Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services (N.E.E.D.S.) Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization. The agency was established in 1999 by immigrant and refugee women for newcomers to Canada. The organization enhances the integration of newcomers into Canadian society by providing employment, mentorship, education, and social recreational programs as a means to support clients in the […]

Notre projet de recherche essaie d’étudier les moyens dont l’Union européenne pourrait employer pour renforcer son influence en Indo-Pacifique. Compte tenu des défis auxquels l’UE fait face aujourd’hui : les crises successives depuis 2008, les limites budégtaires et institutionnelles, la sensibilité des sujets politiques et sécuritaires — l’Union européenne n’a pas autant de leviers que […]

This study asserts that the Indian Act among others are the root causes for the persistent violation of indigenous peoples’ socio-cultural and environmental rights in Canada. They experience systemic marginalization including, environmental injustice, unsafe drinking water, inadequate housing, healthcare and basic services, land and natural resources and the freedom to practice their cultures. Their traditional […]

How can we bring better co-design into on-line Learning Design practice? How can co-design foster creativity and collaboration for adult online learning education? Co-design has been used to create solutions for some of the most challenging problems we face in society. Government and public policy, community, healthcare and human services have all made use of […]

Career Trek is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect kids to oppurtunities and experiences that can develop life long interests and passions. Through school and post-secondary partnerships Career Trek introduces children from ages 10 to 12 to different experiences simulating possible career paths and oppurtunities. The Wonders of Work camp focuses specifically on exposing […]

Using a collective impact approach, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) brings together housing providers, non-profits, researchers, local and regional governments, housing associations and health authorities. Together with residents of multi-unit housing, our mission is to experiment with and learn about ways of alleviating loneliness and social isolation while building capacity for neighbourly support and mutual aid. […]

L’Escouade Numérique est un OSBL ayant pour mission d’alphanumériser nos belles entreprises québécoises en contribuant à leur croissance et en améliorant leur rentabilité. Nous souhaitons à travers cette plateforme offrir une tribune neutre où des spécialistes au sein d’entreprises établies partageront leurs conseils de manière efficace et transparente. Il s’agit d’un lieu d’entraide, où chacun […]

The project that Wolseley Family Place is working on is called Communication Enhancement Project. Wolseley Family Place will be embarking on some re-branding, and streamlining their communication content (brochures, posters, signage in the resource centre, website, facebook). This project will look at venues of communicating to the wider community to enhance their program promotion and […]

Municipalities manage the approvals processes for real estate development applications. There are a range of approvals that may be sought by a landowner including amendments to Official Community Plans and zoning as well as permits for development and building. In 2019, in response to widespread expressions of frustration, the BC Government undertook the Development Approvals […]

The goal of this project is to examine the effect of one-time unconditional direct cash-transfer to recently homeless individuals in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Building on promising results from our research team’s ground-breaking pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 50 cash recipients, the current project seeks to confirm this preliminary evidence using a larger RCT with […]

The research contributes to the k?usxnitk? (Okanagan Lake) Responsibility Planning Initiative (OKLRPI), a syilx Indigenous-led process coordinated by the Okanagan Nation Alliance, the Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program, and regional and provincial authorities. The OKLRPI responds to the Okanagan Lake Foreshore Inventory and Mapping reports which documented large-scale losses in natural areas. In 2022, OKLRPI will […]

This project will assist both West Central Women’s Resource Centre and North End Women’s Centre in identifying community needs as they transition out of the pandemic and towards sustainable and responsive programming through arts-based programming and outreach. The objective of this project will be to plan and implement arts-based programming within the centres an support […]