When people seek help from a social service, the assistance they need may be best provided by another service in the community. In these cases, they should be referred to the appropriate service. At this stage, things sometimes go wrong: Sometimes the service agent misunderstands the person’s needs or misunderstands the kind of help provided […]

La réalité virtuelle est un outil de plus en plus utilisé par et pour les personnes aînées. Par contre, il y a peu de connaissances scientifiques entourant l’utilisation de cette technologie dans le cadre d’expériences de nature sociale. Ce projet vise donc à mieux comprendre comment les personnes aînées réagissent à des activités de sensibilisations […]

This research examines the problem of youth homelessness which has significant social and economic costs for both the affected individuals and society as a whole. The research will result in a report to be delivered to Family Services Windsor Essex that will guide this organization’s youth homelessness initiatives. To this end, the report will: provide […]

Ce projet de recherche vise à identifier les facteurs susceptibles à expliquer les raisons sous-jacentes a la réussite, la persévérance et l’engagement des étudiantes et étudiants inscrits aux programmes de formation initiale en aérospatial. À l’aide d’un questionnaire en ligne basé sur des échelles motivationnelles, ce projet identifiera: (1) les raisons pouvant pousser les étudiants […]

When faced with complicated treatment decisions, patients and health care providers can use patient decision aids to gain information about options and potential outcomes. Treatment for rare autoimmune diseases like systemic sclerosis can be overwhelming as there may be more than one treatment option, without one being clearly better than another. There are currently no […]

This community-based action research project seeks to support visible minority newcomer women in establishing and succeeding in entrepreneurship activities, while identifying the challenges and opportunities they face while trying to start their own businesses. The benefits that this research is expected to bring to the Women’s Economic Council are to better understand visible minority newcomer […]

Antirouille Métropolitain est une compagnie québécoise fondée en 1976. Depuis ses débuts, elle prend l’innovation très aux sérieux. Œuvrant dans un marché très compétitif où elle est le chef de file, elle doit sans cesse chercher des moyens de s’améliorer. La méthodologie d’opération préconisé exige des aires de travails spacieux et une quantité minimale de […]

Tourism, nature-based recreation and residential development within the Bow Valley (BV) of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains are all valued and continually increasing. The BV is also important for large mammals as it provides habitat for iconic species like grizzly bears to live in and move through. The Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) is dedicated to […]

The project deal with identifying the sources of waste heat recovery in the industries located in Hamilton Bayfront area and utilizing the available waste heat in either within the process of waste heat generator or utilizing the energy in any of the partner industry. The project also deal with harnessing the waste heat and utilizing […]

Participatory plant breeding (PPB), which pairs farmers’ knowledge with the skills of formal plant breeders, is increasingly being recognized as an effective approach to develop better varieties for organic farming systems because it uses the environmental conditions of working organic farms as selection environments and incorporates farmers’ needs and observations in the selection criteria. PPB […]

The goal of the project is to mitigate the impacts to valuable salmonids from invasive smallmouth bass (SMB) in Cultus Lake through suppression and monitoring. The project will benefit both the sport fishing industry and endangered species, by suppressing predation from SMB and controlling further imbalances in predator-prey relationships. We will use methods such as […]

This research is aiming to discover the experiences of people with a cancer diagnosis and their families in terms of accessing and receiving medical and support services and resources in New Brunswick, and any perceived gaps and barriers they have encountered during their journey. Additionally, this research will explore what a supportive care centre for […]