Like many non-profit organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the delivery of Career Trek programs. My project will focus on the delivery of a safe summer program to engage Manitoban youths through lessons and activities about various career paths and education options. I will be responsible to help organize, implement, and broaden the virtual component […]

Ricochet étant un média entièrement numérique et relativement jeune, je pourrai y joindre plusieurs de mes compétences pour en faire bénéficier le média dans le cadre de mon stage. Le site de Ricochet étant conçu pour mettre en valeur plusieurs types de contenus, je pourrai y faire des photos reportages, pour lesquels je suis qualifiée […]

Many ethnic minorities in the southern mountainous region of Yunnan Province, China are being increasingly marginalized by ill-informed policies implemented by lowland-based, ethnic-majority officials, aiming to intensify socio-economic integration, promote agricultural intensification, and promote cash cropping, and restrict natural resource access. In the Yunnan borderlands and the site for my intended study, many sizeable extractive […]

Local governments face many challenges when engaging the public in community planning—COVID-19 has forced almost all engagement to online platforms, it can be hard to reach a diversity of community members, and those who are engaged may feel engagement or ‘Zoom’ fatigue. With these challenges in mind, how can local governments facilitate meaningful civic engagement? […]

The focus of the NEEDS SWIS program is to provide services and supports for newcomer children and youth just arriving in Winnipeg between the first 12-18 months of the arrival. This program is a way of helping these children, youths, and their respective families to integrate into their new community. One-on-one mentorship activities are provided […]

In Canada over 35 million metric tonnes of food is wasted and lost, which costs an estimated C$49.5 billion annually. Food loss and waste has negative consequences for environmental sustainability, the economy, and social welfare. Most research on this issue focuses on solutions that target retail and consumer waste reduction such as redistribution of ‘ugly’ […]

This research will use a test site to define best practices for siting, management, planning, and construction of Tiny Homes for the homeless, through a comprehensive review of existing precedents. In order to do this, the research responds to four questions about ‘Tiny Home’ communities for people experiencing homelessness. 1) Where should these communities be […]

This project provides an opportunity for the student( myself) to develop casework skills by providing client-centred supports to newcomers including completing needs assessments and connecting them to appropriate services. By the end of the project, I will be expected to develop and facilitate workshop series for the community. The objective of the project aligns with […]

The main priority in our research is telling the stories of the youth in the area and translating these lived experiences on paper and collaborating together to present their own narratives. Through a series of interviews documenting our participants lived realities we will attempt to identify the impediments to their access to digital and internet […]

Through the use of a community-based social marketing strategy that focuses on perceived benefits and barriers to urban cycling for transportation, the research project will serve to expand the services and usage of BikeChain: the University of Toronto’s not for profit bicycle repair shop. The work will increase the reach of BikeChain’s services within the […]

My research question is, “What business models can successfully implement clean-cooking technologies in Tanzania?”. As we move towards the clean economy, it is imperative that all three pillars of sustainability are considered – the environment, the economy, and society. Studying the business models that will ensue clean-cooking technologies to have long-lasting impact in rural communities […]

Mené en partenariat avec le Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie (CCE), le projet vise à évaluer les pratiques d’inclusivité, d’accessibilité et d’équité de quelque 65 organismes culturels, en vue de formuler des recommandations stratégiques pour les améliorer. Dans le contexte québécois de démocratisation de la culture, l’optimisation de ces pratiques est nécessaire, d’une part, […]