The surge of radical right wing movements is one of the defining characteristics of this political moment, and it has the potential for the most grave repercussions. To date, little critical research about the ideational foundations of modern far right movements and the danger they pose has been effectively mobilized to the public. Our project […]

By developing a strategy and committee structure to assist businesses in Ottawa embrace diversity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace will be addressed and our neighbourhoods, workplaces, and schools will see the collective benefits of embracing diversity.

The City of Kamloops has volunteered to become a living laboratory for the study of community-engaged research and participatory practices in small city urban planning. The three-year Researcher-in-Residence (RiR) Initiative, supported jointly by Thompson Rivers University and the City of Kamloops, affords the City the opportunity to deploy enhanced research resources , with the aim […]

The Métis Nation of BC, (MNBC) has been challenged with a sense of division among staff, governance and citizenship. As a result, programming is missing a strategic framework while ministries and chartered communities operate as independent silos. There is a clear and collective desire to rejuvenate Métis culture but without first acknowledging current state and […]

The purpose of this project is to assist a community non-profit organisation to build a comprehensive plan to evaluate its poverty reduction initiatives and activities. The agency partners with other non-profit agencies as well as with government partners, other stakeholders, and persons with lived/living experience. The purpose of the project is also to develop a […]

Health services delivered over the internet, often referred to as telehealth services, are becoming an increasingly important way of providing healthcare. This has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessary shift to online service delivery for many organizations that followed. Although there is some evidence that telehealth delivered mental health services are as […]

Globalement, nous visons à analyser les trajectoires (ou parcours de vie) des personnes sans-abri (actuelles et logées) pour décerner les facteurs individuels, contextuels, liés aux pratiques des acteurs des politiques sociales et sociétales qui favorisent le maintien dans une forme de logement stabilisée (habitat) et le renforcement de liens sociaux et d’activités pour contrer la […]

SmartBody, SmartMind (SBSM) is a 12-week online intervention combining elements of movement, mindfulness, education, and psychologically-informed coping strategies. SBSM’s philosophy is that there are physical, emotional, and psychological dimensions to all disorders. Accordingly, SBSM offers a variety of therapeutic techniques through a variety of modalities, so that each individual may tailor their own healing. While […]

On estime que les troubles d’apprentissage spécifiques (TAS) touchent entre 5 et 15% des élèves (APA, 2013). Pour les enseignants et les orthopédagogues, un des défis qui se pose dans l’intervention auprès de ces élèves est celui de l’utilisation des données pertinentes de la recherche. On ne dispose actuellement pas d’outil permettrait de dresser un […]

Project Overview. The COVID Sports Solutions project links Vancouver based Econic with an Emily Carr Universtiy MDes graduate student to support research and development of patent pending mask and droplet guard products targeted for use in sport. Work planned for this project include: review of existing designs; exploratory market research; SWOT analysis; iterative design development; […]

South Korea has relatively high rates of suicide, making suicide a contemporary social issue that merits study. Korea has a long history of colonial violence, as well as decades of rapid modernization and social change. I believe the concept of suicide, and broader concepts of health for that matter, should be mapped throughout Korea’s unfortunate […]

As the perceived threat from HIV has declined over the decades, many AIDS service organizations have closed. Solidarity around HIV has lessened within queer communities. However, HIV rates and HIV stigma remain high. There is a need to rebuild solidarity in the HIV response. As part of the “HIV in My Day” project, this research […]