This project is an undertaking in coordination with Minerva Canada, some of its industry partners and eight Canadian universities which aims to address a gap between industry and the graduates of engineering programs in terms of attitudes, knowledge and applied skills pertaining to health & safety in engineering practice. Upon completion, the project’s end product […]

This project addresses the crisis of information in Canada’s civic society. The rise of digital communications has made real-time political information available to constituents in every corner of the country. Yet this information revolution has only brought into sharper relief the lack of real political access that many Canadians experience. This is particularly true for […]

Blue Moose Media’s programs and capacity have been greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. As the company looks to maintain the quality of their workshops and courses in a new, virtual setting, learn to better serve the community’s changing needs, expand to serve more diverse clients, and pivot and grow, they are now looking to […]

To date, there is little understanding of how to adapt school psychology practice to fit the needs of Indigenous populations. This project seeks to understand the current challenges that exist for school psychology practice with Indigenous peoples and what changes are needed to advance the practice. By completing autobiographical studies, Indigenous master’s students-in-training who will […]

E2 Adventures est une OBNL œuvrant dans le milieu des sorties éducatives pour les étudiants du secondaire. Dans le cadre de la pandémie, l’entreprise a dû changer drastiquement son modèle d’affaires afin de répondre aux normes de sécurité et d’éloignement social. Ils offrent maintenant des visites guidées en entreprise sur Zoom, ce qui leur permet […]

Under COVID-19 and possibly future epidemics or pandemics, STEM MINDS Inc. has to shift a significant, even all, education programs online. This brings in new challenges and also opportunities. In this research project, the academic supervisor and the student intern are going to support the company by studying how modern AI could be applied into […]

Treating contaminated water is an energy intensive and costly process. Traditional methods such as biological reactors that require continuous aeration and temperature control, or chemically intensive disinfection processes are widely employed. These methods require addition of reagents and produce large amounts of sludge and hazardous byproducts. The development of more environmentally and economically sustainable treatment […]

The intern will review past approaches which have endeavoured to capture the concept of social cohesion as a numerical index. Additionally, they will examine methods which have attempted to better understand the value of non-monetary benefits such as civic engagement or social support networks. Having examined such previous work, the intern will select a social […]

The Brick Labs Inc. have identified two new services that we will introduce in the next 4 months. The first is the Learning Continuity Program (LCP) which begins in September and is currently available for registration. It basically can be described as contracted 3rd party homeschooling for elementary students. The second will be our virtual […]

The goal of the proposed research project is to evaluate the usability of a new module for an existing eLearning program for classroom teachers called Teacher Help. The new module is designed to provide training in evidence-based classroom management strategies to decrease disruptive classroom behaviour. Participants will be classroom teachers (n =20) and other stakeholders […]

Ensuring high levels of literacy for all children is now more important than ever. However, the Canadian landscape of literacy is quickly changing. For instance, Canadian families come from increasingly multilingual and multicultural backgrounds and the use of technology and digital media in literacy is growing rapidly. In this Mitacs project, we have partnered with […]

Les interventions des plongeurs-scaphandriers aux abords des barrages hydro-électriques nécessitent la plus grande vigilance afin d’assurer leur sécurité. Au-delà des difficultés ordinaires rencontrées en plongée, les interventions aux abords de ces structures présentent de réels risques de courants puissants et très localisés dus au phénomène de Delta P (différence de pression). Celui-ci est capable d’emporter […]