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Brain Assistive Tool to Predict Emotional Regulation Failures in Older Adults

The way we regulate our emotions has important implications for our well-being and our social relationships.
Emotional regulation involves monitoring and controlling the intensity of one’s affective response to an external event and/or internal thought process. The impairment of emotional regulation then affects the person’s wellbeing; it also impairs the ability of the family members and/or medical team to help the person. The challenge, therefore, is to find a way to detect when emotional-regulation impairments will occur prior to an emotional outburst. Our project goal is building a portable device for daily use by older adults to detect early signs of emotional regulation issues. From this project, the partner organization will benefit by having a portable brain assistive tool that will assess status, progression and improvement of emotional regulation in older adults. This will improve the management of a person with emotional regulation issues by the medical team and/or family members.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sergio Camorlinga;Stephen Smith;Amy Desroches

Student:

Partner:

Misericordia Health Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Winnipeg

Program:

Accelerate

Screening new amines and adsorbents for CO2 capture with coding for mathematical modeling.

Carbon dioxide is considered one of the main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The gas causes huge environmental and social negative impacts. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce gas emissions to benefit the communities and societies. The project focuses on CO2 capture by amine solutions and solid materials. Besides the laboratory measurements, the work continues to optimize the entire capture process to lower the costs. As a result, the CO2 capture projects become more visible to investors. By lowering the CO2 emissions, the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere could be further reduced. The global warming effects could be mitigated by reducing the emissions. Furthermore, the studies can provide the technologies for other companies such as oil sand corporations to reach the net zero by the federal regulations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul

Student:

Partner:

CSI Climate Change Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Towards Causal Deep Learning to Model Ecosystems’ Response to Environmental Change

In ecological applications, Machine Learning (ML) predictions are used to make predictions about alternative scenarios. Such alternative scenarios however can change the distribution of features that the ML model relies on for predictions. The implication is that such uses-cases implicitly expect the ML model to generalize outside of the observational distribution. Unfortunately, this is often not the case, and ML models tend to be brittle outside of their training distribution. We will work on causal techniques for more robust ML for ecological applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mathias Lécuyer;Joséphine Gantois

Student:

Partner:

École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Dawn of Energy Prosumers in Canada: Current state and key accelerators for growth

This study focuses on understanding the emerging role of “prosumers” in Canada – individuals or entities who not only use electricity but also produce it, often through renewable sources like solar panels. We aim to study how this trend is evolving, especially in Canada, and develop profiles of these prosumers based on where they live and the technology they use. By employing advanced techniques like machine learning and operations research, the project will help in predicting the costs and benefits of this shift towards more proactive energy users. For our partner organization, a leader in digital automation and energy management, this research offers valuable insights. It will help them better understand the changing needs of energy consumers, potentially leading to improved services and innovations in energy management solutions, making energy use more efficient and sustainable for everyone.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre-Olivier Pineau

Student:

Partner:

Schneider Electric Canada (Mississauga)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Visionary Communities

Visionary Communities: advancing desired neighbourhood futures is a 4-year community-university partnership that aims to enhance conditions for advancing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and just sustainable futures desired by Kingston-Galloway Orton (KGO) neighbourhood residents and non-profit organizations and grassroots groups. The first stage of work (over 2024) is to listen to the community and surface momentum to better understand community-defined challenges and identify opportunities for building on and enhancing community strengths (relationships, knowledges, experiences). By working closely with residents and community partners in KGO to surface their priorities, visions, and strengths for the neighbourhood, as well as their needs and challenges, we will contribute to meaningful place-based solutions identified and sought by community members and groups themselves.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Robinson

Student:

Partner:

City of Toronto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration; Utilities

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Amélioration de la circularité tout au long de la chaîne d’approvisionnement des MCS – recyclage des résidus de sulfate de sodium issu de l’extraction et la transformation des MCS via l’électrolyse membranaire

La filière de production des MCS comporte plusieurs sous-produits qui devront être enfouis, traités ou transformés. Le présent projet s’attarde sur le sulfate de sodium issu de la neutralisation de lixiviats d’acidesulfurique présents dans plusieurs procédés hydrométallurgiques. Bien qu’une partie des centaines de milliers de tonnes annuelle puisse être revalorisé (détergents en poudre en Amérique du Sud ou industries textiles asiatiques), ce produit reste excédentaire dans la production mondiale et n’a que peu de valeurs économiques. L’électrolyse membranaire est une technologie qui permet de séparer les ions (sulfate et sodium) pour fabriquer l’hydroxyde de sodium et l’acide sulfurique par le passage d’électrons avec un grade de pureté plus élevé que celui sur le marché. Le projet permettra de passer d’essais en laboratoire vers la mise en place d’une usine prépilote À terme, le Canada obtient un procédé aidant à la diminution de produit voué à l’enfouissement, de la demande en produits chimiques, en transport, hydrique et l’accès à une technologie plus verte.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Désilets

Student:

Partner:

Aepnus Technology Inc.

