Grants and Contributions

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Louis Bull Tribe to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Tent Mountain Mine Redevelopment Project.

Applications involving laser welding continue to expand in North America. Growth is strong in the manufacturing sector, where laser welding offers increased productivity compared to conventional processes. However, some defects can affect this productivity, especially in the case of aluminum alloys, which have a significant potential impact on lightweighting strategies. The main goal of this project is to increase productivity in laser welding by integrating online defect characterization using Industry 4.0 concepts, significantly reducing subsequent quality-control steps. Based on the use of online inspection technologies that emphasize machine-learning algorithms (Industry 4.0) on emerging applications, this project aims to deploy online quality control and assurance systems, reduce production costs and increase the productivity of laser-welded parts. To reach its objectives, this project combines the expertise of the main players in laser processes in Canada, namely UQAR and the NRC.

This International Co-Innovation Action Program (ICAP) project will prepare the firm to enter into future international co-innovation work.

Communities across North America are seeking to implement civilian-lead response models for low-risk mental health crisis calls. This new and improved model entails an assessment process administered by dispatch where (if the individual is found to be at low risk of violence) a civilian team may be dispatched to provide crisis support in place of a police response. To facilitate this assessment process, HealthIM is expanding its existing software system to include functionality that provides decision support for emergency communications and dispatch staff.

Gated quantum dots in III-V semiconductors provide a promising platform for the coherent transfer of quantum information between spins and photons, enabling polarization-sensitive sensing of single photons and thus leading to
disruptive applications in quantum sensing, quantum communication, and distributed quantum computing. However, the design of quantum sensors based on quantum dots is complicated by the lack of appropriate simulation
software capable to predict device performance and analyze experimental results. In the Project, Nanoacademic Technologies Inc. will expand its existing quantum-dot simulation software (QTCAD) to include features
needed for the design of quantum sensors based on quantum dots and collaborate with NRC to benchmark the software against existing experimental results. Once the necessary new features are validated, Nanoacademic will use QTCAD to predict the performance of various quantum-sensing devices developed at NRC and help optimize their basic figures of merit for future experiments.

Gated quantum dots in III-V semiconductors provide a promising platform for the coherent transfer of quantum information between spins and photons, enabling polarization-sensitive sensing of single photons and thus leading to
disruptive applications in quantum sensing, quantum communication, and distributed quantum computing. However, the design of quantum sensors based on quantum dots is complicated by the lack of appropriate simulation
software capable to predict device performance and analyze experimental results. In the Project, Nanoacademic Technologies Inc. will expand its existing quantum-dot simulation software (QTCAD) to include features
needed for the design of quantum sensors based on quantum dots and collaborate with NRC to benchmark the software against existing experimental results. Once the necessary new features are validated, Nanoacademic will use QTCAD to predict the performance of various quantum-sensing devices developed at NRC and help optimize their basic figures of merit for future experiments.

This project will expand the role of Alberta's Family Court Support workers and provide services that help victims of family violence navigate the family justice system, including Family Law Act applications. The project will review and update client resources and tools, and will also aim to improve coordination between different parts of the justice system by developing information sharing templates.

This project will develop and pilot a family violence supports innovation hub which will design, implement and evaluate new family justice services. Specifically, this project will consist of several components: develop a family court support worker program, implement the use of facilitative judges, develop trauma informed polices/procedures, develop survivor insulation programming, develop and implement a Parenting After Separation course specifically for families impacted by family violence, and improve coordination in concurrent and related family, criminal, and child protection matters.

This project will develop and pilot a family violence supports innovation hub which will design, implement and evaluate new family justice services. Specifically, this project will consist of several components: develop a family court support worker program, implement the use of facilitative judges, develop trauma informed polices/procedures, develop survivor insulation programming, develop and implement a Parenting After Separation course specifically for families impacted by family violence, and improve coordination in concurrent and related family, criminal, and child protection matters.

This project will strengthen family justice system responses to family violence by developing and piloting a family violence supports innovation hub which will design, implement and evaluate new family justice services. Specifically, this project will consist of three main components: develop a family court support worker program, provide cross-examination services to unrepresented litigants when family violence is involved, and improve coordination in concurrent and related family, criminal, and child protection matters.