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Engineering - chemical / biological

A participatory approach to redeveloping coach and volunteer online training modules: A Special Olympics context – Year two

On-going coach and volunteer training are essential to providing high-quality, evidence-informed practices in sport settings. This study aims to extend Special Olympics Ontario and Special Olympics Canada’s online training platform for coaches and volunteers by working with athletes with intellectual disabilities, current Special Olympics coaches, and families of Special Olympics athletes. An iterative process will be used to understand how to best deliver and engage online users with the content, and how to adapt the knowledge to contexts across Canada, socioeconomic status, ages, abilities, genders, facilities, and other variable factors. The objective is to develop a working, sustainable online training platform for Special Olympics Ontario with later implementation to Special Olympics Canada, for all coach and volunteer training. As the researcher, this project will inform theory, practice, and knowledge translation gaps that currently exist in the field of disability and sport.”

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ann Fudge Schormans

Student:

Krystn Orr

Partner:

Special Olympics Canada

Discipline:

Social work

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Elevate

Portrait des organisations économiques privées offrant des services de soins au Québec et impacts socioéconomiques de leurs transformations – Year two

Le projet porte sur trois types d’organisations économiques offrant des services de soins privés au Québec et dont la main-d’œuvre est largement féminisée: 1) les agences privées d’aide à domicile; 2) les chaînes de résidences privées pour aînés; 3) les groupes de médecine de famille. Il vise d’abord à dresser leur portrait économique : structure de propriété et de gouvernance, stratégies d’affaire, part de marché, rendements/taux de profit et valeur boursière/immobilière. Il vise ensuite à analyser l’évolution des rapports entre ces organisations privées et le secteur public : part de financement public de leurs activités, proportion des fonds publics consacrés à ce financement, place occupée par ces organisations dans la dispensation des services, etc. Il vise enfin à évaluer les impacts socioéconomiques de cette évolution sous trois aspects : 1) impacts sur le marché de l’emploi dans le secteur des services de soins (qualité des emplois, disponibilité de la main-d’œuvre, etc.); 2) impacts sur les coûts et la qualité des services dispensés; 3) impacts sur les finances publiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Audrey Laurin-Lamothe

Student:

Anne Plourde

Partner:

Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-économique

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Elevate

Connecting atom-scale bentonite clay models to macroscale mechanical and transport models for spent nuclear fuel storage – Year two

Bentonite is a naturally occurring clay containing montmorillonite, a smectic clay mineral that has a high cation exchange capacity and swells upon contact with water. The swelling capacity of bentonite limits movement of water which makes it an attractive candidate to be used as an engineered barrier system to protect used nuclear fuel containers that are stored in deep geological repositories. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization is responsible for Canada’s implementation of the plan for the long-term care of nuclear-spent fuel produced by Canadian nuclear reactors. The nuclear-spent fuel is to be deposited in steel canisters coated with 3 mm of corrosion-resistant copper and buried underground. In theory, temporal corrosion of copper is inhibited by the presence of bentonite. However, water and various ions can potentially reach the copper layer and disrupt its corrosion-resistance. The aim of this study is to use novel combination of the atomistic and mesoscale state-of-art methods to simulate the transport properties of water and various of ions in bentonite. The developed method will enable NWMO to better understand the transport through bentonite’s pore network.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurent Karim Karim Béland

Student:

Yaoting Zhang

Partner:

Nuclear Waste Management Organization

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Elevate

Fabrication of strong and transparent Janus wound dressings by electrospinning

Wound dressings are indispensable in medical operation as they protect the wound from contamination by foreign matter, absorb wound exudate and control the humidity of the wound to promote healing. Mitigating technology can be integrated in modern wound dressings to expedite the healing process and reduce scarring. In this proposal, we will develop an innovative Janus wound dressing that is water repellent on one side and water absorbing on the other. Tensile strength, transparency and water vapor transmission rate of the wound mesh will be controlled by chemical composition and structure of the mesh. The outcomes of this projects will lead to technology development of wound mesh that may be commercialized by the industrial partner. With sufficient adherence to the skin and mechanical strength the dressing has the potential to hold the wound closed as an alternative to sutures, staples and glue

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xuehua Zhang

Student:

Aatif Ali Shah

Partner:

WoundMesh

Discipline:

Engineering - chemical / biological

Sector:

Other

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Risks of Coastal Shipping

This project will undertake research on priorities and concerns that arise within Indigenous and Coastal Communities across Canada. Shipping provides benefits to many remove communities in delivering critical supplies, but the increase in shipping due to growth in activities such as tourism, mining and other industries presents a risk to the environment, livelihoods and food sources. The project aims at enhancing general understanding of the relationship between shipping and Indigenous coastal communities, to better inform decision makers, rights holders and stakeholders. The project outcomes are expected to build on existing knowledge on the issues and risks, to help better understand and communicate on what is important to the coastal communities. This in turn will help to inform industry improvements and best practices, regulatory changes, marine spatial planning and area response planning, and overall risk mitigation strategies. The project anticipates a range of deliverables for the various audiences.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Markwick

Student:

Charity Champagne

Partner:

Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping Society

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Other

University:

Capilano University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing forest harvesting impacts on furbearer habitat at the scale of Indigenous traplines – A case study in Indigenous consultation

The “Assessing forest harvesting impacts on furbearer habitat at the scale of Indigenous traplines – A case study in Indigenous consultation and forest conservation” project is planned to enhance the understanding of Indigenous rights holders concerning forest management activities that impact the distribution of forest types and ages upon which the forest dwelling wildlife that sustain traditional trapping and harvesting depend. It also promises to lay the groundwork for customized consultation approaches with Indigenous tenure holders, such that the aims of consultation are actually achieved. Current approaches to managing and maintaining wildlife habitat consider the availability of forests of a certain type and condition across vast areas between 100,000 ha to over 2 million ha in size. Trapline areas, by comparison, are small, rarely exceeding 10,00 ha in size. According to the status quo, mature forest within traplines that is eligible for harvesting at the macro scale of large forest management units is often planned to be harvested, with little effective consultation with Indigenous rights holders surrounding how these activities may affect habitat suitability within trapline areas upon which they depend for physical, cultural, and spiritual importance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jay Malcolm;Ben Kuttner

Student:

Aditi Chanda

Partner:

Wahkohtowin Development General Partner Inc.

