Transforming Community Economies

Communities across Canada are planning for significant population and job growth. They do this through Official Community Plans and Zoning Bylaws that regulate how land can be used, whether it’s for homes, jobs, shopping, parks, schools, and more. Many of these communities were once established either as trading posts near a wealth of natural resources […]

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Alberta Early Learning and Care Workforce Stability Project

The goal of the proposed research project is to assist the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECA) in building their understanding of the needs of early childhood educators so they can advocate for evidence-informed outcomes as decisions are being made on their behalf on how the bilateral funding is to be spent to […]

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Reimagining the Hardy Boys for their Centennial Anniversary

With the Hardy Boys’ 100th anniversary coming up in 2027, there is no better time than the present to explore their history and for Simon & Schuster Canada, the copyright owners, to consider how the well-loved characters can be ushered into the modern day. In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the beloved detective duo […]

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Peasants and Parliaments: Agrarian Reform in Later Eighteenth-Century Europe

This project aims to reexamine the relationship between representative institutions, property rights, and long-run economic growth in preindustrial Europe. We argue that (some) early parliaments contributed to growth not so much by restraining the sovereign from violating his subjects’ property rights as by facilitating the elimination of obsolete, anti-developmental property rights. Through comparative case studies […]

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Urbanization research in Ukraine and Canada

Urbanization processes are taking place in the world, so they need the latest research. Spatial orderliness and organization of urbanization forms changes over time, which determines the peculiarities of regional living conditions, its level and quality. A detailed analysis of urban studies in Ukraine and the world testifies to the completeness, significant scientific and practical […]

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Les collections du Séminaire de Québec, berceau de la culture canadienne

Ce projet d’inventaire et de documentation des bibliothèques anciennes des Ursulines de Québec et du Séminaire de Québec vise à faire connaître un pan méconnu du patrimoine culturel canadien. Il favorisera une meilleure compréhension des enjeux liés à la formation et à l’éducation des jeunes filles et des jeunes garçons à l’époque de la Nouvelle-France […]

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L’inscriptibilité de l’adam à la lumière du olam. Impact hébraïque sur la conscience de l’homme contemporain.

Le projet s’inscrit dans la stratégie d’entreprises MITACS. Les études doctorales sur le religieux contemporain donne lieu à une expertise de haut niveau. Cette expertise, en termes de connaissances et de compétences, sera mise en oeuvre au Atlin Christian Centre (ACC), localité située dans le nord-ouest de la Colombie Britannique. Le ACC accueille une station […]

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Improving Protection for Survivors of Wartime Sexual Violence in Ukraine

This research project aims to improve the legal framework and enhance protection for survivors of wartime gender-based sexual violence against women in Ukraine. The study will analyze existing legal practices and propose recommendations to strengthen legal protections, including reforms in legislation, law enforcement practices, victim support services, and the involvement of civil society organizations in […]

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Vers des meilleures pratiques d’accessibilité universelle dans le contexte municipal de la Ville de Québec

Dans la région de la Capitale-Nationale, on peut compter une proportion de 14,9% de personnes ayants des incapacités. En 2010, la Ville de Québec publiait sa 2e édition du Guide pratique en accessibilité universelle. Depuis, les meilleures pratiques en matière d’accessibilité ainsi que les connaissances sur le(s) handicap(s) se sont précisées. L’Office des personnes handicapée […]

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