In Canada, existing human rights laws are “read in” to collective agreements. Violations of those terms can thus be grieved and submitted to binding arbitration. Some key human rights cases began as union grievances. However, unions often refrain from active engagement in employment equity, diversity training and anti-bullying programs, especially where the interests of different […]

The Sage Initiative is specifically designed to build wealth and prosperity for Indigenous womxn and their families and communities by building the skills and capacity needed to make small to medium sized impact investments that have balanced social, environmental, and fiscal returns. Mitacs interns will support Sage Initiative in our growth period in the areas […]

Elder financial abuse is a nation-wide problem that affects banks and investment firms. Many experts recognize that a large number of these elder financial abuse cases involve power of attorney arrangements (Sasha Angus, personal communication, July 2013). Ambiguity exists regarding the role of banks and financial institutions regarding this problem. OBSI regularly encounters these types […]

This project is a collaboration between the University of Guelph and the Halton Hills Heritage Foundation for the development of educational programming for the Lucy Maud Montgomery Museum and Literary Centre (LMMMLC). The LMMMLC has the potential to become a social and cultural hub in the Halton Region based in the town of Norval, Ontario. […]

Taiwan has been undergoing an important religious revival in the past forty-years. However, while religiosity used to be mainly locally based, the progressive modernization of the island led to new forms of country-wide temple lineages and displaced forms of worship. The aim of this project is to look at how this shift in religious location […]

Climate change is closely tied with human behaviors and health. With continuous industrialization and technological advances, modern people are living unimaginable prosperous lives. However, their increased greed leads to enormous environmental destruction, such as the indiscriminate consumption of air conditioners and disposable products, and short-distance driving. Air pollution has a bilateral relationship with climate change, […]

Career Trek is a registered charity whose goal is to educate, help, and inspire youth to access education, employment, and life-long learning opportunities through hands-on career exploration, mentorship, and workshops. Career Trek empowers young adults to understand how to get where they want to be and gives them tools for success, such as skill development […]

Sara Riel wants to improve organizational support to newcomers to Manitoba with their mental health needs. “Past studies suggest that immigrants, generally, arrive in Canada with better self-perceived mental health than Canadians, but it declines after a period of time (Salami, 2017).” This has deteriorated further during the Pandemic. (Stats Can). There are linguistic and […]

The goal for this project is to support the research of three master’s students whose work would help advance the methods for estimating – using energy-economy-emissions models – the likely emissions, economic and equity impacts of GHG-reducing policies by governments at three levels in Canada: federal, provincial-territorial, municipal. The modelling innovations and applications from these […]

This a research proposal for the project I will be doing at The Immigration Center. By the end of my internship, I would have completed a Settlement Package and Settlement Outreach Project that would be used by new comers and the organisation to reach as many new comers.

This project was developed to attend to Merchant’s Corner Inc. (MCI) needs. MCI is a non-profit organization situated in Winnipeg’s Inner-city area that opened in 2018 to support and empower the North End community through housing, community development, and education opportunities. The building was a 20-year in the making community hub that was re-developed and […]

Le laboratoire d’innovation en transfert ? assurer l’accès à des ressources ayant un effet levier pour documenter et systématiser des innovations porteuses. Le projet “Récit de la transition et innovation en transfert” permettra de décupler l’effet du TIESS et ultimement de mieux appuyer la transformation des pratiques des organisations de l’économie sociale et du développement […]