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Cégep de Shawinigan

Program:

Accelerate

Integrating Digital Technologies for Architectural Rehabilitation and Conservation

Integrating Digital Technologies for Architectural Rehabilitation and Conservation will explore new applications of emerging digital technologies for the rehabilitation of our built heritage, especially in producing records relevant for the understanding of structural and environmental performance. Good decision in heritage conservation relay on accurate and precise information about the building’s fabric and structure. This project will foster interdisciplinary and collaboration in producing an integrated digital workflow for emerging tools in digitisation, building information modelling (BIM), and building structural, as well as, performance simulation

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Santana-Quintero

Student:

Partner:

Heritage Standing

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Geomicrobiology for detecting rare metal deposits

Recent advances in genetic technology have significantly lowered the cost of molecular microbiology, opening the doors to application in the mineral exploration industry. The Geomicrobial Surveys proposed in this application represent a novel method for mineral exploration using the patterns of microbial communities as proxies for invisible subsurface features, like rare earth metal deposits. Because of its efficient scale and non-invasive sampling approaches, geomicrobiology causes negligible environmental impact while offering to improve how companies rank mineral targets for drilling prioritization. The primary outcomes of bringing geomicrobial surveys into mineral exploration will be both a de-risking of missed targets and a reduction in exploratory drilling in unnecessary areas, saving time and money for industry while reducing negative impacts on natural environments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Cameron

Student:

Partner:

Pan American Energy Corp.;Integral Metals Corp.

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

Advancing Reforestation: Monitoring Seedling Direction with Vision-Based Technology for Improving Planting Precision

This research focuses on making big tree-planting project better. In this project, special cameras are going to be used on planting machines to check if young trees are standing up straight when planted. This helps workers know right away if a tree isn’t planted correctly. The cameras use smart technology to quickly analyze how the trees are placed. This ensures that the trees are planted well even if the ground is bumpy. The goal is to make sure tree planting is done right and fast. This helps create healthier and strong forester. By using this camera system, workers can be more efficient, and the forests they plant will be more efficient, and the forests they plant will be more successful, contributing to a greener and sustainable environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jihyun Lee

Student:

Partner:

GN Corporations Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Monolithic Metal-Organic Framework Aerogels

The proposed research involves the synthesis and in-depth characterization of conductive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as a benchmark of super-porous and functional materials. The as-developed conductive MOFs will be thence employed to yield free-standing multi-scale porous aerogels as ultra-light functional constructs. These aerogels are potent candidates for absorption-dominant electromagnetic (EM) shields and energy storage systems. The designed project is beneficial for MIT and UBC, as it provides the possibility of merging the conductive MOFs and functional aerogels sciences to generate engineerable aerogels with tunable features. This allows the intern, i.e., Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, to earn the in-depth science of MOFs synthesis and characterization and bring the science to their home university toward advanced applications and functions. It also establishes a strong bond between the two scientific groups at MIT and UBC, contributing to the advancement of porous materials science.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Arjmand

Student:

Partner:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Precarious Property and Political Power: Land Tenure, Law, and the Changing Character of Social Power in England, 1640-1690

In seventeenth-century England, a person’s degree of political power and community standing were determined, to a surprising degree, by the amount of land that they held, but the legal mechanisms that reinforced this system became destabilized during the period of 1640 to 1690. Parliamentary reforms, radical activism, colonialism, and an increasingly commercialized land market disrupted the traditional emphasis on land tenure as the foundation of a person’s social power. This research project will investigate instances between 1640 and 1690 when the legal mechanisms and social structures regulating land tenures altered noticeably, such as controversial reforms proposed during Civil War, the redistribution of lands based on political allegiance, the abolition of medieval tenures, the gradual abandonment of manor courts, and the implementation of land tenure in colonies in America. The evidence and arguments will focus on the day-to-day experiences of ordinary landholders in order to understand how people coped with seeing the connection between their property and their political power eroded as a result of these events. This project will improve institutional collaborations between Canada and the UK and will lead to innovative insights into the seventeenth-century roots of modern tools such as leases and mortgages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ken MacMillan

Student:

Partner:

Goldsmiths, University of London

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Ibogaine-induced gait recovery and brain repair in MS and stroke

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is caused by self-reactive immune cells that destroy the fatty substance called myelin which surrounds axons in the brain. Like the rubber insulation on telephone lines, myelin is required for axons to properly transmit electrical signals. Comparable to stripping the rubber insulation from telephone lines, myelin loss impairs communication in the brain. If remyelination fails to occur, axon damage ensues leading to permanent neurological deficits. Despite intense effort, all drug candidates designed to halt MS disease progression by stimulating brain repair have failed. Ibogaine is a psychedelic that produces remarkable neurological recovery in veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries. Our goal is to determine whether ibogaine also reverses walking deficits in a mouse model of MS by increasing brain repair. Positive outcomes from these studies would encourage the large investment needed to assess the safety and effectiveness of ibogaine in treating MS.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Robertson

Student:

Partner:

Ambio Life Sciences

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

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