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Exploring the urinary microbiome during kidney transplantation

In this research project, we aim to explore the role of the bacteria living within the urinary tract, or the urinary microbiome, during kidney transplantation. Using urine samples from human kidney transplant recipients and donors, we will use bacterial gene sequencing to determine how the urinary microbiome changes over time and during rejection of the transplanted kidney. We will also perform studies in mice to determine if and how several transplant-related factors such as immunosuppressant medications, kidney injury, and graft rejection cause changes to the microbiome. These studies will lay the foundation for future study of the microbiome as a potential clinical tool in the diagnosis of transplant outcomes and/or as a target for therapeutic interventions. We anticipate that our findings will eventually contribute to improving the outcomes of kidney transplantation and maximizing the life of each transplant patient.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Harriman;Dirk Lange

Student:

Partner:

Provincial Health Services Authority

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Mapping Our Common Ground

The Mapping our Common Ground Mitacs- supported Internships will support the Evaluation and Communications functions for the UVIC Community Mapping Collaboratory. Supported by lead Academics from UVIC and UBC, key staff working at the Collaboratory and key advisors from the Community Mapping Collaboratory Steering Ctte (including Wendy Brawer from the global Green Map system and WSANEC indigenous mapping leaders Kevin Paul and John Elliott), the two interns will research the academic and popular literature, information, tools, applications and innovation in the community mapping field. This work will result in a Evaluation framework for Community Mapping and an On-line Common Ground Mapping Network for use by academics and communities in Canada and worldwide and both Web –based and Classroom focused Learning Curriculum tools and resources .

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Keller

Student:

Partner:

Vancity

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a guideline on the integration of nature-based solutions (NbS) for the assessment of climate risk and vulnerability across different spatial scales

The research project will test how nature based solutions (NbS) could be integrated into real projects for climate change adaptation in Canada. The research project will provide a guideline for professionals to understand, justify, and measure the financial and non-financial value of NbS in adaptation work. This project will robustly translate theory into practice, considering the challenges and opportunities associated with NbS across different types of projects and a scales. The guidance developed through this project will, for example, identify which types of NbS are must effective, affordable, and adoptable for single properties, asset portfolios, and landscapes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lisa Bornstein

Student:

Partner:

WSP Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Mapping Nature’s Vulnerability: Developing an Ecological Risk Assessment Scorecard for Enhanced Disclosure and Reporting

Forests play a vital role in the environment, biodiversity, and human societies. To safeguard these crucial ecosystems, effective risk assessment and management strategies are essential. Our initiative employs Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, and satellite imagery to assess and alleviate risks to forest species. This approach integrates diverse variables to create comprehensive risk indicators, prioritize high-risk zones, and guide resource allocation decisions. Aligning with ESG standards, our methodology advances forest risk assessment and management practices at regional or national levels. This contributes to the preservation of natural resources, minimization of economic damage, and safeguarding of human lives. Overall, this project fosters the protection of forests, addressing environmental concerns, biodiversity loss, and societal well-being through innovative and informed measures.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa

Student:

Partner:

Veritree

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Suivi de la formation de biofilms bactériens en produits sanguins

La transfusion de produits sanguins contaminés par des bactéries peut être fatale pour les patients la recevant. Les banques de sang utilisent des méthodes pour détecter les bactéries dans les produits sanguins avant de les envoyer aux hôpitaux. Cependant, ces méthodes ne détectent pas les produits contaminés par des biofilms. Les biofilms sont des communautés de bactéries formant des couches pouvant rester collées sur plusieurs surfaces, comme des poches d’entreposage des produits sanguins. Héma-Québec désire donc optimiser une nouvelle méthode innovante pour l’étude du comportement de formation des biofilms. Une fois cetteméthode améliorée, il sera possible de comprendre comment se forment les biofilms dans les produits sanguins, ce qui permettra de développer d’autres méthodes permettant la prévention des biofilms dans les produits sanguins, en modifiant par exemple les plastiques utilisés pour fabriquer les poches de produits sanguins.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve Charette

Student:

Partner:

Héma-Québec (Montreal)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Techno-economic analysis of the viability of thermal energy storage within Hamilton’s Bayfront Industrial Area

Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems are emerging technologies with the ability to capture, store and redistribute heat. TES technologies are described as a critical component of low-carbon energy systems as they overcome temporal and geographic barriers for the use of excess energy within an energy grid. Hamilton Community Enterprises (HCE) is currently investigating the parameters required to implement a resilient thermal corridor with the ability to capture excess thermal energy from industrial processes, and redistribute the energy for use in space heating by surrounding buildings. HCE and the Centre for Climate Change Management at Mohawk College are completing a techno-economic analysis of TES solutions to determine the viability, and best use-case, of TES for deployment within Hamilton’s Bayfront Industrial Area to support consistent thermal supply. TES solutions will be analyzed based on technical system requirements, environmental impacts and socio-economic benefits. Research findings will support HCE’s thermal corridor R&D efforts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicolai Strabac

Student:

Partner:

Hamilton Community Enterprises

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Régulation de la vitesse d’un véhicule lourd par la pédale d’accélération

