Capacity Building to Bolster Well-Being Among Early Childhood Educators and the Children they Support in Alberta

Well-being problems (e.g., burnout, depression, and efficacy) have been a long standing issue among educators in Early Learning and Care (ELC) settings. This issue not only impacts the health status and work performance among educators, and by association influences the social and emotional development of children. To address this problem, a coaching model has been […]

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Broadband Internet Policy and Farmers’ Collective Agency in Vietnam

Vietnam approved the national rural information and communication plan in 2011 that includes the building of a 420 million CAD broadband network infrastructure intended to link all smallest administrative units by 2015. However, the country has not achieved this goal yet. Vietnam has experienced countless failures in rolling out Information Communication Technology systems mainly because […]

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Program Design and Evaluation of Conservation Messaging at Ducks Unlimited Canada Events and Centres

Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is an established non-governmental organization (NGO) which promotes conservation. In recent years, support for the organization has dwindled. For the organization to continue its work and maintain necessary support, DUC must improve their understanding of how they gain and retain both volunteer and financial supporters. The objectives of the internship are […]

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National ID Systems and Techniques of Population Control: The development of surveillance-assisted political economy from colonial to neoliberal times in Japan

My project investigates the colonial development of Japan’s national identification (ID) systems, and the transformation of those surveillance techniques in our digital age. National ID systems identify individuals with a centralized ID number, collect and use the different kinds of personal data for multiple purposes. Those ID techniques have spread rapidly in the “war on […]

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Measuring, Tracking and Improving the Effectiveness of SBL’s Youth Space-Jobs Program

This research project will track, analyse and examine the effectiveness of Success Beyond Limit’s (SBL) Youth Space and Jobs Program. Operating in a low-income and marginalized setting, youth that attend SBL’s programming find it difficult to secure (and keep) meaningful employment. This research project will capture those experiences of these young people, identify the barriers […]

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Expression patterns of Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway components in colon cancer

Extensive research focused on the identification of cellular signaling pathways involved in cancers. A tumor suppressor SOX7 has been implicated in several human cancers: it has been shown to suppress the Wnt/?-catenin signaling that is highly activated in breast cancer and ovarian cancer. This study sets out to determine the role of SOX 7 and […]

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Effects of GDF11 on proliferation and stemness of mesenchymal stem cells

The development of techniques that allow the culture and differentiation of stemcells has opened new research venues and the potential for novel therapies. It has been shown that transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow improved heart function after myocardial infarction. Also mesenchymal stem cells regulate cardiac electrophysiological functions of cardiomyocytes, and protect the […]

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Comparative study of the Canadian and Chinese health care system

The healthcare system of China has been shaped by the co-existence of Traditional Chinese Medicine and evidence based medicine as well as the political reforms of the last century. The ultimate aim of this study is to provide the operational strategies, path selection and scientific evidence for reconstruction the medical insurance system to realize the […]

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Intestinal microbiota transplantation: a potential new therapy for colorectal cancer

Although it is known that the human gut is colonized by a wide variety of microbial populations, many effects of the complex interactions between the human host and microbial symbionts are still not completely understood. The dysbiosis or microbial imbalance of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota is considered to be one of the most important contributing […]

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Compromis entre efficacité énergétique et protection aux pannes dans les « Software Defined Networks ».

Les réseaux de communications, notamment l’Internet, connaissent une importante croissance ses dernières années. Cette croissance s’accompagne d’une complexité grandissante ainsi que d’une consommation énergétique de plus en plus élevée. Les technologies actuellement déployées ne sont pas adaptées pour faciliter l’économie d’énergie sur des réseaux de grandes tailles. La technologie SDN nous offre un meilleur contrôle […]

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Advancing Big Data: Critical Analysis for Harnessing Heterogeneous Information

This cross-disciplinary project aims to investigate underlying philosophical questions in the acquisition, management and production of scientific big data. Big data analytics (BDA) continues to produce an overwhelming amount of information which can be challenging to make use of due to its size, density and complexity. BDA is ubiquitous in forecasting and decision making but […]

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Understanding the Youth Volunteer Market: An Evaluation of Professional Skills Developed through Volunteering with World University Services of Canada

WUSC is a non-profit organization in international development that works to provide education, employment, empowerment opportunities, which includes providing enhanced leadership and life skills opportunities for youth in Canada and internationally. This project will evaluate how two key programs at WUSC (Students Without Borders and the Student Refugee Program) contribute to the professional development of […]

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