This project explores how one congregate living environment in Edmonton Alberta supports their residents through the use of the material environment including designed spaces and objects created by architectural and interior designers. The web of person-environment relationships and interactions that is complicated, dynamic, messy, and riddled with shifting agency is unpacked revealing how humans depend […]

Building on my recent archival research, my Mitacs project explores the ways early 20th century discourses of betterment and progress, such as eugenics, in southern Ontario were unevenly entwined within rural domestic science educational institutions and connected to cultural histories and legacies of colonialism that diminished and disappeared young women who did not fit the […]

Building on my recent archival research, my Mitacs project explores the ways early 20th century discourses of betterment and progress, such as eugenics, in southern Ontario were unevenly entwined within rural domestic science educational institutions and connected to cultural histories and legacies of colonialism that diminished and disappeared young women who did not fit the […]

La stagiaire se propose d’explorer systematiquement I’offre de technologies langagieres au Canada et de mettre en parallele cette offre avec les roles des systemes d’information dans les organisations tels qu’ils sont presentes par Gurbaxani et Whang (1991). Megalexis, cabinet linguistique multiservice situe a Montreal, est bien place pour formuler des preoccupations et des questions relativement […]

The current project seeks to develop an understanding of the process of startup organization process by examining the individual, team, and contextual characteristics that will lead to the success of a startup organization. Despite the importance of each variable, most of the literature has focused on individual characteristics, ignoring the importance of the team as […]

Environmental education is essential for young Canadians, yet educators have few resources to meet this rising demand. Ontario EcoSchools is addressing this disconnect by providing an environmental certification program and environmental education resources for Ontario elementary and secondary schools. Ontario EcoSchools certification program motivates students, teachers and staff members to implement initiatives to reduce waste, […]

Social connections, especially satisfying romantic relationships, are vital for health and well-being. Yet, couples are spending increasingly more time apart, limiting opportunities for connection and intimacy. However, engaging in shared novel activities (i.e. self-expanding activities) can help couples connect and maintain their relationship over time. Indeed, couples who experience more self-expanding opportunities in relationships feel […]

Social connections, especially satisfying romantic relationships, are vital for health and well-being. Yet, couples are spending increasingly more time apart, limiting opportunities for connection and intimacy. However, engaging in shared novel activities (i.e. self-expanding activities) can help couples connect and maintain their relationship over time. Indeed, couples who experience more self-expanding opportunities in relationships feel […]

La recherche que je mène dans le cadre de mes études doctorales en études urbaines a pour objectif principal de comprendre et analyser les actions entreprises par les femmes résidentes de favelas de Rio de Janeiro pour contrecarrer la violence urbaine ou en diminuer les effets. Celle-ci porte spécifiquement sur les femmes, puisque, de par […]

Public libraries have the potential to support communities in mitigating the challenges and capitalizing on the opportunities associated with population aging. In order to support public libraries in meeting the needs of Canada and Australia’s older adult population, this qualitative comparative study will investigate best practices and barriers to participation with regard to older adult […]

Natalie’s Mitacs Globalink research program contributes to a climate change challenge prioritized by two UN organizations: (1) the UN World Tourism Organization’s Tourism for Sustainable Development Goals and (2) UN COP24 Sports for Climate Action Framework. With it’s direct dependence on climate, the multi-billion dollar global ski industry is considered a climate change “canary in […]

This project aims to support the data collection of a mix-method study to be implemented by a team of 6 undergraduate students. The study investigates the epidemiology and the lived experience of sexually transmitted infections of socially vulnerable English, Spanish and French speakers, immigrants/refugees. It will be done by uncovering issues of sexual and reproductive […]