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

An Alberta-based VAR Structural Model

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for loss allowances are changing, and financial institutions are proactively adapting existing methodologies and developing new ones to remain compliant. The main ingredient in the myriad of evaluations that banks are required to perform for compliance is risk assessment. The first goal of this research project is to review best practice risk models, with a special focus on modeling the evolution of changes in creditworthiness for industry sectors. In particular the project aims to estimate and forecast the probability a portfolio of loans’ changes in creditworthiness, and thus becomes more or less risky. State of the arts machine learning and time-series techniques are used to improve forecasting abilities of the existing models and allow for model validation using different forecasting samples.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Valentina Galvani;Sebastian Fossati Pereira

Student:

Nathan Becker

Partner:

ATB Financial

Discipline:

Economics

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Optimization of the product platform for AIS mobile robots

AIS Inc. is at the forefront of developing practical mobile robots for various markets. Mobile robots are considered as very complex systems comprising of hundreds of interacting components in complex system architectures. Developing such complex robotic systems, particularly in large scale, requires a coherent collaboration and engagement on various specialized areas. All of the complex products which are under development in AIS, have many Common Elements (CE) both in their system anatomy (e.g. common parts, components, modules) and also in their various product development life cycle stages (e.g. requirements, design and implementation processes, testing procedures). Investing time and resources on the CEs can simplify development of products. In order to substantially reduce time and cost and increase efficiency for development of new and existing products, AIS has strategized to increase commonality, reusability, and standardization across various products and subsequently introduce product platforms which are a collection of the CEs and core technologies. The goal of the proposed research is to properly define a product platform for each of the Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) and Autonomous Vehicle (AV) product families in AIS.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehran Mehrandezh;Colin Bradley;Konstantinos Apostolou;Fabio Petrillo

Student:

Hani Omar Balkhair;Arman Nikkhah;Marcela dos Santos;Marzieh Zamani Alavijeh;Morteza Badali;Obada Al Baba

Partner:

Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Program:

Accelerate

The State of Bonne Bay: An Historical and Contemporary Study of the Littoral and Marine Ecology

This project will contribute to an assessment of the historical and contemporary “state of the environment” of Bonne Bay. The aim is to establish the extent to which its marine and littoral ecosystems are resilient and “healthy”, and what changes, if any, have occurred in recent decades to its physical, biological and ecological components. These would include pelagic and demersal fish, marine plants, tides, water temperature and chemistry. Particular attention will be paid to the diversity and habitats of fish and other marine organisms, as well as to estuaries, shorelines and deltas. An historical picture will be developed to show, where present, the ecosystem effects of human-induced activities around the Bay, as well as changes related to weather and climate. The study will be based on existing documents and databases, as well as interviews with local fishers and scientists familiar with Bonne Bay.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Decker

Student:

Hadiya Bamragha

Partner:

Friends of Bonne Bay

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Testing the use of novel stable isotope tools to determine nutrient sources in an eastern Canadian watershed

Cultural eutrophication, the excess input of nutrients by humans to waterbodies, is one of the biggest global threats to aquatic ecosystem health. Effective management of eutrophication requires the identification of nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) sources and their relative contributions to an aquatic system. This is difficult, because there can be sources in a single watershed. For instance, potential nutrient sources include runoff from agricultural, livestock, or urban areas, wastewater treatment effluent, pulp and paper mill effluent, and aquaculture operations. In this study, I propose to test the use of novel stable isotope tracers to differentiate nutrient sources in the Wolastoq River. I will then use this information to determine relative contributions of different sources to overall nutrient loading in areas of harmful algal bloom occurrence. This project aims to establish an approach to effectively manage nutrient inputs, and to ultimately improve water quality, in Canadian watersheds.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Diane Orihel;Brian Hayden

Student:

Stephanie Graves

Partner:

Atlantic Coastal Action Program Saint John Inc

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Participatory assessment of Aklak (grizzly bear) abundance and distribution in the Kivalliq Region, Nunavut

The objective of this project is to estimate grizzly bear abundance and distribution in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut by combining Inuit traditional knowledge about grizzly bears with genetic data already collected by the Government of Nunavut. Working with the communities of Arviat and Baker Lake, we will use both pre-existing interview recordings and new interview data collected by trained local interviewers so that no researcher from down south needs to visit Nunavut during the pandemic.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Clark

Student:

Lauren Harding

Partner:

Churchill Northern Studies Centre

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Parking Occupancy Inference With LiDAR Sensors

Parking is a cumbersome part of auto travel in urban areas, primarily due to lack of information on the location of available spots. Sensors can be deployed to detect occupancy, but they often fail due to their high costs and detection inefficiencies in outdoor spaces. This project pursues a feasibility study of using LIDAR sensors, which overcome some deficiencies, for parking detection. LIDARs have a wide field of view, are robust to outdoor disturbances, and can be provided at cost given the recent advancements in the autonomous vehicle industry. The steps of the project include: (i) review types of LIDARS and their properties, (ii) process data collected from LIDARS, and (iii) develop data analytics solutions for interpreting LIDAR data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehdi Nourinejad

Student:

Elham Heydarigharaei

Partner:

CurbLab Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

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