Improving Tennis Canada’s Sustainability Initiatives for the National Bank Open

The project aims to enhance the sustainability of the National Bank Open (NBO), a premier tennis tournament hosted by Tennis Canada. Tennis Canada, as a national non-profit entity, is dedicated to Canadian communities. To address the environmental concerns currently faced by our communities and throughout the world, Tennis Canada has set ambitious sustainability goals—specifically achieving […]

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That’s My Jam: Understanding the Value of Quick Game Prototyping

“That’s My Jam: Understanding the Value of Quick Game Prototyping” will study how emerging game developers use game jams as a springboard for their professional practice. Our primary research question is: what challenges do game jammers face when transforming prototype games into commercial products, ad-hoc groups into indie development teams, and compact jam timelines into […]

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Fostering collaborative concussion management via the Blue Card in Canadian community rugby

The Blue Card was designed to minimize the risk of multiple concussions and encourage a safe return to competition. The Blue Card requires the collaboration of multiple participant groups. However, poor relationships between participant groups can impact the initiative’s success. Concussion training interventions must consider the complex dynamics within sports to facilitate collaboration among participant […]

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Pre-design Roadmap for Highly Complex Urban Development with The Bentway Conservancy

This architectural and urban design proposal is a collaboration with The Bentway, to investigate the significance of place and civic identity at the intersection of radical accessibility and inclusion, social and environmental resilience, and dynamic multi-functional infrastructure to advance the Under Gardiner Public Realm Plan. The Bentway leads a creative movement to re-imagine the hybrid […]

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Growing Sustainable Tourism in Edmonton’s Chinatown

Edmonton’s Chinatown has long served as a vibrant cultural, social and commercial hub for generations of Asian immigrants and local residents. Yet it is characterized by a complex blend of social and economic challenges. This proposed project, “Growing a Sustainable Tourism in Edmonton’s Chinatown,” is designed to accelerate efforts to revitalize Edmonton’s Chinatown through planning […]

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Saskatchewan Roughriders Fan Community and Newcomers

This research seeks to explore the ways fans use shared ritual performances to accumulate and mobilize symbolic capital in ways that allow them to distinguish their own loyalty from those of other fans. The implications of these rituals on growing a fan base by adding new members from different backgrounds (specifically newcomers to Canada) will […]

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Vers un design social favorisant le bien commun et les pratiques sociales et durables: le cas de PME en design québécoises

Selon Design Montréal (2021), 89 % des entreprises en design et architecture au Québec sont des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). Les travailleur(e)s du design sont reconnus comme un atout pour l’innovation et la créativité des entreprises québécoises (MÉIÉQ, 2011). De meilleures connaissances sur les caractéristiques de leur pratique aideraient à renforcer l’influence bénéfique du […]

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Effets du développement sur le comportement de la grenouille Xenopus laevis: transposition du concept de biais posé par l’évo-dévo dans le domaine du comportement animal.

L’évo-dévo est un champ interdisciplinaire en biologie qui part de l’étude du développement embryonnaire pour retracer l’apparition de caractéristiques chez les espèces et leur évolution. Il pose l’idée qu’il existe des biais pendant le développement d’un organisme qui délimitent le champ des possibles (nous n’aurons jamais des roues à la place des jambes). Puisque la […]

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