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Population Survey and Mitigation of Amphibian Roadkill along Heart Lake Road- Phase 2-Continuation

Heart Lake Road (Brampton, Ontario) bisects a Provincially Significant Wetland. Increases in traffic volumes on the road have led to large numbers of road kill during the spring migration. The TRCA has been monitoring the road kill for two years and has found that thousands of frogs and toads as well as hundreds of turtles, including species at risk (SAR) are killed every spring and early summer. The TRCA in partnership with York University is assessing the significance of the mortality to the local population as well as mitigating the road kill by designing a wildlife eco-passage under the road.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne MacDonald

Student:

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (North York, ON)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Public administration

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Embedded Wireless Sensor System for Applications in Building Energy Efficiency

There is a growing need to use modern smart sensors that can monitor environmental variables such as temperature, lighting, and humidity and send control commands to turn on energy consuming devices such as lights and motors in a building. However, a control system needs electrical power for its operation which can increase total energy consumption and cost. Therefore, there is a trade-off between energy savings and additional hardware and software systems to control devices for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and lighting. The proposed activity focuses on developing wireless embedded systems for sensory data acquisition to be used for efficient power management. In particular, the feasibility of implementing an ultra low power and cost effective embedded sensor system using the Bluetooth low energy technology will be investigated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehrdad Moallem

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Création d’un essai de filtrabilité pour les filtres Vortisand

Le stage vise la création d’un essai de filtrabilité qui permettra de reproduire à l’échelle du laboratoire la performance de filtres au sable à balayage de surface. Ce type de filtre utilise un écoulement parallèle à la surface du lit filtrant pour ralentir le colmatage du filtre. Ces filtres servent entre autres à la filtration des eaux de procédé et de l’eau qui est utilisée dans les systèmes de chauffage et de climatisation. L’essai de filtrabilité sera basé sur la norme NSF/ANSI 50. Différents paramètres de l’essai de filtrabilité devront être optimisés pendant le stage (débit, volume d’eau à filtrer, vitesse du balayage de surface). L’essai de filtrabilité permettra au partenaire industriel de tester en laboratoire l’efficacité des filtres pour différentes caractéristiques de l’eau à filtrer et pour différents types de média filtrant. À l’heure actuelle, le partenaire industriel doit vérifier la performance des filtres avec des filtres réels (pleine grandeur).

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Duhaime

Student:

Partner:

Les Technologies Sonitec-Vortisand Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Social Impact Analysis and Program Evaluation of GEM Mentorship Program

The project seeks to provide a program evaluation of the Girls E-Mentorship Innovation (GEM) youth mentoring program. GEM’s program is a socially innovative approach linking high school aged girls with successful professional leaders in the employment sector, to support the development of positive attitudes and future career attainment. Using mixed methods, this project develops key outcome measures assessing the effectiveness of the GEM program, along with providing a general assessment of the overall economic and social impact the organization has in its local area. Results from this study will highlight not only the impact the GEM program has on the young women participants but also the general economic and social benefits such a program offers. The results will be used by the organization for further program development and refinement, and to aid in increasing its own economic impact by demonstrating its success to potential donors and program funders.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Shier

Student:

Partner:

Girls E-Mentorship Innovation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Socioeconomic benefits of the mineral exploration industry in BC

AME-BC as the voice of mineral exploration and development in BC is responsible for developing proper business climates for the mineral exploration industry. The purpose of this study is to support AME BC to achieve its goals through the provision of a clear picture of the socioeconomic benefits of the mineral exploration industry in British Columbia. This study estimates an independent and objective social and economic impact of the BC mining and mineral exploration industry. The first stage of this study mainly focuses on the Fraser Nicola provincial electoral district as a sample area; that can later be extended to other areas in BC upon request of the AME BC. This study is also concerned with determining the perception of junior miners on the role and importance of CSR and early community engagement policies in exploration projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Dunbar

Student:

Partner:

Association for Mineral Exploration BC

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The management of socio-political risk arising from corporate transitions at mining projects

Changes in management and/or ownership at projects can cause regression in corporate-stakeholder relationships, as the changing faces and attitudes can lead to breakdowns in communication, misunderstandings, and conflict. Failure to maintain positive relationships with stakeholders can lead to significant costs for proponents, and is frequently cited as one of the most pressing issues facing the mining industry. By examining a case-study in North-Central British Columbia, Canada, this project will analyze how successive management teams incorporated stakeholder concerns and evolving regulatory requirements in mitigating socio-political risk during their tenure, and specifically how this risk was mitigated through successive changes in management and ownership. Findings from interviews and a review of public documents will identify potential pitfalls and inform key strategies that can be employed in the management of corporate transitions at future projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dirk van Zyl

