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Supported for exercise: Optimizing sports bras for larger-breasted women

Our study focuses on improving the design of sports bras for women with larger breasts, who often struggle to find bras that fit well. In this study, we want to understand how different sports bras affect how women feel and breathe during exercise. By studying this, we hope to improve sports bra design and make exercising more enjoyable for women with larger breasts. For our industry partner, Lululemon Canada Inc., this project offers valuable insights into designing sports bras that are more supportive, comfortable, and tailored to the needs of larger-breasted women. It also provides a foundation for developing new testing methods for sports bras, which can lead to better products for all customers. For the fellow leading the study, this project aligns with her background in respiratory physiology and exercise science, offering a unique opportunity to contribute to research and product development. It provides valuable experience and expertise that can be applied to future projects and career advancements. Overall, our study aims to benefit women with larger breasts by improving the design of sports bras, making exercise more comfortable and enjoyable. We are excited about the potential impact of our research and the benefits it can bring to both the industry, the research community and the community of exercising women globally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dennis Jensen

Student:

Partner:

Lululemon

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

McGill University

Program:

Elevate

Enhancing Wastewater Treatment Efficiency Through the Pilot-Scale Study of Zeelung MABR Technology

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carlos Diaz

Student:

Partner:

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Study of High-Performance Elastomeric Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries

In this project, the aim is to evaluate the mechanical and electrochemical properties of elastomeric polymer electrolytes according to the structure of the monomer, such as the presence of side chains and the length of alkyl groups, and to measure and analyze the properties of the polymer using various instruments. As a result, mechanisms such as charge transfer in elastomeric polymer electrolytes are investigated, and optimized elastomeric polymer electrolytes are developed and evaluated as next-generation rechargeable batteries.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hyun-Joong Chung

Student:

Partner:

Hongik University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Green/Alternative Energy

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL)

Today’s Canadian children and youth are bigger, weaker and less fit than they were a generation ago. Only 5% of children and youth meet the recommended Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines while spending 8.6 hours per day in sedentary pursuits. These results suggest that Canadian children today do not have the capacity to achieve and maintain a physically active lifestyle associated with optimal health. Physical literacy is the foundation for the healthy development of the whole person. It helps to create a lifelong relationship with physical activity and healthy lifestyles, and it supports individual performance to the best of one’s ability. Interns involved in this project will administer physical literacy assessments on approximately 8,000 kids in 3 provinces across Canada. This will help researchers to understand in more detail the current levels of physical literacy of children in Canada and raise awareness to areas where children 8 to 12 years of age are struggling with achieving levels of physical literacy that are associated with health benefits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Stone;Sarah Woodruff;Jennifer Copeland;Mark Tremblay;Brenda Bruner

Student:

Partner:

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario;Crossfit Fortis;Jean MacRae and Tina Vaters Fitness Consulting;Runners Soul;Robert Fransua Inc;Cooking for the Rushed Inc;ParticipACTION

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Dalhousie University; Nipissing University; University of Lethbridge; University of Ottawa; University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

LLMs for Research

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have proven to be extremely effective at generating useful responses to a wide variety of user’s questions. However, they often struggle to generate meaningful and accurate responses to questions that are highly specialized, context-dependent, and requiring long-term attention. The goal of this project is to apply LLMs to accelerate technical research and development, particularly in the field of quantum computing, to enhance research productivity and address the limitations of current state-of-the-art models. It will leverage techniques shown to be useful in the academic literature, but applied in the novel setting of highly technical and detailed texts where models frequently struggle, namely quantum computing research. Successful delivery will yield a useful service for researchers at Zapata, as well as a comprehensive application Zapata can demo with prospective clients who are looking to use LLMs for accelerating their R&D cycle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Student:

Partner:

Zapata Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Modifying a lead compound to optimize prevention of adhesion formation

If you have an operation in your abdominal cavity (eg., C-section, hernia repair, appendectomy, gall bladder removal and many more procedures) your chances of having to go back to hospital and be re-operated due to intestinal occlusion, pain etc is 4%. Because these operations make up 5 of the 10 most common surgeries, this 4% adds up to hundreds of thousands of patients that need to be re-operated. The reason why is because they have had adhesions form (large rope like structures of cartilage) that cause many complications. There is no good way of preventing these adhesions from forming. Moreover, in some women if this happens it cause unnoticed and yet there is a good chance they will develop infertility. This is devastating and there is no way to predict who will develop adhesions and there is no treatment available. The Kubes lab can use a special microscope and look into the abdominal cavity and see adhesions form and uncovered how this happens. They formed a company and found a drug that can prevent this from happening and are now testing numerous related drugs to find the best one.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Kubes

