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Navigating Mental Health Barriers of Transitional Youth with Co-occurring Condition

Imagine a world where youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and mental health concerns can access tailored mental health services with ease. Collaborating with Sunnybrook Hospital, this research aims
to make this a reality by addressing the challenges faced by transitional aged youth with IDD’s through a family focused navigation approach. Family Navigators are clinicians who work closely with individuals with co-occurring
issues and their families to assist in finding the most appropriate treatments and services. This study specifically focuses on integrating the use of a family focused navigation model as a means to bridge the gaps in accessing
mental health care and support optimal care experiences for these youth with both mental health concerns and IDD. To bridge this gap, this project will explore socio-demographic factors, mental health history, and the impact
of family navigation services, while also having participants first-hand perspectives taken into account. The significance of this research lies in its potential to develop tailored interventions and support strategies that
address the unique needs and challenges of these youth and their families. By examining the outcomes and impacts of family navigation services, the study has the potential to improve the quality of life and mental health
outcomes for youth with IDD and

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roula Markoulakis

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada;Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Development of aptamer-based strip assay (Ara-Strip) and electrochemical sensor (Ara-Sens) for detection of the peanut allergens

Peanut products are known to contain allergens capable of causing severe and life threatening allergic reactions. Classically, Ara h 1, Ara h 2, and Ara h 3 are considered to be the major peanut allergens, whereas Ara h 9 is the most prevalent allergen in Mediterranean countries. Current detection methods of peanut allergens are expensive and nrequire centralized laboratories and highly trained personnel. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop rapid, simple, economic, and reliable assays for the detection of peanut allergens. The proposed project aims at the development of aptamers, structured single stranded DNA molecules, for specific detection of peanut allergens. These aptamers will be further utilized to develop an aptamer-based strip assay (Ara-Strip) and aptamer-based electrochemical sensor (Ara-Sens) for the detection of the four peanut allergens. These assays are intended for commercialization by our industrial partner who is interested in the production of quick and economical tests for allergens

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maxim Berezovski

Student:

Partner:

GPS to GO

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Decision Support for Portfolio Construction and Analysis

This project will develop computer-based decision support tools for portfolio constructions for retail investors. The tools will enable investors to access powerful quantitative frameworks for structuring investment portfolios as well
as analysing existing portfolios in terms of risk and return. Typically, these tools have been only accessible to institutional investors or large financial institutions but with the advent of cheaper and more powerful computers
and artificial intelligence and machine learning methods, these tools can be made accessible to individual investors. The tools will have novel functionality that can facilitate the construction of effective portfolios. This
means that Investipal can increase its value proposition amongst its user base by offering a novel way to rebalance portfolios and help these individuals build a more diverse portfolio.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roy Kwon

Student:

Partner:

Investipal

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Artificial Intelligence

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Improving dense crowd control using deep learning.

Animating dense crowds is essential for creating immersive experiences in game design. However, the technology driving it has seen surprisingly limited evolution since the major breakthroughs in games like Grand Theft Auto V and Assassin’s Creed: Unity, almost ten years ago. Recognizing this, our industrial partner, CD PROJEKT RED, has identified crowd dynamics as a significant research priority for their upcoming sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. This project aims to build a neural network-based controller that will allow for massively parallel navigation and animation of characters. We will leverage recent advances in generative AI, such as StableDiffusion, to sidestep the computational constraints that currently restrict the size and realism of crowds in games.

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Faculty Supervisor:

KangKang Yin

Student:

Partner:

CD PROJEKT RED Vancouver;CDPR Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Phase Discrimination and Analysis of Defects by means of HR-EBSD and Direct Electron Detectors

Advancements in the development of new materials suitable for structural applications are strongly influenced by the understanding of the governing deformation mechanisms. While these deformation mechanisms are mostly understood in simpler crystal structures of the basic metals, their fundamental understanding in complex crystals, which are frequently present in commercial alloys is still lacking.
In the proposed research project, we expect to reveal which of the intermetallic phases are present in Mg-Al-Ca alloys, as well as visualising the influence of deformation structures on the diffraction patterns (EBSD) analysed in a scanning electron microscope. Especially the use of a direct electron detector at the UBC will enable us to reveal defect structures at low accelerating voltages and therefore low interaction volumes.
We expect, that we can distinguish secondary phases with very small volume fractions in the Mg-Al-Ca alloy as well that we are able to highlight how certain defects influence the EBSD patterns and thus deploy a novel and rapid method fur such an analysis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ben Britton

Student:

Partner:

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

“Evaluating the Utilization Patterns, Financial Impact, and Access Delay Caused by Reimbursement Criteria on Public Drug Plans for Primary Care Topical Treatments in Canada: A Case Study with HP/TAZ Combination for Plaque Psoriasis”

Psoriasis is a chronic auto-immune disease affecting 1 million Canadians which presents as scaly red patches on skin. For the people affected, quick access to therapies is essential. However, it can be a challenge, especially in the presence of reimbursement barriers. In Canadian healthcare, public drug plans often have barriers such as criteria. Criteria can reduce government expenses by limiting access to expensive or specific medication. However, for low-cost medication, delaying access by implementing criteria can lead to additional costs through time-consuming paperwork and an increase in hospital visits that offset the benefices.
The project is carried out in collaboration with Bausch Health Canada, a pharmaceutical company, and focuses specifically on the case study of HP/TAZ. HP/TAZ is a low-cost topical combination treatment for a subtype of psoriasis: plaque psoriasis. The project’s goal is to summarize the impact of reimbursement criteria through utilization, financial and access delay analyses. The findings and recommendations will contribute to informed decision-making to improve access and optimize the utilization of topical treatments in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Savoie

