Pour booster la productivité agricole dans les pays développées comme en développement, nombreuses innovations technologiques agricoles (variétés améliorée des semences et leurs itinéraires techniques, pratiques agro-environnementales, matériels agricoles post-récolte, complémentation alimentaires pour le cheptel, entre autres) sont diffusées et adoptées. La littérature scientifique s’est intéressée à leur adoption. Parmi les déterminants d’adoption de ces innovations, […]

The intern in this study will review relevant literature and interview employees of a skateboard architecture and design company to better understand how the company can improve their data collection process. To date, skateboard architecture and design companies have mainly used number-driven methods to explore potential skateboard locations, these methods include statistical surveys, reports and […]

Community Sport Organizations (CSOs) exist to provide opportunities for sport participation for youth and adults in many countries around the world. These nonprofit, voluntary organizations face many challenges in an increasingly complex environment due to their diverse stakeholders, scarce resources, volunteer turnover among other issues (Allison, 2001; Hoye & Cuskelly, 2007). Interorganizational partnerships have been […]

This project will examine Virginia Gildersleeve’s role in the creation of the United Nations Charter at the 1945 San Francisco Conference. Gildersleeve was one of nine female delegates sent overall to the conference (out of 160) and the only woman on the American delegation. She significantly shaped the UN Charter and the foundation of the […]

Un grand nombre de variétés linguistiques disparaîtront probablement au cours des prochaines décennies. Leur documentation revêt une grande importance pour les communautés minoritaires, mais également pour la linguistique, car une théorie du langage ne devrait pas s’appuyer uniquement sur les langues majoritaires. Ce sujet reste problématique car il implique plusieurs acteurs, notamment les membres des […]

This research will help Tlicho youth engage with the teachings of ancestors through art practice—addressing the need for educational opportunities that revolve around northern Indigenous culture. In the first phase of this research the intern will gather information from Tlicho elders about what aspects of culture (such as oral stories) may be presented in the […]

Mortality bias is the concept that because non-survivors have passed away, they may be the frailest or most vulnerable members of a population. Thus, they may not accurately represent the biology of the whole population to which they belonged. However, these deceased individuals are precisely the ones examined by physical anthropologists working in both archaeological […]

Current approaches to food policy and governance have resulted in a range of social, environmental and economic problems, including inequity and food insecurity among Indigenous people. Projects in Canada and Australia have shown promising approaches to achieving more sustainable food systems, a central piece being constructing meaningful relationships between settler and Indigenous peoples. Building on […]

La thèse porte sur l’espace économique, social et urbain du marché aux chevaux de Paris aux 17e et 18e siècles. La problématique consiste à étudier ce marché en observant l’interaction entre les groupes sociaux qui l’investissent et les pouvoirs qui régulent ce marché essentiel de la capitale. La recherche sera orientée autour de quatre axes […]

Une des principales difficultés rencontrées aujourd’hui en matière d’accès au droit et à la justice réside dans l’incapacité des particuliers de bénéficier des services d’un professionnel alors qu’ils en auraient besoin. Alors que les compagnies et les institutions publiques occupent l’essentiel du temps des tribunaux, les citoyens sont de plus en plus nombreux à se […]

My doctoral project aims to fill a common and critical gap between Asian-Canadian literature and global Korean-diaspora studies by undertaking the necessary examination, translation, and preservation of Korean-Canadian literature. As part of this larger project, I propose to develop my understanding of modern Korean literature, including its development, forms, and socio-cultural politics, to shape a […]

Intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as spousal assault and domestic violence, is the most common form of violence experienced by women worldwide. Fortunately, IPV risk assessment tools, training, and practices have improved immensely over the last 20 years. One of the areas that can still be improved is training those using violence risk assessments […]