L ’objectif principal de ma recherche est de mesurer comment les mutations du système océan influent sur la structuration de la gouvernance de la sécurité à l’échelle arctique. À ce titre, j’adopte une perspective panarctique et tous les pays qui peuvent prétendre à une souveraineté territoriale sur cet océan doivent être analysés. Ce stage de […]

This research arises from the need to find out how Canada’s expertise could improve science education in rural areas in the Philippines and in turn, how this collaboration could generate understandings that would also advance Canada’s public science education system. It is based on the deliberate use of technology and local knowledge frameworks. It will […]

The United Way of Greater Victoria (UWGV) is spearheading a collaborative community development project with the UVIC Office of Community-Based Research (OCBR) and BC Healthy Communities entitled Community Tables: Engaging Neighbors. Four Mitacs OCBR Interns (plus a fifth supporting intern) will work with 3 neighborhoods and on a broader Capital Region District level with citizens […]

Cross border political performance art and pedagogy are the focal point of my research—a topic more relevant and urgent than I could have anticipated with the Trump Administration’s proposed wall, immigration policies, and legislation which forcibly separates migrant families caught attempting to cross the Southern border as well as controversies surrounding Canada’s ‘Safe Third Country […]

This project will investigate the creation of an accessible digital platform that will serve as the basis for all future publications of PUBLIC as well as a model for similar organizations looking to make the transition from print to digital. Importnatly, this project centers dis/ability communities, methods, and methodologies. Not only will this research situate […]

In recent years, the Mediterranean Sea has become a visible site of exclusion characterized by the graphic imagery of boats filled with migrants en route to the European Union (EU). Often marked with tragedy and loss of life, these narratives are routinely accompanied by vivid depictions of rescues at sea being conducted by Frontex, the […]

My research concerns borders, refugees, and protracted transit situations at the periphery of Europe. Following four months of field work in the Western Balkans this summer, I propose to undertake a six-month foreign study period at Aix-Marseille Université under the supervision of Professor Pierre Sintès, an accomplished and renowned scholar, specializing in issues of international […]

The United Way of Greater Victoria (UWGV) is spearheading a collaborative community development project with the UVIC Office of Community-Based Research (OCBR) and BC Healthy Communities entitled Community Tables: Engaging Neighbors. Four Mitacs OCBR Interns (plus a fifth supporting intern) will work with 3 neighborhoods and on a broader Capital Region District level with citizens […]

Across Canada, many provinces and municipalities are struggling to address poverty in their communities. Communities are attempting to address poverty with poverty reduction strategies. With a lack of literature to support these attempts, it is difficult for communities to best address poverty and to best engage people experiencing poverty in their poverty reduction initiatives. Results […]

The United Way of Greater Victoria (UWGV) is spearheading a collaborative community development project with the UVIC Office of Community-Based Research (OCBR) and BC Healthy Communities entitled Community Tables: Engaging Neighbors. Four Mitacs OCBR Interns (plus a fifth supporting intern) will work with 3 neighborhoods and on a broader Capital Region District level with citizens […]

In his Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume proposed a new philosophical approach based on what he called “the science of human nature”. This science consisted in a kind of cartography aiming to establish the epistemological possibilities of the human mind considered on the base of its passionate and social dimensions. I argue that at […]

The Archaeology of Fashion Film project investigates the history of early fashion films (1900-1929) and their impact on contemporary fashion and visual culture. It brings together scholars from the fields of film history, fashion history and media studies to explore the influence of various forms of fashion imagery on the industry itself, and the complex […]