Calgary Reads is a not-for-profit community literacy organization that seeks to improve children’s lives by helping them become confident, joyful readers. The role of the intern is to create two knowledge mobilization products to share the science of reading with volunteers, parents, teachers, and other collaborators. Calgary Reads facilitated delivery of a tutoring program for […]

Le present projet vise a democratiser l’utilisation du laser terrestre et de la modelisation 3D en archeologie. Souvent consideree com me couteux ces outils sont tres peu souvent envisage dans un contexte de recherche archeologique. Or, depuis une decennie la revolution numerique que nous connaissons a enormement simplifier I ‘utilisation du laser terrestre en plus […]

Women are vastly underrepresented in venture capital (VC) firms. There is also a lack of women entering the field of venture capital due to systemic barriers and a lack of momentum to shift existing barriers for women to enter the venture capital world. This research aims to understand the current status of women in VC […]

L’établissement au XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle d’immigrants d’origine française à Montréal a entraîné le développement d’un centre urbain en marge d’un vaste territoire Autochtone. Si les fondateurs de Montréal y entrevoyaient une population biculturelle, mais catholique, l’élite commerciale et religieuse a imprimé son identité sur l’histoire de la ville, en marginalisant la présence autochtone. Le cimetière de […]

Transportation is now recognized as a social determinant of health. And yet the current transportation system is not set up to meet the day-to-day needs of the aging population. Within the next decade, a quarter of the population in BC will be over the age of 65. As the population ages, a decline in cognitive […]

The economy is an important factor of the vote choice. Understanding how perceptions of the economy are formed is therefore crucial. These perceptions have been presented as an echo of partisan preferences or as a reflection of citizens’ level of sophistication. A number of scholars have recently started to reconsider how perceptions of the economy […]

Women suffer from disproportionately higher rates of dementia, and face more barriers to equitable care. To help reduce the risk of developing dementia among women, programs that primarily target women, caregivers, and those affected by dementia are imperative. In partnership with the Women’s Brain Health Initiative we intend to create and evaluate the effectiveness of […]

Le Centre d’éducation et d’action des femmes (CÉAF) définit le harcèlement de rue comme tout propos ou comportement dégradant et non-consenti, commis par des personnes inconnues, dans l’espace public, notamment la rue et les transports en commun. À Montréal comme dans d’autres villes canadiennes, il s’agit d’une pratique très fréquente, qui cible principalement les femmes […]

When we get older, we tend to experience difficulties naming people, locations, and objects around us more frequently. Word-finding difficulties like these are not only sources of frustration but also crucial indications of a general cognitive decline. The company Winterlight Labs developed a software that analyzes natural speech for detection of cognitive decline and found […]

Adults often struggle to learn new languages since their brains are not as plastic as those of children. The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the human body, and its activity affects a variety of brain areas involved in attention, memory, and perception. By non-invasively stimulating the vagus nerve during language training, it may […]

Through archival research and oral history interviews, this collaborative project will trace the past and present of community-led and socially engaged arts education in the Katarokwi/Kingston. Working with the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, a dynamic arts hub in the region, as well as several of its tenant organizations, including Modern Fuel Artist Run […]

The overall objective for this project is to support the research of one master’s student who would help advance the methods for modelling energy-climate policies, a field in which EMRG in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at SFU is one of the leading research units in the country and in which Navius Research […]