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Style de vie et main-d’oeuvre en tourisme d’aventure et écotourisme sur le territoire québécois

L’objectif principal de ce projet consiste à mieux connaître le rôle du style de vie de la main-d’oeuvre dans l’attractivité des individus qui choisissent ce type d’emploi. Les entreprises de tourisme d’aventure et d’écotourisme située hors des grands centres urbains ayant de plus en plus de difficulté à attirer de la main-d’oeuvre, il apparaît pertinent de s’interroger sur le rôle du style de vise et des composantes particulières de cette industrie, soient le territoire sur lequel se déroule l’offre touristique, la nature des activités de tourisme d’aventure et d’écotourisme (ex. contemplative ou à haut risque) et la saisonnalité de l’offre touristique. Les résultats permettront d’orienter davantage les décideurs et producteurs de l’offre en tourisme d’aventure et écotourisme au Québec et de contribuer à sa pérennité par la connaissance plus approfondie de sa main-d’oeuvre et ses mécanismes d’attractivité et de rétention.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurent Bourdeau

Student:

Partner:

Aventure Écotourisme Québec;Tourisme Charlevoix

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

High resolution measurement of earthquake impacts on rock slope stability and damage using pre- and post-earthquake remote sensing

Assessment of the effects of earthquakes on rock slopes requires detailed measurements both before and after the shaking. However, at present, there is a lack of high resolution data that enables this, partly as it is unusual to have good data from prior to earthquakes. This information is important for validating models that are used to back-analyze rock slope behaviour during and following earthquake shaking.
The proposed work involves the novel integration of a range of new remote sensing techniques to assess the effects of seismic shaking and subsequent annual monsoon rains on two case study slopes in Central Nepal, where some of the most intense damage due to landsliding was experienced following the 2015 earthquake sequence. Rock slope characterization and change detection to identify earthquake damage will be employed to assess slope response to seismic shaking and monsoonal rainfall. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Stead

Student:

Partner:

BGC Engineering Inc (BC)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Advancing Data Science Research for Social Good

Due to rapid development of technology, such as the Internet of Things, collecting data is easier and cheaper than ever before. As a result, municipal governments and urban centres across Canada are being inundated with data—data that have potential to improve public service. Despite this, local governments do not have enough data expertise to extract insight from these overwhelming datasets, which are often unstructured and “dirty” (i.e., incomplete, inaccurate, and/or erroneous). Simultaneously, high-quality personnel (HQP) in the domains of data science and urban analytics lack opportunities to work closely with local government to address this gap. Thus, the “Data Science for Social Good” program at the University of British Columbia seeks to mentor and train HQP to solve data intensive, high-priority urban research projects identified by local government. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Ng

Student:

Partner:

Microsoft Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Business planning for Social Enterprisess

The intern will be involved in the development of a new business venture based on an operating pilot progamme related to fisheries tracking. There are two objectives. First, detailed research in specific sections of the project’s business plan and secondly, finalizing the business plan for the new venture. Among the goals of this project is to identify some standard practices and policies that can further support the organization’s procedures going forward. The organization will benefit from an international perspective and of course from the knowledge that the intern gained through his MBA programme. Last but not least, during the MBA program the intern had the opportunity of working in several projects on both Sustainability and New Ventures as the professors collaborated and brought some client based projects that could bring not only knowledge but also ideas during the development of a business model and ultimately a new business venture.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Hannah

Student:

Partner:

Ecotrust Canada

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Using stable isotope analysis to investigate a food web connection between coal waste contamination and a forest community

A coal mine operating on the Snuneymuxw First Nation reserve lands between 1913 and 1939 has left mine waste that has contaminated the soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water with metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Human health and ecological assessments are being conducted in the area to determine how best to deal with the contamination in the area. Many members of the Snuneymuxw community harvest plants and berries from the forest where the contamination is located and there are several trees with symbolic importance to the community that have been planted on the coal waste. Because of the high abundance of vegetation in the area, standard practices for measuring PAH are difficult to use. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Simard

Student:

Partner:

Golder (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Improved veterinary diagnostics for tapeworms

Dogs can be infected with several species of tapeworms, but show no obvious symptoms. Tapeworms are generally diagnosed by detection of microscopic eggs produced by the parasites that are passed in the dog’s stool. However, this technique is not ideal, as eggs are not always passed in stool, different tapeworms produce visually similar eggs, and this requires an experienced diagnostician. Therefore, false negatives are common. There is increasing interest in techniques to directly detect DNA of parasites in stool of dogs. Aquila Diagnostics Systems Inc. has developed a point of care tapeworm test for use in veterinary clinics that would enable rapid detection of DNA of tapeworms in dog stool samples (the AccutasVET Tapeworm DNA kit). TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emily Jenkins

