Improving Access to Detached Additional Dwelling Unit Data

The “Improving Access to Detached Additional Dwelling Unit Data” project will help ensure the successful scaling of the ADUSearch.ca tool, an online interactive mapping tool that allows users to determine the physical feasibility of building a detached ADU in compliance with the local zoning bylaws on both a lot-by-lot basis and at an aggregated geographic […]

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Building the Evaluation Capacity of the Alberta Mentoring Partnership – Part 3

The goal of the proposed research project is to assist the Alberta Mentoring Partnership (AMP) is building the capacity of Alberta mentoring organizations to evaluate their mentoring programs using a community-driven approach. In particular, this year, we hope to develop and implement more accessible supports that will build the capacity of those organizations who have […]

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Leveraging the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging to Support Healthy Aging Programming in the Community-Based Seniors’ Services Sector

Transportation problems are one of the most common barriers, after health problems, that prevent older Canadians from participating in more social, recreational, or group activities. United Way Healthy Aging is working closely with the community-based seniors’ services sector to bring solutions to seniors’ transportation. Through the Better at Home program, United Way Healthy Aging supports […]

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Association for New Canadians – Cook to Connect

This project would help with funding an intern who would work alongside the program manager, catering supervisor and marketing team to come up with business development solutions that would help generate new businesses. The intern would develop solutions based on industry best practices on how to penetrate new market as well as gain new partnerships […]

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Scaling up a national program to improve hospital nutrition care in line with the new Canadian malnutrition standard

The Canadian Nutrition Society is Canada’s leading society for nutrition professionals. As a Fellow, I will work with the Canadian Malnutrition Taskforce—CNS’ flagship initiative—to support integration of a new malnutrition care standard in Canadian hospitals. Advancing Malnutrition Care (AMC) was designed to bring best practices from this standard to hospitals across the country. The aim […]

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Connecting the ecosystem

The Tribe Network seeks to connect entrepreneurs within the BIPOC ecosystem to funding, mentorship and coaching. The project will help bring more BIPOC entrepreneurs onto a single platform to help collaborate and create sustainable businesses to help create jobs and improve the finances.

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Parcours Hubble- Voir loin. Rêver grand.

Au Québec, seulement 64% des adolescents obtiennent leur diplôme d’études secondaires. Le décrochage scolaire entraîne des conséquences importantes chez le jeune et la société. Puisque ce phénomène est le résultat de difficultés personnelles, mais aussi familiales, scolaires et sociales, y répondre nécessite une approche coordonnée. Ce projet de recherche permettra de mesurer l’impact d’une intervention […]

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Building a ‘youth operating system’: Security, safety, inclusivity, and digital platform possibilities for youth-centred social innovation

The research proposed here will explore core issues, risks, and limitations to direct the design and development of a ‘youth operating system’ (YOS) centred on providing a safe, secure, privacy-preserving, and inclusive multi-featured online environment for youth. Any project that engages youth requires substantive policies, terms and conditions, and platform functionality that ensure its Users […]

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Understanding shifts in angler effort and steelhead abundance in British Columbia’s recreational fishery

British Columbia (BC) supports world-renowned recreational fisheries for steelhead, which are prized by national and international anglers. In recent decades, the prosperity of these fisheries has been challenged by widespread declines in many of the stocks in southern BC, many of which are of conservation concern. While there is no commercial fishery for this species, […]

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Monitoring the mental health of Canadians

MHRC is conducting ongoing polling of Canadians to assess the short- and long-term effect of COVID-19 on mental health. We require additional support to expand our capacity to analyze the datasets we are creating. Our poll is extensive including a number of markers of mental health along with an array of demographic controls. While we […]

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Assessing the Impact of the Program Integrity Framework: Engaging Family-Links in the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) Program in the Context of Program Assurance

Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program has gained a lot of international attention from countries around the world. Since the program’s inception, emerging literature has appropriately captured the increasing shift from the ‘welcoming the stranger’ model to ‘kin-linked’ based sponsorships. Today, linked-sponsorships make up the majority or private sponsorships. Further, in the Fall of […]

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