The purpose of this research is to understand the role that community sport programming plays in enhancing northern and urban youth physical and mental health as sport returns from COVID-19 restrictions. Specifically, the research will longitudinally track changes to social identity, mental health, and physical activity among 300 children and youth (6-14 years old). The […]

Enacting Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) policies is of growing interest and concern in many industries, and social and affordable housing is no exception. Currently, the social and affordable housing sector in Canada (otherwise known as the seniors and community housing sector) is undergoing a period of great change. With all levels of government taking […]

The interns are students in an online university programme in architecture. They will contribute to the research, development and presentation of a study by the partner organisation architecture firm, addressing the housing crisis in Canada through an initiative that explores gentle densification of mature urban neighborhoods through a design tool-kit of recommendations and a new […]

Project objectives and approach: 1. Develop an innovative strategy for developing and helping them launch the Town of Stephenville’s composting program 2. Launch the composting program in the Town of Stephenville for their Phase 1 run this summer. 3. This phase is planned to start with 25-50 homes in Stephenville (composter has capacity for waste […]

Yooreka is a smart-home, consumer Internet of Things (IoT) device and/or peripheral, system agent and subscription service intended to assist families and parents with early childhood development. It may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) I to gain an advanced understanding of a child’s learning environment to support their socio-emotional development, and assists parents’ decision making while […]

Children and youth flourish in environments that are predictable, safe, and structured. However, this is not the case for many kids in Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted these protective factors and exacerbated risk factors. Against this background, the first objective of this study is to explore the present threats facing children and youth in […]

L’objet de ce stage sera d’analyser les figures de rupture au sein de la trap francophone. La trap est un sous-genre du rap apparu dans les années 2000 au sud des États-Unis, caractérisé par son tempo, plus lent que dans le rap traditionnel, ses motifs rythmiques, ses sonorités, ainsi que par les thèmes abordés : […]

This research project will engage 10-20 participants from community-based food initiatives across Waterloo-Wellington region to explore how groups access land to grow food. Access to land within urban environments is important for urban Indigenous peoples whose relationships with land have been disrupted by colonization. Indigenous Peoples honour relationships and responsibilities to land, which stands in […]

The goal of this project is to investigate how a new online digital technology, Maple Learn, can contribute to contemporary mathematics curricula internationally. New curricula in mathematics emphasize broad skills that cut across all mathematics domains. In other words, instead of focusing of formulas and procedures, contemporary mathematics curricula promote similarities across domains (such as […]

The Winnipeg Boldness Project (“Boldness”) is a social innovation initiative working towards a Bold Goal: Children and families in Point Douglas will experience dramatically improved wellbeing in all aspects of self: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Over the past eight years, the Project’s Accountability Framework has been based on the idea that Boldness’ highest level […]

Social service organizations in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia indicate the incidence of homelessness is on the rise. The colliding crises (housing, overdose/toxic drugs, pandemic, and extreme weather), and the mobility of the target population between communities, introduce complexities that require an innovative and collaborative regional response to support this marginalized population. […]

This project is to have a student from the MAP program at the university of Regina support Atare Foods in the production of food related content videography and photography to support the growth of the company’s website and social media platforms.