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Research on Layman Education Thoughts of Master Taixu

This project will conduct a systematic study on Master Taixu’s thoughts on layman education. Master Taixu was a pioneer in the reform of modern Buddhism and had a profound impact on the development of modern Buddhism. As the vast majority of Buddhist belief groups, lay Buddhists are the main participants in family and social activities, and they are the practical carriers for the development of Humanistic Buddhism.This project will comprehensively sort out Master Taixu’s views on the relationship between monks and laymen, clarify Master Taixu’s views on the order and content of layman’s practice, and propose enlightenment and reflection on modern layman education and the development of Humanistic Buddhism.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinhua Chen

Student:

Partner:

East China Normal University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Etuaptmumk, a Two-Eyed Seeing approach to Live-Projects – Prototyping Deployable, Culturally Identifiable Spaces for Indigenous Youth Athletes

The NAIG 2023 is trialling Brave Spaces for young athletes — outdoor rooms providing for
moments of pause or rest during the event programming. The idea for this particular program
came from NAIG and relates to the observed experiences of youth athletes during previous
games. Reflection on this trial will be useful for the NAIG 2023 to review and share with future
hosts of the NAIG. This trial is also an opportunity to improve upon an architectural pedagogical practice called
“live projects,” in which course instruction takes place within a real-world scenario, with a client,
a budget and agreed deliverables. Our proposed collaboration with indigenous community
members is atypical because the exchange occurs within the context of designing and building
collaboratively. This approach supports co-authorships and distinguishes itself from typical roles
of designer /client or traditional knowledge holders as cultural guide exclusively.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roger Mullin

Student:

Partner:

2020 North American Indigenous Games Local Organizing Committee

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Challenges of Scaling Social Enterprise in Canada

Social enterprises are businesses whose primary purpose is to create social and/or environmental impact. This study will seek to understand how to grow these businesses to create more social or environmental impact while being financially sustainable. This study will interview social enterprises to understand how they work, how they are trying to grow and what challenges they encounter while doing so. From the findings of this research, we hope to better understand how to strengthen the social enterprise sector in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruce Martin

Student:

Partner:

PURPPL Community Enterprise Accelerator CCC Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Thompson Rivers University

Program:

Accelerate

Optogenetic feedback control to control gene expression using image processing techniques

Biomanufacturing is essential to growing Canada’s economy – as it provides a means to produce valuable and essential drugs, therapeutics, vaccines, and chemicals such that they are affordable and available for the Canadians who need them. In these facilities, biomanufacturing using yeast cells are becoming an attractive method for producing the valuable products because they can be rapidly produced and can result in larger quantities. In our Project, we will develop a miniaturized system that will search for genes that will tune the metabolic pathway toward efficient and large production of drugs of interest. Our complete system will use light to control these genes, and find which genes are critical to produce large quantities of a drug. When successful, we will have a new method for biomanufacturing optimization that can be applied to numerous drug production as well as new software workflow that can be integrated with Object Research Systems’ line of software products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve Shih

Student:

Partner:

Object Research Systems;Comet Technologies Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Regional Cycle Route Network Benchmarking – The State of Cycling in Metro Vancouver 2023

HUB Cycling is looking to perform a benchmark analysis of the cycle route network in the Metro Vancouver area. The project will build on the benchmark analysis HUB Cycling performed in 2019 which assessed the quality and comfortability of each segment of the Metro Vancouver cycle route network. This project will benefit from the inclusion of new data sets courtesy of academic partnerships and collaborations with organizations in the community. To complete the project, the intern will work closely with HUB Cycling staff and academics to use the data sets to quantify the quality of each section of the cycle route network. The subsequent publication will be used to inform stakeholders how to use and improve the cycle route network. The work of the intern employed for the project will be invaluable for HUB Cycling as he will play a large role in data analysis and creating the final report to be published.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Koehle

Student:

Partner:

HUB Cycling

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating Women’s Shelters Canada Second Stage Transitional Housing New Build Project

Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC; https://endvaw.ca/) is a network of 14 provincial and territorial shelter associations representing over 450 shelters across Canada. A new service offered by WSC is the Second Stage Transitional Housing (SSTH) New Build Project (https://endvaw.ca/second-stage-project-2-2/). SSTH offers technical assistance, resources and support in three areas for member organizations looking to develop second stage transitional housing: (1) grant applications for pre-development activities; (2) grant applications for capital costs; and (3) project management services. WSC has partnered with researchers from the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) at the University of Ottawa, to undertake an evaluation of this program. The evaluation will describe how the program was designed and intended to function), how it is has actually operated, why various members have used these services or not, what are the perceptions of the providers of services, what are the lessons that have been learned to date, and what are the recommendations for improving the program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Sylvestre

Student:

Partner:

Women's Shelters Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Social Innovation; Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing temporal changes in grizzly bear reproductive characteristics under fluctuating Pacific salmon returns

