L2M – Nature Home: Innovations at the Intersection of Housing, Sustainability, and Food Access

The proposed project aims to address housing affordability and sustainability challenges in Calgary by integrating greenhouses with residential spaces. This innovative approach seeks to create energy-efficient homes that also support year-round, culturally sensitive food production. The project will tackle regulatory, technical, and social barriers through participatory design, technical simulations, and engagement with stakeholders such as […]

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Bien vieillir chez soi

L’accès à du répit pour les personnes proches aidantes (PPA) est difficile puisqu’elles font face à diverses problématiques (liste d’attente, horaire peu flexible, distance géographique, etc.). L’organisation Entraidant veut offrir un service de répit atypique (qui n’a pas lieu sur une base régulière, en semaine) aux PPA à l’aide d’une plateforme informatique qui facilitera le […]

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Science4LawWP3

Le projet de recherche porte sur l’usage des arguments scientifiques pour consolider, orienter ou faire autorité dans le droit international de l’agro-biodiversité (principalement le Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture – TIRPAA) dans le contexte de la dématérialisation des ressources génétiques. Tandis que plusieurs instruments internationaux régissent l’Accès et le Partage […]

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Connecting to Wksitqamu: Land Based Learning in Unama’ki

Canada has committed to supporting and expanding Indigenous led conservation as a strategy to work towards nation-to-nation reconciliation and meet international biodiversity goals, including conserving thirty percent of Canada’s land and water by the year 2030. Indigenous led conservation upholds and respects Indigenous knowledge systems, laws, governance, rights, and responsibilities. This Mitacs project will support […]

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Virtual Hazard Perception: Distinguishing Novice Drivers by Experience in a VR Training Environment

The proposed research explores how a virtual reality (VR) driving simulation can assess drivers’ ability to perceive hazards and how accurately it reflects their real-world driving experience. Participants from UBC will engage in a lab-based VR simulation where they will navigate various driving scenarios with the goal of identifying potential road hazards. Their performance will […]

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Towards Accelerating the Social Tipping Points in Sustainable Behaviors: A Behavioral Segmentation of the Quebecer Population

The societal ecological transition required to address climate change must occur rapidly, to save as much as we can of the planet’s ecosystem. To do that, long-term moralization processes need to be complemented with short-term behavioral change interventions. A key component of successful behavioral change, whether in the short or long run, is understanding the […]

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Création d’un modèle d’encodage XML-TEI pour les registres de comité de la Comédie-Française (1677-1919)

Ce projet de recherche a pour objectif de créer une édition numérique des registres de comités de la Comédie-Française. Ces registres témoignent de la vie quotidienne de la troupe de théâtre, et sont actuellement conservés à la bibliothèque-musée de la Comédie-Française. Grâce au travail des étudiants et étudiantes de master sous la direction de Florence […]

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Ethnographic researcher – AI industry in Québec

Le projet Art-IA, mené par la Société des Arts et Technologies (SAT), MUTEK, Sporobole et le Metacreation Lab, explore les imaginaires liés à l’intelligence artificielle (IA) dans la création numérique. L’objectif est de créer une plateforme d’échange entre différents projets artistiques numériques pour répondre aux besoins des créateurs et ouvrir de nouvelles pistes de recherche […]

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Employment Impacts of Mining in Northern Saskatchewan

This research estimates the employment impacts of a new mine proposed for northern Saskatchewan. We estimate the direct, indirect, and induced employment effects of the proposed mine. Using publically available data, the research shows how a direct investment in a mine creates jobs all along its supply chain. This indirect employment is expected to be […]

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Réappropriation par l’art : L’investissement des espaces urbains de Baie-Comeau par les jeunes Autochtones.

Ce projet, réalisé en partenariat avec le Centre d’amitié autochtone de Baie-Comeau (CAAM), vise à permettre à de jeunes autochtones de s’exprimer à travers des activités artistiques et de se réapproprier les espaces urbains de Baie-Comeau. Par le biais d’ateliers artistiques et d’une exposition, les jeunes pourront partager leurs expériences et leurs histoires, renforçant ainsi […]

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Built Stories: a Web-based and Mobile Information System for Community Led Heritage Asset Inventory and the Preservation of History, Culture and Built Heritage

The overarching aim of the study, of which the proposed MITACS funded work is part, is to determine if heritage designation impacts properties and to better understand some people’s support and other peoples resistance to designation. One aspect in particular concerns a building’s time-on-the-market (TOM). Although there have been studies on designation, there is a […]

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Exploring a century of change through repeat photography on the Alsek River

Historical survey images of mountains, glaciers, vegetation, and river features captured during the 1906 Alaska Border Survey will be repeated on the Alsek River by PhD student Christopher Rhodes. The sites of the original images will be accessed by river rafting during expeditions with Canadian River Expeditions down the Alsek River. The goal is to […]

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