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Clay Binding of Gravel Roads

Throughout much of northern and rural Canada roads are constructed of unpaved gravel aggregate. They are expensive to maintain, environmentally problematic and degrade quickly. We are developing a solution to this problem by using locally derived materials rich in reactive clays. With the addition of catalysts and polymeric agents, we cause the fine clay materials to bind the aggregate strongly. Simply put, we are taking advantage of and manipulating the natural properties of clays, and causing them to act like a cementing agent. This produces a durable, long-lasting, low-cost road that requires minimal maintenance, and eliminates the noxious and detrimental consequences that result from current construction practice.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hamid Mumin

Student:

Partner:

Cypher Environmental

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Brandon University

Program:

Accelerate

A Longitudinal Comparison of Aripiprazole Vs. Higher Metabolic Risk Antipsychotic Drugs on Adiposity using MRI

Antipsychotic medication is associated with a constellation of metabolic abnormalities, including weight gain, an imbalance between glucose and insulin actions, and higher than normal lipid content. In particular, adolescent psychiatric patients are at increased risk for Type II Diabetes and cardiovascular disease when undergoing therapeutic treatment. Current analysis indicates that antipsychotic drugs have differing effects on body weight gain and fat content. Our aim is to conduct the first-ever study to quantify changes in both whole-body fat and liver-fat accumulation after the administration of several different antipsychotic drugs in children and adolescents. By utilizing sophisticated imaging techniques, such as magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, we will gain insight into antipsychotic drug-induced fat accumulation and distribution. The results of this study will provide important information about the potential hidden harmful effects associated with several drugs and identify optimal treatment strategies that may guide future clinical studies with adolescent patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alasdair Barr

Student:

Partner:

BC Mental Health and Addiction Services

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Facteurs d’influence pour l’adoption d’une innovation technologique pour l’estimation du risque d’inondation en milieu résidentiel

Le présent projet a pour objectif de mieux cerner quel type de consommateur serait le plus susceptible d’acheter un service novateur offert par l’entreprise Géosapiens Inc. Ce service porte sur une innovation technologique pour l’estimation du risque aux inondations en milieu résidentiel. Le but est d’identifier les caractéristiques individuelles, basées sur les valeurs, attitudes et traits de personnalité, qui permettront de segmenter le marché en acheteurs L’objectif sera atteint en sondant un échantillon d’environ 1000 répondants de la population québécoise comprenant des propriétaires et des futurs propriétaires de logements en zone à risque d’inondation.
Les résultats de la recherche permettront à l’entreprise Géosapiens Inc. de bien positionner leur produit sur le marché lors de son lancement, maisaussi aux gestionnaires et aux entreprises oeuvrant dans le secteur immobilier d’avoir des données sur la perception de l’innovation des propriétaires et futurs propriétaires. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Riadh Ladhari

Student:

Partner:

Geosapiens Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Détection automatique des doryphores de la pomme de terre en utilisant l’imagerie RVB à ultra haute résolution acquise par drone

L’objectif principal de ce projet est l’utilisation des techniques d’intelligence artificielle et d’une caméra optique embarquée sur un drone pour recenser la population des doryphores sur les plantes de pomme de terre. Ainsi, un système de dépistage automatique sera développé et devrait permettre à l’organisme partenaire d’appliquer les insecticides en quantités adéquates, aux bons moments et aux bons endroits, ce qui mène à la rationalisation de l’usage des insecticides, la réduction de leurs impacts environnementaux, la réduction des coûts de la lutte ordinaire contre le doryphore ainsi que la réduction des pertes de production et des dommages des récoltes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karem Chokmani

Student:

Partner:

Patates Dolbec Inc;Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

English Writing in Chinese High School English Classes

The objective of my project is to study how English writing is taught in 9th and 10th grade English classrooms in China. By observing and learning from the writing strategies applied in English classrooms in China, I will have the opportunity to improve and enhance my teaching methods with new-comers and international students in my own English classrooms in Canada. For me, it is crucial to include and engage students in different learning styles in order to improve their English writing skills.
This project will help me understand the difficulty that international students and new immigrant students may have in English classrooms in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shi Jing Xu

Student:

Partner:

Southwest University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Biomaterials for the reduction of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation

Stents are tubes placed between the kidney and the bladder which prevent blockages which might otherwise damage the kidney. Introducing foreign material into this system allows a platform for bacteria to exist and which will potentially cause infections. These are very common. We propose modifying the surfaces of the materials used in stents to make them “non-stick” to prevent bacteria attaching and then causing infections. We can test this in the laboratory and wish to test different types of material under different conditions which mimic the clinical environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Burton

Student:

Partner:

Interface Biologics Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

China’s Cultural and Social Influences on English Language Learning in Public Chinese Education