Student:

Partner:

On Common Ground Consultants Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Shaping New Pathways: Mexico City, Women and Metaphors

This research explores the links between gender and architecture in postmodern cities. Space is experienced and produced by gender constructs which remain at the centre of this study: women at home, sheltered from the dangers of the street. I look at feminine appropriations of architecture where such constructs are subverted, at opportunities that specific spaces and times allow. Women take over public places through the city in their daily activities. I argue that at the centre of these territory-claims are women’s bodies, which engage with the built environment as architectural elements themselves. Either by becoming extensions or disruptions of architecture, bodies themselves become architecture. Mexico City offers a rich ground to analyse these processes. Public transport with its sex-separation, the streetscape as used and the markets engaging women in contradictory roles (nurturer and free stroller) become landscapes showing the complex relations between gender and space. The city as proposed in this study is one where neither architecture nor gender roles are fixed, and where space can allow the challenge of traditional constructs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Annmarie Adams

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Battery Management System for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles

Measurement of the SOC is one of the basic functions of BMS for lithium-ion batteries pack in EVs. It is equivalent to fuel gauge in conventional vehicles which will indicate the miles cars can still run and when they should be charged. So the accurate SOC is needed to estimate to prolong the lifetime and to improve performance of the battery pack. The validated SOC estimation strategy may be calibrated by the experimental data from this project. Also, the cell balancing strategy is needed to prevent the battery pack from overcharge or over-discharged which I can get the basic knowledge about it through this project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fengjun Yan

Student:

Partner:

XI'AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Holistic Rangeland Management for Mitigating Desertification on the Grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China

My research explores practical solutions to preventing and reversing the growth of global deserts due to climate change and unsustainable development. In this case, it is grounded on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China, where poor policymaking and implementation has failed to halt the expansion of the Gobi Desert. Another consequence of these policies has been the displacement of many semi-nomadic ethnic Mongolian communities living on the grasslands. Inner Mongolia has essentially become China’s ‘dust bowl.’ I am currently examining the prospects for working with Mongolian herders to develop more holistic and sustainable methods of rangeland management which can simultaneously assist in the ecological restoration of the grasslands lost to the Gobi Desert.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alana Boland

Student:

Partner:

Peking University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Nanwakolas Council Society Industry Research

The Chief’s Pride Aquaculture Corporation (CPAC) and the Nanwakolas Council Society are undertaking strategic research on behalf of 8 member Nations in support of a Regional Economic Development Strategy. This research is comprised of two studies (1) Seafood Industry Overview and Analysis and (2) Forestry Sector Economic Opportunity Analysis. With CPAC and the Nanwakolas Council moving forward with delivering upon its mandate and business objectives, this innovative research will inform decision-makers of advantageous strategies within new product development and business operation arenas. Graduate students will utilize innovative business research methodologies to create new solutions for all stakeholders involved through vitally important community interaction and investigation of secondary literature.

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Faculty Supervisor:

James Tansey

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The Transnational Flow of Women, Sounds, and Activism: Women Making Music in and Between Brazil and Canada

This project examines the relationship between female musicians in music scenes in Toronto and in the cities of Salvador and Recife in Brazil. Female performers from Brazil and other Latin American countries, as well as Canadian-born female musicians make up the majority and the backbone of the Brazilian music scene in Toronto. As these performers move between Brazil and Canada, so do they bring with them both musical practices and worldviews that have in turn shaped their local contexts. Recently, many of these female musicians have begun to organize all-female groups and events and use the performance of various Brazilian musical traditions to make political statements addressing the status of women. Under the auspices of the Mitacs Globalink Research Award, I intend to examine the connections between this woman-identified scene in Toronto and its roots in Brazil, and elucidate the role of music and transnational migration in the development of group identification.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeff Packman

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Pre-clinical testing of novel high-strength bioabsorbable bone adhesives

There is an unmet need to replace surgical plates and screws in small joint and non-loadbearing orthopaedic surgeries. Despite a clear clinical need and market opportunity, there are no products available today that address issues such as long surgery times, high cost, patient discomfort, and reoperation for metal implant removal. Dartmouth Medical Research, Ltd. is a medical device development company focused on Bone Repairs using Absorbable Polymers and aims to solve these problems by adhering the bones with a “Hot Melt” resorbable polymer. This novel bone adhesive material simplifies bone fixation surgery and would be used to replace the bulky, expensive, and time-consuming mechanical fixators. More importantly, in long-term animal studies, such materials have shown a 158% increase in strength compared to traditional fixation techniques in non-load-bearing surgical applications. The project objective is to research, evaluate and test a new reinforced version of this technology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amyl Ghanem

Student:

Partner:

Dartmouth Medical Research Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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