‘Window of Quebec’ has been conceived to create awareness on racism and discrimination at workplace using digital stories. The larger objective of the program is to uphold values of diversity and inclusion; and confront racism and discrimination at various levels. Window of Quebec works with six marginalized communities in Québec namely Indigenous, Black, Arab, Latin […]

This project will result in an online site showcasing Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre’s archives. These archives include historic materials such as programs, promotional materials, promptbooks, and other theatrical ephemera. Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre is a bastion of rural Nova Scotia theatre. This digital archive will make these materials available to the community and to researchers: […]

Le projet vise à définir, clarifier, et analyser le débat concernant l’épandage du BTI pour le contrôle des insectes piqueurs, en proposant une étude des arguments scientifiques, éthiques, ainsi que des arguments invoqués dans le cadre du débat public sur la question. Les étudiants seront introduits à divers aspects de la démarche scientifique, incluant la […]

The project will assess the impact and sustainability of Drayton Valley’s Zero-Fee Tuition Program. The intern for this project will complete individual and group interviews with 6-8 students enrolled in the Zero-Fee Program who have received up to $5,000 to cover their post-secondary tuition. Participants will be graduates of the Health-Care Aide training program at […]

This two-year storytelling and research project explores the potential of storytelling and arts-based approaches to build understanding about transnational trajectories of forced migration and re-settlement in Ontario, Canada, especially as related to experiences of refugee women from Syria and Afghanistan, and women displaced from Ukrainian since the war started in 2022. The knowledge created through […]

This project aims to grow capacity in the Atlantic region for jewellery making and manufacture. Currently, a significant amount of jewellery and metal work is sent to other provinces or internationally. The intern and partners will work to engage local industry players to understand the scope of work they are doing, build capacity understanding in […]

The Conversation Canada is an independent journalism organization that collaborates with scholars to create research-based journalistic articles that are accessible to the wider public. In COVID-19, this form of “news-you-can-use” spiked in popularity, as people searched for understandable, but research-based, information to navigate the uncertainty of the first wave of the pandemic. This research was […]

The project will pursue research that evaluates the potential benefits/ consequences of implementing eco-certification programs in Indigenous fisheries as an approach to improve the benefits Indigenous fish harvesters can obtain from their Treaty rights and/or commercial fisheries. In New Zealand, Maori scholars at theTe Kotahi and Ngai Tahu Research Centre are currently working with Maori […]

The project proposes to unpack the student transportation system through a comprehensive examination of legislative frameworks, in tandem with the lived school travel experiences of families living with childhood disability and school travel practitioners. The research aims are:(1) To understand how policy frameworks (e.g., international, federal, provincial, and municipal) shape school travel experiences for families […]

Cumberland County is located in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, close to the New Brunswick border. Cumberland County is made up of the Municipality of the County of Cumberland, two incorporated towns (Amherst and Oxford) and two Villages (Pugwash and River Hebert). According to Statistics Canada (2022) the population of Cumberland County, as of […]

Mon projet de thèse est relatif à la mise en œuvre des politiques d’équité, de diversité et d’inclusion dans l’enseignement supérieur. La persistance de barrières systémiques limitant l’accès de certains groupes sociaux à l’enseignement supérieur et à certaines catégories d’emploi, m’a amenée à m’intéresser aux mécanismes explicatifs de ces iniquités malgré la mise en place […]

Le but du premier projet de recherche est de créer un outil permettant d’évaluer la qualité du climat scolaire interculturel, du point de vue des élèves. Plus spécifiquement, nous validerons de façon quantitative le questionnaire créé. Ensuite, nous validerons la mesure de l’outil avec la perception spécifique qu’ont les élèves issus de l’immigration du climat […]