The health effects of separation on transnational families: A multi-country study of temporary farm workers in Canada and their families in Mexico

With increasing rates of economic and forced migration globally, there is a great need to deepen our understanding of the relationship between health and family separation due to migration. Under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, farm workers from Mexico are hired to work in Canada for up to eight months a year. From a social […]

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La flexicurité sur les marchés du travail au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord : une comparaison entre la Tunisie et le Liban

Dans un contexte de mondialisation, ce projet de recherche vise à comprendre les facteurs qui ont contribué aux réformes de la fléxicurité des lois du travail en Tunisie et au Liban. Par fléxicurité, on entend les différentes configurations de la flexibilité (par ex. : l’introduction des contrats atypiques, la réduction des indemnités de licenciement, etc.) […]

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The role of transnational advocacy networks in Tunisian transition to democracy

Tunisia is the only Arab country that successfully achieved the transition to democracy. So far, many aspect of the Tunisian democratic transition have been studied, but academic research still ignores a study of its international context. The objective of my research is to investigate the contribution of the transnational advocacy networks (TNA) within the process […]

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Understanding the Millennial Sports Fan

Millennials are a large, tech savvy demographic that media companies are expending significant resources to connect with and market to. This project will develop a comprehensive understanding of the sport media consumption habits of Canadian Millennials, aged 18-24, using surveys and other methods being employed by researchers across the country. Understanding Millennials consumption patterns and […]

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Examining favelas, media, and activism in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

In the days leading up to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, Brazilian favelas were heavily sensationalized in international mainstream media as state surveillance, increased policing, and the criminalization of poverty practices were increasingly enforced in favelas for the preparation of the Olympic Games. Yet, from within favelas was the emergence of a very […]

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Income Inequality Based Variations in Trajectories of Brain and Psychopathology Development in Youth

Higher levels of income inequality is associated with poor mental and physical health. Often stress is considered the underlying factor creating poorer health outcomes in regions of higher inequality. Even with peaked interest in investigation of income inequality and health there has been no study of the association between income inequality and brain development. Moreover, […]

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Investigating Player Behaviour in Social Networking Games

Social Network Games are multi-player games played through social networking sites (e.g. Facebook). Working in conjunction with Big Viking Games, the Canadian company behind Facebook games such as YoWorld and FishWorld, this research seeks to add much needed knowledge about who plays Social Network Games, what activities they undertake while participating in these gameworlds, as […]

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Habiter le Vieux-Montréal et ses anciens faubourgs : Enjeux, conflits et perspectives de développement résidentiel dans les quartiers anciens

Le paysage du Vieux-Montréal et des anciens faubourgs est en train de changer face à l’augmentation du nombre de touristes, d’événements et surtout de résidents (de 500 dans les années 1960 à plus de 6000 résidents en 2016). Ce secteur unique à Montréal est confronté à mieux faire cohabiter la fonction résidentielle avec les fonctions […]

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Pérenniser les pratiques agro-environnementales: une analyse institutionnelle pour augmenter la résilience face aux changements climatiques en milieu agricole

Afin de limiter les impacts négatifs des systèmes agricoles et d’augmenter leur capacité d’adaptation aux changements climatiques, des initiatives (programmes, politiques, réglementations) ont été mises en oeuvre au Québec pour encourager l’adoption des pratiques agroenvironnementales (PAE), des pratiques qui diminuent notamment la pollution des sols et de l’eau, augmentent la biodiversité des fermes et génèrent […]

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