Universities transnationally have tried to minimize reports by female students of sexual abuse on campus. In 2014, the Canadian media uncovered a Facebook group formed by students of the Dalhousie University where sexist content was regularly posted. A report on the case argued that: the situation was not unique to the university, the faculty’s culture […]

The focus of this project is to explore how livelihoods are affected when changes in ecosystem services within the Miyun watershed occur. Rural households depend on ecosystem services that the landscape provides for their livelihoods. If the availability of these resources were to change, a person’s livelihood may become more vulnerable. Determining possible ecosystem service […]

Brain computer interfaces (BCI) allow for persons with severe motor impairment to communicate with the outside world. These systems work by either providing some stimulus (in the form of sound, touch or visual cues) or asking the user to imagine a certain motion. By analyzing the resulting brain activity using superficial electrodes on the scalp, […]

Jogo Do Bicho, also known as the Brazilian Animal Game (BAG), is an immensely popular illegal gambling game in Brazil. Indeed, BAG generates over 60% more in revenues than legal lotteries. This is a concern as the revenue from BAG is used to fund criminal activities. Further, draws for BAG occur more frequently than the […]

An “internationalized classroom” is a space wherein many of the tensions, possibilities and change factors inherent in the internationalization process are expressed in relationships between and among host students, international students, and instructors. The proposed research is part of a Canada/China comparative study on faculty attitudes towards the internationalized classroom. During Li Mao’s research trip […]

New species may arise when related animal populations diverge in their plumage and song mating signals and no longer respond to the signals of other populations. In many tropical birds, species limits are unclear because of a lack of studies on plumage, song, morphological, and genetic variation among closely-related populations. Even fewer studies investigate whether […]

My research traces how Brazilian artists first grappled with their relationship to modernism as they sought to break out of narratives imposed by the West, and later with a contentious history and culture formed under military regimes. I am analyzing the social and historical stakes around the term “los desaparecidos” as many people went missing […]

Almost half of the world’s population cooks with highly polluting stoves and household air pollution (HAP) is one of the leading environmental risks for global health. Current efforts to reduce HAP have focused on improved cook stove and/or fuel interventions. However, most previous stove interventions failed to achieve reductions in air pollution exposures due to […]

Catch-and-release has been promoted as a strategy to relieve pressure on fish populations, yet target species respond to the practice in different ways, and the same fish may respond differently to multiple captures. These nuances are critical in recreational fisheries targeting endangered species, particularly in areas where individuals are likely to experience multiple captures. Recent […]

De façon globale, cette étude s’inscrit dans les études relatives à l’urbanisme tactique et à l’urbanisme Do-it-youself. Ces mouvements, initiés par des citoyens, visent à modifier l’espace urbain à une échelle locale à l’aide de petites interventions ciblées. Alors que la croissance des initiatives s’inspirant de l’urbanisme tactique et de l’urbanisme Do-it-yourself est bien répertoriée […]

Ce projet de recherche étudie les conditions d’émergence, les objectifs et la réception populaire de l’initiative citoyenne Think Playgrounds. Ce groupe de la société civile construit des terrains de jeux pour enfants à partir de matériaux recyclés et les installe dans les espaces publics de la ville d’Hanoi au Vietnam. Par ce cas d’étude, les […]

Le système alimentaire traditionnel à la base du développement de Hanoï, la capitale du Vietnam, fait face à des pressions de la part du gouvernement local qui a pour objectif de moderniser le pays. Les avantages de ce système traditionnel, dont des marchés publics qui sont l’élément clé de ce système, sont beaucoup théorisés dans […]