The research project will look at how EndPoverty Edmonton has engaged with the diverse Indigenous population that lives in Edmonton on their interests and perspectives on eliminating poverty. Indigenous peoples and communities continue to experience social and economic inequality as compared to other Canadians. Their social and economic inequality can be linked to the impacts […]

This research has two main foci: (1) resilience and resilience intervention and (2) workplace dignity. The first main focus of this project is to evaluate Air Institute’s current evidence-informed Pathway to Resilience program, specifically their effectiveness in impacting the key resilience factors targeted in each workshop. This research will also examine data in order to […]

Depuis 2014, au Brésil, les peuples autochtones élaborent des protocoles de consultation et de consentement pour les projets d’extraction et de développement qui seront réalisés sur leur territoire. Ces protocoles peuvent être fondés sur leurs traditions juridiques et leur interprétation des droits des peuples autochtones reconnues par le droit national et international. Ce projet de […]

Depuis quelques années, de plus en plus de petites ou moyennes entreprises intègrent le marketing de contenu dans leurs stratégies sur les réseaux sociaux. Ce marketing consiste «?à créer et à distribuer du contenu pertinent et précieux afin d’attirer, d’acquérir et d’engager un public cible clairement défini et bien compris, dans le but de générer […]

Que signifie être certain lorsque les conditions d’une parfaite démonstration ne sont pas réunies? Commet-on un abus de langage lorsque nous prétendons obtenir des certitudes en dehors du domaine des mathématiques? Cette question, d’intérêt crucial pour les sciences humaines, a reçu un traitement important au 17e siècle, où émerge une tendance à remettre en question […]

A l’aide d’une recherche psychoacoustique préliminaire afin de caractériser subjectivement l’acouphène, l’idée est de créer une bande son centré sur la fréquence de l’acouphène et d’y ajouter des gaps. Cette bande son est alors administrée au patient acouphénique et un patient témoin. Le but est le suivant, au travers d’observation électroencephalographique, nous observons si les […]

Water Rangers uses citizen science to acquire baseline data for water bodies across Canada by giving and selling testkits to volunteers across Canada. This project will explore who is most likely to take part in water testing, what engagement strategies reduce dropout rates, and how testing water increase environmental concern by changing values and people’s […]

Panjiao ??, or “doctrinal classification” is a practice unique to Chinese Buddhism that was established during the early period when Buddhism spread to China. Panjiao allows a Buddhist school to envision its place (usually at the supreme position) in the overall Buddhist tradition. Panjiao represents the broadest look of a philosopher vis-à-vis the entire doctrinal […]

Many of St.Amant’s services are shifting to provide the most inclusive, supportive, community-based services with the intention of enhancing health, accessing to healthcare, and improving the quality of life of persons supported and that of their families and caregivers. As part of its vision statement, St.Amant is supporting a number of persons with intellectual and […]

This research aims to address to knowledge gaps in complex multi-stakeholder planning contexts. First, it involves better understanding engagement methods and value elicitation techniques with the purpose of decision making in multiple urban/rural planning contexts. Second, it will research and develop a participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework to be applied in a First Nations […]

Early childhood (up to age 5 years) is an important and vulnerable period of development. Cognitive and socio-emotional skills during this period are strong predictors of later life outcomes such as employment status, mental health, and overall well-being. Children are particularly sensitive to external factors in this period, and it is therefore important to understand […]

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, while coastal ‘Special Economic Zones’ and ‘Open Cities’ flourished in eastern China, western regions still languished in relative poverty. To bridge this gap, Chinese authorities launched an ambitious development campaign in 2000: the “Western Development Program”, aimed at bringing domestic and foreign investment, expertise and capital into the vastness of […]