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Enhancing Nurses’ Role in Opioid Stewardship – Implications for health policy, practice advocacy) and patient safety

Multiple national strategies have been developed address the opioid crisis, however, Canada still remains the second largest consumer of prescription opioids. These drugs can have negative effects on consumers because they have addictive properties so therefore consumers may become addicted to these drugs if there are not taken as prescribed. For other drug classes such as antimicrobials, there have been programs developed to improve prescribing and hence patient outcomes. These programs are collectively called antimicrobial stewardship programs and usually promote cooperation between health professionals. However, most programs do not specify how nurses can promote safe prescribing and they usually are under-utilized in these programs, although it has been shown that these programs lead to better patient outcomes e.g. reduced hospital-acquired infections. For opioids, the concept of stewardship is quite ill-defined so not surprisingly nursing roles in opioid stewardship are also under-utilized. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lianne Patricia Jeffs

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Nurses Association

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

A new approach to assessing the potential for rockfall and landslide hazards

Rockfalls and landslides are a common hazard throughout Canada and have a significant impact on transport corridors, infrastructure associated with natural resources, and in public areas. The ability to determine the potential for slope failures is often limited either by the lack of a detailed assessment of the slope, or by the understanding of the processes driving failure. The latter is particularly limiting when considering small-scale movements, which potentially indicate subsequent, larger failures. Recent advances in monitoring capabilities via remote sensing techniques, such as laser scanners, have revealed evidence of patterns in rockfall and landslide events. The observations suggest that understanding small-scale processes and previous events are important for determining the timing and location of future failures. Analysis of these patterns has the potential to help in forecasting slope failure events. Here we propose to develop a new method to assess the potential for failure that considers the history of events and the way in which they evolve over time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott McDougall

Student:

Partner:

BGC Engineering Inc (BC)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Revisiting the personality-performance link

Studies on the personality-performance relationship have traditionally focused on relating stable individual differences in behaviour, thought, and emotion (i.e., personality traits) to stable individual differences in performance. Whereas this approach has undoubtedly advanced our understanding of the relationship between personality and performance, it is at odds with a recent call in the literature to conceptualize personality in a more dynamic and integrative way. In our research, we respond to this call by developing Personality Dynamics model, a novel theoretical framework that not only describes individual differences in habitual pattern of behaviour, thought, and emotion, but also in the extent to which behaviours, thoughts, and emotions vary, and in the swiftness with which they are pulled back in the direction of the baseline once they have deviated from it. Building on that, we propose a series of experience sampling studies that examine how stability and change in personality links with performance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yannick Griep

Student:

Partner:

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Use of temporary, transvenous phrenic nerve pacer for diaphragm activation to mitigate lung and neurological injury in critically ill patients

A breathing machine (ventilator) is the foundation of the intensive care unit and has saved many lives but it is associated with lung injury. Collapse of parts of the lungs (atelectasis) is common in these patients due pressures on the lungs from lying flat for long periods of time. Alveoli are the small sacks in the lung where gas exchange occurs. During lung collapse, some of the alveoli close during part or all of the respiratory cycle. This opening and closing of the alveoli causes lung injury and alveoli that remain open can become over distended and injured. Minimizing atelectasis is an important part of protecting the lungs.
The diaphragm is the major muscle responsible for breathing and it reduces atelectasis by opening the lungs. Two phrenic nerves enervate the diaphragm. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Reynolds

Student:

Partner:

Lungpacer Medical Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Experimental and Computational validation of the Power law model for characterizing the long term (creep) performance of a prestressed fiber reinforced composite/wood system

The proposed research builds on our previous work, for which an internship was awarded. The objectives of this main phase of our investigation conists of several numerical and experimental tasks with the main aim of establishing long-term performance of pre-stressed fiber-reinforced system (Tenlam), and the glulam beams reinforced with the system. Moreover, the aim is also to improve the performance of suck reinforced beams by establishing the most optimum combination of fibers and adhesive. We hope to numerically estalish the most optimum combination of aramid and glass fibers to generate the most cost-effective and creeep resilient pre-stressed reinforcement for the Tenlam. We also strive to establish a design curve for the most optimum number of layers of reinforcement as function of beam span length to limit the reinforcement stress to 40% of the ultimate strength of fiber strength. Additionally, we will fabricate actual Tenlam laoratory scale articles with various pre-stressing…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Farid Taheri

Student:

Partner:

S&P Durable Enterprises Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Occurrence and physicochemical properties of organic matter found in phosphate ores

The proposed research project is aimed at detailed characterization of organic matter found in certain types of phosphate ores. The presence of organic compounds often complicates the beneficiation of such ores to produce a fertilizer-grade phosphate concentrate. Further advances in the treatment of such problematic phosphate ores require a thorough understanding of the nature and distribution of organic compounds within phosphate ores.
Among the most advanced methods, the proposed research will employ a range of x-ray, infrared, and other spectroscopic methods to visualize the internal structure of ore grains, to generate maps of mineral components within grains of various sizes, and to visualize the presence and distribution of various organic compounds on mineral particles. These techniques are expected to provide complete information about associations of organics with different ore components. Finally, different ore treatment methods will be tested in order to investigate the release of organics by the tested ores.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marek Pawlik

