Prominent Canadian philanthropic foundations are instituting significant reforms in grantmaking policy and practice in order to meet the needs of socially and economically marginalized communities. However, the sector has largely ignored the social and economic issues faced by one growing subset of the population: senior citizens. This absence of aging as a lens through which […]

While there are national and provincial data assessing issues involving marginalization, racism and discrimination, smaller regions require local data to develop strategies that benefit them directly. The current project aims to develop an anti-racism strategy for the Cowichan Valley region by assessing the attitudes towards marginalized groups, specifically ethnic and racial minorities, and the experiences […]

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for loss allowances are changing, and financial institutions are proactively adapting existing methodologies and developing new ones to remain compliant. The main ingredient in the myriad of evaluations that banks are required to perform for compliance is risk assessment. The first goal of this research project is to review best […]

Travel Manitoba and media promoted the Pinawa Channel Float as a summer tourist destination in 2020 during COVID-19, resulting in more tourists visiting the area. One thousand tourists visited during the week, and up to two thousand during the weekends (Pinawa Proposal to Manitoba Infrastructure, 2020). This matched or doubled the resident population of this […]

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) To address local food system issues like loss of farmland, people without enough food, or climate change impacts, […]

Compared to previous generations, Canadian children today spend considerably less time playing freely outside and are much more likely to be driven to school on a daily basis. This trend can be explained by various issues, including parents’ concerns about strangers and traffic, and a lack of safe places for children to play and move […]

Les troubles musculosquelettiques (TMS) sont une préoccupation importante au Québec et diverses avenues de prévention sont mises de l’avant pour en diminuer leurs impacts : formation du personnel, conception d’aménagements et/ou d’équipements adaptés, ajustement des exigences de production, etc. Dernièrement, les exosquelettes semblent susciter l’engouement pour prévenir ces risques dans les milieux de travail. Cependant, […]

The research question at the centre of this project is, “how can culture planning integrate equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)?”. The project will focus on ethno-cultural dimensions of EDI in culture planning. The project aims to explore how different ethno-cultural communities are engaged in the culture planning process and how culture planning outcomes impact these […]

Ce projet Mitacs permet de compléter une plus grande recherche sur le cirque social, son développement et ses enjeux en temps de pandémie, et d’assurer la diffusion cette dernière aux publics à la fois universitaires en publiant un ouvrage de référence sur le sujet, et communautaires et institutionnels grâce à deux documents plus accessibles. Il […]

Notre projet de recherche porte sur une comparée et instructive de l’intégration régionale en Europe, en Afrique et en Amérique. Il s’agira en pratique de tirer partie des expériences heureuses et malheureuses de l’intégration en Europe, avec l’Union européenne, qui est l’expérience la plus aboutie et l’intégration en Amérique du nord avec l’ALENA, qui présente […]

This study aims to understand the ways in which Indigenous Housing can be improved in British Columbia, by identifying strategies to best support the Indigenous Housing providers. This research includes the exploration of the capacity needed at Indigenous housing organizations in order to satisfy the needs of urban and rural Indigenous Peoples as well as […]

En raison de la propagation mondiale de la COVID-19, le directeur général de l’OMS a décrété le 11 mars 2020 l’état de pandémie. Les populations scolaires, notamment universitaires, ont été les premières à être affectées par des fermetures d’établissement le 13 mars 2020. Des solutions d’urgence ont alors été mises en œuvre au sein des […]