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Implementing A Community Model of Policing: A Case Study of Change

Over the past several years, serious concern has emerged in many Western nations over the future and sustainability of public policing. The situation in Canada is no different. Key stakeholders in the Canadian policing community have expressed serious concern about the sustainability of policing. A model of public policing has emerged in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan that may represent a way forward for municipalities as well as larger jurisdictions across the country. The Community Mobilization Prince Albert (CMPA) model is a significant departure from the way in which public policing has been delivered in this country. Borrowed from the HUB model that was put in place in Scotland, the CMPA HUB model is based on suppression, prevention and intervention. This is a community approach to policing, wherein social agencies and services collaborate with the police to stop crime before it happens. The Scottish and Prince Albert HUB models have been met with considerable acclaim, however there has not been much measurement of the model’s effectiveness. The Peel Regional Police have now decided to run a pilot project to develop a made-in-Peel HUB model. TOBECONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Linda Duxbury

Student:

Partner:

Peel Regional Police

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring Restorative Responses to Hate & Radicalization

This project seeks to understand the appropriateness and applicability of restorative justice processes in preventing and responding to situations of hate and radicalization to violence, with consideration for how
restorative justice might complement existing de-radicalization/violence prevention and response programs, while also not causing further harm. Through a synthesis of existing literature, this research project will provide a
comprehensive overview of restorative justice practices in use in both the prevention of, and in response to, radicalization to violence, compiling a final report of best practices and approaches being used nationally and
internationally. The partner organization will benefit through the receipt of final project report, as well as distributable materials for partners and other stakeholders. Developed materials will serve as a blueprint for
other community-based organizations or social services agencies to use when developing services to prevent and respond to hate and radicalization to violence in their communities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jennifer Whitson;James Popham

Student:

Partner:

Community Justice Initiatives

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Software Developer

We are developing smart pet collars which help tracking pets activity and sleep to improve the pet health and relationship between their owners. This project will focus on developing on mobile application and its integration with smart collar.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jing Tao Yao

Student:

Partner:

PetDrifts

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Subséquent : Segmentation d’images pour les industries créatives

La clientele cible de Subsequent est composee des createurs qui travaillent dans les industries creatives, notamment : developpeurs de jeux video, studios d’animation, studios de FX , producteurs de contenu audiovisuel, producteurs d’experiences interactives, agences web, organismes culturels, etc.
L’entreprise souhaite developper de nouvelles fonctionnalites qui permettent d’encapsuler des algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle et de generer des visualisations interactives des resultats dans des echnologies utilisees dans les industries creatives, telles que des moteurs de jeu et des librairies graphiques et plus precisement dans un contexte de realite augmentee.
L’entreprise souhaite entre autres developper des modeles d’apprentissage machine qui peuvent ravailler avec des coordonnees geolocalisees et des photographies, afin de bien categoriser et identifier plusieurs entites remarquables par differentes approches d’analyse, de regroupement, de classification, de segmentation.
Les objectifs du stage sont (i) la creation d’un modele de segmentation et d’identification d’entites sur la base de donnees disponibles, et (ii) l’utilisation de differentes techniques d’augmentation de donnees pour l’amelioration des modeles.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Jean-Francois Lalonde

Student:

Partner:

Subséquent

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

De Marque : Exploration d’un outil de recommandation dans une bibliothèque publique numérique

De Marque développe des plateformes de prêt numérique, notamment pretnumerique.ca, dans toutes les bibliothèques publiques du Québec. De Marque dispose d’un historique de plus de 20 millions de prêts et plus
d’un million de titres actifs.
Afin d’améliorer l’expérience des utilisateurs, l’objectif est d’explorer le développement d’un outil de recommandation basé sur la proximité du contenu des livres, plutôt que sur la recommandation collaborative. Un
premier prototype a été réalisé exploitant ChatGPT. Des tests à petite échelle ont montré le potentiel de l’outil.
Le projet vise à optimiser les résultats proposés afin de produire des recommandations les plus utiles possibles pour les utilisateurs. Le rôle du stagiaire sera d’améliorer la qualité des recommandations en travaillant sur les
métadonnées qui sont exploitées ainsi que sur les algorithmes (choix, calibrage, etc.), de proposer des méthodes de test et d’analyser les résultats obtenus pour dégager des hypothèses d’amélioration et les tester dans une
nouvelle itération. Les fonctionnalités suivantes seront explorées: (i) la recherche sémantique, (ii) le regroupement automatique par catégories et (iii) la génération de recommandations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Audrey Durand

Student:

Partner:

De Marque Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Game of Drones and Lord of Memes: Self-regulating civilians ethics in the tech-driven and democratized war in Ukraine

This research project aims to study the involvement of civilians in the war in Ukraine, focusing on their use of modern technologies like cyberwarfare, memes, and DIY drones. I will spend time in Ukraine, meeting different citizen groups and conducting interviews to understand their values and principles in defending their country. The study also includes foreign volunteers who have joined the conflict without any personal ties to Ukraine. The expected outcomes of the research include developing an ethics framework for civilians involved in the war, to guide their actions and decisions. The research findings will be shared with policy-makers and humanitarian organizations to promote responsible use of technology in conflicts. The London fellowship will be focused on getting in touch with european policymaker in military and humanitarian field for data gathering.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bryn Williams-Jones

Student:

Partner:

King's College London

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

From stress to success: Investigating the effects of a 3D-multiple object tracking intervention on markers of oxidative stress in brain injury survivors

