Special Initiatives Projects

Potential for re-introduction and commercial wild-simulated production of ginseng in Ontario forests

Lead Applicant: Melanie Kalischuk

Research Priority: Trade, Market & Targeted Sector Growth Opportunities

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Monitoring performance indictors and forest ecological variables to determine the potential to re-introduce ginseng into Ontario forests.

 

Baseline study of the Ontario cannabis sector

Lead Applicant: Spencer Henson

Research Priority: Trade, Market & Targeted Sector Growth Opportunities

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Assessing the current state of Ontario's cannabis sector and providing a baseline, against which the future evolution of the sector can be assessed.

 

Bio-based sorbents for the removal of zinc from agricultural water collection ponds

Lead Applicant: Erica Pensini

Research Priority: Water Quality & Quantity

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing inexpensive bio-based materials to remove zinc from Ontario water collection ponds to reach concentrations below regulatory limits.