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Evaluation of Resiliency in Community Youth Empowerment Programs

Youths experience increased vulnerability to mental health challenges associated with their development and living contexts. Effective mental health promotion must consider the multidimensional determinants of resilience. To address these needs, Dr. Jenny Liu (Elevate applicant) has developed and validated an innovative model, Multi-System Model of Resilience (MSMR), which measures resilience capacities and needs at the individual, community, and structural levels. In collaboration with Hong Fook Mental Health Association (HFMHA) and with mentorship from Dr. Josephine Wong (academic supervisor), Dr. Liu will apply the MSMR model to evaluate and strengthen existing youth programs at HFMHA, as well as implementing new programs with the following objectives: 1. Conduct baseline assessment of existing programs as they are mapped onto resilience and mental health objectives; 2. Pilot the integration of resilience and evaluate program effectiveness in promoting resilience and mental wellbeing;3. Support the integration of resilience concepts and evaluation framework into youth programming; 4. Apply novel knowledge towards model development of MSMR in relation to real-world community settings.Dr. Liu will gain invaluable knowledge and skills in project management, research collaboration and application of the MSMR in real-world contexts. She will contribute to quality improvement, programming innovation, and research capacity building at HFMHA.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Josephine PH Wong

Student:

Jing Wen Jenny Liu

Partner:

Hong Fook Mental Health Association

Discipline:

Nursing

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Elevate

Design and impact assessment of hydrogen from waste as a transportation bridge fuel in heavy duty diesel vehicles

Transportation is a major contributor to climate change and air pollution. Switching away from diesel fuel to clean alternatives can help address the global environmental challenge of climate change, and also reduce the health impacts of air pollution, such as heart attacks and asthma attacks, where people live. However, it is difficult to demonstrate and quantify the benefits of these new technologies without better data and models. This project will partner with an Ontario company seeking to generate hydrogen from waste as a clean bridge fuel to mix with diesel in heavy-duty vehicles. It will contribute to the design of the pilot power-to-gas system, vehicle retrofit design, emission testing and economic impact modelling. This will enable the partner to test its potential role in providing clean fuels and produce evidence regarding its potential benefits. This research will generate new data and methods to inform a transition to clean fuels for use in transportation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rebecca Saari

Student:

Ushnik Mukherjee

Partner:

Emerald Energy From Waste Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Development and Applications of Cement Composites Made of Various Forms of Basalt Fibre

The structural health and performance of existing infrastructure in Canada has a large impact on the Canadian economy and hence, it is imperative that this infrastructure is kept in good operational conditions. A significant portion of this infrastructure was built during the post world war period, which suggests much of this infrastructure has surpassed their service life. Additionally, Canada’s extreme cold weather conditions give rise to adverse loading conditions such as freeze and thaw cycles, which further leads to damage and making this infrastructure more susceptible to failure. This proposed Mitacs fellowship project will develop various cement composite materials to facilitate a quick and straightforward rehabilitation process of existing damaged concrete structures. Various types of basalt fibre products such as basalt bundle dispersion fibres, basalt filament dispersion fibres, and basalt minibars will be used in various cement mixes to improve better bonding, mechanical, and durability properties. This work will be accomplished using experimental methods, which will be undertaken in the Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Windsor. The conclusions made from the laboratory tests will form the basis of rehabilitation techniques, which will then be applied in the field to rehabilitate concrete pavements, industrial floors, buildings, and bridges.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sreekanta Das

Student:

Jamshid Zohrehheydariha

Partner:

MEDA Engineering & Technical Services

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Elevate

Artificial Intelligence and Deterioration of Ocean Ecosystem

In the context of ocean sustainability of west coast of Canada, some questions that need to be considered are: what is the significance of environmental indicators related to the impact on marine aquatic species? How can changes in environment be predicted by patterns of bioindicators, for example as a result of hypoxia, affecting farmed and wild salmon? A starting point to answer these questions is the development of a centralized, common, accessible database that documents the shift in marine observation metadata collected in the area. The objective of the study is to explore the spatial-temporal correlation between environment parameters and biological measurement of aquatic species in BC. We will develop a deep learning platform to integrate the information from environment conditions and the biological information of marine aquatic speices as follows: mortality of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmon salar), abundance of wild Pacific salmon, and abundance of amphibian egg abundance in upstream habitat of wild salmon. The integration modeling of different sources of data, as the major output of the project will provide the analytic tool for ocean ecosystem service in the country.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kai Liu

