Eskasoni Community Foodbank is addressing a critical issue that affects many communities: food insecurity. Through programs such as community meals, cooking classes, and a social supermarket, the organization has made important progress in helping people access nutritious food. However, food insecurity is about more than food access alone—it also touches on human dignity, health, and […]

Glace Bay Citizen’s Service League – Town House is addressing a critical issue that affects many communities: food insecurity. Although progress has been made through programs such as community meals, cooking classes, and a social supermarket, food insecurity is not only about access to food. It also relates to people’s dignity, health, and their sense […]

Le projet de recherche a pour objectif principal de contribuer à différentes missions de l’organisme partenaire. Celles-ci sont étroitement reliées aux résultats de recherche du stagiaire qui travaille sur la santé dite « naturelle » des femmes aujourd’hui dans le contexte québécois. Les femmes remettent de plus en plus en question l’utilisation des hormones dansla […]

Physical therapy is a major modality in the treatment of patients with chronic musculoskeletal and neurological pain; however, current virtual reality (VR)-based solutions are unable to precisely capture full body motion leading to motion sickness and VR game design challenges. In this proposal, we aim to validate the accuracy of the AReve Health motion capture […]

Vancouver Cycling Without Age Society is a registered charity and volunteer-powered organisation based in Vancouver that provides recreational trishaw (3-wheeled bikes with a 2-person bench on the front) rides to seniors, and their families. Our goal is to break seniors free from social isolation and loneliness and help them to smile and reconnect with their […]

Ce projet a pour but de comprendre quelles sont les stratégies visuelles utilisées par les para-athlètes de Boccia lors de la pratique de leur sport. En effet, en Boccia, un sport paralympique de visé et de précision, la vision joue un rôle crucial dans l’exécution et la précision du lancer. Nous pensons que le nombre […]

In collaboration with the BC Brain Injury Association (BCBIA), this research project aims to identify evidencebased strategies for recognizing and responding to overdose-induced brain injuries. By conducting a scoping review of existing literature, the project will identify best practices for screening, diagnosing, and treating hypoxic brain injuries resulting from non-fatal overdoses. The findings will help […]

Cancer treatments that stimulate the immune system, called immunotherapies, have shown promise in fighting cancer. However, the success of immunotherapy depends on many factors, including tumor’s metabolism and the surrounding environment—the tumor microenvironment (TME). The TME is a complex mix of different cell types, including those that support the tumor’s growth and others that fight […]

This project between the Evaluation Capacity Network (ECN) at the University of Alberta and the Alberta Mentoring Partnership (AMP) has 3 objectives: (1) support AMP and its partner organizations in implementing a community-based evaluation of their new Mentoring for Youth and Young Adults from Care (MYYAC) program; (1a) provide evaluation capacity building supports to facilitate […]

Precision medicine, where treatment is tailored to the individual patient, offers much potential to improve outcomes for children with cancer. However, selecting the right drug for each child remains challenging and new approaches to identify the most effective therapy are needed. In this project, interns will work directly with staff at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) […]

The partner organization, AlayaCare being a provider of cloud-based home healthcare software services, will allow us to have access to real-world data as well as field realities for home health care services planning. The responses from the patients as well as the caregivers used to build the behavioral models (discrete choice models) will be obtained […]

Injuries and concussions are common in soccer and can result in time loss from sport. To prevent injuries and concussions we must first understand the burden and risk factors for injury. Therefore the purpose of this four year study is to: 1) understand the burden of injury and concussion; 2) risk factors for injury and […]