Le projet entrepris par l’étudiante s’inscrit dans le projet ANR-FRQ PAINTS. Ce dernier présente un premier volet qui se consacre au développement de nouveaux revêtements antifouling (AF) sans biocides efficaces répondant aux normes environnementales en vigueur en France et au Québec. Ce projet est réalisé en collaboration par des chercheurs en sciences naturelles de l’UQAR, […]

Goûter un produit du terroir suscite-t-il l’envie de visiter son lieu de production ? Le produit gastronomique consommé sur place, au restaurant ou lors d’un festival est-il meilleur ? La pandémie de Covid-19 a limité la possibilité de se déplacer, mais des campagnes promotionnelles ont soutenu l’achat local. Quelles valeurs a-t-on attribué à ces produits […]

Among the many significant effects of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), Vancouver General Hospital’s (VGH) Department of Psychiatry has observed the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of patients and providers. These circumstances have created unprecedented demand for decisive and rapid action to avert hospital admissions related to mental health, maximize efficiency within […]

This research project will use a participatory action approach to studying the impact of the ARTpreneurs Web App as an affordable, accessible, and relevant digital tool for educating young artists in Nova Scotia in the development of entrepreneurial thinking and the basic business skills they need to build businesses and careers on their existing creative […]

This study will assess the behaviour, physiology and reproduction of individual birds breeding on reclaimed mine tailings, and will provide a robust measure of the effectiveness of reclamation efforts on the Highland Valley Copper operating area. By examining a range of life-history traits in two ecologically distinct species, and comparing birds breeding on reclaimed mine […]

Communities throughout Canada’s North are turning to small-scale agriculture in hopes of solving food security issues, fostering economic growth and adapting to climate change. The City of Yellowknife has developed an Agriculture Strategy to build a resilient local food system. Through an emerging partnership between the City of Yellowknife and Wilfrid Laurier University, the Mitacs […]

The development and advancement of web mapping technologies is opening the doors to new mapping platforms that are accessible, interactive and engaging. In a conservation and resource co-management setting, there is a large potential for these web mapping platforms to be used to empower local communities by supporting local monitoring, planning and management decisions. However, […]

Selon l’organisation mondiale de la santé, les maladies non transmissibles (MNT) causent la mort de plus de 41 millions de personnes par an. Un régime de gouvernance mondial s’avère donc indispensable pour lutter contre les MNT. On pourra dès lors se fonder en partie sur l’OMS et ce , à cause de son rôle de […]

Nunavut’s Inuit organizers have identified conservation, including the establishment of parks and protected areas, as an important pillar of culturally appropriate and sustainable economic development in Northern Canada. This project responds to this goals of establishing a ‘conservation economy’ in Nunavut by examining the economic costs and benefits associated with Marine Protected Areas in Nunavut. […]

Achieving permanency for children and youth placed in out-of-home care enables them to form loving, consistent relationships, a sense of connectedness and belonging to their family and community, and a stable place that they call ‘home’. Permanency is critical to the well-being of placed children and youth now and in the future. This proposed study […]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of clinical trials are currently ongoing to evaluate the effectiveness of convalescent plasma derived from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19. As a licensed plasma collector for transfusible plasma and the National blood operator (outside Quebec), Canadian Blood Services has consequently taken on a unique role in several […]

Malgré une littérature importante sur le dopage, il n’existe toujours pas de base de données complète qui permet une harmonisation des facteurs de vulnérabilité des athlètes au dopage. Le projet de recherche proposé s’articule donc à construire cette base théorique sur les facteurs de vulnérabilité en les catégorisant afin de comprendre les motivations qui poussent […]