Student:

Beibei Jia

Partner:

Insight Academy of Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Prince Edward Island

Program:

Elevate

Harnessing digital tools for Cultural Heritage Promotion and Conservation

Cultural Heritage is the legacy of the past that needs to be protected and tarnsmitetd to future generation, its conservation makes part of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations Conservation. This proposal is focused on the development of a digital information platform for conveying the importance of conservation and protection of cultural heritage places at a global scale by harnessing advanced reality-capture techniques for recording heritage places. The project will be conducted in close collaboration with Google Arts and Culture technologies to enhance public awareness of the conservation and sustainability of cultural heritage and with the support and guidance of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMSO) national committee of Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mario Santana-Quintero

Student:

Larissa Ide

Partner:

ICOMOS Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - civil

Sector:

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Fibre in IBD: Feeding Our Microbes vs. Fuelling Inflammation

While studies show that dietary fibres are beneficial in many diseases, they are not digested or absorbed directly by the host, but rather fermented by gut microbes. Fermentation byproducts (mostly short-chain fatty-acids; SCFAs) are responsible for health benefits. Only select inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) patients benefit from fibres; many patients report sensitivity to high fibre foods, especially during disease flares. Dietary fibres resemble structures found on the surface of pathogens that induce host cell inflammation. We hypothesize that the hallmark gut microbe imbalance in IBD leads to dysregulated fibre fermentation, increased interactions of unfermented fibres with host cells, and reduced beneficial byproducts, resulting in worsened inflammation. This study aims to define how fibres are processed in IBD and identify novel dietary/microbe-altering therapeutics, offering safer therapeutic options for IBD patients. The Weston Foundation has offered partnership for funding our research, and providing a panel of experts to assist regularly with the translational aspects of the study. Our research program has been identified as a priority by the Weston Foundation and they are interested in further developing our findings to aid in improving the lives of Canadians, and others, suffering from these chronic and severely debilitating gastrointestinal diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eytan Wine

Student:

Heather Armstrong

Partner:

W. Garfield Weston Foundation

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Elevate

How does starch content in starter impact calf gastrointestinal health and development during weaning?

There are gaps in our knowledge concerning calf nutrition when producers feed high amounts of milk to calves along with starter feeds differing in nutrient composition. Mainly, how these calf diets alter lower gut development and health during the pre- and post-weaning periods. This research will utilize pre-weaning calves to assess the effects of diets differing in milk replacer nutrition as well as starch/fiber content in starter on gastrointestinal function and structure as well as overall calf growth. The partner organization will benefit from this research by gaining valuable knowledge on calf nutrition that will be able to be implemented in their own business helping dairy producers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Steele

Student:

Taylor Yohe

Partner:

Cargill Limited

Discipline:

Animal science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Over-The-Air (OTA) Testing System For 5G Wireless Devices

Over the air (OTA) test is the standard procedure for wireless devices to verify the transceiver and antennas performance together in specified conditions. Any wireless device such as tablets, phones and laptop must go under OTA testing. Furthermore, regulatory organizations require OTA testing before the wireless device being certified.
Due to the time-consuming procedure of OTA testing, currently manufacturers and vendors limit themselves to a small sample of devices for testing. However, in 5G, the next wireless revolution, that needs 10-20 times more transceiver path than 4G, the OTA testing for sample products is not sufficient and each device has to be tested.
This project focuses on solutions for testing these devices with a proprietary mass production compatible OTA techniques.
DVTest company is extremely interested in the viability of these technologies because it opens up product development opportunities in the growing 5G marketplace and PCB fault detection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pedram Mousavi

Student:

Rezvan Rafiee Alavi

Partner:

DVTEST

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Elevate

Zero-Power Sensors for Smart Homes

Sensors are used in many applications from capturing the biomedical signals to monitoring oil pipelines in harsh environment. Sensors have been traditionally used in industrial environment for improving safety, stochastic data acquisition, monitoring and controlling the environment. Nowadays, there is a huge demand for low-cost wireless sensors as a part of Internet-of-Things (IoT) for smart homes, smart cities, and industries. According to the latest market research report IoT sensors market is expected to be valued at USD 22.48 billion by 2023. In most of RF sensors, the characteristics of the parameter under test (PUT) affect the frequency response of the circuit. Most RF sensors are not practically usable as a final industrial product because it is required to have a frequency monitoring device such as a Network Analyzer or Spectrum analyzer to observe the frequency shift and then post processing the results to characterize PUT. These devices are bulky, expensive and not appropriate for ordinary users. The objective of this project is to develop a novel technique to read environmental parameters required for smart homes without having battery assisted or plugged in nodes and used the observed values to intelligently control the environment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pedram Mousavi

