As the Immigrant Centre is a settlement service provider, one of its roles would be to assist newcomers to Winnipeg with employment, language, Immigration guidance, and other services. One very important aspect of facilitating assistance to newcomers would be informing and recommending other organizations which can assist them with their specific needs. This project will […]

I, as the Food Manager, will plan healthy lunches and food kits every week and will track, cost, and document donated foods. I will improve the efficiency and organization of cataloging the food donations. I will also ensure that volunteers may excel in their roles by learning their strengths and goals and improving volunteer training. […]

Taking a restorative approach to sport reimagines how we can respond to the crisis of maltreatment in sport and athletes experiencing harm. This project will be an extension of restorative justice work on going in Nova Scotia which sees justice as concerned with securing and sustaining just relations. A restorative approach to justice supports responses […]

This proposed research seeks to better understand how people make decisions on purchasing consumer goods online. Due to COVID-19, we have seen a massive acceleration of online shopping, especially for essential items such as food. As such, consumers are increasingly relying on digital information to connect to food (and the places it grows). By studying […]

La crise de la COVID a mis en lumière, plus que jamais, l’importance de l’accès à une alimentation saine, locale et durable pour tous et toutes. Elle a aussi mis en lumière les actions d’une diversité de réseaux et d’approches ayant chacun ses forces et ses aspirations. Malheureusement, les synergies entre l’ensemble de ces initiatives […]

L’Institut généalogique Drouin (IGD) possède la collection de documents généalogiques la plus vaste au Canada. Une collection composée de plusieurs de millions de documents historiques de natures et de longueurs très variées. Bien qu’elle soit aujourd’hui entièrement numérisée, la majorité de cette collection ne peut malheureusement être intégrée dans les outils de recherche développés par […]

Chronic Kideney Disease can require patients to undergo dialysis or transplantation as treatment options. Ontario Renal Network (ORN) is responsible for setting the strategic direction of services, their aim is to improve the quality of life of every patients. The project will try to define suitability criteria for home dialysis patients by analyzing historic patient […]

Drawing to Inclusion is an investigation that will propose a tool/approach to facilitate user’s involvement in the housing design process. AIR studio alongside Design for Inclusion, a research-to-action initiative, are seeking new methods with which to interface people’s lived-experience with the spaces in which they live.

Au fil des ans, les avocats et bénévoles étudiants du service d’aide juridique du Centre des Réfugiés/The Refugee Center ont constaté que, malgré une préparation rigoureuse, la manière dont les demandeurs au refuge perçoivent l’autorité influence leur récit narratif tout au long de leur demande d’asile au Canada. Des observations préliminaires démontrent que leur représentation […]

Graffiti Art Programming Inc. (aka Graffiti Gallery, GAP) describes themselves as “a community arts organization located in the Point Douglas neighbourhood of Winnipeg that facilitates free educational arts programming for children and youth who may otherwise lack access to mentorship and artistic instruction…GAP’s main exhibition space, Graffiti Gallery, is a contemporary art gallery that showcases […]

Artbeat Studio strives to create a safe space for community to drop in and create art. Particularly, their goal is to reach those who require more support for their mental health, provide community for those individuals, and create meaningful connections to empower them to take steps in their mental health journey. Artbeat Studio facilitates many […]

West Broadway Community Organization is an organization that coordinates and supports social and economic development efforts in Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood. They offer programs in housing development, community safety, community gardening/composting, food security, community event coordination, training and employment, small grants, and community network building. Currently the organization is facing an influx of complaints regarding […]