The proposed research will use camera trap footage collected since 2009 to answer questions relating to grizzly bear conservation and status within British Columbia. Observed numbers of female bears with cubs will be analyzed in relation to Pacific salmon returns to a specific river on the coast of BC, to determine if there is a relationship between grizzly cubs in an area and the amount of salmon available across years. By using a large data set of images, this project aims to provide a big picture image of trends relating to food and wildlife birth relationships. The intern will work in collaboration with and supported by Knight Inlet Lodge, a grizzly bear viewing lodge, providing continued monitoring of the local grizzly population, identification of individual bears and relevant information that will be shared with wildlife guides and guests for the continued success of the business. Finally, the intern will share findings from the research with KIL in efforts to maintain conservation efforts and mitigation strategies in the area.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Fryxell

Student:

Partner:

Knight Inlet Grizzly Tours Ltd

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

The Mental Health and Work Participation of Home Care Rehabilitation Professionals Transitioning Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected the physical and mental health wellbeing of health care workers. However, research on occupational stress and burnout in rehabilitation professionals (RPs) is severely lacking especially the effects of COVID-19. The purpose of this study is to examine the nature and impacts of burnout and occupational stress among RPs working at VHA Home healthcare transitioning out of the pandemic via self-reported questionnaires and qualitative interviews. To effectively manage the mental health needs of these workers and support occupational engagement, organizations must develop policies, programs, services and practices designed specifically for public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this study practical strategies that support the mental health of RPs at VHA. This project will provide evidence for the organization to foster a safe, cohesive and inclusive work environment in turn translating into better healthcare services for VHA patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia

Student:

Partner:

VHA Home Healthcare

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

How Mechanical Conflicts Contribute to Organ Growth.

The developmental programming of an organism ensures reproducibility of organ shape and size with accurate robustness. But, how an organ knows when to grow and when to stop is a key question that remains inadequately addressed. Both genetics and mechanics play a role in the maintenance of organ reproducibility and robustness, especially in plants. Mechanical feedback of cells and tissues is necessary for proper organ morphogenesis, but the connection between mechanical status and genetics is not well understood. As plant cells are immobile and linked by cellulose matrix, they need to modulate growth and resolve mechanical conflicts arising due to differential growth. The study proposes to investigate how genes that regulate leaf shape (namely CIN-TCPs) also contribute to growth patterning and mechanical properties of cells. The data generated by live-imaging of organs will be helpful in understanding consequences of genetic regulation of growth on mechanical conflicts to produce robust organ shape in wildtype leaf and cotyledon.
Our work will address a fundamental question in developmental biology. We will work on molecular regulators of growth and their dialogue with the biophysical realm that maintains organ robustness. The work will give us a comprehensive idea of parameters that modulate variability in organ size

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Kierzkowski

Student:

Partner:

Indian Institute of Science

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Agriculture and Food; Biotechnology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Design and optimization of an autonomous solar water pumping system with battery bank storage system

It is aimed to design and optimize a system which uses solar energy for electrification as well as providing the required electricity for pumping water. A Photovoltaic-battery autonomous standalone system will be considered. Furthermore, in some areas the radiation is lessened due to bad weather conditions. Therefore, it is common to use batteries to provide energy when the system has no solar energy, or the solar radiation is not sufficient. Sizing of the system should be selected while considering loss of power in different periods of time. The change in load of the system should be investigated to predict the probable change of consumption patterns. Finally, environmental-economic investigation should be evaluated.
Expected benefits:
• Scientific: To deepen the knowledge of solar water pumping
• Technological: To improve the performance of the available water pumping systems
• Financial: To lower levelized cost of electricity by using renewable sources
• Environmental: To reduce emissions and carbon footprint

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Rousse

Student:

Partner:

Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Freeman Jiang – Leveraging Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and Generative AI To Support and Augment Education Initiatives

The intern will be participating in an interdisciplinary project to investigate how recent advances in machine learning, generative AI, and natural language processing (NLP) could be leveraged to improve education outcomes, both within the partner organization’s operations and in the broader Canadian education system. Through partnership with the partner organization (Cansbridge Fellowship) and the academic supervisor (Dr. Boutaba), the intern will conduct research to produce a report and recommendation identifying the areas of education that could be most affected by AI, and how educators can leverage these technologies effectively and responsibly. They will also create a business plan for the organization that will allow them to capitalize on recent AI developments to better achieve their mission of developing global innovation leaders in Canada. The plan will focus on leveraging AI to streamline Cansbridge’s new fellow onboarding process to cut down costs and improve efficiency. This will come with direct economic benefits to the partner organization. The partner organization’s alumni network includes leaders in AI from prominent innovative organizations like Google, Facebook, and numerous startups, who will offer mentorship directly.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raouf Boutaba

Student:

Partner:

Cansbridge Fellowship

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Dyne in new markets – AB

This project focuses on the establishment of traction, engagement, and scale for the Dyne Dashboard features. It will include the establishment of new sales and marketing processes to automate and increase conversion pipelines for Dyne’s restaurant offerings, new UX processes to maximize user engagement along with multiple Agile iteration cycles, along with new financial research to expand this product into new market verticals and new cities across Alberta

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fernando Angulo-Ruiz

Student:

Partner:

Dyne

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

MacEwan University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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