E-SMART développe un contrôleur de vitesse dynamique qui impose une limite de vitesse maximale sécuritaire pour des véhicules. Le système s’interface au bus de communication du véhicule et modifie les signaux de la pédale d’accélération, afin d’en réduire l’accélération et par extension, la vitesse. Cependant, l’implémentation actuelle est loin d’être efficace, donc ce projet vise à mettre en place un contrôleur dynamique, qui permettra à un véhicule d’atteindre la limite de vitesse maximale sécuritaire, sans toutefois la dépasser. De plus, les oscillations de vitesse doivent idéalement être non perceptibles par le chauffeur. En plus d’accomplir ces deux fonctions, le contrôleur devrait pouvoir s’ajuster automatiquement aux variables hors de son contrôle, telles que le changement de charge, le changement de commande de vitesse, etc. Ce projet propose d’atteindre cet objectif en développant une modélisation et une simulation, suivies d’une implémentation réelle sur microcontrôleur, qui est la principale interface entre la pédale d’accélération et le chauffeur.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Georges Ghazi

Student:

Partner:

E-SMART Control Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Parkland Manufacturing: Software Implementation for Process Improvement

This project is to implement an Enterprise Resource Management software suite for Parkland Manufacturing Ltd. to improve business processes and position the business to manage future expansion and increased business.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gwen Machnee

Student:

Partner:

Parkland Manufacturing Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Suncrest College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Linguistic Analysis Meets Artificial Intelligence: Developing Discourse Parsing Solutions for Dialogue Understanding

In recent years, there has been a noticeable surge in the prevalence of dialogues across various domains. The widespread adoption of dialogues, also facilitated by technologies such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude, underscores the considerable significance of comprehending their intricate structures. The analysis of dialogue structures offers invaluable benefits, particularly in sectors like healthcare, where analyzing patient-doctor dialogues can enhance diagnoses and treatments. Similarly, in legal proceedings, parsing courtroom dialogues can boost the justice system’s efficiency. However, the complex organizational structure underlying dialogic interactions poses a challenge for computational modeling. Notably, previous automated tools, primarily designed for monologues, have struggled to adapt to the nuances of dialogues. Handling dialogues requires parsing not only the individual contributions but also the dynamic interplay between speakers, involving shifts in perspectives and topic transitions. This project aims to develop solutions capable of extracting pragmatic and semantic relationships between discourse units within unformatted written or oral dialogues. Natural language processing and machine learning techniques will be employed to analyze lexical, syntactic, and semantic information, thereby identifying discourse segments and classifying the nature of connections between them. The expected outcomes include analytical tools for deeper linguistic examination and improved machine comprehension of idea progression.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giuseppe Carenini

Student:

Partner:

University of Salerno

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Information and Communications Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Canadian Scientists Network

Despite the drive to create a more diverse and inclusive science and engineering community in Canada – there is, remarkably, no central platform or easily accessible database that highlights natural sciences, engineering and allied health sciences scientists from different disciplines. In contrast, several other speakers bureau-type platforms enable searching for attributes and expertise. Imogen Coe Consulting, under the leadership of Dr. Imogen Coe, seeks to address this gap in our national fabric of science by developing an easy-to-access platform that houses a database of academics from a variety of disciplines and diverse equity groups to enable and facilitate the recruitment of experts for events, conferences, boards, media, etc. As an acknowledged expert in the field of inclusive excellence in science, Dr. Coe and the partnering academic institution (interns and academic partner Dr. Mustafiz) are well-positioned to help bring an EDI and accessibility lens to the development of a platform dedicated to highlighting diverse Canadian scientists from across Canada and facilitating a higher profile for their expertise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sadaf Mustafiz

Student:

Partner:

Imogen Coe Consulting Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Food Systems Literacy – A Framework of Competencies for the Canadian Context

As sustainability is increasingly being questioned from an environmental, social and economic standpoint for food systems, and food insecurity rates are persisting globally, there is a need to improve citizen knowledge about food and food systems to transform them. A primary angle to improve knowledge is through education. Farm to Cafeteria Canada is a key stakeholder in Canada that provides and supports food-related education, however there are still many gaps regarding the education of food systems since there is predominantly a focus on nutrition-related food education. Thus the goal for this project will be to make accessible a forthcoming framework for food systems literacy competencies in a report for Farm to Cafeteria Canada and other food-education focused organizations in Canada. More specifically, this project will include taking the findings from a 3-round food systems literacy Delphi study that sought to identify competencies for food systems literacy with experts through ranking and translate this into a detailed report that will be useful for Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s Farm to School programming. This report will also help to inform the development of the Farm to School Institute. Such a document will also be helpful for other non-academic organizations in Canada who wish to consult a framework for food systems literacy education and evaluation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Evan Fraser

Student:

Partner:

Farm to Cafeteria Canada

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Fall Internship – Business Strategy

Penrose Partners is a blockchain startup firm that provides transactional, educational, and corporate consulting/material production services to businesses, institutional investors, and disruptive tech companies in the blockchain space. We are the trusted advisor that bridges the gap between businesses with great ideas and blockchain adoption. In April 2023, Penrose Partners hosted the 4th annual International Tech Summit in sunny Bermuda. The summit featured sponsors and speakers from industry-leading firms and government officials. The associate cohort for Fall 2023 will work together to plan the sponsorship outreach, speakers panels, and logistics for the 5th summit in April 2024. Additionally, the interns will work alongside the Partners to assist in client work for various web3 companies. The tasks for these clients will include industry research, organizational duties, sales efforts, and pitch deck building.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sandy Staples

Student:

Partner:

Penrose Partners

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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