Bridging Knowledge Gaps for SMEs to Thrive in the Next Normal Economy Hiring and developing skilled workforce talent is a major challenge faced by all companies. However, this challenge is amplified when companies receive a high volume of applicants – particularly where the company is a labor-intensive business, or growing quickly, and or facing high […]

Destination Vancouver (DVAN) is seeking to investigate meetings and conventions impacts and understand their changes given the pandemic-induced increase of hybrid and online meetings. DVAN has sought the technical expertise of academic supervisors at Capilano University’s Centre for Tourism Research and Extension Services’ (CTRES) in understanding these impacts, especially for repeat and one-time international conferences […]

The objective of this research is to examine factors that promote job seekers’ engagement and success in their job search. Logistical characteristics of work (e.g., geographical location, hours, salary) are important, but a multitude of other psychological work factors (e.g., individual differences in work values, preferred job characteristics, personality) can influence a job seeker’s intent […]

This research is designed to advance understandings and monitoring of the recreational and Indigenous food salmon harvests and their management within the Central Coast of BC. Further, this collaborative research project is being led by the Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance and four partnering First Nations (Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Nation) to develop a […]

L’objectif du projet de stage est de développer des outils afin d’identifier le profil de personnes désirant travailler dans les régions nordiques ainsi que les meilleures stratégies de recrutement pour les rejoindre. Pour ce faire, le stagiaire devra tout d’abord identifier les réseaux et les bassins de recrutement optimaux où l’on peut trouver de la […]

To commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2022, the Regent Park Film Festival will commission four local IBPOC artists (prioritizing gender diversity and those from Regent Park or similar communities in Toronto) to produce digital media art works that engage with the history of Regent Park. The basis for their artistic engagements will include visual source […]

Open-ended questions are where respondents consider hypothetical scenarios that they might encounter in real life and describe what action(s) they might take in response to each situation. To assess a test-taker’s responses to these questions, a human scoring process (i.e., human raters marking each response individually) is followed. Despite following clear scoring criteria, human raters […]

Our previous research with Mitacs has found that financial burden is one of the biggest negative contributors to the mental health of community-dwelling seniors. We plan to continue to work with the West End Seniors Network (WESN), Vancouver’s second largest not-for-profit seniors’ center, to explore how technology can be utilized to provide mental health aids […]

Many services including health services are now offered remotely through live 2 way communication from the practitioner’s office to the patient’s home. Community Living Society, Inclusion Langley, Richmond Society for Community Living, and Spectrum Society for Community Living, plan to see how this model might work in our programs that support individuals who have a […]

Using simplified language understandable to a layperson, provide a general, one-paragraph description of the proposed research project to be undertaken by the intern(s) as well as the expected benefit to the partner organization. (100-150 words) The project has been developed in concurrence with the Sinneave Foundation’s aim to improve outcomes in education, employment and housing […]

Dans un contexte de forte concurrence touristique, les destinations cherchent à se démarquer les unes des autres. Pour faire face au défi de rendre leur territoire plus attractif, les acteurs touristiques, politiques, économiques, géographiques, sociaux et culturels du milieu s’unissent pour concevoir une approche commune et partagée du développement territorial. Dans l’objectif de réussir leur […]

Ma recherche porte sur la peintre brésilienne du début du 20e siècle Georgina de Albuquerque (1885-1962), et notamment sur ses représentations de femmes issues de la bourgeoisie. En effet, à une époque d’industrialisation rapide et d’ascension de cette classe sociale, Albuquerque dépeint fréquemment des femmes aisées, et ce, dans différents contextes. Deux tableaux, Coin de […]