This project will document the experiences of Black planning professionals and promote discussions to explore and address anti-Black and systemic racism within the field of planning, a field tasked with building cities in the public interest. It aims to create inclusion and support in the field of urban and regional planning by amplifying the voices […]

In 2020, the world was plunged into an economic crisis. Measures that have been necessary to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic have shuttered businesses and put people out of work. Governments in many countries are responding with direct payments to individuals and other measures to alleviate suffering. They are also engaging in broader economic stimulus. […]

Polygon Recherche Inc. est en cours d’élaboration d’une nouvelle solution pour faciliter la réalisation de cartes conceptuelles en ligne. Un enjeu important pour la mise en marché de ce type de solution concerne l’efficacité et la transparence des algorithmes utilisés. L’objectif de ce projet est d’évaluer la validité et la stabilité de différentes méthodes d’analyses […]

The research proposes to gauge into the lives of the transgender persons in Canada, primarily in one province and applying the law and principles of victimization assess their present situation. In an endeavor to analyze the legal lacunae, the governmental ignorance and inefficient welfare mechanisms, the research expects to conduct an empirical research to be […]

Since its inception, the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) Scholarship Fund has awarded close to $5 million in scholarships to over 1,000 Black Canadian youth pursuing post-secondary education. The scholarship program is dedicated to supporting and promoting the academic excellence of Black youth, and redressing their low post-secondary educational attainment. Yet, little is known […]

The Blantyre Prevention Strategy is a five-year project that seeks to address HIV prevention in Blantyre, Malawi. As part of the project, a Prevention Adaptive Learning Management System has been produced. The purpose of the PALMS is to act as a benchmarking tool to monitor and evaluate BPS on an ongoing basis, showing the progress […]

Although the education level of immigrants arriving in Canada has been steadily increasing, finding appropriate employment has remained a constant challenge for many newcomers. In an effort to improve some of the barriers that immigrants face, immigrant service organizations (ISOs) have started providing pre-arrival services for immigrants before they set foot in Canada. Pre-arrival services […]

The term “cognitive trance” has been proposed to define a voluntary, self-induced modified state of consciousness that is abstracted from any ritual or cultural expression. A decrease in the perception of pain and an increase in the feeling of happiness have been reported during trance. The aim of this project is to better understand how […]

Ce projet vise à approfondir la recherche et les connaissances sur la vie de Félix Leclerc à l’Île d’Orléans, une période peu documentée de son parcours professionnel et de sa vie tout court. On a beaucoup étudié et écrit sur Félix Leclerc et sur son œuvre à titre de poète, de romancier, de compositeur et […]

This project learns from the experience of participants in an eight-week Mind-Body Medicine program (MBM). Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) teaches people how to help themselves by uncovering and engaging their inner resources and building resilience, broadly understood. The eight-week MBM program will be delivered through the Iris Centre for Mindfulness, Peace and Healing in Fredericton. The […]

The goal of our project titled Investing in Recovery: Strengthening Employer and Policy Roles in Labour Market Integration of Canada’s Immigrant Women in STEM will be to produce new research rooted in a power analysis around the specific challenges that Canada’s immigrant women in STEM face, including the perspective of STEM employers on the opportunity […]

De nombreux conflits sont aujourd’hui envisagés sous l’aspect identitaire. Ainsi, chiite contre sunnite, Européen ou Occidental contre immigré, Baltiques européens contre Baltiques russes, etc. Pourtant, les littératures sur la sécurité d’une part et sur l’identité d’autre part se parlent très peu. L’objectif du présent projet est dès lors de faire dialoguer ces littératures afin de […]