This project will compare representations of the colonization of Indigenous populations in Canada and Australia in picture books. The paper will explore how authors and illustrators express the complexity of colonization to child audiences. I intend to examine which textual and visual techniques most effectively and accurately communicate colonization and post-colonial stories to young readers, […]

How can we describe and value harvesting, processing and sharing (costs as well as benefits) country foods in economic, nutritional, environmental and socio-cultural terms? How can we compare the value of country food with food that comes from other provisioning systems (e.g. imported/market-based foods and local food production)? These are important questions for both communities […]

Three in five persons with dementia will wander. This statistic however was derived from the USA, and it is unknown as to how this number was generated and what it specifically entails. The collection of Canadian-based data involving missing persons with dementia in Canada is limited. Secours.io’s initiative of collecting missing persons data generated from […]

La cohabitation des bâtiments du quartier des spectacles et des technologies d’architecture mouvante de Réalisaitons.net produirait une expérience sans équivoque pour les usagers du Montréalais. La richesse créative et la multitude des objectifs (sociaux, artéritiques, etc.) visés engendrent toutefois des préoccupations au sein de la planification et la réalisation du projet. Notre mandat est donc […]

Prenant acte des limites des mécanismes actuels de soutien à l’agriculture dans les régions en voie de dévitalisation, notamment celles de l’Est-du-Québec, la recherche vise à contribuer à la définition d’un cadre d’intervention destiné à soutenir le redéploiement du domaine agricole dans ces milieux. La recherche poursuivra, en la bonifiant, l’orientation prise dans les travaux […]

Although the social, economic, and cultural importance of the arts is generally acknowledged, few studies have collected data on how community members (whether engaged in the arts or not) perceive the value of the arts within their community. This study examines public perceptions of the arts within Saskatchewan’s urban and rural communities. Using a mixed-methods […]

Les jeunes enfants qui éprouvent des difficultés à communiquer ont besoin de la présence d’adultes pour les aider à pratiquer différentes activités et à interagir efficacement avec les autres. Par contre, les intervenants en loisir ne sont pas suffisamment outillés pour réussir à soutenir ces enfants, qui ont des besoins particuliers. De ce fait, ces […]

Le projet-pilote de navette autonome (et électrique) de la ville de Candiac représente une opportunité intéressante pour étudier les effets de la présence d’une navette autonome sur le réseau routier. C’est précisément ce que nous proposons avec ce projet de recherche, qui compte trois objectifs : le premier vise à connaître les perceptions et pratiques […]

The aim of the thesis project is to explore the language behaviour and attitudes of Nahuatl communities in the face of language endangerment, and how they are contributing to the language maintenance and revitalization efforts. Nahuatl is one of 72 indigenous languages in Mexico with over one and half million speakers . The research project […]

The research seeks to develop an easy to use and program SDK in the Unity software framework for the design and integration of expressive haptic effects for a distributed series of worn haptic actuators. The project’s central objective is to develop a cross platform composition tool for designers that makes it easy to integrate haptic […]

The goals of the present project are to (a) identify how second language (L2) learners make use of reporting verbs (e.g., think, mention, argue, etc.) within the context of integrated (source-based) writing and (b) examine types and functions of personal pronouns (I, we, etc.) in their academic texts. The project will use corpus-based analysis to […]

The goal of this project is to strengthen the capacity of Canadian civil society organizations (CSOs) working around the world to combat gender inequality. The Mitacs post-doctoral candidate, working closely with the Canadian Council of International Co-operation, a coalition of over 80 CSOs in Canada, will examine how different feminist approaches are applied in international […]