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Algorithmic auditing through synthetic data

Algorithm auditing refers to the study and evaluation of algorithmic systems to ensure their transparency, fairness, legality and compliance with ethical standards. Our project focuses on the acceptability of practical audits where platforms provide synthetic data about algorithms, instead of the traditional approach with external audits without considering the collaboration of the platform. Technical implications for auditors, users, and privacy need exploration, considering reliability, accuracy, and manipulation concerns. Current audits lack collaboration with platforms, assuming a deceitful intent, contrary to the spirit of IA law. Addressing gaps, such as platform privacy, is crucial for platforms to provide certificates without compromising customer privacy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Gambs

Student:

Partner:

INRIA

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Policy Research for Skills-Commensurate Employment for Newcomers to Canada

This proposed research aims to focus on the perspective of newcomers and the organizations that provide direct support to newcomers, and how policies and plans enable or inhibit how readily newcomers can find and secure skills- commensurate employment. It is our intent to make this research as practical as possible for newcomer-serving organizations to design better employment programs and supports by seeing where policies and plans align with the lived experience of skilled newcomers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viktoriya Voloshyna

Student:

Partner:

MOSAIC

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Thompson Rivers University

Program:

Accelerate

Aide à la conception d’un appareil de mesure de pression artérielle sans brassard (côté électronique)

La mesure de pression artérielle en continue et sans brassard est largement convoitée par le milieu clinique. Ce stage permettra de contribuer à une preuve de concept qui pourrait permettre cette mesure. Plus précisement, ce stage consiste à développer l’electronique permettant l’acquisition des données provenant de différents capteurs utilisé dans une telle mesure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cederick Landry

Student:

Partner:

CESI École d'ingénieurs

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Détection et cartographie du nerprun bourdaine (Frangula alnus Mill.) par imagerie et données lidar acquises par drone

L’introduction d’espèces exotiques envahissantes (EEE) représente une problématique importante, potentiellement amplifiée par les changements climatiques qui favorisent l’implantation de ces espèces. L’envahissement des milieux forestiers par le nerprun bourdaine cause notamment des impacts négatifs sur la biodiversité et l’industrie forestière en limitant la croissance des arbres et en affectant la succession forestière. Les capacités de détection et d’intervention actuelles sont limitées principalement par la disponibilité de main-d’oeuvre et la superficie du territoire à couvrir. L’objectif de la recherche est de développer des approches cartographiques basées sur l’imagerie drone afin de fournir un outil de planification face au nerprun bourdaine qui puisse être généralisable sur le territoire québécois.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérôme Théau;François Girard

Student:

Partner:

Centre d'enseignement et de recherche en foresterie de Sainte-Foy inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal; Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Biocompatible Smart Nanovectors for the chemoterapy treatment of prostate cancer

In developed countries cancer is the second most important cause of death. Since 1 in 4 Canadians will die of the disease and 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer (PC), advanced chemotherapeutic treatments represent an important strategy to reduce cancer deaths without compromising a patients quality of life during and post-treatment. To this end, we will couple already established anticancer drugs (e.g. cisplatin) with innovative delivery strategies (so-called nanovectors) to more selectively deliver multiple anti-cancer drugs to cancer cells to trigger cell apoptosis and block tumor spreading. Biocompatible nanovectors labeled with a fluorescent marker will be coated with a peptide to direct the nanovector to the tumor. After loading the nanovectors with established platinum anticancer drugs, a research tool developed in Dr. Gailer’s lab (SEC-ICP-AES) will be used to determine the stability and the potential release of the platinum-drugs from the nanovector complex at physiological pH. Thereafter, the same research tool will be employed to observe the stability of those nanovector-platinum drug complexes in human blood plasma. Taken together, the proposed investigations are intended to significantly improve the targeted delivery of established anti-cancer drugs to the cancer target to develop more effective treatments against PC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jurgen Gailer

Student:

Partner:

University of Pisa

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Ligand nanobeads to activate, identify and assay the insulin receptor complex on cultured macrophages

The protein hormones (ligands) that circulate in blood plasma and their receptors on the surface of cells are among the most important diagnostic and therapeutic molecules and are a key focus for the detection and treatment of diseases. Presenting the ligands on chromatography beads may permit the isolation of receptors by a modified form of affinity chromatography. The binding of the hormone insulin activates the insulin receptor on the cell surface which in turn leads to the recruitment of accessory enzymes or signalling proteins to the activated receptor complex that may be new drug targets. Finding new receptor specific drug targets is crucially important information that to date has eluded genetic, DNA/RNA or biotin-based technologies and may lead to new treatments for disease and is of great importance. Affinity chromatography won the Wolf prize for Pedro Cuatrecasas and Meir Wilchek in 1987. Electrospray won the Nobel Prize for John Fenn in 2002. Ion trap mass spectrometry won the Nobel prize for Wolfgang Paul in 1989. The combination of affinity chromatography, electrospray ionization and ion trap mass now permit the direct analysis of cell surface receptor complexes to reveal new drug targets. Here we propose a general solution for discovering the activated receptor complex from the cell surface to reveal the drug target proteins complexed with the receptor and test the effect of new molecular medicines termed silencing RNA, as well as traditional drugs, on the function of the receptors from live cells under the laser scanning confocal microscope.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Marshall

