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Where are they now? Reviewing and updating SUCCESS’s Youth Leadership Millennium Project in its 10th year

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is one of the largest immigration and social service agencies in BC. This project is designed to provide S.U.C.C.E.S.S. with three useful end-products; two consolidated and updated program of operations guides for the Host Program and the Youth Leadership Millennium Project (YLMP), and an evaluative research-based report providing feedback from YLMP graduates. Using participant focused evaluation, the intern will establish the goals for YLMP held by all those involved in the program. Questions and goals generated in this group will be the standards on which the research questions are based, and then evaluated. The intern will be conducting face-to-face and telephone interviews with YLMP graduates (aged 15-35) with a representative 10% of the total population of graduates. The research will provide three useful tools for the organization and will add to the body of research on integration and leadership programming for first and second-generation immigrant youth.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Dan Zuberi

Student:

Katherine McCallum

Partner:

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The Identification of Gene-Environment Interactions in Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL)is the 5th most common cancer in Canada and its incidence has been increasing steadily every year. Unfortunately, little is known about the causes of the increased incidence, although it is likely that some combinations of genetic and environmental factors are involved. This internship with the BC Cancer Agency will examine genes that may interact with ultraviolet radiation, organochlorines and other environmental and lifestyle factors. This project will provide an important step in understanding the etiology of NHL. The identification of gene-environment interactions will allow the research team to better identify environmental exposures. The results may also suggest new ways of preventing NHL.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Jinko Graham

Student:

Conghui Qu

Partner:

BC Cancer Agency

Discipline:

Statistics / Actuarial sciences

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) of the Central and North coast of BC

Sandhill cranes are a blue-listed (vulnerable) species in BC, requiring special management of their habitat. Very little is known about the coastal population of cranes or their habitat requirements in BC. The intern will work with the BC Ministry of Environment to conduct an inventory to locate Sandhill cranes and their nests on the central and north coast. Nesting and foraging sites will be characterized in field studies using variables relevant to the biology of the species and to forest management. As the size of this population is currently unknown and the species has a very low reproductive rate, the intern will also study nest success and predation to get information on population status and the impact of predation on eggs and chicks. Scat will be collected and analyzed for dietary components as an indication of the types of source habitats that are used for foraging, including inter-tidal areas, estuaries, forests, and bogs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Dan Smith

Student:

Krista Roessingh

Partner:

BC Ministry of Environment

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Predicting changes in early growing season water availability contributed as snowmelt following mountain pine beetle attack

This project with the BC Ministry of Forests and Range intends to use almost entirely existing stand spatial data and snow-melt data to model early season water availability in mountain pine beetle (MPB) affected stands. The resultant canopy loss due to the MPB is likely to have an influence on the volume and timing of snow melt and, consequently, on water availability. The plan is to model changes in stand attributes post-MPB and the consequent changes in early growing season water availability contributed by snow melt in 4 Montane Spruce zone stands aged 20 (thinned and unthinned), 80 and 140 yrs. To model snow ablation in the three stands the research team intends to use a model that consists of the following variables: wind speed, temperature, incident radiation, canopy view factor, and a spatial component (proximity index) that relates snow melt volume and snow pack disappearance rates to the size, species, and distance of adjacent trees.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Suzanne Simard

Student:

Trevor Blenner-Hassett

Partner:

BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Forestry

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Optimization of Hybrid Energy Harvesting System

Wearable health monitoring devices are identified as a viable option for preventing dangerous health problems and surveillance of after-incident patients. But given the high computing needs of such battery-powered systems, a trade-off must be made between miniaturization and device lifetime. On the other hand, the human bearer is a significant source of power, both in the form of heat and movement, which can be a natural power source for wearable health monitoring devices. Energy reclamation from human activities is unpredictable and of variable nature, therefore the project proposes to use it in conjunction with RF energy transfer and communication known from RFID systems. Combination of these two systems would lead to creation of a flexible, long lasting, ecological (no battery waste) and very reliable energy supply for wearable health monitoring systems. In this internship with Adigy Inc., the research team proposes to analyze and optimize the functioning of cooperation of these systems based on analysis of a standard human behavior. In fact, such a hybrid powering scheme has never been analyzed before in spite of its potential huge usability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bozena Kaminska

Student:

Marcia Marzencki

Partner:

Adigy Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Merritt Green Energy Feasibility

The focus of this project with NyFound Energy Services Inc., a developer of mid-sized clean heat, power, and energy utilities in western North America, revolves around the use of wood waste produced by the local sawmills in Merritt to produce electricity and the potential to also capture waste heat to supply dryers used at the sawmills, community buildings, greenhouses, and/or a wood pellet manufacturing plant. The use of wood waste would displace some or all of the natural gas currently used for drying purposes in the dry kilns and for provision of space heating.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. James Tansey

Student:

Colin O’Leary

Partner:

NyFound Energy Services Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Risk Analysis and Assurance test on Carbon Credit Asset Management Program

The intern will be undertaking research with Carbon Credit Corp. (CCC), a designer of green strategies for public companies, to gain an understanding of the Canadian Carbon Market, as it evolves, with specific attention on carbon sequestration in tilled land in the Canadian Prairies. CCC is uniquely positioned in this eco-market to determine how carbon sequestration will be treated as a viable carbon credit resource. The intern will work with CCC to identify the inherent risks in the business process of agricultural carbon sequestration in each stage, from the farmer inputs to the sale of the credits. Risks may be in the form of human behaviour risk, business process risk, or system risk. CCC requires full understanding of these risks to build controls and tests into their software and meet the verification requirements of the environmental auditors. The Intern will be presenting the risk-mitigated software to the auditor, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, for final testing and verification by the end of the internship period.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. James Tansey

