Ce travail vise à comprendre l’impact de certains symptômes appelés « neuropsychiatriques », comme la dépression ou l’apathie, sur le cerveau. Dans de nombreux cas de diagnostics, il semble que la dépression, l’anxiété ou l’apathie apparaissent plusieurs années avant les difficultés cognitives comme les troubles de la mémoire. C’est pourquoi nous nous intéressons à la […]

The Congo Basin loses approximately 1 million hectares of forest per year as a result of human disturbance and climate change impacts. This forest loss leads to large scale changes in land cover patterns. The rate of these changes is expected to double in the future, as human population grows, and with increased global warming. […]

An inclusive economy aims to provide all members of society with the opportunity to contribute to and benefit from a community’s economic activities and systems. Calgary Economic Development acknowledges that helping all Calgarians achieve their personal potentials is imperative to leveraging Calgary’s rich diversity to bring innovation and creativity into our industries and businesses. However, […]

The project is a program evaluation of the mobile application OISEAU: Agents of Nature, designed by the non-profit organization Morning Star Enterprises. Morning Star has developed individual OISEAU applications for six Calgary Parks locations and the launch is the summer 2013.The application is designed to increase children’s exposure and connection with nature, as well as […]

The proposed research aims to provide a comprehensive explanation of the residents’ perceptions of roles and responsibilities of their local municipalities involved in community recycling in North America. It also will investigate the effect of the modern digital communication solution to the residents’ recycling engagement and education of proper household waste sorting, and examine whether […]

Working in partnership, interdisciplinary professionals and the Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) Association of Ontario (WeRPN) aim to understand what contributes to and detracts from personal, professional and institutional resiliency for RPNs during COVID-19. This is a rare opportunity to learn from front-line workers directly during historical social periods, such as COVID-19, and even less often […]

Movement of sediment through landslide activities dominates sediment transport in headwater channels, and exerts a strong control on downstream channel morphology and aquatic habitat. Landslide and debris flow activity in headwater channels is controlled in part by the intensity of precipitation events. At Russell Creek Experimental Watershed on northern Vancouver Island, high resolution, remotely sensed […]

En se positionnant dans un contexte d’économie numérique, nous nous attachons au travers de ce projet de recherche à étudier le processus d’internationalisation des entreprises créées et dirigées par des femmes. En effet, nous nous apprêtons à identifier les spécificités de l’entrepreneuriat international féminin dans le domaine du numérique et de la digitalisation, à s’interroger […]

La responsabilisation des conjoints ayant des comportements violents (CCV) compte parmi les principes-clés des actions visant à contrer la violence conjugale. À notre connaissance, peu d’études y ont pourtant été consacrées et l’identification des meilleures pratiques de responsabilisation reste un objet de réflexion. Le réseau à cœur d’homme, qui regroupe 31 organismes québécois qui offrent […]

Un projet d’expansion portuaire soulève plusieurs enjeux, notamment au regard de l’atténuation des impacts négatifs qu’auront les activités de camionnage pour la construction du nouveau terminal. L’enjeu de la fluidité aux points de contrôle (guérites d’accès au port) du transport routier entrant et sortant est ciblé dans ce projet. Les deux guérites existantes sont sujettes […]

The proposed research project to be undertaken by the intern is concerning the use of preventative measures to combat youth homelessness and trafficking in Toronto through Covenant House Toronto. Youth homelessness and trafficking are on the rise and researching how prevention for this vulnerable population can be utilized has the potential to significantly reduce rates […]

Four research interns will be supported by four arts funders, five universities and four arts and culture organizations, which will come together under the leadership of Mass Culture to see how the arts and culture sector impacts society today. Together, we will look at ways to strengthen community ties and foster shared social values through […]