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Quantifying the stormwater management benefits of urban forests under various climate change scenarios in a Vancouver sub-catchment

The trees and plants – also called urban forest – in our cities help to absorb and evaporate rainwater. Since cities have a lot of surfaces that are impermeable, rainwater cannot infiltrate the soil and has to be moved away through pipe systems, carrying the pollution it collects on the surface. The urban forest is an important because it helps clean the water thought roots systems, and reduces the quantity of water that, during big storms, can fill water pipes and overflow. This research project will calculate how much water the urban forest diverts from our stormwater pipes in a Vancouver sub-catchment. It will also consider how the urban forest should be managed to account for climate change, which we expect will increase the rainfall in certain times of the year

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jordi Honey-Roses

Student:

Partner:

Diamond Head Consulting

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Designing for complex IT environments based upon workflow analysis and managed field studies

CA Technology wants to design the right software products well. Their user interaction designers recently began interviewing end users in their workplace and developing archetypal descriptions of typical users called ‘personas’. The good thing about personas is that they encourage designers to take a people-first perspective, which is great most of the time. But, sometimes when the software being designed is for complex IT environments personas are not enough. This is often the case for CA’s business software. This research will expand on the popular persona approach. It will develop different types of personas that help designers to also keep the technological environment in mind because the people and the technology in a business environment are a single system. This will help CA Technologies to gain an industry advantage because business decision (which product to build?) and design decisions (which product design is best?) will be informed and grounded in typical users’ and their technological contexts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Lewis Biddle

Student:

Partner:

CA Canada Company;CA Technologies

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Eye Gaze Tracking for Surgical Robotics

Surgical robots are dramatically changing the way in which surgeries are performed. As operating a surgical robot is quite different than traditional surgical tools, surgeons face significant learning curves when training to gain competency. A useful tool for analyzing the learning process of surgeons is eye gaze tracking. Eye gaze tracking technology may be used for monitoring the surgeon’s gaze while operating a surgical robot. The proposed research project will involve Gazepoint and Intuitive Surgical Inc. as industry partners. At Gazepoint, the intern will develop a head-mounted eye gaze tracker and add 3D gaze tracking to a desktop gaze tracker. At Intuitive Surgical Inc. the intern will use her experience with gaze tracking towards integrating a gaze tracker with the da Vinci surgical robot. The gaze tracker will be used to collect data from da Vinci operators in order to gain insight on improvements that can be made to the surgeon training curriculum.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tim Salcudean

Student:

Partner:

Gazepoint;Intuitive Surgical Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

An Economic Evaluation of processing route options for two gold bearing feed materials: Saprolite and Artisanal Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Tailings

The suggested research for the Mitacs Accelerate Program is directed to be the final step in a series of previous investigations for maximizing gold extraction from the ASGM tailings and saprolite materials, retrieved from the Eldorado Gold`s Tocantinzinho project (“TZ”), looking to improve its economic results. The TZ project is located in an extensive ASGM province in Brazil. ASGM is an acronym for Artisanal small scale gold mining, which is a type of mining practice that uses rudimentary procedures for extracting alluvium gold, achieving poor results, as well as damaging the environment, leaving large amounts of gold and mercury bearing tailings at their old workings. Successful completion of this research relies on laboratory testwork, as well as economic trade-off studies complying different gold processing routes and their particular implications. These investigations will define which processing approach and process plant implementation strategy will be the most beneficial to the partner in Brazil.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcello Veiga

Student:

Partner:

Eldorado Gold Corporation - to merge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining; Sustainability & the Environment; Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Transportation Infrastructure Improvements for Wildlife Protection and Economic Productivity

Regional and municipal partners spend resources, time and effort securing and protecting their natural heritage systems. Roadways act as barriers restricting movement of plants and animals, degrading habitat for many species, and increasing mortality affecting the quality of these natural heritage systems. The intern will investigate methods, techniques and technologies that can be used to develop improvements to the practice of road construction. The intern will help lead the assessment of impacts and identify the successes of existing road crossing infrastructure, develop the science and practice for monitoring and assessment of road infrastructure, and identify recommended road crossing solutions that help to maintain the quality and function of natural heritage systems. Citizen Scientst will benefit from this project by developing science, volunteer opportunities and monitoring techniques, as well as developing visual arts science and communication pieces to facilitate public awareness, and facilitating the development of scientific publications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicholas Mandrak

Student:

Partner:

Citizen Scientist

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Phytorémédiation d’un sol pollué aux métaux lourds provenant d’une zone industrielle

Au Canada, la gestion des sols pollués aux métaux lourds sur le moyen et le long terme revêt une importance capitale, car les sols, comme l’eau, sont des ressources limitées et font partie du patrimoine national. Déversés dans l’environnement, les métaux lourds s’accumulent principalement dans les sols. Dans un contexte de développement durable, l’utilisation de plantes accumulatrices de métaux à des fins de décontamination de larges superficies de sols pollués aux métaux lourds peut s’avérer un bon choix technologique. Le projet de recherche comprend une série d’essais (laboratoire et serre) visant à: 1) déterminer la spéciation et la cinétique de désorption du plomb et du manganèse contenus dans un sol pollué par une activité industrielle, et 2) examiner l’efficacité d’un consortium de plantes à absorber puis à accumuler les métaux cibles dans leur biomasse aérienne.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Antoine Karam

Student:

Partner:

Terrapex Environnement Ltée (Québec)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Étude de l’efficacité environnementale de différents systèmes de production dans les élevages de poules pondeuses

Aujourd’hui, l’élevage des poules pondeuses dans des cages conventionnelles est considéré comme un mode d’élevage ne répondant pas aux nouvelles aux exigences de bien être animal malgré que certaines études précédentes affirment son intérêt sur l’échelle environnementale. Deux autres modes d’agencement des cages ont été proposés pour remplacer les cages conventionnelles soient :
les volières et les cages aménagées. Le projet de recherche vise à étudier les impacts de chaque système sur le bien être animal et sur
l’environnement, tout en effectuant une comparaison entre les différents modes d’agencement. Sur le plan environnemental, l’aviculture se caractérise par l’ammoniaque comme le principal polluant. De ce fait, un bilan d’azote selon chaque mode d’agencement des cages est indispensable. Une fois le bilan effectué, il suffit d’établir une comparaison entre les systèmes. Suites aux résultats trouvés, il sera
possible de proposer des modifications aux volières et cages aménagés afin d’augmenter la performance environnementale tout en continuant d’offrir de bonnes conditions pour le bien être animal.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Hausler

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture; Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Modélisation hydrologique à l’aide de réseaux de neurones pour des bassins à réponse hydrologique rapide de la région centrale de Veracruz

Le sujet de ce stage portera sur la climatologie, l’analyse géologique, géographique, hydrologique et morphologique de certains bassins dans la région centrale de l’état de Veracruz. Le climat est grandement influencé par des caractéristiques physiographiques côtières comme les montagnes faisant réagir rapidement l’apparition d’évènements spécifiques et de cyclones tropicaux en saison des pluies. Certains endroits à l’étude, pour n’en nommer que quelques-uns, sont les rivières Antigua, Jamapa, Actopan, Nautla et Tecolutla. On s’attend à ce que l’analyse de ces bassins, en complément des données hydrométriques et climatologiques ainsi que des informations historiques disponibles, serviront à caractériser et établir des régions hydrologiques homogènes pour la prévision hydrologique aux sites non jaugés (pour lesquelsaucune information de débit ni de précipitations ne sont enregistrées). Ce projet vise à caractériser des bassins jaugés de la région centrale de Veracruz, à les répartir dans des régions hydrologiques homogènes et à examiner le potentiel de leur utilisation pour la calibration de modèles de prévision aux sites non jaugés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Annie Poulin

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Veracruzana

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Waterways and Resource Use: A Study of the Effects of Heavy Industry on First Nations Fisheries Use by West Moberly First Nations

This qualitative study will focus on First Nations fisheries use and management within the community of West Moberly First Nations, Moberly Lake, BC. This research will be looking at whether industrial development has impacted freshwater fishery health in the area and the resulting social and economic consequences of development on the First Nations fishery users. The study objectives are: to understand the nature and extent of First Nations fisheries used by West Moberly; to explore the social and economic connections among West Moberly and their fishery use; to examine how and why fishery use has changed over time and, to develop potential solutions or enhancements to the current management and use of waterways in the Peace River Sub-basin based suggestions made by West Moberly. This study will provide the baseline information needed by Dunne-za Ventures LP, the sponsor organization, to make informed environmental decisions pertaining to West Moberly First Nations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Annie Booth

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public administration

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Employer Demand-Driven Training (EDDT) Programs for Youth Employment

The proposed research project will research and evaluate the impact of Employer Demand-Driven Training (EDDT) programs undertaken in 5 pilot sites in Ontario. As a strategy, ‘demand-driven’ means putting businesses at the centre of workforce training development and using their workforce needs and challenges as the starting point to design effective programs. In this way, training is directly relevant to market demand. The intern will be involved in the assessment of the extent to which EDDT programs are effective and will implement the knowledge acquired from a systematic research methodology and timeline to understand the value proposition EDDT programs offer the current and next generations of youth and employers, who in conjunction define the future of the Canadian employment landscape. This project will benefit First Work as it will contribute to the organization’s institutional capacity to provide relevant and impactful programs to their stakeholders in Ontario which can serve as a model for further phases of EDDT programs and for training centres in other provinces.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wendy Cukier

Student:

Partner:

First Work

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Human behaviour analysis using affective computing

The purpose of this project is to develop methodologies for automatic human emotion detection from video that can work accurately in uncontrolled, real-world, environments. Emotional activity will be assessed from signals such as the heart-rate, blinking rate or the diameter of the eye’s pupil. Architech Labs conducts research in the areas of machine learning, computer vision and human-computer interaction.
Automatic emotion detection is a technology of great interest to Architech’s clients in the Retail and Healthcare space.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Fleet

Student:

Partner:

Architech Solutions Consulting Services Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Ambidextérité TI dans une grande entreprise : Comment mettre la théorie au service de la pratique

Le Groupe Technologie Desjardins désire revoir ses pratiques de gestion afin de devenir ambidextre, soit d’exceller à la fois dans sa capacité à gérer ses systèmes actuels (mode traditionnel), mais aussi celle de livrer rapidement des solutions technologiques de qualité (mode agile). Sous la supervision de la professeure Line Dubé, mon mandat consiste à mettre à profit la connaissance actuelle et à formuler des recommandations portant sur la structure à adopter, les rôles et les responsabilités des acteurs, les pratiques à mettre en oeuvre ainsi que sur les principes qui devraient guider la gestion du changement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Line Dubé

Student:

Partner:

Groupe technologies Desjardins Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

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