Dans un contexte de changement et d’évolution rapide des technologies, se pose la question de l’apprentissage tout au long de la vie et du développement des compétences numériques chez les jeunes en situation de vulnérabilité. C’est pourquoi les jeunes, filles et garçons, issus de la diversité (culturelle, économique, sociale, etc.), ont des défis à relever […]

IMAX is a Canadian-born invention that has had little scholarly investigation despite its continued commercial success. The importance of this research project stems from the lack of scholarly research about the beginnings of IMAX as a Canadian-born invention and its place within the history media technology. In celebration of IMAX’s 50th anniversary, The Public Access […]

L’objectif de cette recherche sera de faire une étude des traces littéraires mexicaines autochtones restant de la colonisation mexicaine afin d’éclairer cette difficile cohabitation sur le territoire américain et plus particulièrement d’établir, à partir de ces recherches, un comparatif avec le thème de l’hospitalité dans la littérature canadienne autochtone actuelle. Ces recherches seront à la […]

This research project as three main objectives: (1) to research and document Chuj, an underdocumented Indigenous Mayan language spoken in Guatemala and Mexico by approximately 45,000 speakers; (2) to conduct fieldwork in a Chuj speaking community in Mexico where I will learn more about Chuj language and culture; and (3) to meet with and learn […]

Numerous studies have shown the necessity of supportive close relationships in our lives, and how the presence of social support can greatly protect us against stress, depression, and also enhance our perceived quality of life. Furthermore, previous studies have suggested that – throughout evolutionary time – our need for close relationships has primarily developed the […]

I am a third-year PhD student in Sociology and Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto, and my research is a comparative study of post-Holocaust trials in France and Romania. My dissertation aims to illuminate the political contexts within which policymakers decide to pursue legal responses to atrocities. In order to complete my PhD research, […]

Le projet de recherche propose un sujet actuel et important pour la conciliation des droits fondamentaux de l’être humain à une défense pleine et entière, en rapport avec l’utilisation des éléments de preuve incriminants provenant des méthodes d’enquête policière faisant appel à des nouvelles technologies. La réalisation d’une cotutelle entre l’Université de Sherbrooke et l’Institut […]

The aim of The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) is to help combat the spread of HIV by supporting, conducting, and sharing the best research possible. This project will involve a novel analysis examining aspects of condom negotiation among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men (GBMSM). This work is needed because the […]

This research proposes a strategy to derive compensation for risks incurred from extractive development, particularly with regards to water security risks of communities in Baja California Sur where mining activity is taking place. I propose the application of negotiated agreements between industry and community as both a forum on which to discuss concerns associated with […]

Incorporating community members in participatory mapping enables local knowledge and community narratives to be captured and represented in spatial form. This participatory method is useful in community mapping of vulnerabilities and capacities in relation to disaster risk. Low-cost technologies, such as free mapping software and smart phone applications make it easier for community members to […]

The formal study of humor in education is commonly centred around its therapeutic impact or as educational tool to bring about positive learning outcomes. Rarely is humor understood as a lens through which people might learn. In this research, I advance the idea that humor has great pedagogic potential that people might use to create […]

Since reforms carried out in China in the 1990s, public intellectuals and academics have experienced an unprecedented amount of freedom with which to conduct research and examine the relationship between China’s past and present and its future. In recent years, however, changes in the political climate in China indicate this period of relative openness may […]