Student:

Hossein Saghlatoon

Partner:

Landmark Homes

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Elevate

Resistant Starch Prebiotic Effects in Chronic Kidney Disease (ReSPECKD) study

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with a reduced quality of life and an increased risk of kidney failure, cardiovascular events, and all-cause mortality. The goal of this project is to investigate whether the consumption of resistant potato starch (RPS) in addition to current standard care for CKD will reduce uremic toxins and symptoms by altering gut microbiota in patients with CKD. Strategies to reduce the production of these toxins by the gut microbiome in patients with CKD are highly desirable because they may lead to reduced symptoms and delay the onset of dialysis. A clinical trial will be conducted at the partner’s site, the Chronic Disease Innovation Centre (CDIC), to investigate the impact of RSP consumption on gut microbiota and whether these changes impact the concentrations of uremic toxins and uremic symptoms in patients with CKD. Delaying the onset of dialysis in a patient by 6 months has the potential to save upwards of $30,000 in healthcare expenditures. CDIC works with the Manitoba Renal Program which oversees the care of patients with CKD in Manitoba. The Elevate Fellow will support the start up and completion of the clinical trial at CDIC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dylan MacKay

Student:

Maryam Shamloo

Partner:

Seven Oaks Chronic Disease Innovation Centre Inc

Discipline:

Epidemiology / Public health and policy

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Long-term effects of tillage, crop rotation, cover crop, and fertilizer nitrogen on soil organic carbon and total nitrogen storage

Soil organic matter and soil organic carbon (SOC) are the important drivers of soil health. Although winter wheat and red clover have improved the soil health and system resiliency in Ontario (Gaudin et al., 2013), little is known on how quickly changes to soil health can be made and under which management systems. With Federal and Provincial government policies on carbon trading, a better understanding of the impact of management on carbon sequestration would be valuable. However, meaningful Ontario data are needed. The long-term tillage system-crop rotation-fertilizer nitrogen trial at Ridgetown is well suited to provide this information and is unique to North America. Established in 1995, the trial consists of different tillage systems (no-till vs. fall plow), crop rotations (corn, soybean, winter wheat with/without red clover), and 4 rates of fertilizer nitrogen (to corn and wheat). Previous research demonstrated that winter wheat increased SOC after 11-yrs of production. Our proposed research will evaluate the impact of management on soil health, quantify SOC and total N stores and sequestration rates from 2006-2019, and identify the management practices that provide resiliency to the system by relating soil health with crop yield and variability between years.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laura L Van Eerd

Student:

Inderjot Chahal

Partner:

Grain Farmers of Ontario

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Elevate

A Reliable Lora based Tracking and Monitoring System for Underground Mines

The mining industry directly employs more than 426,000 workers across the Canada and contributed $97 billion to Canada’s GDP in 2017. However, mining workers are exposed to five-fold higher occupational hazards than the industrial average. Reliable underground communication is essential to alleviate incidents and escalate rescue operations. However, wireless communications in mines is a big challenge. Electromagnetic wave propagation is very poor in mines due to irregular confined shapes and rough walls. A recent wireless standard LoRa (Long Range) is promising in mine environments, due it’s, ultra-low power consumption, long range and deep penetration capabilities. This project aims to develop a unique and comprehensive monitoring and control system for underground mines using LoRa. It intends to develop a LoRa based tracking system that will use different range based techniques to estimate distance and apply advanced Machine Learning (ML) algorithms such as particle filtering, recursive neural networks or Kalman filtering on the estimated fingerprinting result to improve the accuracy. In addition, it will develop a medium access control (MAC) protocol to collect different mine data timely and ensure the Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. The outcome of this work will lead to significant improvements in miner safety and productivity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xavier Fernando

Student:

Ahasanun Nessa

Partner:

PBE Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Mining and quarrying

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Elevate

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