The Canadian Paralympic Committee’s vision is to be the world’s leading Paralympic nation. Its mission is to lead the development of a sustainable Paralympic sport system in Canada to enable athletes to reach the podium at the Paralympic Games. By supporting Canadian high-performance athletes with a disability and promoting their success, the Canadian Paralympic Committee […]

Language plays a central role in Canadian identity and nationhood. This project seeks to uncover, map and explain the effect of political ideologies in the development of language policy instruments, specifically language road maps/action plans. We will build upon existing research which establishes the validity of the Government of Canada’s Action Plans (2003-2008 & 2018-2023) […]

Le Cirque du Soleil dispose d’une expertise pratique importante pour la conception d’equipements de performance. Toutefois, due a l’absence de donnees approfondies, cette expertise repose sur peu d’evidence scientifique, rendant difficile notamment la conception d’un nouvel equipement de protection pour les porteurs de colonne humaine. Le stage propose vise a developper un nouvel equipement de […]

En 2023, le Musée de la civilisation de Québec (MCQ) renouvelle son exposition permanente sur l’histoire du Québec pour en faire un attrait plus actuel, plus rassembleur et plus inclusif. Près de 18 ans après le lancement de la dernière exposition permanente, le premier défi du Musée est de récolter des données statistiques sur le […]

Expressing Vibrancy is a yearlong project outlining an approach for measuring the cultural vibrancy of neighbourhoods. The proposed research seeks to develop methods for understanding and measuring the cultural vibrancy of neighbourhoods, using Hamilton, Ontario as a case study. Using innovative technologies (geo-referenced video), this project will analyze the relationship between measures of cultural vibrancy […]

The application ensures that a PhD student (Critical Performance and Creative Writing) gains opportunities suited to pursuing a career in publicity within the creative industry. Poised to enter the job market but (due to COVID) lacking the necessary real-world experience to be competitive, by linking with On Cue, this doctoral student will be given valuable […]

Across Canada, the amateur sport system continues to face mounting criticism and dissatisfaction with the traditional delivery of sport participation opportunities. As result, many young Canadian athletes are abandoning the sport system in favour of opportunities offered by private enterprises. Thus, the sport system has subsequently been fractured due to a decreasing number of participants, […]

Recent advances in wearable technology have allowed for a developed understanding of how swimmers move, by collecting acceleration data of the swimmers. Current advances can provide information on how each side of the body responds differently to fatigue and can automatically detect which type of stroke is being completed. However, how swimmers accelerate up and […]

The proposed project will carry out the initial steps of building an augmented reality experience for cultural tourism on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador. The proposed interns will work closely with the partner organization, which is a network of 13 cultural heritage sites in the region, including traveling to the region to […]

L’Association Régionale de Loisir pour Personnes Handicapées (ARLPH) de la Capitale-Nationale souhaite développer une plateforme de ressources et de jumelage destinées aux personnes ayant des incapacités et à des accompagnateurs afin de rendre plus accessible la réalisation d’activités physiques récréatives de plein air par les PAI. L’ARLPH de la Capitale-Nationale s’est associée avec des chercheurs […]

Le Festival de Lanaudière est une organisation d’envergure au Canada. Rassemblant des dizaines de milliers de spectateurs depuis 1978, ce festival a pour mission de rassembler les gens de partout autour de la musique classique. C’est dans cette perspective d’engagement dans la collectivité que s’inscrit mon projet de recherche qui suivra les débuts du développement […]

The present research will focus on re-developing and evaluating an inclusive, and accessible gender-neutral program entitled “BodySense”, in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES), aimed at increasing awareness of body image concerns in sport and aiding athletes and key influencers (i.e., parents, coaches, sport organizations) in cultivating a more inclusive, equitable […]