Student:

Partner:

Medhesions Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Social Enterprise Internships

The Business Startup Intern will immerse themselves in a meaningful experiential learning opportunity, while contributing positively to the work of Ignite’s Business Growth department. The student will be conducting research on competing organizations and learn about their programs and offerings to entrepreneurs to compile a report and make suggestions for Ignite’s programming and services. Student will also utilize this research to share with students in the Social Entrepreneurship Program at STU as well as with students who compete in Enactus Canada regional and national competitions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Secord;Clara Santacruz;Alexa Navas

Student:

Partner:

Ignite Fredericton

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Management of companies and enterprises; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

St. Thomas University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Situations of Difference in Political Argument

In this project, we use the analytical tools of philosophy and argumentation theory to address an increasing and troubling phenomenon: political differences. Thus, we start from a rhetorical model of argumentation proposed by the Canadian philosopher C. Tindale at the University of Windsor, to illuminate recent case studies. The project is divided into two components. The theoretical component aims to clarify the meaning of some notions that have been used to describe a difference between parties in a discussion: disagreement, conflict, critical discussion, dispute, dissensus, controversy, polemic, and misunderstanding. In turn, the analytical component aims to perform argumentative analyses of Latin American political discourses motivated by situations of difference. The expected outcome relates to conceptual clarification but also to concrete analyses of cases whose lessons would be valuable in improving how we teach citizens to deal with the differences that separate them from each other.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher Tindale

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Nacional del General Sarmiento

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Social Innovation; Education

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Community Mobile Media Lab

This application to MITACS supports the creation of an innovative mobile research lab. The Community Mobile Media Lab (CMML) is a purpose-designed mobile media production hub, which will house film production equipment that can be situated temporarily in communities we are collaborating with to explore innovative models of co-creation, training and mentorship. This infrastructure will allow us to engage with Nova Scotians to document the oral histories of community elders, and with whom we have initiated programs that empower youth by teaching them filmmaking skills. Through these unique education and production models, the CMML will facilitate acts of reconciliation by facilitating creative opportunities for communication among community members.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Solomon Nagler

Student:

Partner:

iMOVe

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Education; Information and cultural industries

University:

Nova Scotia College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

DSSK Conditional Generation

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gauthier Gidel

Student:

Partner:

ServiceNow Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Development and calibration of an acoustic telemetry transmitter for identifying predation events

Acoustic telemetry is a rapidly expanding technology to quantify the movement and behavior of aquatic animals; key for developing effective management for aquatic ecosystems. Acoustic telemetry uses transmitters affixed to aquatic animals that are detected by receivers placed in aquatic ecosystems. An important problem that limits telemetry is the assumption that the detected transmitter represents the originally tagged animal and not a predator that has eaten the tagged animal (i.e. tag is in the predator’s stomach). Vemco, a company focused on telemetry technologies, has developed a predation tag that identifies when another animal consumes the originally tagged animal. The intern will study the performance of these tags for a range of fish sizes and temperatures through controlled laboratory studies. Further, the intern will examine avenues to refine and optimize these tags. The results of this research will be presented, published and will allow Vemco to demonstrate the utility of predation tags for the wide range of acoustic telemetry applications, ultimately increasing market share in this expanding technology field.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aaron Fisk

Student:

Partner:

Amirix Systems Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Mental health, substance use and treatment seeking in Canada and Australia: a cross-national comparison

Mental health and substance use disorders are the leading cause of disease burden in Australia and Canada, both alone and in co-occurrence. In recent years, the Australian federal government has actively promoted expanding both the quality and quantity of mental health services, including innovation in areas like early intervention in psychosis and digital technologies. In turn, Canada has made more limited progress, with the country facing an ongoing opioid crisis since 2016 and there yet to be a paradigm shift towards an integrated treatment approach for mental and substance use disorders. Cross-national comparisons of disorder prevalence and care are important to understand their similarities and differences, future trends, and develop meaningful ways to improve mental health systems and services with the specific contexts of each country. The aim of this project is to compare recent epidemiological data from the Australian National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Canadian Mental Health and Access to Care Survey (MHACS). This project will fill in gaps in mental health care using international perspectives from the participating institutions and identify lessons to be learned that can be applied in Canada and elsewhere, with a focus on the potential for e-mental health.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Krausz

Student:

Partner:

The University of Sydney

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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