Gathering, Governing, and Gifting Food: Community Economy and Food Distribution in the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun

This research project explores and documents the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun’s customary food practices and community traditions surrounding the potlatch, described as an Indigenous way of ensuring there was always a system of distribution for wealth. Oral history interviews with First Nation elders and citizens will be conducted and contribute to recommendations for […]

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Community Benefit and Resiliency 2022

Thrive Community Support Circle has been working in cooperation and partnership with other community agencies for 47 years in order to provide their clientele with the highest quality services possible, within the context of their available financial, material, and human resources. By responding to and supporting the spiritual, material, and cultural needs of participants within […]

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WINS Program Innovation

The position will support WINS’ Program team in building and/or upgrading innovative program database to produce SMART program outcome and impact measures, improve database scalability and efficiency in reporting. Rapid changes in charitable sector calls for creative and innovative database solutions that will produce timely, accurate and measurable impact reports to share with the community. […]

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WINS – Business innovation

The intern will work closely with Business Support teams as WINS works to innovate databases and procedures to keep pace with the fast changing post-COVID business environment. Heavy weights will be put on innovation in technology solutions and business procedures to improve operational efficiencies and build business capacity for future growth and expansion. The intern […]

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River City Venture Legal Services Clinic

We are filling a gap in the legal community in Edmonton, by providing law students with an opportunity to apply their legal knowledge to help start-ups solve their legal concerns as they scale-up. This project will help fully launch the Clinic, which provides start-ups with legal information and assistance. For example, information may relate to […]

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COGNI-ACTIF: apprendre en bougeant, un jeu à prendre au sérieux

Ce projet vise à développer la version bêta du jeu sérieux COGNi-ACTif, un outil technopédagogique qui mise sur la synergie entre le mouvement et l’apprentissage. Ce jeu sérieux est développé par des praticiens et des chercheurs issus de domaines variés (arts numériques, éducation, informatique, kinésiologie et neuropsychologie) dans le but 1) d’augmenter le niveau d’activités […]

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Projet PLAZA: Évaluation du projet pilote de navettes autonomes sur la rue St-Hubert

Le projet-pilote de navette autonome (et électrique) sur la rue St-Hubert, piloté par la ville de Montréal, représente ainsi une opportunité intéressante de documenter l’expérience des usagers de la navette et les perceptions des riverains par rapport à l’arrivée de ce véhicule sur le réseau routier. Le deuxième objectif vise à étudier les interactions des […]

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Student Support for West Central Women’s Resource Centre

This project will work with the Anti-Racism in Sport (ARISC) team to develop a reporting mechanism for targets and witnesses of racist incidents in sport in Winnipeg and provide administrative support for the campaign. In addition to this, some objectives I am to participate in include; Co-developing a Racism in Sport Reporting Tool, where I […]

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The Impact of Virtual Background Characteristics on Asynchronous Video Ratings for Health Professions Education Admissions

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented numerous challenges for Health Professions Education programs, especially those that needed to switch from in-person to online interviewing as a means of evaluating applicants. Particularly, despite the rising use of online formats such as asynchronous video interviews (AVIs) in selection decisions, there is little evidence on the fairness and extent […]

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Multiculturalism and Canada’s Stage: Assessing the diversity of the National Arts Centre’s English Theatre Program, 1969-1994

This project will analyse Canada’s official multiculturalism policy and its impact on the National Arts Centre’s English language theatre program. The National Arts Centre Archival holdings will be utilized for research to assess the diversity of persons from ethnic minorities and Indigenous groups as actors, directors, and authors of the plays that have been performed […]

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Évaluation de l’ampleur économique de la « véloconomie » au Québec

L’objectif de la recherche est de quantifier l’importance économique de la filière cycle, comprise dans son sens large (d’où le néologisme de « véloconomie »). Le Québec dispose de précieux atouts en la matière sur son territoire avec une demi-douzaine de fabricants de vélos et la plus importante véloroute en Amérique du Nord. Cette tendance […]

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An Examination of Mental Health Leadership and Social Advocacy by Post-Secondary Students with Lived Experience in Atlantic Canada

The crisis in university student mental health has intensified with COVID-19. Support for students with mental health and illness experiences and identities is now more important than ever. Prior to the pandemic students were taking matters into their own hands and working together to advocate for improved learning environments and educational experiences. This project will […]

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