Workforce retention and talent attraction are critical components for any organization, as are partner relationships. This research will help the City of Kingston better understand the needs of both their workforce and their partners and will identify their needs and gaps. User profiles will be created to help fully understand the workforce – what attracts […]

In 2018 the Region of Durham created the Durham Community Energy Plan (DCEP), Durham Region’s strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to a green economy. Achieving the goals of the DCEP will provide multiple economic, environmental and social benefits to Durham Region. Successful implementation of the DCEP however will require collecting and reporting […]

Healthcare learners use simulations to train their skills prior to treating real patients. These simulations can happen in-person (e.g., role playing) or they can happen virtually using gamified educational software. One drawback of using many of these virtual simulations is that many do not provide the healthcare learner with force-based feedback (e.g., haptics). For example, […]

The Lake Midden site has produced one of the largest archaeological collections from Saskatchewan but remains largely undocumented. This project will study the thousands of animal remains from Lake Midden. This work, conducted in partnership with the Touchwood Agency Tribal Council, aims to better understand people’s relationships with animals at Lake Midden, including which animals […]

Ce projet a pour but de faire communiquer le projet GenderedNews et le projet Mind The Gap. Ces deux projets utilisent des technologies automatiques et des méthodes innovantes issues du Traitement Automatique du Langage Naturel (TALN) pour mesurer les inégalités de genre dans les médias francophones. Le projet Mind The Gap s’intéresse aux représentations des […]

First Nations peoples continue to experience a disproportionately high rate of mental health challenges due to both historical and ongoing effects of inter-generational trauma. Furthermore, First Nations communities also experience significant inequities and limited access to mental services and resources. This proposed research project will be undertaken by two project interns where a realist review […]

This project aims to develop a climate change adaptation plan for rural communities located in Northwest New Brunswick within the jurisdiction of the Northwest Regional Service Commission following the ICLEI process and informed by engagement with citizens and decision-makers. We will also assess flood-readiness of communities within the jurisdiction and apply inclusive approaches to consultation. […]

Public transit offers both a relatively low GHG-to-passenger ratio and affordable options for local travel in comparison to personal vehicle travel, thusly presenting as a key area for making progress toward climate change mitigation and social justice. Working with stakeholders in the Greater Victoria Area, this project will identify, map, and examine three different new […]

Le biais de négativité désigne la tendance générale à être plus affecté par les informations et les événements négatifs que par ceux positifs. Dans ce projet, je fais l’argument que la culture est un facteur explicatif important mais peu étudié du biais de négativité. J’attends à ce que la culture collectiviste réduise le biais de […]

The goal of this research project is to better understand the dilemma faced by displaced persons needing to prove their identities to aid institutions without the assistance of formal documentation. While there are processes in place for addressing these situations, advances in distributed ledger technologies (DLT) may offer ways to improve efficiency and thereby improve […]

This research project aims to investigate strategies and approaches for designing and implementing sustainable, community-centered programs that effectively empower employed students, address local community needs, and have positive long-lasting effects on both the community and students. As an organization whose community programming relies heavily on student employment, the expected benefit to the Ecology Action Centre […]

The business partner is interested in finding ways to further automate small business lending and annual renewals. In recent years, with the improvement in efficient computing and data storage and movement, the use of deposit data in lending has become more prevalent in the industry. Within industry risk managers, it is widely accepted that deposit […]