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Common Shares - Equity Financings (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($) Y $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) security shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock | $				$ 244	$ 13,385
Warrants Not Settleable in Cash, Fair Value Disclosure | $	$ 1,991
Measurement Input, Option Volatility [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	70.6
Measurement Input, Risk Free Interest Rate [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input	0.43
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Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input | Y	3
Measurement Input, Share Price [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants and Rights Outstanding, Measurement Input | $ / shares	0.89
Capital Units [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues | shares	12,272,730
Warrants Issued | shares	7,408,101
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock | $	$ 12,323
Number Of Shares Converted By Each Warrant | shares	0.5
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Each Warrant or Right | shares	1
Exercise Price Of Warrants Or Rights | $ / shares	$ 1.25
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercisable Term	36 months
Common Stock, Fair Value Disclosure | $	$ 11,509
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs | $	$ 1,177
Number Of Shares Converted By Each Unit | shares	1
Underwriter [Member] | Capital Units [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants Issued | shares	351,282
At-The-Market Offering Agreement [Member] | H. C. Wainwright And Co., LLC [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues | shares				401,884	798,270
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock | $		$ 191		$ 244	$ 871
Threshold of aggregate sales proceeds | $			$ 10,000
Remaining Threshold Aggregate Sales Proceeds | $				$ 9,748
Offers or sales of common shares under Agreement to be made in Canada | security				0
Over-Allotment Option | Underwriter [Member] | Capital Units [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrants Issued | shares	920,454

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