This research investigates the experiences and perspectives of skilled newcomer women in Ontario to understand the factors and facilitators which support their transition and integration to the Canadian labour market.

Educators and Entrepreneurs often live in two separate worlds, but the reality is, many entrepreneurs cross into the role of educators when they begin offering learning experiences to their customers. This research project, Bridging the Gap Between Education and Entrepreneurship, aims to address the problem of subject matter experts not knowing how to turn their knowledge into digestible learning experiences for participants.

Major sustainability challenges, such as climate change, are global; thus, addressing them requires active transnational and cross-sectoral approaches to knowledge sharing for collective action. However, the dominant practice of flying thousands of scientists and delegates to attend climate summits and international meetings is responsible for a significant share of carbon emissions. The question, then, is how to scale up global action while simultaneously reducing the environmental impacts of such operations.

MiNextStep will develop a web-based software application and platform to serve the needs of stakeholders involved in work placements (internships and co-op programs): employers, students and internship coordinators in universities.

Drawing to Inclusion is an investigation that will propose a tool/approach to facilitate user’s involvement in the housing design process. AIR studio alongside Design for Inclusion, a research-to-action initiative, are seeking new methods with which to interface people’s lived-experience with the spaces in which they live.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to address workplace wellness. The Positive Workplace Framework (PWF) is used in many workplace settings to improve well-being, engagement, and productivity. This study will address the French version of the PWF and its two questionnaires, the Mental Fitness and Resiliency Inventory (MFRI) and the Positive Leadership Inventory (PLI). The PWF’s theoretical foundations validated, the psychometric properties of both questionnaires will be described, and the important role leadership competencies play in a workplace will be demonstrated.

This research investigates the experiences of South Asian international students in Ontarian universities and colleges to understand how these institutions have been addressing these students’ diverse needs for their socio-cultural and academic integration. While working closely with the Councils of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA), this study will interview South Asian students in at least two Ontarian universities and colleges and will attempt to examine their experiences, needs, and difficulties in Canada.

The goal of this project is to investigate how a new online digital technology, Maple Learn, can contribute to contemporary mathematics curricula internationally. New curricula in mathematics emphasize broad skills that cut across all mathematics domains. In other words, instead of focusing of formulas and procedures, contemporary mathematics curricula promote similarities across domains (such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics) to teach students to use mathematics in their daily lives.

The overall goal of this internship is to understand why candidate psychologists in Saskatchewan are failing the final competency exam at a rate of 30%. Partnering with the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists (SKCP), this research will review the records of the failed examinations to determine the contributing reasons for candidate failures.

Learning technologies now exist that give students practice thinking critically and creatively, communicating and collaborating, and gaining an insight into their personal strengths and weaknesses. In the case of a technology called peerScholar, that exercise happens as students give feedback and then learn from feedback effectively. Giving effective constructive feedback and learning from the feedback applied to one’s own work are both very challenging tasks.