Kuwentong Pamamahay: Stories and Storytelling of Home and Identity from Filipino Canadian Perspectives

“Kuwentong Pamamahay” (loosely translated as “Stories of Home-Making”) is an oral storytelling project that conveys intangible heritage values that draw on the specific living cultural experience, social histories and conditions of Vancouver’s Filipino Canadian community. Pamamahay is a Tagalog word for making both a physical and social space feel like home. The project presents unique […]

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Sans tabous : S’unir pour l’inclusion du vécu et des besoins sexuels des adultes avec incapacités motrices en sexologie et réadaptation

Les expériences sexuelles des adultes avec incapacités physiques (AIM) sont compliquées par la présence de perceptions sociales négatives quant à leur sexualité. De plus, ces croyances sont souvent adoptées par les professionnel·le·s de la santé, menant à une invisibilisation de leurs besoins d’intervention en santé sexuelle et reproductive. Selon un devis qualitatif basé sur la […]

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Maximizing Market Penetration: A Strategic Approach to Boosting Sales in Liquor Stores for Fuhr Estate Winery

Fuhr Estate Winery, founded in 2018, is a craft Meadery and Distilery nestled in Parkland County, Alberta. while the organization pursues and achieves its goals, we are facing Marketing and supply chain opportunities and challenges. The proposed project aims to tackle these challenges and leverage opportunities by formulating a comprehensive sales strategy centred on augmenting […]

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Indigenous Relations – Environmental Services – Indigenous Procurement

Indigenous Relations – Indigenous Framework We are looking for an intern to help us with communications and research involving the development of an Indigenous Framework for the City of Regina. The majority of the work will center around weaving Indigenous worldviews into the current Western-centric City of Regina polices, practices, programs, and planning.

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Development of the Anti-Racism Pedagogy

The project focuses on developing a comprehensive core curriculum on anti-racism pedagogy tailored for faculty and educator development in medical and public health fields. This curriculum, emphasizing evidence-based practices, will provide practical guidance and strategies to effectively teach anti-racism and Black health, fostering inclusive learning environments. Led by the Black Health Education Collaborative (BHEC), this […]

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Uniting perspectives for a holistic assessment of Nature’s Contributions to Life within the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere

As a response to the rapidly increased crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, this research aims to conduct a holistic evaluation of nature’s contributions to life (NCL) within the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere (NEB). By recognizing the limitations and narrow scope of ecosystem services assessments, this research proposes using a Two-Eyed seeing perspective to comprehensively […]

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Upholding Truth and Reconciliation: Correlates and causes of ongoing Indigenous cases and gaps in mental health services in child welfare in the Waterloo Region

What are the causes and correlates of Indigenous children disengaging with the child welfare system of the Waterloo region? Are child welfare agencies in the Waterloo region promoting Indigenous mental health by upholding the principles within the Truth and Reconciliation’s calls to action? What preventative measures were taken to prevent disengagement of Indigenous children and […]

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Role of local knowledge and adaptation to environmental change: A case study of Chilika Lagoon small scale fishery, India

This project is based on how the fisher community of Chilika Lagoon, India cope with and adapt to the degrading social, ecological and economic conditions in the lagoon. Using Local ecological knowledge I will analyse environmental changes, their drivers and the impacts on the local fisher communities. Further, I will analyse the adaptation strategies used […]

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Empowering K-12 students and teachers to navigate negative eco-emotions effectively

The escalating environmental challenges of recent years underscore the critical need for proactive action on climate change and sustainability. However, the mental health impacts, particularly negative eco-emotions (e.g., eco-anxiety, eco-anger, eco-grief), experienced by children and youth due to climate-related concerns pose significant barriers to climate action engagement, resilience and wellbeing. This study aims to address […]

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Skagit Headwaters Indigenous-led Conservation

UNDRIP and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets have increased consideration of Indigenous Rights and Title and the role of Indigenous Governance in land protection and conservation. The Skagit Headwaters is an area of overlapping significance to many First Nations and Tribes in Canada and the United States. This region presents a unique opportunity to consider the […]

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MHRC-Mitacs-iA Workplace Mental Health Fellowship

Skilled trades workers could face many challenges like anxiety, stress, discrimination, long working hours and heavy workloads, which can harm their work performance and well-being. Despite the growing diversity in the Canadian skilled trades workforce, women remain underrepresented, particularly in electrical work, while the prevalence of disabilities among these workers is largely unknown. There’s limited […]

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Quelle instrumentalisation du métabolisme urbain pour le déploiement urbain de l’économie circulaire ?

L’agence d’innovation et de prospective Creative Capital entreprend une démarche novatrice de planification stratégique en urbanisme rassemblant un consortium de parties prenantes diversifiées. Cette démarche consiste dans l’intégration de la circularité dans un plan directeur d’un quartier au Québec. Ce plan doit comprendre des orientations d’aménagement intégrant les principes de l’économie circulaire dans le cadre […]

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