Au XVIe siècle, Lyon est le deuxième centre d’imprimerie le plus important au royaume de France, après Paris. La base de données électroniques « Lyon 15-16 », qui contient la description bibliographique de quelque 20 000 éditions imprimées, témoigne de cette richesse. Parmi ces imprimés figurent les « caquets ». Il s’agit de courts textes […]

In an era of declining public spending, cities across Canada are in the grips of an affordable housing (and corresponding homelessness) crisis. Last year, in Ottawa, nearly 7,000 people stayed in an emergency shelter and more than 10,000 households were on a waitlist for affordable housing in Ottawa. Through targeted policy research and semi-structured key […]

This project is comparing two systems of petroleum management between a province and its federal government by looking at two case studies: Alberta and Canada on the one hand, and Kurdistan and Iraq on the other. Alberta’s oil reserves are ranked third in the world and Iraq is the second largest crude oil producer in […]

As it is accepted in both international organizations and nation states, housing for the urban poor is an urgent issue which cannot be left exclusively to market mechanisms. It is accepted that nation states have primary duties towards providing affordable houses for the lower income groups. This project reveals the changing role and structure of […]

Cities emit approximately 70% of the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change. It is therefore important to study how urban energy infrastructures can be transformed to lower carbon emissions. But this transformation is not simple for two reasons: (1) it involved variousactors with conflicting interests and visions on what the energy transition should be, […]

La prise de conscience des enjeux environnementaux dans les années 1970, puis des enjeux sociaux engendrés notamment par la multinationalisation, a imposé la notion de développement durable (DD) sur l’agenda des politiques publiques, puis des stratégies d’entreprise. Des formations techniques ou managériales, de nombreux guides, codes, business cases, des normes nationales ou internationales, etc., ont […]

Au stade du babillage (6-12 mois), il existe des liens anatomiques, cérébraux et moteurs entre les activités de parole et de nutrition. La mandibule en particulier, joue un rôle prépondérant dans l’évolution du potentiel articulatoire du bébé et est donc impliquée dans le développement de l’oralité alimentaire et verbale. Les 3 objectifs principaux de ce […]

The Energy Futures Lab (EFL)9 is a multi-year, multi-stakeholder dialogue and public engagement process designed to answer the question “How can Alberta’s leadership position in today’s energy system serve as a platform for the transition to the energy system that the future requires of us?” The aim of this research project is to investigate the […]

The project – Strategic Asset Allocation from a Canadian Investment Perspective – will focus on the efficient allocation design for a Canadian investor. This will be achieved throughforecasting of long-term (5-10 years) expected returns of Canadian fixed income and equities, as well as US and global equities. The forecasts mostly rely on economic/fundamental analysis such […]

Considering the research gap that there lack quantitative models and advanced techniques to solve the land spatial allocation problem in China’s county-level, my PhD project aims at developing spatial optimization models to assist land spatial allocation that reconciles the market value, social value and ecological value of land, land utilization zoning and boundary setting in […]

The research will examine the way in which marginalized communities are able to negotiate access to essential conditions of life such as water and housing. Infrastructure development and consumption patterns have failed to adapt to rapid economic growth and urban expansion. This has created an inequitable rift between social groups, with marginalized groups such as […]

Cette recherche contribue à l’avancement des connaissances théoriques et pratiques sur les profils de personnalités, les processus des équipes de direction ainsi que sur l’efficacité et la performance des équipes de direction. Pour ce faire, le Système d’évaluation Pathfinder sera utilisé dans le but d’extraire les profils comportementaux des membres d’une équipe de direction. Le […]