Cities are increasingly being asked to attend to equity considerations in their decision-making processes. While some cities have adopted overarching frameworks aimed at embedding equity into the work of municipalities, there remains a gap in applying or operationalizing equity, especially in public-facing decision-making. Building on advocacy work conducted by local NGO Women Transforming Cities, the […]

The Access Anthology Project is a collaboration between two non-profit Artist Run Centres (ARCs) located in Toronto, ON, Tangled Art + Disability and Gallery TPW. Commissioned by Gallery TPW in 2022, the Access Anthology will document the access practices of Tangled Art + Disability through a collection of interviews, roundtables, and essays contributed by artists, […]

Chronic pain (CP) affects 1 in 5 Canadian youth and adults. It is not uncommon for individuals to wait months or years to receive the care they need. Power Over Pain (PoP) is an online portal which offers evidenced-based resources for people living with pain (PLWP), ranging from low-intensity (e.g., pain education) to high-intensity (e.g., […]

Non-profits in the homelessness sector, especially smaller ones, tend to collect, analyze and use limited amounts of data: occupancy rates, numbers of meals served, etc. In order to better serve their clients, and to manage their organization more effectively, a more robust approach to capturing and analyzing data on client characteristics, satisfaction and outcomes is […]

With the development of artificial technology in recent years, the relationship between AI and Buddhism has gradually become a frontier issue. This project will focus on three aspects: First, based on the findings of previous scholars, it will further describe the “Doctrine of Insentient beings”, which connects the theory of “Insentient being has Buddha-nature” with […]

St. Alberts municipal development plan, Flourish: Growing to 100K, identifies community gardens as important to Urban Agriculture and Local Food Production in advancing the goal of Community Well-being. Historically, St. Albert provides ad hoc support to community gardens. Public interest in community gardens has increased in the past 5 years. St. Albert requires a strategy […]

The Brackley Bay Oyster Company is a family-owned, boutique oyster packing and shipping facility. We ship wholesale to domestic markets, we have a federal CFIA license to allow us to ship internationally, and also have a retail location at our packing facility, which has been in operation for 3 years. After seeing the success of […]

La démarche d’évaluation participative des projets du volet alimentaire de Montréal en commun (MEC), un programme porté par le Laboratoire d’innovation urbaine de la Ville de Montréal (LIUM) issu de la candidature gagnante de la Ville au Défi des villes intelligentes du Canada, est appelé à changer d’échelle dans le cadre de ce projet de […]

The intern will be participating in a project analyzing and growing upon a case study of advanced manufacturing circular economy initiatives in the global fabric manufacturing industry. They will create a proposal for how to integrate a circular economy in Canada’s manufacturing industry, utilizing key success stories, identifying vital partners in the current industry, and […]

In partnership with the Rexdale Community Hub (RCH), this project involves undertaking a locally-informed feasibility study to assess the viability of a ‘Community Grocery Store’ model that provides affordable, accessible, culturally appropriate food in Rexdale (a Neighbourhood Improvement Area in Toronto). The intern will help train community-members to co-create and implement focus groups and interviews […]

Les personnes vivant avec un handicap communicationnel peuvent rencontrer des défis lors de l’utilisation de certains services dont ceux offerts par les institutions financières. Ce projet vise à établir l’état actuel de l’accessibilité communicationnelle dans les institutions financières au Québec. En questionnant des personnes vivant avec une aphasie et leurs proches ainsi que des employés […]

Universities can be leaders in sustainability by building food sovereign campuses and communities. Instead, universities across Canada are contributing to unsustainable and unjust food practices by hiring multinational corporations (Aramark, Sodexo, Chartwells-Compass) that externalize social and environmental costs. The intern will continue the research from their Ph.D. dissertation about building food sovereign campuses and work […]