La pandémie de la COVID-19 qui secoue la planète est soudaine et sans précédent. L’industrie touristique est pleinement touchée par cette pandémie partout sur le globe et le Canada n’y échappe pas. Cette étude vise à étudier l’innovation dans les modèles d’affaires de restaurants indépendants québécois pendant la crise sanitaire de la COVID-19 afin de […]

During the Covid19 pandemic, the federal and Québec governments decided to implement total containment. This decision significantly affected people in situations of vulnerability and poverty, such as isolated seniors, the homeless, young families in precarious situations, people with mental health problems, people with disabilities, and newcomers. First of all, they often lost almost all their […]

L’efficacité comparative du chauffage et de la production d’électricité au gaz naturel fait en sorte que l’on devrait privilégier le chauffage au gaz naturel plutôt que de produire de l’électricité avec celui-ci. C’est ainsi le choix fait dans la quasi-totalité des sociétés où le gaz naturel est présent. Le reste de l’Amérique du Nord ainsi […]

The proposed research will explore two types of business strategies – cross-border business and remote work uptake – that can help small Canadian companies adapt to and recover from the shutdown policies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the intern will begin by conducting two literature reviews – one to explore the costs […]

This research project will investigate the sales skills that enable salesperson performance for the modern sales environment. This will help to improve recruiting practices for organizations and will enable organizations to better prepare their employees for sales-related positions, and better prepare the existing sales team by incorporating the findings of this study in their sales […]

This research project will seek to explain differences among non-profit organizations in terms of their resilience to the crisis generated by the COVID 19 pandemic. By studying 10 firms that have exhibited strong resilience and then 10 similar firms that have struggled, we will seek to better understand what might account for stronger resilience in […]

Naturally, the Precast Concrete and the Canadian Construction Industries are not going to come out of the COVID-19 crisis unscathed. The various players will all be affected in different ways. And of course, demand will fall sooner or later as the crisis continues, which will squeeze profits throughout the entire construction industry and the Canadian […]

The intern will conduct a bio-physical audit of Agrimarines new salmon farming technology in China and British Columbia. By collecting data about the farming operations, he will be able to account for all the materials and energy used to build and run the farms. This includes things like building materials, feed and amount of energy […]

The COVID-19 crisis has stimulated the need for digital transformation among organizations in order to adapt their business models and practices to survive from the pandemic. Data-driven solutions would emerge as the key of success by supporting cultural organizations to launch new products / services, developing marketing strategies, and improving customer experience. Our research project […]

Manufacturing is a $174 billion industry in Canada, representing over 10% of total GDP and 68% of merchandise exports. Inventory is the largest spend and asset for manufacturing companies, and efficient inventory management is a proven strategy to increase profitability in the manufacturing sector. The aim of inventory management is to achieve satisfactory levels of […]

For Indigenous communities, emergency management involves adopting community strategies and activities that meet the health and safety requirements of citizens while protecting, sustaining and enhancing the community infrastructure and resources that will be needed in the future. This research project will consider recent developments that resulted from the COVID-19 global pandemic and will explore how […]

totaliQ has developed an expertise management platform that helps organisations save significant time and money by providing them with maximum visibility into the individual expertise that each employee within the organization has and where that employee is located. safetyiQ is a free, light version of this system that will allow employees, managers and occupational health […]