This project aims to challenge unjust systems and policies and support Indigenous people in their efforts to establish their food systems and adapt to the new COVID-19 world. It will explore ways to address long-term pandemic-related food security challenges led by Indigenous organizations. The intern will gather information from experiences and existing research across Indigenous […]

The performance of an economy has largely been measured by one dominant metric above all – GDP. Measuring economic prosperity through a singular metric fails to consider other economic growth factors that extend beyond GDP that contribute to the prosperity of a country and its citizens. This project will assess the leading ‘Beyond GDP’ metrics […]

S’inscrivant dans les suites du Plan d’action en santé et bien-être des femmes 2020-2024 du gouvernement du Québec, ce projet vise à brosser un portrait de la situation de la santé et du bien-être des femmes en Montérégie. À termes, cette recherche permettra à la Table de concertation des groupes de femmes de la Montérégie […]

The research project seeks to understand why some regional governments (the governmental level below central states) are more internationally active than others, a phenomenon known as paradiplomacy. I hypothesize this variation is influenced by the presence/absence of a patron state. A patron state is a foreign state which acts as an advocate of a region’s […]

Bridges Institute is a counselling centre in Nova Scotia with a mission to help people practice healthy, loving and respectful relationships with their partners and families. Bridges seeks to prevent domestic violence. Changing traditional male role norms may not only increase healthy help-seeking behaviours but may play an upstream role in the prevention of domestic […]

Land trusts are not-for-profit organizations that are able to hold and protect private lands for long-term conservation purposes. They are one approach for Indigenous nations to protect their traditional territories, especially in areas dominated by private land. Different Indigenous nations are interested in establishing their own land trusts but various legal, financial and administrative issues […]

Approaches to land use planning in BC are rapidly shifting in an effort to right previous wrongs with respect to the dispossession of Indigenous land. The BC government committed to developing a new planning framework, through the Modernized Land Use Planning (MLUP) program, that involves deep collaboration with Indigenous Peoples to conduct equitable decision-making process […]

Employment is important for ensuring social inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, who commonly use the identity term self-advocates in Canada. Self-advocates are much less likely to be employed, and work fewer hours a week and often earn only minimum wage. When gender is taken into account, men are hired more frequently, work […]

Over the past 10 years, industry has drawn on different principles to support the creation of more inclusive and diverse workplaces. These principles include Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Gender Based Analysis; decolonization; and safe spaces. In this research project, we will read what experts have written about these topics to find out what is most […]

L’objectif de ce projet est de comprendre comment un mouvement social comme le mouvement étudiant tunisien, ne bénéficiant ni de financement public ni d’inclusion formelle dans les organes de décision, parvient à transformer un tant soit peu l’espace social dans lequel il s’implique, c’est-à-dire l’université. Il suffit pour s’en convaincre de se rappeler les multiples […]

Ce projet de recherche s’articule autour des enjeux e?thiques de l’acte de lecture et des questions esthe?tiques pose?es par la mise en sce?ne de l’effacement de la voix narrative dans le roman contemporain. Dans les œuvres de Laurent Mauvignier Des hommes (2009) et Ce que j’appelle oubli (2011), cet effacement rend le texte immersif et […]

Our project is centred on identifying the needs of the performing arts sector, in terms of producing, and understanding what form of producing supports these needs and what solution can we develop to solve this problem. Our hypothesis for this project is that there is a major gap in the Canadian performing arts industries with […]