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A Community-Based Exploration of Frameworks for a Vibrant and Healthy Downtown Oshawa

The city of Oshawa has faced stigma related to challenges of vibrancy, safety, and cohesiveness, especially in its downtown core. There are a range of community development models that could aid in
thinking about how to build community in this context (‘health’, ‘happiness’, ‘resilience’, ‘inclusion’, etc.).
These models are valuable for inspiring ways of thinking about community building. However, for these frameworks to be useful they need to resonate with local stakeholders. The aim of this project is to help
the City of Oshawa to understand the community building models that resonate most with key stakeholder groups in the downtown Oshawa neighbourhood including residents, business owners, university students, and service providers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tyler Frederick;Timothy MacNeill

Student:

Partner:

City of Oshawa

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Geo-Distributed Serverless Computing Systems

The proposed research project aims to address a limitation in serverless computing, which is a popular technology for building scalable applications in the cloud. Currently, serverless functions are restricted to run within a specific region, which can lead to performance and cost implications when dealing with external requests from different geographical locations. The project proposes the development of an orchestration system called Choreographer that will automatically distribute serverless applications across multiple regions based on factors such as client locations, application requirements, and cost considerations. The expected outcomes of this research include improved performance of serverless applications, reduced data movement, minimized costs, and simplified deployment for developers. The project will be implemented using Google Cloud services and the resulting framework will be open sourced. By addressing these challenges, the project contributes to enhancing user experience, increasing developer efficiency, and promoting innovation in the rapidly growing cloud computing market. Additionally, the project supports Canada’s strategic significance in the cloud computing domain and helps developers comply with data sovereignty and residency regulations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Shahrad

Student:

Partner:

ETH Zurich

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Word Embeddings instead of One-hots: Using Transformers word embeddings to improve categorical feature encoding in financial fraud data

Detecting financial fraud is complex. One important source of information is textual data, such as the text within reports, descriptions, or comments. Two different words may have similar meanings but vary differently in their characters and length. In this project, we evaluate how the meaning of a word may be used to improve financial fraud detection models that leverage textual data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Terrence Tricco

Student:

Partner:

NASDAQ Canada Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Information and Communications Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Optimizing lighting strategies to improve the growth and productivity of Cannabis sativa

Cannabis is an important commercial plant with medicinal properties, but our insights on its biology are still in infancy. Light is one of the most important environmental parameters for plant growth, but how cannabis and cannabinoid accumulation respond to different wavelengths of light is not well understood. The objective of this study is to growth THC-rich cannabis plants under 6 different light spectra provided by high-efficiency LED lights. We will compare plant growth and development under these treatments, and determine the chemical composition of the inflorescences. Our study will provide recommendations on best practices when growing cannabis under LED lights and will benefit researchers, growers, and consumers alike.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marina Cvetkovska

Student:

Partner:

Green Amber Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Using insect-specific viruses to prevent the transmission of arthropod-borne viruses

There is an increased threat of disease caused by viruses transmitted by mosquitoes because of changes in climate and land use. In general, two types of viruses are found in mosquitoes: viruses transmitted to humans and
animals that can cause disease, like West Nile virus, and viruses that only infect the mosquito, called insect-specific viruses. Some insect-specific viruses may be beneficial because they can prevent mosquitoes from
transmitting viruses that cause disease. The proposed research aims to determine the effectiveness of insect-specific viruses at blocking harmful virus infection in mosquitoes, and to learn more about West Nile virus
infections in Canadian mosquitoes. These studies will support a new strategy to use insect-specific viruses to prevent mosquitoes from transmitting dangerous viruses and develop more tools for surveillance and prevention
of future outbreaks in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Patterson

Student:

Partner:

Entomogen Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Brock University

Program:

Accelerate

LignoForceTM lignin as a polyol replacement in PU foams for thermal insulation applications

Rigid polyurethane (PU) foams have traditionally been used in thermal insulation applications. These foams, however, are characterized by a high carbon footprint and high manufacturing costs since the two main reagents used to make such foams are petroleum based and quite expensive. Hence, the objective of this work is to reduce the carbon footprint and manufacturing costs of PU foams by as much as 30% and 25%, respectively, by partially replacing petroleum-based polyols used in the manufacture of such foams with lignin, a natural polyol, derived from the black liquor of kraft pulp mills.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pedram Fatehi

Student:

Partner:

FPInnovations (Pointe-Claire, QC)

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

Identification et gestion des risques liés à l’utilisation des données cadastrales en milieu municipal

Comme plusieurs municipalités, la Ville de Hampstead a mis à la disposition de ses employés un ensemble de jeux données géospatiales issus de producteurs différents avec des niveaux de qualité hétérogène. Le système inclut aussi les données issues du cadastre du Québec.
Les différents usagers de ce système d’information soulèvent des interrogations quant à la qualité des données géospatiales mises à leur disposition. Pour répondre à leurs interrogations, le projet de recherche viser à évaluer à la fois la qualité interne des données géospatiales (ex. : exactitude du positionnement) et leur qualité externe, soit les usages qui en sont faits.
Le projet de recherche permettra de déterminer (par échantillonnage) le degré d’exactitude des données géospatiales (qualité interne) et de documenter les différents cas d’utilisation (qualité externe). Les constats effectués permettront d’identifier les risques découlant d’usages inappropriés et de concevoir un guide d’utilisation adapté au contexte de la Ville.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Gervais

