The Marpole Project: Destination Marpole is an exploration into a specific community and its potential relationship to public art as an agent of change. This research internship examines the community of Marpole – its history, inhabitants, and community – through artistic practice and creative research methodologies. Utilizing interviews, questionnaires, ethnographic methods, creative art practice, and […]

There is ample evidence that increasing Canada’s innovation, productivity and competitive advantage depends on expanding its skilled digital workforce to both implement and adopt innovative technologies. Despite the pressing need to increase the digital skills and participation of underrepresented groups in Information and Communications Technology industry and programs to diversifying computer science, the numbers have […]

Despite the benefits associated with staying physically active and eating a healthy diet, men are less likely than women to engage in these behaviours. Healthy lifestyle programs that are offered in collaboration with professional sport teams have been found to engage men in being more active and eating healthier. HAT TRICK was designed to specifically […]

The current project aims to examine how tunable LED lighting influences productivity and well-being in students at the Port Coquitlam’s Riverside secondary school. The project aims to identify the optimal lighting conditions in order to maximize productivity and well-being in healthy students as well as students with special needs. We hypothesize that the tunable LED […]

L’objectif principal de ce projet consiste à mieux connaître le rôle du style de vie de la main-d’oeuvre dans l’attractivité des individus qui choisissent ce type d’emploi. Les entreprises de tourisme d’aventure et d’écotourisme située hors des grands centres urbains ayant de plus en plus de difficulté à attirer de la main-d’oeuvre, il apparaît pertinent […]

En 2015, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies adoptait 17 Objectifs de développement durable pour l’horizon 2030. L’atteinte de ces objectifs nécessitant une grande collaboration entre tous les acteurs – gouvernements, organisations et société civile – les coopératives ont également été invitées à s’engager en ce sens. En effet, lors du Sommet international des coopératives 2016, […]

L‘objectif de cette recherche qualitative est de comparer et synthétiser les éléments ayant eu une influence sur le recours/parcours à l’aide sociale et sur les facteurs favorisant – ou non – l’accès et l’intégration en emploi des bénéficiaires de l’aide social dit aptes au travail. Le caractère innovant de ce projet réside dans la prise […]

Counterproductive Work Behaviours (CWB) are negative behaviours in the workplace that could hinder productivity and organizational effectiveness. Example behaviours are CWB violence, harassment, stealing or even drug consumption on the job. CWB cost organizations millions of dollars every year and therefore their prevention is a major priority for managers. Despite its importance, there has not […]

L’objectif de cette recherche est de dresser un portrait global des règles internationales qui régissent la commercialisation des services numériques. De ce point de vue, quatre grands axes seront présentés dans le cadre de cette recherche. Tout d’abord, une synthèse de la revue de la littérature qui traite des normes commerciales internationales à l’égard de […]

The intern’s study builds on an international survey previously completed in partnership with ICLEI. The study aims to test key structural features in the partnerships for implementing community sustainability plans and how these features are related to plan outcomes (i.e., sustainability progress). To study structure features, the intern will test key factors, such as partner […]

Electrification of transit vehicles is a part of Ontario’s long-term strategy to reduce transportation-related GHG emissions. However, transit agencies and utility/local distribution companies face significant technological and operational hurdles in integrating “off the shelf” electric bus technologies. This project aims to overcome the social and technical challenges associated with a lack of international standardization for […]

This project will involve an evaluation of a program to house people who have serious mental illness, and who have had experiences of homelessness. There will be two parts to this study. First, the study will examine how this program has been implemented. A study of the implementation of the program will provide information that […]