Student:

Partner:

YYZ Pharmatech Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Elevate

An Investigation of Remote Healthcare Employees’ Job Demands and Resources, and their Effects on Worker Job Attitudes and Well-Being

The proposed research project will investigate the challenges facing Canadian healthcare workers who currently work either fully or partially from home – and examine the effect that these challenges have on their engagement, job satisfaction, well-being, and intentions to stay at versus leave their current job. To do this, our research interns will conduct interviews with employees who work fully or partially from home, to better understand the challenges they’ve faced – and what resources have helped them overcome those challenges. This project is intended to assist our partner organization in learning more about what resources they need to provide to their employees to maximize the organization’s engagement and retention goals as they transition to using at-home work arrangements long-term.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott A. Cassidy

Student:

Partner:

IWK Health Centre

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

Accelerate

Foundations of Academic Success in Indigenous Children

This research aims to understand Indigenous children’s academic attitudes during the pivotal transition to off-reserve schooling after grade six. It uniquely acknowledges educators’ vital role as unconventional mental health providers within Indigenous communities. By exploring stereotypes and attitudes, it bridges the gap between academia and community mental health providers, recognizing education’s potential in addressing mental health traumas stemming from systems like the Canadian residential schools. This project will investigate the impact of forced transitions on Indigenous youth, addressing educational and mental health dynamics to enhance support for Indigenous communities in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew S. Baron;Andrew Rivers

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

AI’s applications in indoor localization

INLAN is pushing the boundaries of today’s asset-tracking solutions by innovating a highly scalable real-time asset-tracking technology. Implementation cost, tag cost, and system accuracy are the three primary parameters that need to be considered when evaluating an asset-tracking system. Obtaining high level of accuracy however, comes with several technological difficulties, among which the multipath effect is the most challenging one. In indoor environments, Radio Frequency (RF) signals bounce off different objects before arriving at a receiver. As a result, the received signals, are heavily distorted, making accurate localization in rich scattering environments an exceedingly more difficult task.
In this project, we want to investigate the possibility of using different AI algorithms to suppress the multipath effect and improve localization accuracy. Some of the possible approaches are:
1. Train a neural network to learn some of the key characteristics of an environment. This knowledge can then contribute to a modified signal processing approach on the receiver side and, subsequently, an improved localization accuracy.
2. A selected number of reference tags with known locations can be used to train the model. Reference tags can also be helpful to prevent the system from overfitting and to track the changes in time-variant environments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammadhadi Shateri;Éric Granger

Student:

Partner:

INLAN

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Enhancing Grid Situational Awareness and Reliability with Advanced Analytics and High-Resolution Data

This project aims to develop tools that will actively monitor the electric grid and identify ways to resolve issues more quickly using detailed data from metering devices. By doing so, the project will assist utility companies in gaining an improved situational awareness of the power grid. The power grid has become increasingly complex due to the growing number of solar panels and electric vehicles connected to the distribution system. The outcomes of this project will contribute to better grid management, leading to enhanced reliability of power supply to customers. It will also allow more homes and businesses to generate their own electricity from renewable sources.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mariana Resener;Jiacheng Jason Wang

Student:

Partner:

Tantalus Systems Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’un outil d’évaluation générique d’un système cadastrale, basée sur la norme ISO 19152:2012. Cas de la Colombie.

En Colombie, il existe un système cadastral composé de 5 différents cadastres, qui se chevauchent dans leurs compétences et leurs territoires. Il n’y a pas de lien entre les cartes produites pour les cadastres et le bureau de registre foncier. On constate de la confusion dans l’information. Ceci engendre une situation d’insécurité juridique de la propriété qui affecte la capacité de consolider et de rationaliser le marché des biens fonciers et immobiliers en Colombie. L’objectif général du projet de recherche est de développer une méthodologie permettant de poser un diagnostic sur les différents cadastres utilisés en Colombie. Un tel diagnostic est nécessaire afin de bien comprendre les forces et les faiblesses des cadastres colombiens et de formuler des recommandations pour en assurer l’amélioration, conformément aux modèles conceptuels reconnus à l’échelle internationale (entre autres le concept de Cadastre 2014 et la norme ISO-19152 : 2012).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francis Roy

Student:

Partner:

K2 Geospatial

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in a Not-For-Profit Organization

Equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) initiatives can have a variety of benefits. However, the existing research focuses on how organizations can use recruitment and selection to promote EDI goals. When organizations cannot use recruitment and selection, how to enhance EDI is more ambiguous. The proposed research intends to increase our understanding of EDI in the Canadian chapters of the international coaching federation (ICF), a membership-based organization. The current project will achieve this by assessing diverse and minority group’s experiences and perceptions of the organization. We will create and administer surveys to the membership from the Canadian chapters. The goal of this internship is to provide (1) the ICF with a greater understanding of their membership and how they can enhance EDI, (2) a starting point for membership-based organizations to address and enhance EDI, and (3) a deeper understanding on how to enhance EDI through methods other than recruitment and selection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alex Benson;Hayden Woodley

Student:

Partner:

International Coaching Federation, Toronto Chapter

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.