining the integrity of high quality education in Canada. With over 100,000 fake diplomas sold in the USA every year and legitimate universities incurring significant expenses protecting their intellectual property rights together with negative reputational spill-overs for legitimate universities, blockchain-based platforms, a technology in which transactions that are agreed to be correct are recorded, through a process of agreement, in a series of connected blocks by a process that only allows writing each entry a single time and does not allow further editing or deletion of each entry, will be investigated to determine the best platform, structure and design to ensure that a working prototype of a blockchain-based application will allow students to prove to other schools, universities, and employers, anywhere in the world, of their current and correct credentials and qualifications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Chow-White

Student:

Partner:

Empowered Startups

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate