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Engendering Dialogue and Meaningful Participation Among Constituencies Working Toward Ending Homelessness in Victoria, BC.

Social exclusion is a major issue facing people in poverty and who experience homelessness. Participation in decisions affecting them, importantly, the development of programs to address housing and supports, is a key component of both inclusion and provision of appropriate services. The purpose of the research is to explore, develop, and document guidelines, mechanisms and policies based on promising practices that support meaningful inclusion of people impacted by homelessness and poverty within the work of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness (GVCEH). Based on findings from a scoping review of the literature, guidelines, policy and implementation processes for meaningful inclusion will be developed in collaboration with people impacted by poverty and homelessness in the Capital Region of British Columbia, and submitted for ratification by the GVCEH and inclusion in their ongoing policy and practices for engaging stakeholder groups.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bernie Pauly

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Nouvelles technologies de fabrication et réparation de rouesde turbines hydrauliques et équipements connexes

L’hydroélectricité a l’avantage extraordinaire d’utiliser une ressource naturelle renouvelable. Ce projet de recherche vise à poursuivre l’utilisation responsable de cette ressource avec de nouvelles techniques de fabrication et réparation des équipements de production d’énergie, contribuant ainsi à un développement économique et social respectueux de l’environnement. La roue de turbine hydraulique et les équipements de production d’électricité sont de plus en plus sollicités en raison de la fluctuation du marché de l’énergie. Pour assurer des performances et des durées de vie en cohérence avec les investissements considérables qu’ils représentent, tous ces équipements nécessitent un examen approfondi des propriétés des matériaux utilisés et des procédés à mettre en oeuvre pour leur fabrication et/ou leur réparation. La recherche est divisée ainsi : caractérisation thermomécanique des aciers, analyse de la propagation des fissures, développement de procédés, simulation numérique des procédés.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Henri Champliaud

Student:

Partner:

GE Renewable Energy;Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Other services (except public administration); Utilities

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

L’aménagement des lacs dans un contexte de gestion de l’eau pluviale, Hanoï, Vietnam

Le territoire du delta du fleuve Rouge est constamment façonné par l’eau; on y construit des digues pour se protéger en cas d’inondations depuis plus d’un millénaire. À Hanoï, on creuse plus profondément les lacs existants et on les remblaye afin qu’ils puissent recueillir les eaux pluviales lors de forts orages. Le paysage des lacs urbains se transforme, certains disparaissent pour faire place à de nouvelles constructions. La gestion de l’eau pluviale s’en trouve donc transformée. La pollution des lacs augmente, certains usages autrefois répandus ne sont plus possibles. L’agriculture, l’aquaculture et même la promenade autour des lacs est rendue ardue après les fortes pluies, puisque des lacs dégagent une forte odeur. Mon projet de recherche tentera de faire le portrait de lacs et de proposer des pistes de solution pour en améliorer la qualité. Ces solutions s’inspireront des pratiques observées sur place, ailleurs au pays et ailleurs dans le monde ainsi que des points de vue des populations locales qui seront consultées sur les usages qu’ils font ou souhaitent faire des lacs d’Hanoï.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Socio-cultural Impact Management in Mexico’s Marine Protected Areas

network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). My research will include case studies on two Mexican MPAs to examine what forms of impact assessment, monitoring, and management are taking place, as well as to investigate the perceived effectiveness of these methods by relevant community stakeholders. Using two MPA sites will allow me to compare how social impact management varies between different governance regimes. The case studies will include a) interviews with key informants, MPA managers and community members to understand the status of social and cultural impact monitoring and management and b) participatory mapping and focus groups with decision makers and community representatives to explore how impact management might be improved. I expect this research to make theoretical contributions to current understanding of social and cultural consequences of marine protected areas, including insights toward improving marine conservation practices globally through the adaptive management of these impacts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Terre Satterfield

Student:

Partner:

CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y DE ESTUDIOSAVANZADOS DEL INSTITUTO POLITECNICONACIONAL

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Characterization and acceleration of a global motion mapping system.

InSAR is a technique used by radar-based remote sensing for applications such as tracking spatial displacement/deformation of an object on earth, e.g., building and a bridge, over time. The object analysis part of InSAR processing belongs to an offline processing chain that operates on very high resolution images consisting of huge volume of data. The processing chain consists of several independent or loosely coupled operating entities with different resources requirements. Often multiple products are required to enter the chain simultaneously and they share processing resources. Manually scheduling and managing atomic tasks on shared resources are both complex and susceptible to errors. The primary goal of this project is to characterize kernels involved in each step in the processing chain in terms of resources usage, data volumes, and scalability, and requirements analysis and technology assessment for provisioning a task and resources scheduling middleware. This project would benefit 3vG in terms of improving efficiency of their processing chain, understanding scalability requirements and help making future hardware decisions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matei Ripeanu

Student:

Partner:

3vGeomatics

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

An Optimized Generic Model of Radio Propagation through Vegetation

This project studies the propagating channel path loss in urban and suburban scenarios and how the foliage affects the channel efficiency in terms of path loss. The impact of different parameters such as leaf size, leaf type and trees density will be considered. The study includes the RET model, empirical models and theoretical models. Numerical packages will be utilized to compare the conventional channel models and the results will be presented. The proposed model will be optimized to reduce the number of input parameters and its accuracy will be tested against the measured data. During the course of this project, the intern will collaborate with Fastback networks engineers and staff and she also participate in site surveys.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rodney Vaughan

Student:

Partner:

Fastback Networks

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Prototype of a CHP system based on an upgraded gravity-feed wood-pellet furnaceintegrated with a steam-powered micro turbine for small- to mid-scale applications usingCFD simulation and experimental i

Biomass combustion is used to generate combined heat and power (CHP). The combustion furnace of this study (WiseWay) has been providing heat in small scales using wood pellets. The target of this project, however, is to upgrade the stove’s design (for larger scale purposes and other biomass types) and integrate it with a steam microturbine (NextGrid). The resulting system is attractive to the environment and economy because it provides heat and electricity in one package, at a cheaper price compared with oil and gas, with less pollutants emitted. To meet this goal, computational and experimental investigations of the system will be carried out to develop a versatile combustion model based on solving the equations of flow and combustion. The model will then be used to upgrade the furnace. Our industrial partner will be able to deliver a more environmentally-friendly CHP system, which increases its competitiveness as an alternative to coal.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stefan Cenkowski

Student:

Partner:

Myera Nu-Agri-Nomics Group Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Salmon Stream Habitat Assessment in the Kitimat River Watershed:Cumulative Impacts of Industrial Sulfur and Nitrogen Emissions and ClimateChange – Year Two

Atmospheric acid emissions are increasing in north coastal British Columbia from increased metallurgical smelting, marine fossil fuel transport, and development of liquefied natural gas. Acid deposition can cause episodic acidification of streams when acidic compounds are flushed into streams after snowmelt and precipitation events over hours to weeks. Many salmon-bearing coastal streams are likely sensitive to episodic acidification, but these events are poorly quantified in western Canada. Furthermore, drought and warming due to climate change can exacerbate episodic acidification of streams. Our study would determine the effects of acid emissions from Rio Tinto Alcan’s metallurgical smelting facilities on streams near Kitimat, BC. We would use remotely deployed water chemistry sensors to measure high-frequency variations in stream hydrology and chemistry. Statistical models would then be used to determine how acid emissions from multiple industrial sources may increase episodic acidification of streams and interact with the effects of climate change.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Moore

Student:

Partner:

BC Works Rio Tinto;Hidden River Environmental Management Ltd.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Atmospheric Acid Emissions, Climate Change, and Coastal Salmon Stream Ecosystems in British Columbia

Atmospheric acid emissions are increasing in north coastal British Columbia from increased metallurgical smelting, marine fossil fuel transport, and development of liquefied natural gas. Acid deposition can cause episodic acidification of streams when acidic compounds are flushed into streams after snowmelt and precipitation events over hours to weeks. Many salmon-bearing coastal streams are likely sensitive to episodic acidification, but these events are poorly quantified in western Canada. Furthermore, drought and warming due to climate change can exacerbate episodic acidification of streams. Our study would determine the effects of acid emissions from Rio Tinto Alcan’s metallurgical smelting facilities on streams near Kitimat, BC. We would use remotely deployed water chemistry sensors to measure high-frequency variations in stream hydrology and chemistry. Statistical models would then be used to determine how acid emissions from multiple industrial sources may increase episodic acidification of streams and interact with the effects of climate change.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Moore

Student:

Partner:

Hidden River Environmental Management Ltd.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Elevate

Design of seismic force resistant cross-laminated-timber walls and interior partition walls – year 2

The structural use of timber in North America is largely limited to low-value commodity products used in low-rise residential light-frame construction. There exists, however, much greater potential for timber to be used as a structural material. One solution involves the notion of “mass-timber” such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The prospect of building larger timber structures creates challenges, one of them is that lateral forces created by wind and earthquakes increase. Two of the questions that arise are: 1) what is an efficient method for hold-downs for CLT panels? and 2) what are the failure modes that can develop in CLT using connections attached close to the edge. The main research objective is to develop rational, efficient and safe hold-down designs for CLT walls. For this purpose, existing and novel hold-down concepts will be systematically investigated, with a focus on their technological and economic feasibility.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Tannert

Student:

Partner:

Equilibrium Consulting Inc;FPInnovations (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture; Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Design of connections for seismic force resistant cross-laminated-timber walls

The structural use of timber in North America is largely limited to low-value commodity products used in low-rise residential light-frame construction. There exists, however, much greater potential for timber to be used as a structural material. One solution involves the notion of “mass-timber” such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The prospect of building larger timber structures creates challenges, one of them is that lateral forces created by wind and earthquakes increase. Two of the questions that arise are: 1) what is an efficient method for hold-downs for CLT panels? and 2) what are the failure modes that can develop in CLT using connections attached close to the edge. The main research objective is to develop rational, efficient and safe hold-down designs for CLT walls. For this purpose, existing and novel hold-down concepts will be systematically investigated, with a focus on their technological and economic feasibility.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Tannert

Student:

Partner:

Equilibrium Consulting Inc;FPInnovations (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Investigating the Implementation of Machine Learning Algorithms on Adiabatic Quantum Solvers Year Two

Machine learning is an active field of research and development to provide tools and technologies for finding significant patterns in data. Behind every face detection and face recognition software in digital cameras or social network websites a constantly under-development machine learning algorithm is working. Nowadays in any practical applications of machine learning we have to analyze huge amounts of data. Using classical approaches to train machine learning algorithms for some classes of algorithms is either very slow, requiring a lot of computing resources, or inefficient. Quantum computers are promising candidates to deal with computationally difficult problems, which makes development and study of quantum algorithms inevitable. I propose two promising machine learning algorithms that can be developed by drawing on the expertise 1QB Information Technologies has in the development of such algorithms for adiabatic quantum computers, which will speed up the training process in the current version of adiabatic quantum computers, developed by D-Wave Systems Inc.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Schmidt

Student:

Partner:

1QB Information Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology; Other; Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

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