Empathy and synchronization in social and non-social contexts

Synchronization with others appear to promote empathy and people with higher empathy are better at synchronizing to others. Why there is this bidirectional relationship between empathy and synchronization is unclear, but a prevailing theory suggests that the ability to perceive yourself as another (i.e., internal simulation) is responsible. The current study will help in understanding […]

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Scenario based learning project – Develoment of new e-learning multi media offerings.

Leaf Electrical Safety, an engineering services company delivering electrical safety solutions to its clients. They provide four main products to their clients: arc flash studies, electrical safety training, electrical safety program audits, and electrical safety program accelerator (coaching, training, and support for electrical safety program development). With these products they help reduce the risk of […]

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Historical Chemical and Mining Extractivism and Indigenous Jurisdiction over Infrastructure in Northern Ontario, Canada

This research project will provide an original historical overview of the connections between metal and mineral mining, metal and mineral mining chemical production, material transport via road and railway infrastructure, and Indigenous jurisdiction, in the Northern Great Lakes bioregion of Ontario, Canada. The intention of this project is to use a historical perspective gleaned through […]

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Floor plans Generation: Using deep learning to improve functional output

Maket is developing a generative pipeline for schematic floor plan creation that can adapt to various user-defined constraints and preferences. Maket plans to improve the functional output of the platform by using a machine learning approach that can produce floor plans representing the diversity and quality of those in the real world, while respecting the […]

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Discriminations à l’embauche des personnes transgenre et non-binaires

Dans le contexte d’un droit lacunaire et d’un manque de recherche sur la réalité des personnes trans et non-binaire en emploi, cette recherche a pour défi de mieux diagnostiquer, en mobilisant des outils relevant du droit et de la sociologie, les discriminations à l’embauche vécues par les personnes trans et non-binaires au Canada. Cette recherche […]

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Collective community gardening for food security and integration of African immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta

Cultural food insecurity, which is the inability to acquire, afford, and eat the traditional foods of one’s ethnic origin is a form of food insecurity that disproportionately affects new immigrant, especially the Black identifying Canadians. However, research that explores alternative ways to diversity Canadian food systems to accommodate new immigrants and to allow for smooth […]

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Creating an inclusive culture: Building tech workplaces that work

Digital Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to growing and developing Nova Scotia’s digital technologies industry by facilitating connections, providing professional development and capacity-building opportunities, and promoting the digital sector. Digital Nova Scotia supports the tech sector as it continues to grow, evolve, and thrive. As part of this work, Digital Nova Scotia aims […]

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Supporting LGBTQ2AS+ Newcomers for Employment in Canada

The purpose of this project is to develop and expand the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomer’s (EMCN) career development processes and supports for LGBTQ+ immigrants and refugees in their Rainbow Refuge and Bridging and Training Programs. Settlement practitioners and social workers have identified LGBTQ+ newcomers as especially vulnerable to systemic barriers when applying for work […]

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The Psychological Underpinnings of Church Conflict: Analysis of the Ukrainian and Moscow Churches situations in Ukrainian Orthodoxy

This comprehensive study aims to explore the root causes of the ongoing conflict between the Ukrainian and Moscow churches through a multidisciplinary lens. Drawing on literary and religious psychology analysis, the article examines the complex historical, cultural, and psychological factors that have contributed to the conflict, providing a nuanced understanding of the ongoing tensions between […]

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Building deaf-centered, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive higher education using deaf community co-design

There is an urgent need to dismantle the structural barriers that reduce higher education (HE) access for multiply marginalized deaf adults and advance community-led transformations. Towards these aims this project asks: What would HE designed by/for/with multiply marginalized deaf learners and communities look like and how can we develop or build it? Using a community-based […]

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Implémentation de normes éthiques en intelligence artificielle

L’objectif du projet de recherche est d’implémenter des principes éthiques en intelligence artificielle à partir des travaux de recherches doctoraux de l’étudiant, qui portent sur l’apport de la philosophie de la technique à l’éthique de l’intelligence artificielle, et plus précisément sur l’étude de la notion de responsabilité appliquée à la civilisation technologique et à la […]

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Dispositif d’accompagnement pour un tourisme durable à Anticosti

Anticosti attend la réponse à sa candidature pour inscription sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO en septembre 2023. Cette démarche fait suite à une importante réflexion de la communauté anticostienne à l’égard de son avenir. Elle a choisi de faire reconnaître la richesse exceptionnelle de son patrimoine naturel et d’en faire un moyen […]

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