L’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes demeure un enjeu considérable dans la Ville de Montréal. La participation des femmes à la transformation de leur ville n’est pas égale à celui des hommes. Mais depuis, 2019, la Ville amorce un projet pilote de formation en Analyse Différenciée selon les sexes Intersectionnelle (ADS+) en partenariat avec […]

Connected Canadians is a non-profit organization that helps older adults with free technology support and training. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for their services significantly, as our ways of connecting, interacting, and living have shifted to online. Connected Canadians has been growing its volunteer mentor team significantly to help meet the rising needs […]

In the COVID-19 new “normal” the importance and impact of mental health has surged in interest and become a top priority. This is both an opportunity to grow and also the challenge that HLF has to face to enhance its impact and expand awareness. HLF is currently offering classes to train high school students on […]

Admission Advisors is an international student recruitment agency founded in 2004 located in Toronto. They mainly recruit students for over 40 different educational institutions across Canada. Their key main focus areas are academic advice & counseling. They provide academic advice to students including information on courses and programs offered by their partners’ institutions. By working […]

Propulsion pattern recognition in a manual wheelchair (MWC) simulator contributes to better identify the users’ propulsion techniques. It can provide them with appropriate feedback and training, in order to prevent chronic shoulder pain. Recent work in our lab has focused on the development of an affordable wheelchair simulator, which provides force feedback (gravity, inertia) during […]

This investigation will examine real-world potential Canadian hidden champions through a survey to gain further insight into what characteristics enable hidden champions to thrive. This survey will also expose a need for a more thorough case study (titled “A case study on Hidden Champions in North America, Europe and Asia) to examine the nuances of […]

Le but de ce projet est de développer des modèles précis du mouvement des membres supérieurs en utilisant des modèles précis de la biomécanique des membres supérieurs et des algorithmes de machine learning. Ces modèles seront utilisés afin de mettre en place des protocoles expérimentaux permettant de mieux comprendre la manière avec laquelle le système […]

This capstone project seeks to develop intervention strategies to help Varsity Courts Student Family Housing (VCSFH) become a zero-waste community. Thus, this project aims to contribute to achieving the University of Calgary zero-waste goals. Nature’s Ride can use the intervention strategies as workshops that can be taught in schools. Nature’s Ride can explore the possibility […]

During COVID-19 the demand for the services at Connected Canadians has gone up significantly, and the strain on the volunteer management team has gone through the roof. Communities all over Canada asking Connected Canadians for help. One of the key areas that have expanded in scope is dealing with those communities, and standardizing the procedures […]

The project to be undertaken by the intern is to work with the executive team in the development and execution of strategies that promote the sustainability and financial health of the organization, and enhance its ability to engage clients. The focus will be on documenting vital business functions in order to create a system of […]

As new generations of millimetre-wavelength cosmology experiments look to detect ever-fainter signals, they require ever-increasing levels of sensitivity. Because modern detectors and readout systems already operate at such high levels of performance that they attain the physical limit imposed by the photons they detect, any improvements in sensitivity must instead come from increasing the number […]

The overall aim of this research is to improve the educational experiences and outcomes of Indigenous autistic students, their families, teachers and communities by more deeply understanding Indigenous approaches to autism and intervening in settler colonialist and ableist policy and practice. The research is located in Brandon, Manitoba. The research questions, which will be explored […]