Student:

Kirk Hutton

Partner:

Carbon Credit Corp.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Improving Patient Safety by Developing an Algorithm to Detect Patient Respiratory Status During Remifentanil Administration for Lithotripsy

Remifentanil, an anesthetic that is administered intravenously during acoustic shock wave treatment for kidney stones, depresses a patient's ability to breathe and can lead to apnea. Respiration is normally detected via standard patient monitors which sound alarms in the event that the patient ceases to breathe for a given length of time. However, a physician or nurse often intervenes before the alarms sound and is able to prompt the patient to breathe properly. The decision to intervene includes visual observation of respiration conditions, and requires vigilant monitoring. The Vancouver General Hospital Healthcare Technology Management Department is interested in customizing a tool that will aid hospital staff in the assessment and intervention of depressed respiration during these procedures. In partnership with the Department of Anesthesia, the intern will perform statistical analysis of simulated patient parameters to develop a type of “smart” monitoring. This predictive tool will monitor trends in the data and alert the physician to impending apnea rather than apneic conditions that have already been in place over an interval of time. The intern will also couple the monitor to an audio intervention mechanism that will preemptively prompt the patient to breathe. This project encompasses the development of such a tool and the assessment of its usefulness in preventing patient apnea and improving patient outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Ezra Kwok

Student:

Sonia Lala

Partner:

Vancouver Coastal Health Authority

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of a Regionalized Approach Toward Providing Emergency Medical Services in British Columbia: Is Distance to Services a Critical Factor in Injury Mortality?

One of the primary reasons for this regionalization of health care in British Columbia is so that more resources can be spent on direct patient care and less on bureaucracy and duplication. A critical component of this systems approach is equipping selected facilities with the resources to treat the most severely injured patients. Distance to care is hypothesized to be inversely related to patient outcome – as delays in transporting patients to critical care has a known negative effect on mortality and morbidity. The geographic distribution of accredited trauma hospitals varies widely throughout BC and it has yet to be investigated whether distance plays a determining factor in affecting patient outcomes in the province. The research will investigate to what extent, if any, distance plays in trauma patient outcomes and whether its relationship is consistent throughout the province or if there are regional or injury specific mechanisms that are affected by the length of time it takes to receive acute hospital care. It is anticipated that these research results will be of great interest to provincial health care policy and health promotion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Nadine Schuurman

Student:

Nathaniel Bell

Partner:

Vancouver General Hospital

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Estimating Relative Trends in Cetacean Abundance from Data Collected for an Opportunistic Sightings Network

British Columbia’s coastline is home to eighteen species of cetaceans (such as whales, dolphins and porpoises) and three species of sea turtles. Nine of these species are at risk of extinction. To conserve them, it is crucial to learn more about their distribution/abundance and habitat use. The British Columbia Cetaceans Sightings Network (BCCSN) was established to gather sightings of these species from a network of mariners and coastal citizens. Since then, the BCCSN has received thousands of sightings from hundreds of observers up and down the coast. The objective of this research project is to estimate temporal trends in relative abundance and distribution of cetaceans commonly found in the waters of north-eastern Vancouver Island, using the sightings collected by one of the BCCSN observers, Straightwatch.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Randall Peterman

Student:

Nicole Koshure

Partner:

CRCS Research and Conservation Society

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Clinical Assessement Tool of Surgical Procedure Effectiveness in Treating Urinary Incontinence

This research project aims to develop a clinical assessment tool that can aid physicians to predict or improve surgical procedure effectiveness for women who suffer from Urinary Incontinence (UI). UI is an epidemic disease that involves loss of bladder and urethral sphincter control to hold urine. It is mainly due to factors including aging, obesity, nervous failure, muscle relaxation due to childbirth or medications intake, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, failing urethral sphincter and smoking. Currently, only vaginal and urological tests are used to examine UI type and severity and to determine treatment options. Surgical treatments that can reverse UI symptoms are recommended for severe cases, but they often fail due to the lack of consideration of specific individual’s health, urological and pelvic conditions. Each patient is unique, and UI treatment needs to be tailored to her specific condition. The current project provides the opportunity to integrate scientific research with the delivery of healthcare in the clinic as the applicant will interact with gynaecologists and urologists of Romich Medical Inc., a provider of medical technology and services to health care professional.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Royan Petrell and Sue Baldwin

Student:

Clare Yip

Partner:

Romich Medical Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

An Evaluation of Extinction-Risk Criteria for Pacific Salmon Conservation Units

The objective of this research project is to improve the definition of extinction-risk for Pacific salmon species by determining which extinction-risk criteria best reflect the chance of quasi-extinction (extremely low abundance) for the individual conservation units (CUs), which are spatially-defined management units. Two sets of evaluation criteria will be used; those developed for Canadian biota by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, and another set developed by the intern. For each extinction-risk criterion, a retrospective analysis will examine the historical spawner (reproducing adult) escapement data to determine the number of triggering events (extinction-risk criteria met) that would have occurred in the past of each salmon CU. A prospective analysis will develop a computer simulation model to determine the probability of quasi-extinction for several populations of conservation concern.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Randall Peterman

Student:

Erin Porszt

Partner:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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