This research project aims to evaluate whether members of minority groups or women face higher barriers to access credit in the small and medium-sized enterprises credit market. The intern will analyze loan-level data provided by the business partner to evaluate whether these biases are detectable in the portfolio of SME loans of the business partner. […]

Plusieurs municipalités dans la région de Québec visent l’innovation des pratiques pour construire des quartiers sécuritaires favorisant les saines habitudes de vie. Parallèlement, l’OSBL Vivre en Ville veut informer/sensibiliser les décideurs aux impacts de leurs décisions sur la qualité de vie citoyenne. L’objectif du projet proposé est d’intégrer l’Évaluation d’Impact sur la Santé (EIS) aux […]

Plusieurs municipalités dans la région de Québec visent l’innovation des pratiques pour construire des quartiers sécuritaires favorisant les saines habitudes de vie. Parallèlement, l’OSBL Vivre en Ville veut informer/sensibiliser les décideurs aux impacts de leurs décisions sur la qualité de vie citoyenne. L’objectif du projet proposé est d’intégrer l’Évaluation d’Impact sur la Santé (EIS) aux […]

The Neurotracker training requires participants to follow and identify holographic tennis balls moving randomly in a 3D environment. The company developing this training, CogniSens, inc. claims that it can improve sports performance by enhancing, among others, selective attention and working memory. This research project tests the efficacy of the NeuroTracker training to improve sports performance […]

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (2015) report calls for the integration of Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into educational curriculum. Critical to decolonizing education is reinserting people into relationships with the land as a mode of education, referred to as ‘land-based learning’. This proposed research project will establish best practices for the establishment of […]

I will continue my research on Chinese Buddhism at UBC, with a focus on Tang Buddhist Palace Chapels. The Tang Buddhist palace chapels which are special products of satisfying the royal family’s religious and political needs actually combine religious sanctification and political momentum in the virtue of sacred space, in order to meet the needs […]

The goal of the project is to evaluate and refine an app-based questionnaire that provides a multi-faceted assessment of the social dynamics and culture of teams and organizations. This partnership and multi-phase project with VictoryLab involves (a) systematically examining and refining their questionnaire items to ensure their app-based assessment tool provides valid and reliable insights […]

Obtaining reliable information is crucial for humanitarian workers who aim to respond to a catastrophic situation. In this context, there are many possible sources of information (e.g., local population; journalists; authorities), but only a limited time to gather data, analyze them and respond to the situation. Since 2010, a new way of gathering data has […]

The Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), in collaboration with the Obesity Canada [formerly known as the Canadian Obesity Network- Réseau canadien en obésité (CON-RCO)] developed a new public educational tool on healthy living called “Let’s talk about weight: No size fits all”. This educational resource targets Canadian adults who may be concerned about their weight […]

The vast majority of performance techniques, illusion aesthetics, and specialized apparatuses used by stage conjurors are still unknown and remain unexplored by the circus world. The tacit knowledge that magicians exchange amongst themselves is rarely transferred to members outside of their subculture, which leads to creative stagnation in their communities and beyond. The purpose of […]

Janro Imaging Laboratory (JIL) will work with researchers at Concordia and Emily Carr universities to develop 3D motion-tracking based interference tools for drawing and content creation in spatial drawing applications. As a basis for applied design research, researchers will use an alpha version of the “Optical Wand,” a product currently in developement at JIL for […]

North America is experiencing an unprecedented opioid overdose epidemic driven by the proliferation of fentanyl and fentanyl-adulterated drugs. Based at the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and in collaboration with the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), I will undertake an ethno-epidemiological study to evaluate the implementation, uptake, and effectiveness of a novel low-barrier […]