Notre projet vise à aborder le vieillissement au prisme d’une approche territoriale afin de renouveler le regard à travers de questions renouvelées (qu’est-ce qui pousse les aînés à sortir marcher ? Comment un espace public est-il plus/moins accessible pour eux ?), des méthodes innovantes adaptées (cartographie, « parcours commentés », méthodes-mixtes, …) et des avenues […]

Ce projet de recherche, mandaté par le Groupe Multisports (GMS) St-Léonard, en collaboration avec l’arrondissement de Saint-Léonard, vise à comprendre les déterminants de participation aux loisirs, au sport organisé et à la gestion bénévole des organisations sportives. Une attention particulière sera portée aux facteurs facilitant la participation, aux contraintes, ainsi qu’à la motivation. Le projet […]

In recent years, numerous jurisdictions in the USA and Canada have enacted bans on ‘conversion’ practices, i.e., organized attempts to suppress Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (2S/LGBTQ+), and other minoritized sexual and gender identities. In 2022, our team conducted the UnACoRN survey, a first-of-its-kind binational survey of 9,679 youth (15-29 years of age). Through […]

The project “My UKRainian World” aims to create, pilot test and revise educational video resources for learners and speakers of Ukrainian, whose first or primary language is not Ukrainian. It will attempt to bring Ukrainian language video resources on par with other international languages. The current phase of the project consists of: an analysis of […]

The “local turn” of migration policies has been more pronounced since the “refugee crisis” of 2015. Its accompanying camps, emergency shelters, and buildings occupation have put cities under the microscope, underlying the multiple interactions between homelessness and forced migration, including precarious housing and hidden forms of homelessness. Several types of networks are engaged in tackling […]

This project will explore the strengths of one existing Indigenous-led school-based ecocultural restoration program, PAPAKEN HAUTW, and support the program in dreaming and designing of a larger and more sustainable youth land stewardship/land-based learning program within the tribal school where it is currently housed and beyond, to the community and Greater Victoria School Board-SD61.

This project will support the New Canadians Health Centre (NCHC) in implementing an internal evaluation to assess its impact on refugee communities. As a health centre that is grounded in five principles, the goal of the project is to assess whether the principles are being upheld, and how they influence refugees experience with healthcare and […]

The Local Black History Internship Program will provide an undergraduate student from the University of Windsor with a unique opportunity to conduct research with a university professor and develop a museum exhibit for the Amherstburg Freedom Museum. This position will offer the intern insights into how the study of the past is conducted by professional […]

The project attempts to document two visual traditions- Ahoi Asthami and Dev Uthan Ekadashi conducted by and for Haryanvi Indo-Canadian women which happens only once a year, is fast changing due to rapid modernization by offering an ethnographic study and subsequent translation in Canada. An extensive literature review revealed an almost complete lack of theoretical, […]

Les résidences à assistance continue sont des milieux d’hébergement où vivent des personnes avec déficience intellectuelle ou trouble du spectre de l’autisme avec trouble grave du comportement. Les services y sont donnés par des travailleurs de différentes professions, pouvant donner lieu à différentes visions de ce qui constitue une « bonne intervention ». Comment les […]

CoDES est un projet de recherche mené dans la ville de Québec qui vise à mieux comprendre les quartiers dans lesquels grandissent les jeunes enfants. Nous nous intéressons aux caractéristiques de ces quartiers qui aident ou nuisent au développement de la naissance à 5 ans. Pour obtenir un meilleur portrait global de la situation, nous […]

This research proposes to examine the relationship between unionization in Canada and Canadian rates of employment, unemployment, and the distribution of earned income. Particular attention will be paid to the institutional environment in which unions and collective bargaining exist. The problem to be explored is the way in which the institutional environment (such as laws […]