Students in China learn the English language differently than students living in Canada. The goal of this project will be to compare, contrast, and find connections between English education in China and in Canada. The objective of this proposed research project is to examine and investigate the teaching of English in Chinese classrooms, as well as the use of everyday English in China. This will be done by observing classroom applications of speaking, writing, and listening to English words and sentences and comparing it with Chinese everyday language. Expected outcomes of this project will be the observation of differences between English in a Chinese classroom and its practical outside of a school environment, which should be the result of English education and other social factors. This will be used to examine how English is separated into different categories in China, due to cultural influences. From there, an analysis of English education in China and Canada will be conducted to show a growing relationship with English language learning.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shi Jing Xu

Student:

Partner:

Southwest University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Sustainability and energy independence for Indigenous communities in BC

Indigenous people, particularly on reserves, suffer from some of the worst housing conditions in Canada today. Inadequate housing contributes to mental and physical health problems, poor educational outcomes, family conflict, and outright homelessness. This research project will contribute to the housing solutions space through partnering with Cleantech Community Gateway and the T’Sou-ke First Nation to develop and model a sustainable, culturally appropriate prototype building and simulate its energy performance. Through research and community engagement, cultural and environmental influences specific to the T’Sou-ke Nation will be considered in the prototype design and energy modelling process. Concurrently, a review of the community’s existing building stock will be undertaken to determine building retrofit options that could increase their energy efficiency potential. Adhering to open-source standards, building and retrofit analyses will be incorporated into a modelling environment where simulations of performance and energy efficiency will be assessed. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Evins

Student:

Partner:

Cleantech Community Gateway;T'Sou-ke Centre for Sustainability

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Single Cell Investigations of Mechanically-Induced Arrhythmias during Acute Regional Ischemia

The heart is an electrically driven pump. A major cause of death world-wide is a disturbance of the heart’s electrical activity (arrhythmias) due to a reduced blood supply (ischemia). We have shown that stretch of the heart during ischemia triggers deadly arrhythmias, which may be caused by changes in cellular processes. This project will discover the specific cell-level causes of arrhythmias in ischemia.
Experiments will be performed using single heart cells. Cells will be exposed to ischemia and subjected to controlled stretch. This will be combined with state-of-the-art fluorescent microscopy to determine the effects of stretch on specific cell behaviour.
Overall, this research will help us to understand why arrhythmias occur during ischemia, so that new treatments may be created. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

T. Alexander Quinn

Student:

Partner:

Okayama University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Martial Art Destination Training Camps as Racial, Classed and Gendered Sporting Projects: A Global Comparative Study

In my proposed PhD project I will interrogate privilege at the nexus of sport, tourism and issues surrounding race, class and gender. There is a new trend emerging in sporting tourism: martial art training camps abroad. Martial art training camps are now established in the places of origin of certain martial arts such as Judo in Japan, Muay Thai in Thailand and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Brazil. Regardless of the martial art being studied, all these training camps use similar discourses to sell their services such as invoking discourses and rhetorics of ‘authenticity’, commoditizing race and advertising comfort. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caroline Fusco

Student:

Partner:

Waseda University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Spectroscopic and microscopic study of heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry phenomena on ice surfaces

Ice surface chemistry plays a major role in determining the chemical composition over snow in the polar boundary layer, as well as in the presence of ice aerosols under tropospheric/stratospheric conditions. This project aims at elucidating heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry phenomena on ice surfaces using advanced microscopy and spectroscopy. The molecular adsorption at ice surfaces under near equilibrium condition with water vapour is studied by microscopy in a unique sample cell designed in Prof. Gen Sazaki laboratory. Therefore, a new sample cell design was discussed and preliminary technical drawings were produced by undergraduate student Josée Maurais in Ayotte’s laboratory at UdeS (Summer of 2017) in order to adapt the sample cell for spectroscopic measures. A visit to Hokkaido University by Maurais in the Summer of 2018 is thus timely as she will then have built the sample cell, and begun preliminary spectroscopic characterization of ice films. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Ayotte

Student:

Partner:

Hokkaido University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture; Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Molecular observation of the synergistic contributions of diet and exercise to the metabolic changes induced by these neuroprotective therapeutic approaches

Disorders, such as diabetes and Alzheimer’s, have metabolic profiles that are detrimentally affected by the course of the disease. Both diet and exercise have demonstrated an ability to slow the progression of neurodegenerative illnesses and their symptoms. We hypothesize that this benefit is a direct result of an increase in the brains ability to efficiently metabolize both glucose and alternative substrates, brought upon by a change in either diet, exercise or both. We estimate that diet and exercise will protect against the typical decline in metabolite transport and metabolism observed both in normal aging and pathological states. This will be examined by quantifying the changes in various transport systems and enzymes crucial to various metabolic pathways, such as glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and oxidative phosphorylation. These changes will be observed in normally aging mice and subsequently compared to observations in pathological conditions such as models of Alzheimer’s, diabetes and chronic malnutrition.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claude Messier

Student:

Partner:

Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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