Ontario Soccer is a nonprofit organization whose board of directors and executive staff provide leadership and support for the advancement of soccer in collaboration and cooperation with membership, partners and other stakeholders by providing exceptional and sustainable programs and services. The Association is made up of 21 District Offices and several Associate Members namely regional […]

The goal of the CFT7 Womens Research initiative is to discover labour market interests of Indigenous women within the Treaty Seven territory. The objective for the interns will be to assist the project coordinator with the development of a questionnaire that will be used to gather information from the Treaty Seven communities. The interns will […]

Ce projet vise à accompagner un organisme communautaire, la Maison des Grands-Parents de Villeray, dans une démarche de réflexion quant à la façon dont les aînés bénévoles participant aux activités d’aide aux devoirs conçoivent leur fonction de socialisation et l’articulation de cette fonction à celle de l’enseignant. Les changements sociaux vécus durant la pandémie suscitent […]

Wonder’neath Art Society is an artist-run, charitable organization that brings professional artists and community together, encouraging and promoting art as a tool for expression, connection and social transformation. Through the Open Studio Program Wonder’neath provides access to professional artists, materials, art making activities and instruction. In 2020, Wonder’neath moved to a new and significantly larger […]

Cornerstone is taking a leadership role in creating a network within Eastern Saskatchewan that can bring innovators, investors and farmers together to start actioning these problems and solutions. They are looking to operate in the “activation” phase of innovation – helping to get problems and ideas into the hands of the right people or organizations […]

Attention is a key process to many daily tasks but it is characterized by limited resources. In many high-stake domains, operators must perform complex tasks for long durations, which deplete attentional resources and promote error making. Yet, previous studies have shown that exposure to nature stimuli can help recovering those resources. The current project aims […]

Families can play an important role in helping prepare their children to learn to read by engaging in activities that support pre-literacy skills. Not all parents are aware of their abilities to help their children however, and this is often especially the case in immigrant families, where cultural practices surrounding education – especially the families […]

When Indigenous rights and leadership are prioritized, Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) like forest carbon management present an opportunity to advance reconciliation while combatting climate change and biodiversity loss. Wahkohtowin Development GP Inc. is taking steps to drive NCS in the Missinaibi Forest toward Indigenous-led climate action and social-ecological benefits for its owner First Nations (the […]

Learning technologies now exist that give students practice thinking critically and creatively, communicating and collaborating, and gaining an insight into their personal strengths and weaknesses. In the case of a technology called peerScholar, that exercise happens as students give feedback and then learn from feedback effectively. Giving effective constructive feedback and learning from the feedback […]

I will help with collecting and distributing tools, seedlings, and other various elements required to build Take-Home Garden Kits. I will assist in the planting, maintenance and harvesting of the community garden located in St.Vital. I will visit several community gardens throughout Winnipeg and meet with the people involved with their production. The final deliverable […]

This project explores the experiences of adverse school experiences among young adults who are underemployed and residing in a rural region of Southwest Saskatchewan. Adverse school experiences consist of distressing or disturbing experiences occurring within the context of schools or learning activities and can include academic failure, discrimination, or negative interactions with peers or teachers […]

With financial assistance from MITACS and the Loon Foundation, two students from the Capilano University Motion Picture Arts Program (MOPA) will create a documentary film under the supervision of the Program Instructor Mary M. Frymire and the Foundation’s Executive Director, Dr Michael Jackson. The film will follow the foundations remarkably successful efforts over the past […]