The quality of parent-child interactions is among the most important active ingredients of early language development. Many interventions, which vary in approach, content and format, focus on improving the quality of these interactions between children and their caregivers in order to promote early language development. Understanding the relationship between the characteristics of these interventions and […]

Cette recherche a pour but de contribuer à la recherche sur la coopération internationale et plus précisément la coopération inter-organisationnelle dans le cadre des opérations de la paix en Afrique. Les conflits étant de plus en plus nombreux et complexes, la coopération inter-organisationnelle est devenue extrêmement sollicitée, multipliant la présence d’acteurs dans les régions affectées […]

The Frontenac Arch Biosphere (FAB) is a geographic region in southeastern Ontario comprised of unique natural areas, farmland, and rural communities, with a mandate for supporting sustainability. The region and its inhabitants are thus well-positioned to contribute to sustainable tourism, though this potential has not yet been fully realized. In partnership with the Frontenac Arch […]

Ce projet vise à aider les employeurs à prendre le pouls de la santé mentale de leurs employé.e.s d’une façon qui soient rigoureuse et sensible, notamment pour les travailleur.se.s de groupes marginalisés. Un module web interactif sera développé, afin de dresser un portrait global de l’état de santé mentale chez les employé.e.s d’une organisation (à […]

This proposed research aims to understand the barriers to mental health and physical activity supports for self-identified refugee women, from both youth and older populations, who have experienced trauma and/or violence. Limited access to adequate mental and physical health services for refugee women has led to underdiagnosis of mental illness amongst refugee women and the […]

La prévalence de détresse psychologique au travail, déjà préoccupante, s’est exacerbée ces deux dernières années en raison de la pandémie, particulièrement dans le secteur. Or, les travaux manquent quant aux interventions novatrices à grande échelle pour promouvoir la santé mentale des travailleur.se.s du secteur tertiaire. Misant sur le potentiel inexploré de l’art public et des […]

Intégration d’une stagiaire étudiante à la maîtrise en muséologie dans la conception de projets au sein de l’équipe de Cadabra. Cadabra est un studio pluridisciplinaire situé à Montréal dont la mission consiste à transformer des récits et des contenus de toute nature en expériences collectives qui stimulent les sens, rassemblent et émerveillent. Cadabra puise dans […]

The Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition wants to be more effective at engaging both at the individual level and the municipal government level around urban sprawl. The intern will bring capacity and develop tools and insights to do this more effectively via a concentrated project in the lead up to the municipal election.

Advances in healthcare and research are published in peer-reviewed biomedical journals all over the world. Our previous research shows that predatory journals, or fake academic journals, pose a threat to this. Predatory journals claim to publish high-quality research, but they do not follow accepted scientific publishing practices (e.g., peer review, indexing). If health decisions are […]

The Hamlet of Pangnirtung is exploring ways to improve the socio-economic development within the community. In preparation, and with the help of two Mitacs interns, the community would like to research various economic development models, the legal and social requirements for business development, existing local businesses, and explore other northern community socio-economic models, both in […]

In Canada, residents of rural, remote and Northern communities face limitations in access to and availability of Internet connectivity and services. They also generally pay more for slower, less reliable, and more expensive telecommunications services compared to southern and urban residents. Over the last several decades, many public policy and community-led initiatives have attempted to […]

Les lansquenets constituent, au début de l’époque moderne, le plus imposant groupe de mercenaires en Europe. Or, bien peu d’études dans les mondes anglophone et francophone ont comme sujet ces mercenaires allemands. Ainsi, le projet cherche à mettre en lumière cette figure importante de la première modernité. Pour se faire, un travail de recherche dans […]