La Ville de Québec cherche actuellement de nouvelles façons de faire pour construire des quartiers sécuritaires et qui facilitent les saines habitudes de vie. Parallèlement, l’OSBL Vivre en Ville travaille à développer une pratique permettant d’informer et de sensibiliser les décideurs sur les conséquences de leurs décisions sur la qualité de vie des citoyens.L’objectif de […]

La Ville de Québec cherche actuellement de nouvelles façons de faire pour construire des quartiers sécuritaires et qui facilitent les saines habitudes de vie. Parallèlement, l’OSBL Vivre en Ville travaille à développer une pratique permettant d’informer et de sensibiliser les décideurs sur les conséquences de leurs décisions sur la qualité de vie des citoyens.L’objectif de […]

A Way Home Ottawa (AWHO) is a community-based initiative to end and prevent youth homelessness in the Ottawa region. In 2016 Carleton researchers Justin Langille and Dr. Kennelly worked with AWHO to ask youth and adult service providers what improvements need to be made to the existing system to ensure youth always have access to […]

Le projet de recherche du Cercle Lab Vivant vise à proposer une alternative aux modalités d’interactions entre les personnes afin de renforcer l’engagement du public du Cercle. Dans cette optique, le Cercle Lab Vivant souhaite mettre en oeuvre un dispositif pour l’interaction collective non-verbale. Les étudiants travailleront à l’élaboration d’un prototype intégrant ces nouvelles modalités […]

When disasters strike, young people are often portrayed as victims with little to contribute to their recovery. This can lead to the absence of critical youth concerns in key decision-making processes despite growing evidence that strengthened community engagement and voice generates social, economic, and environmental benefits in short and long term recovery. The proposed research […]

In the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, a lot can be learned from young people who experienced the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire disaster. Knowing and hearing their concerns will be critical for shaping how they and their communities recover and build a more resilient future. This means ensuring that youth have support to explore and […]

In northern Manitoba successful community based programs are recognized for being culturally sensitive and participatory. However, not much work has been done to explore the affectivity of culturally sensitive evaluation. This project will look at the evaluation of a community based food program called Ithinto Mechisowin Program (IMP) (food from the land) at the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin […]

Can social media be used to make valid claims about public opinion? Skews in the usership of platforms such as Twitter and Facebook mean that the opinions of social media users usually do not reflect those of the population as whole. This project aims to develop a technique that corrects for the bias in social […]

Diagnosing and managing concussions have become an increasing priority in sports medicine. The King-Devick test is a screening assessment of neurological functioning detecting impaired eye movements and saccades. During the 2016 Canadian Football League (CFL) season, all players will undergo pre-season (baseline) and post-injury testing with the King-Devick test in addition to the CFL’s standardized […]

Public and private owners and stakeholders view Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a technology to assist in project delivery and to support the use of information integration for project design, construction and facility management. Owners will demand the use of evidence-focused BIM technology to eliminate inefficiencies, misinterpretations and unjustified over-budget and over-time project delivery that […]

Canadian Sport Policy states a desire to provide sport programs that are accessible and reflect the full diversity of Canadian society. However a recent evaluation of 61 sport organizations in British Columbia revealed that most organizations are ill-equipped to serve people with disabilities wishing to partake in their leisure and sport programs (with some individuals […]

Over the past three decades, there have been drastic declines in voter turnout and traditional political participation across North America, particularly among younger demographics. As young people increasingly move away from institutionally-driven practices, political participation is no longer only defined by voting in elections, volunteering with civic associations and town hall meetings but increasingly manifests […]