Student:

Partner:

Albatross Environmental and Process Consulting Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Cited: Partnered Knowledge Mobilization Between Research and Media Organizations

Cited is a multimedia knowledge mobilization project that tells stories about research and academia to a general audience. It is experimenting with a unique co-creative approach that puts students, journalists, and researchers together on the same team. Mitacs interns will work with Cited media partners to conduct original research that builds interviews, documentaries, and other media related to research and academia—particularly in the social sciences and humanities. These will be distributed widely through a network of partners across North America.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Allen Sens;Peter Klein

Student:

Partner:

XE Live Broadcast

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Modélisation des catégories de blessures en considérant la présence d’un représentant légal

L’estimation des réserves est une tâche qu’un actuaire d’une compagnie d’assurances incendie, accidents et risques divers doit accomplir pour démontrer que sa compagnie est solvable. Avec le développement de la technologie et l’accessibilité à une plus grande disponibilité des données, les approches utilisant t l’information disponible pour chacun des paiements, de chacune des réclamations et de chacun des assurés sont devenues de plus en plus intéressantes pour les compagnies. En particulier, il est maintenant possible de catégoriser les blessures subies par les assurés et de suivre leur évolution au cours du temps. Liée à la présence ou non d’un représentant légal de l’assuré, cette information semble avoir un haut potentiel prédictif quant au niveau de risque que représente un dossier au sein du portefeuille de risques d’un assureur. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mathieu Pigeon

Student:

Partner:

Desjardins Assurances Générales

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Past, present and future land-use in the Adirondack – Laurentians Ecological Corridor: Identifying risk areas for loss of connectivity due to roads and development and proposing proactive mitigation measures

The Adirondack – Laurentians corridor is a natural ecological corridor that flows from the Adirondack Mountains of upper New York State, USA to Mont Tremblant National Park in Québec, Canada. This region boasts a wide variety of habitats that still maintain ecological integrity and are rich in biodiversity. Recent growth in population, however, is causing a rise in development (roads, buildings, and other land-use changes). The Adirondack – Laurentians Ecological Corridor is one of five north-south wildlife corridors for animal movement in Québec, and thus, there is growing concern to identify and protect the connectivity of the landscape to ensure the preservation of the corridor. This project will aim to quantify the degree of urban development on the focal landscape and produce maps of future development scenarios. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jochen Jaeger

Student:

Partner:

La Société canadienne pour la conservation de la nature

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Retail trade

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Beyond the Science of Body Sugaring: Development and Study of Ingrown Hair Treatments

The removal of unwanted body hair by body sugaring is an ancient method commonly used in the middle east, and it is fast becoming the method of choice in North America. When not done properly, the removal of unwanted hair can lead to injuries to the skin and can cause ingrown hairs, also known as razor bumps. Most products available for the treatment of ingrown hairs are often saturated with alcohol, and harsh chemicals that strip the skin of natural oils, often causing burns, irritation, and lacerations. Given the success of our previous Mitacs program, where a sugaring paste for professional practitioners was developed, in this new proposal, the development of a sugaring paste for retail distribution is being pursued. In addition, the development of an ingrown hair product, as well as micellar cleansing water and sugar based exfoliants will also be studied. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Kerr

Student:

Partner:

Sugar and Company Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a novel solar cell incorporating graphene and collaborative technologies

The rapid depletion of fossil fuels (such as Coal, Natural gas, Oil etc.) and the escalation in environmental pollution have prompted increased investigations in the field of alternative energy sources. In this context, solar cells are being studied to satisfy the increasing power needs of today’s society as photovoltaic power uses pollution-free energy source, solar energy. Silicon solar cells are still very expensive due to both the using of expensive materials and the employing costly processing steps. Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are a very promising type of solar cell because of their low cost, simple and inexpensive processes and straightforward scalability. Leveraging the architecture of DSSCs while using materials developed at multiple Canadian universities, this project aims to develop a solar cell for the consumer and commercial markets that is affordable and robust.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Federico Rosei;Benoît Marsan;Garry Hanan

Student:

Partner:

Treal Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal; Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique; Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Connecting private investment to clean-tech innovation in buildings: A new framework for understanding Green Investment Banks

Meeting the Paris Climate Accord will require $53 trillion invested towards low-carbon infrastructures by 2035. To accelerate domestic investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, dozens of Green Investment Banks have been developed in recent years seeking to leverage public spending with funds from institutional investors, such as pension funds, insurance companies, and private equity firms. The provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta have all announced Green Investment Bank initiatives.
This research project will seek to answer how are Green Investment Banks increasing institutional investment in the built environment, and what Green Investment Bank interventions are most likely to accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy in Western Canada?
This research will be carried out in partnership with Ayrshire Group, a boutique investment firm specializing in green real property investment in Western Canada. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Tansey

Student:

Partner:

Ayrshire Group (BC)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Real estate and rental and leasing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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