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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award, Period Over Which Shares Reserved For Issuance Increases

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Maximum number of shares that may be issued in accordance with the plan as a proportion of outstanding capital stock.

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Fair value of options vested. Excludes equity instruments other than options, for example, but not limited to, share units, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock.

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Stock-based compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 14, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Nov. 30, 2020
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)		16,965,849
Period over which shares reserved for future issuance will increase		9 years
Additional shares reserved for issuance, percentage		5.00%
Options granted (in shares)		1,500,081
Weighted average grant date fair value, stock options granted (in usd per share)		$ 4.11	$ 0.36
Fair value of stock options vested		$ 3,100,000	$ 812,329
Warrants, exercise price (in usd per share)		$ 7.91
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		17,920,898
Public Warrants as converted to Common Shares (Note 8)
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected dividend yield		0.00%	0.00%
2022 Plan
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		1,500,081
2020 Plan
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		4,341,966
Common stock warrants
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Warrants expired (in shares)	617,972
Warrants, exercise price (in usd per share)	$ 1.75
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		0
Preferred stock warrants
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Warrants, exercise price (in usd per share)				$ 2.16
Warrants outstanding (in shares)		3,247,637
Warrants, number of shares issuable (in shares)		2,889,282		3,247,637