Student:

Partner:

Bausch Health, Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Applied One Health Outreach and Engagement – Putting Theory into Practice

One Health is a collaborative approach between multiple stakeholders working together to manage large scale issues that impact humans, animals and the environment. This method has never been used with smaller scale, regional issues before. A new framework developed by the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System (CAHSS) has the potential to adapt One Health principles to these smaller scale projects. This project explores the pros and cons and provides feedback on the ability of phase I of this framework to investigate zoonotic abortions in sheep.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cathy Bauman

Student:

Partner:

Animal Health Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Impact potentiel du programme d’évaluation post-commercialisation des médicaments de l’ACMTS sur les décisions de remboursement au Canada.

En septembre 2022, le gouvernement canadien a annoncé la mise en place du programme d’évaluation post-commercialisation des médicaments. Ce nouveau programme permettra aux organismes gouvernementaux de l’industrie pharmaceutique tel l’Agence Canadienne des médicaments et des technologies de la santé (ACMTS), d’inclure les données probantes du monde réel à leur évaluation des médicaments. Les données probantes du monde réel sont importantes puisqu’elles fournissent de l’information complémentaire à celle des études cliniques à propos de l’utilisation des médicaments par les patients canadiens. L’inclusion de ces données pourrait affecter la façon dont les organismes gouvernementaux canadiens prennent les décisions de remboursement des médicaments. L’industrie pharmaceutique se questionne donc à savoir quel sera l’impact de l’implantation du nouveau programme sur le remboursement et l’accès aux médicaments pour les patients canadiens. On tentera également de déterminer si le système de santé canadien est prêt à recevoir une telle initiative.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Servant;Michelle Savoie

Student:

Partner:

Corporation AbbVie

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Retail trade

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Building a soil organic carbon field sampling protocol for the Wabanaki region

One of the greatest challenges in monetizing forest carbon for climate change mitigation (i.e. carbon offsets) is in understanding the different carbon “pools”, and being able to accurately quantify them. The soil carbon pool is perhaps the greatest pool of forest carbon, and poorly understood. The objective of this project is to design a forest soil organic carbon sampling procedure that will be accurate, easy to use in the field, and efficient. The intern will undertake a review of academic literature and other draft forest soil organic carbon (SOC) sampling procedures to build a procedure for the Wabanaki forest region (the Maritimes provinces) of Canada. The intern and partner will ensure that the procedure yields high-quality data while also being efficient and practical to implement in the field. The benefit to the partner organization will be a SOC sampling procedure that is immediately usable through its programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anthony Taylor

Student:

Partner:

Community Forests International

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

UranOS: a Cloud-based Resource Management Framework for High Dimensionality Search Optimization

Multidisciplinary automated design-optimization (MDO) is a rapidly growing field of interest in sectors as diverse as architecture, engineering, science, and more. Often the computational cost of doing such optimization can be staggeringly high, requiring hundreds of computers connected through high-performance networks with complex custom designed software to support it. To address these problems, we propose to design, implement and deploy a novel Cloud resource management framework, UranOS, intended for use as a scalable and high resource efficiency resource management platform for MDO applications. UranOS is a lightweight and portable virtualization solution including algorithms, high level languages and tools for performance modeling and efficient resource allocation. Our platform will automatically provide customers with performance optimizations towards improving end-to-end Quality of Service compliance for MDO applications. Also, our industry partner will further benefit from lower operational costs as a result of high resource usage efficiency.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cristiana Amza

Student:

Partner:

Autodesk

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Uncovering Information Warfare: Detecting Russian Propaganda on Social Media

This research project aims to investigate the role of social media in information warfare, focusing on Russian propaganda campaigns related to the war in Ukraine. By collecting and analyzing tweets, the project will identify narratives and strategies used in these campaigns. The data will be classified and employed to train a machine learning model capable of detecting Russian propaganda on social media. The expected outcomes include a better understanding of the role social media plays in modern warfare and the development of tools to counteract propaganda campaigns and prevent the spread of false information.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Plinio Pelegrini Morita

Student:

Partner:

National Aerospace University "Kharkiv Aviation Institute"

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Entertainment and Media; Artificial Intelligence

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Surveying sexual and reproductive health outcomes in New Brunswick prisons

There is little existing information about sexual and reproductive health outcomes and experiences among incarcerated women and gender diverse people in Canada. Women are the fastest growing population in prisons in Canada; most incarcerated women are of “reproductive age”, but there is no systematic data collection of sexual and reproductive health outcomes among incarcerated people. Access to sexual and reproductive care for incarcerated people is under-researched and critical to address structural, gender-, and race-based reproductive health inequities in Canada. Building on evidence of unmet reproductive health needs, this study will examine the sexual and reproductive health outcomes of people who are experiencing incarceration in New Brunswick (NB). To measure sexual and reproductive health outcomes among incarcerated people in provincial prisons for women, we have adapted an existing survey instrument guided by our SGBA+ approach, reproductive justice, and abolition theories. The instrument will be piloted in collaboration with the research team and lived experience experts. Questions will explore demographic information, sexual and reproductive health service needs, access, and outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martha Paynter

Student:

Partner:

Wellness Within

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

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