Student:

Partner:

Aquila Diagnostics Systems Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Development of an integrated microfluidic technology platform to assess fluid parameters at reservoir-relevant conditions

Recovering oil from underground reservoirs carries environmental and financial risks that can be minimized with prior knowledge of what fluids are there and how to efficiently extract them. Currently, fluid flow behaviour can be measured at reservoir conditions in large pressurized vessels capable of up to 150 atmospheres and 300°C, but measurements can take weeks to complete. As an alternative, Interface Fluidics is developing a miniaturized pressure vessel where fluid behaviour can be completely visually mapped in under a day and at comparatively low cost. This research project will improve all aspects of this prototype technology – the pressure/temperature operation range, the quality of visualized data, and automation of the data analysis – to accurately predict the outcome of oil recovery operations before they begin.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Markus Bussmann

Student:

Partner:

Interface Fluidics;Interface Fluidics Limited (ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and Gas; Technology; Natural Resources

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Cognitive and well-being impacts of tunable LED lighting in secondary school students

The current project aims to examine how tunable LED lighting influences productivity and well-being in students at the Port Coquitlam’s Riverside secondary school. The project aims to identify the optimal lighting conditions in order to maximize productivity and well-being in healthy students as well as students with special needs. We hypothesize that the tunable LED lighting that is consistent with the natural daylight cycle will be more beneficial to students than standard constant lighting condition in an average classroom. The project aims to provide psychological benefits of tunable LED lighting beyond electricity conservation for BC Hydro, and academic and well-being benefits of the lighting to students in the secondary school.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiaying Zhao

Student:

Partner:

BC Hydro (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Utilities

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Combining Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to understand product and consumer behavior in retail environments

The project is about developing a «smart store» system that will allow understanding customer and product behavior. This system will be based on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies allowing any object (product or person) to communicate automatically with its environment. Hence, our system will be used for tracking items and monitor consumer behavior in real time. In a retail environment, we will be able to answer questions such as (i) How many times an item has been picked up or tried by a customer? (ii) How long the item stayed off the shelve? (iii) How long the customer stayed in a specific zone? Near a specific shelve? (iv)What are the most/less visited zones?

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ygal Bendavid

Student:

Partner:

9266-5777 Québec Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Development of the Community Paramedicine Contact Assessment

In the absence of a standardized approach to patient assessment in community paramedicine programs, it is difficult to determine if these programs are helping patients when comparing one to another. Governments across Canada have invested in community paramedicine as an approach to provide care for patients in their homes rather than transporting them to the hospital emergency department. While these programs have shown a reduction in emergency calls, to continue delivery of care it will be important that they demonstrate that patients maintain or improve their health. This project is developing and testing a standardized assessment tool that can be used by paramedics in these programs to demonstrate these outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Costa

Student:

Partner:

Interdev Technologies

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

HAT TRICK: An innovative health promotion program for men

Despite the benefits associated with staying physically active and eating a healthy diet, men are less likely than women to engage in these behaviours. Healthy lifestyle programs that are offered in collaboration with professional
sport teams have been found to engage men in being more active and eating healthier. HAT TRICK was designed to specifically target men and is being offered with major junior ice hockey teams in the Canadian Hockey League
(CHL). Researchers at the University of British Columbia have partnered with the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF) to expand and evaluate HAT TRICK in communities across British Columbia. The results of this research will provide evidence into the effective delivery of health-related information to men and directly support CMHF’s mission to inspire Canadian men to live healthier lives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cristina M Caperchione

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Men’s Health Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

Benefits of VaR for capital management process of credit unions.

PRO Financial Solutions (PRO) is looking to investigate the benefits of actively including Value at Risk (VaR) in the capital management process of credit unions. Whereas Earnings at Risk (EaR) is a well-established risk measure, VaR still lacks understanding among credit unions. In this research project, the intern will illustrate the relationship between EaR and Duration of Equity, a VaR proxy, and therefor explain VaR in terms of EaR – a number credit unions are more familiar with. As a conclusion to the project, she will investigate the relative performance of PRO’s clients that actively use VaR for their portfolio management against the complementary group. In a second step, she will enhance the current model by implementing a stochastic VaR model. Based on the outcomes of this calculations, not only credit unions but financial institution in general will be able to actively include VaR in the risk management process of their non-trading portfolios.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrey Pavlov

Student:

Partner:

PRO Financial Solutions

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

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