With an estimated number of 37,7 millions people affected worldwide and a high mortality, heart failure (HF) represents a major public health problem. The beta-3 adrenergic receptors (?3AR) are expressed in human cardiac contractile cells. In the past few years, our group and others showed that by reducing oxidative stress ?3AR confer protection against cardiac […]

Since COVID-19, our organization has realized that we require significant operational changes to adjust to a work-from-home, digital environment. Namely, instead of using almost exclusively paper records, we require an accessible cloud-based filing system, relationship management system, and communication hub. Without these, we will most certainly continue to struggle to an increasingly digital world.

The ocean is experiencing drastic declines in biodiversity due to the cumulative impact of human activities, including habitat loss, resource exploitation and fossil fuel emissions. These declines in species abundance and diversity have dire consequences for coastal communities whose economic and social systems depend upon healthy oceans. While global analyses of human impacts on marine […]

Globalement, nous visons à analyser les trajectoires (ou parcours de vie) des personnes sans-abri (actuelles et logées) pour décerner les facteurs individuels, contextuels, liés aux pratiques des acteurs des politiques sociales et sociétales qui favorisent le maintien dans une forme de logement stabilisée (habitat) et le renforcement de liens sociaux et d’activités pour contrer la […]

SmartBody, SmartMind (SBSM) is a 12-week online intervention combining elements of movement, mindfulness, education, and psychologically-informed coping strategies. SBSM’s philosophy is that there are physical, emotional, and psychological dimensions to all disorders. Accordingly, SBSM offers a variety of therapeutic techniques through a variety of modalities, so that each individual may tailor their own healing. While […]

Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County (DSORC) provides a number of programs and services for people impacted by dementia. DSORC has made a rapid and successful transition to virtual operations, including the delivery of services to clients. Recognizing the fundamental changes to our business we require a new strategy, detailed plan and implementation support […]

Hearing loss affects over 1/2 of Canadians over 65 years of age. Remarkably, however, hearing aid adoption rates have remained stable and very low (20-25%) over the past 25 years. This is particularly surprising given the significant, concomitant advancements in hearing aid technologies within the same timeframe. In attempting to identify the causes of dissatisfaction […]

South Korea has relatively high rates of suicide, making suicide a contemporary social issue that merits study. Korea has a long history of colonial violence, as well as decades of rapid modernization and social change. I believe the concept of suicide, and broader concepts of health for that matter, should be mapped throughout Korea’s unfortunate […]

This research project will focus on identifying challenges that women entrepreneurs in Cambodia face when starting and/or growing businesses. The purpose of the research is to help organizations identify areas where they can improve their services offered to empower women to start and grow their businesses. This research will be done by collecting participant feedback […]

L’objectif c’est de décrire les effets qu’a la gelée royale sur le processus de maturation artificiel des ovocytes au niveau moléculaire. L’hypothèse c’est que la gelée royale a des compounds qui agissent similairement à l’hormone FSH. Ce projet va explorer l’utilisation de la gelée royale dans le milieu de culture utilisé en IVM, et résultera […]

The Foundation is embarking this fall on an update to its strategic plan, the importance of which has been highlighted by the ongoing pandemic. The first step in this exercise, and the project for the intern, will be a survey of the economic impact upon professional services in Canada, with a focus on taxation. We […]

The MBA – Project and Research Internship with Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) will provide the intern with an opportunity to learn and research about exceptional governance practices in education field, especially with respect to governance in school boards associations. The intern will get an opportunity to research about the best governance practices in various […]