Brain injury, a leading cause of disability worldwide, affects a person’s mind and body. After injury, the brain needs more oxygen to begin recovery, which can result in a problematic process called “oxidative stress”. This research tests if training your brain with a video game, NeuroTracker, reduces oxidative stress, and improves brain injury-related outcomes. The brain is like a muscle; it can be trained and made stronger. NeuroTracker is like taking your brain to the gym, a small, repetitive action with a significant impact. This research examines if markers of oxidative stress are decreased after ten-weeks of brain training, and if changes persist over time. The Victoria Brain Injury Society (VBIS) is a project partner to include perspectives from experienced workers in the field and patients with lived experience of brain injury. This project aims to provide VBIS with evidence for NeuroTracker training, while sharing this knowledge with the community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Christie

Student:

Partner:

Victoria Brain Injury Society

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Effet de la teneur en carbone sur la résistance du métal de base CA6NM à la propagation des fissures de fatigue

Les turbines hydrauliques dans les barrages sont fabriquées en acier inoxydable martensitique. Cet acier contient du Chrome, du Nickel et moins de 0.06% de Carbone. Notre étude se concentrera sur trois types de cet acier avec différente teneur carbone. Afin de ne mettre en valeur que l’effet du carbone, on leur fait subir des traitements thermiques pour avoir la même microstructure. Par la suite on fait des essais de traction et de résilience pour les trois aciers suivie par des mesures fractographique pour expliquer l’effet de carbone sur les propriétés monotone du matériau. La partie finale consiste à faire subir à ces aciers des charges cycliques constantes. Ainsi on compare la vitesse avec laquelle la fissure se propage dans ces matériaux. Le matériau qui a une vitesse plus faible pour le même nombre de cycle est le meilleur.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Myriam Brochu

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Passive carbonation of desulfurized Raglan tailings and support to the Raglan environment team

The Raglan operations aim to reduce their carbon footprint and find opportunities of waste valorization. The main objective of the internship is to launch the study of the carbon capture potential of desulfurized Raglan tailings and the possible valorization options of the carbonated desulfurized tailings and sulfide concentrate generated in the process. The sub-objectives are to desulfurize the Raglan tailings using froth flotation, characterize the desulfurized and sulfide concentrate fractions, and study the passive carbonation of the desulfurized tailings in the laboratory. The proposed internship is the first step of a broader research project that will feed the design of the reclamation scenarios at Raglan and help reduce the carbon footprint of the Raglan operations. Results will be potentially applicable at other Canadian mines in ultramafic settings.

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Faculty Supervisor:

BenoÎt Plante

Student:

Partner:

Glencore Canada Corporation - Raglan Mine

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Accelerate

Sécurisation et déploiement d’une base de données et de son interface

AWL-Électricité travaille actuellement au développement d’un chargeur sans fil pour la mobilité en utilisant une technologie de couplage capacitif résonant. Dans le but de fabriquer et de lancer un premier produit sur le marché, AWL-E cherche à développer un système de communication entre l’émetteur, le récepteur et une interface. Le but est de faire de ce produit un appareil connecté capable de transmettre des informations cruciales à ses utilisateurs sur la recharge de leur appareil. Cette base de données doit maintenant être sécurisée et déployée auprès des utilisateurs de manière sécuritaire afin de les soutenir dans leur quotidien.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amin Chaabane;Christophe Danjou

Student:

Partner:

AWL-Électricité

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure; Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Dôme virtuel 360

N.E.S.T. Immersion se spécialise dans la technologie des dômes immersifs (projection sur 360° dans un dôme, ex: planétarium). Nous avons développé plusieurs outils logiciels qui permettent de rendre de plus en plus accessible ce média pour des événements de plus en plus variés. Mais la plupart du temps, le contenu projeté a été enregistré d’avance et ne peut pas comporter d’aspect interactif. Les outils de création de jeux vidéo actuels ne sont pas adaptés pour ce format. Le rendu vidéo doit souvent se faire avec cinq caméras virtuelles à la fois pour voir tous les angles et en faire un montage final. Les problématiques soulevées par cette approche sont d’une part la performance des méthodes et approches et d’autre part un souci de qualité de l’image finale . Le présent projet s’attaquera a établir un protocole et environnement de test de performances et de la qualité et commencera a implémenter diverses approches de rendu afin de garantir une qualité d’image maximale a haute performances.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guillaume Gilet

Student:

Partner:

NEST Immersion

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Advancing winter swathgrazing through virtual fencing and remote sensing

Forage blends also known as cocktails or polycrops are gaining popularity among beef producers and are being incorporated into grazing systems. Winter swathgrazing is a strategy that allows beef producers to extend cattle grazing activities into the fall and winter months, which provide some economic and environmental benefits that enhance farm sustainability. Adequate feed supplies during the winter increase the competitiveness of the cow-calf and stocker operations. Currently, the majority of winter swathgrazing has traditionally been applied to older cows that are in good body condition while the use of monoculture cereals is dominant. Evaluating whether the forage blend system can support growing steers will provide more options for producers. Unfortunately, performance information on young, weaned cattle grazing polycrops or forage blends in sparse. In addition, the labour involved in managing and moving fences deters entrants hoping to adopt swathgrazing as a feeding option. This study will provide additional empirical information on the performance of young steers swathgrazing forage blends during the winter.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Obioha Durunna

Student:

Partner:

River View Ranch

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Lakeland College

Program:

Accelerate

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