Schools and educators are often asked to implement programs shown to be effective in reducing a number of mental health, and societal ills like bullying and peer victimization. While they often seen as the ideal contexts for reaching many children at the same time, the capacity of schools and educators to respond to the increasing […]

This qualitative study will focus on First Nations fisheries use and management within the community of West Moberly First Nations, Moberly Lake, BC. This research will be looking at whether industrial development has impacted freshwater fishery health in the area and the resulting social and economic consequences of development on the First Nations fishery users. […]

The trees and plants – also called urban forest – in our cities help to absorb and evaporate rainwater. Since cities have a lot of surfaces that are impermeable, rainwater cannot infiltrate the soil and has to be moved away through pipe systems, carrying the pollution it collects on the surface. The urban forest is […]

Depuis quelques années, on assiste à l’augmentation du nombre de femmes voulant devenir entrepreneure dans les pays industrialisés. Toutefois, des obstacles sont identifiés dans leur parcours entrepreneurial, notamment l’accès au capital, la performance de leur entreprise, le réseautage, la formation et les enjeux liés à la conciliation travail-famille, ce qui nuit à leur passage à […]

The intent of this internship is to examine the barriers and opportunities policies set for the private sector to invest in affordable housing that is attractive to young adults in St. Catharines, Ontario. The rational behind this research stems from the gap in academic literature on young adults and their experiences with affordable housing. Although […]

Behaviour change and the use of nudges are not new phenomenon within academia. However, the difficulty of measuring behaviour change hinders the development of a solid understanding of how behaviour change transpires. As such, the intern will use primary data to asses Thinkwell Shift and ENSC’s current and historical resource use reduction and hevaioural change […]

The overall purpose of the Community Partnership Network (CPN) of the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) is to develop the Capital Region’s capacity to more effectively attract, welcome and integrate newcomers into our community, workplaces, organizations and institutions. Through this research project, the CPN will develop a wellfounded and sustainable Local Immigrant Partnership (LIP) […]

The present study explores how concretely or abstractly individuals imagine objects and events in different situations, which we call “construal levels”. Previous theory proposes that we construct our environment more abstractly the more distant it is, for example when we think of eating food this morning, it might be concrete such as “eggs and toast”, […]

The intern will conduct user experience and visitor experience testing on a brand new augmented reality technology developed by AWE Company Ltd. and an augmented reality experience at Fort York in Toronto, Ontario, developed by Divani Films Inc. In cooperation with Ryerson University and the partner organization the intern will identify and develop solutions to […]

Le monastère des Ursulines de Trois-Rivières rassemble des bâtiments construits depuis le XVIIe siècle. D’ici à 2020 ce patrimoine historique, des plus importants à Trois-Rivières, fera l’objet de travaux pour assurer sa pérennité et accueillir de nouveaux occupants. Que faut-il conserver? Que faut-il réparer et comment le faire? Qu’est-ce qui pourrait changer pour mieux s’adapter […]

China has experienced a rapid process of urban growth and its housing market has expanded greatly in the past 30 years. It is evident that urban housing consumption and overall housing quality have been elevated significantly in China. Yet, the improvement in housing provision is clearly not shared equally among all residents in Chinese cities. […]

Des differences importantes ont ete revelees dans la facon dont les Occidentaux et les Asiatiques traitent leur environnement visuel. Des etudes suggerent que les Asiatiques integrent davantage l’information situee en vision peripherique, que les Occidentaux. Ces observations suggerent que differents types d’information visuelle sont utilises par ces deux cultures afin de se representer leur environnement. […]