Research on university graduates’ University-to-Work transition (UWT) is sharply polarized between two discourses: the smooth transition narrative and the crisis narrative. Proponents of the smooth transition narrative such as universities are reporting high-rates of student satisfaction, skill transferability as well as early-career earnings consistent with those of 1970s and 1980s’s graduates. At the same, the […]

Our goal is to continue to provide the solution to the problems that elementary schools are facing across Ontario. To re-define the existing culture of recess by providing healthy role models, options and equipment and advocating for spaces more conducive to play. Our research team is currently the only one in Canada dedicated to research […]

Learning disabilities (LD) are a significant area of identified disability for children in North America and worldwide. We currently understand cognitive processing weaknesses to contribute to the developmental difficulties that children with LD face in learning and beyond. One of these areas of cognitive weakness, working memory, is an important target for intervention because it […]

This research will identify best practices for the design of renewable energy investment programs targeting the social housing sector. Involving mixed methods of research, including literature review, interjurisdictional scan, and strategic interviews with third party experts, the research will result in a set of actionable recommendations for provincial and federal governments, municipal social housing authorities, […]

Georgia Strait Alliance is seeking to undertake the creation of a framework and baseline analysis of indicators that reflect the current health and resilience of City of Vancouver’s waterfront over a broad cross-section of themes in order to further the objectives of their Waterfront Initiative (WI) project. Urban waterfronts globally are complex with multiple governing […]

Le nombre de personnes en emploi atteint d’une maladie chronique (problèmes musculosquelettiques, santé mentale, diabète, etc.) ne cesse d’augmenter au Canada. Les milieux de travail sont confrontés à cette réalité dont les effets certes perturbent les travailleurs, mais c’est aussi toute l’organisation du travail et la production qui en sont affectées. Ce projet a pour […]

La première expérience de jeu (les premières 60 à 90 minutes) est déterminante, car c’est durant cette période que le joueur décide s’il aime le jeu, s’il désire continuer à jouer, et s’il peut le maîtriser. Relativement à l’apprentissage du jeu, le jeu propose un tutoriel visant à habileté le joueur au regard des principales […]

This project aims to provide much needed evidence to service providers and program managers working in the field of early childhood development (ECD). Early childhood programs are required to provide evidence of tangible outcomes to validate the impacts of their programs. Organizations, though, do not always have the knowledge, resources, or capacity to support such […]

Les applications mobiles « santé » et les objets connectés (ex. bracelets, tensiomètre, glucomètres) sont en pleine croissance et deviennent de plus en plus utilisés par les consommateurs qui y trouvent une façon de gérer activement leur santé. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif de cette étude est de comprendre quels sont les facteurs qui motivent ou […]

The proposed research will attempt to help residents reduce energy use in apartment buildings. The intern will provide residents with energy use feedback that shows their building’s energy use compared to a neighboring building. Buildings that reduce energy use will receive encouragement to continue conserving. The intern will work with two partnering utilities companies, FortisBC […]

This research aims to contribute to improving business strategies to leverage the Manitoba Media Production Sector (MPS) position at the global level. The project structures itself on a synergetic partnership between On Screen Manitoba, a NFP industry association and the Geopolitical Economy Research Group from the University of Manitoba, directed by Radhika Desai and former […]

The goal of this project will be to develop a privacy policy and procedures manual for Cyanic Automation in order to help them understand the privacy laws that protect the personal information they collect while doing business. Canada has several pieces of privacy legislation that can be confusing to understand, so one of my goals […]