
Digital Identity Card for the Downtown Eastside
This initiative, in partnership with the UBC i-Lab, will explore the use of blockchain technology in securing digital identity for the homeless population in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver.
Research projects
We collaborate with industry partners to research pressing issues and phenomena across the social, data records, and technical dimensions of blockchain technologies. We work with government funding agencies such as Mitacs to match industry funding and advance our practical and theoretical understanding of emerging blockchain applications, challenges and opportunities.
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