Student:

Partner:

Ville de Hampstead

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Information and Communications Technology; Other

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Ethica CRO: Génération de modes opératoires normalisés assistée par NLP

Le présent projet de Ethica CRO explore le développement d’un prototype d’application pour les établissements de recherche canadiens qui intègre une solution d’intelligence artificielle (IA) au développement de modes opératoires normalisés (MON). Les ensembles de données de test dérivés des MONs de nombreux établissements de recherche canadiens conformes aux normes nationales du Canada (NNC) gouvernant la recherche chez l’humain seront utilisés pour former les algorithmes. Une fois formée, l’application pourra traiter des informations uniques à un institut de recherche pour produire des MONs spécifiques à son environnement et contexte de recherche. Lorsqu’un institut de recherche applique des procédures conformes aux NNC, il élève le niveau de qualité de la recherche humaine qu’il mène tout en protégeant les droits et le bien-être des participants à la recherche. L’objectif du projet est de favoriser l’harmonisation des pratiques de recherche et la collaboration dans la recherche humaine à travers le pays.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Richard Khoury

Student:

Partner:

Ethica CRO Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation de la qualité de l’eau en filtration sur berge par l’identification de séquence de pompage

La filtration sur berge (FSB) est utilisée depuis plus de 200 ans comme méthode naturelle pour pré-traiter l’eau de surface. Cependant, des défis persistent quant à la préservation de la qualité de l’eau au fil du temps,
notamment en raison de l’augmentation des taux en fer et de manganèse dans l’eau brute. Ce projet vise à améliorer la qualité de l’eau brute dans les systèmes de FSB en optimisant les séquences de pompage. Les
personnes stagiaires étudieront i) les variations de la qualité et ii) la traitabilité de l’eau brute. Ces avancées contribueront à optimiser l’efficacité de la FSB, réduisant ainsi les coûts associés à la potabilisation de l’eau, ce
qui est d’une importance majeure pour la municipalité impliquée dans ce projet.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Janie Masse-Dufresne;Benoit Barbeau

Student:

Partner:

Ville de Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Public administration

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Examining the effects in variations of light quality on Cannabis Sativa – BC-774

The Canadian cannabis industry currently relies on indoor growth facilities where the environment can be carefully controlled to grow ‘bud’, which are actually the flowers of cannabis plants. Indoor plant production is energy-intensive, so switching to high-efficiency LED lights can save energy, reducing costs to the producer and the environment. In this study, the best way to use LED to grow high quality cannabis will be tested. Industry partner Green Amber’s LED One lights will be used to test how the cannabis plants grow when the LED lights contain extra blue, red, or mixed lighting. Based on earlier studies, we predict we can alter plant development using different colours of light.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Lacey Samuels;Sean Michaletz

Student:

Partner:

Green Amber Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Sustaining Disability Arts Ecologies in Canada

Disability arts is a field of artistic practice and cultural production that is revolutionizing approaches to accessibility and inclusion and providing a critical intervention into Canada’s arts and culture sector. I position this field as an ecology made up of different participants, resources, processes, materials, and networks. My research recognizes an urgent need for disability arts organizations to enact sustainable working practices and administrative infrastructures that can respond to the unique needs and values of the field and support its growth in meaningful ways. My Mitacs project addresses this need for sustainability by focusing on two foundational parts of this ecology: Tangled Art + Disability—Canada’s first accessible and disability-led art gallery and a national leader in accessible curation—and the archival materials of Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology, and Access to Life (BIT)—a community research project that produced an influential lineage of disability arts and culture work. I analyze Tangled’s organizational practices, administrative policies, and networks in relation to BIT’s histories of artistic and cultural production to explore how these infrastructural elements have marshalled the development of the disability arts ecology and how they can be further developed to support the sustainability of the disability arts ecology in the future. This project will support Tangled in assessing their administrative practices, ensuring they are sustainable and aligned with the ethos of disability arts and culture. This will support Tangled in advancing their current strategic planning initiatives by developing meaningful ways of assessing their policies and internal ways of working.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Carla Rice

Student:

Partner:

Tangled Art + Disability

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Elevate

Exploring the potential of chemical suppressors of nonsense mutations for treatment ofmultiple genetic disorders

Over 5000 rare genetic diseases collectively affect 1 in 12 Canadians. For these disorders about 10% of patients share a common mutation type that introduces a premature termination codon (PTC) in the gene and results in truncated and non-functional protein. The previously found PTC suppressors have limited effect or unacceptable side effects.
The goal of my project is to use a new approach to discover novel chemicals that suppress PTC with therapeutic potential for multiple genetic disorders. I will test over 300,000 chemicals in a yeast-based screening assay to detect the few that can act as PTC suppressors. I will test the activity of these chemicals in cells derived from patients with
various genetic disorders and bearing PTC. Finally I will elucidate the mechanism of action of the active compounds. The screening section of this proposal will be performed in collaboration with the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michel Roberge

Student:

Partner:

Center for Drug Research and Development

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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