Here is a snapshot of the U of S projects that received funding:
Integrated omics for sustainable animal agriculture and environmental stewardship (IntegrOmes)
Funding amount: $6.76 million
Project: A multidisciplinary research team and collaborators from other universities and organizations are working on a wide-ranging research program, looking at bison conservation and addressing challenges facing the beef cattle industry.
The group is working with Indigenous communities to develop the world’s first bison genome biobank, in order to store and preserve genetic material of plains and wood bison populations in Canada. The model could have future applications for other threatened Canadian species.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is booked in for a closed-door virtual meeting with senior executives at Quebec-based Nova Bus, which the advisory describes as “a leading North American transit bus manufacturer,” as well as representatives from Metro Vancouver’s TransLink.
Later this afternoon, he’ll join
Digital Government Minister Joyce Murray and
University of British Columbia researchers and scientists to get a video update on the Cancer Single Cell Dynamics Observatory, which, as advisory notes, “recently received research infrastructure funding from the federal government through the Canada Foundation for Innovation.”
Also making the rounds online:
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, who will start her day with a Zoom press conference (11:15 AM) before she, too, heads behind closed doors for virtual chats with
Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Mar 04, 2021 • March 4, 2021 • 1 minute read
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KINGSTON A pair of engineering professors at Queen’s University received more than $4 million to continue their collaboration with Royal Military College into climate change.
Andy Take, Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical Engineering, and Ian Moore, Canada Research Chair in Infrastructure Engineering, received $4.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
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The research project, the Climate Adaptive infraStructure Testing and Longevity Evaluation (CASTLE) innovation cluster, is meant to find ways to improve storage of mine waste, ensure safety and improve resilience of transportation infrastructure, such as roads, railways and pipes, and coastal defence structures.
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