David Schultz started Window Washing Warriors in early 2016 however it stayed relatively small until 2018 when David attended college to learn how to more effectively run a business. The business grew from 62 to 269 customers in the following 4 years. Last year David realize he had to standardize his policies procedures and processes […]

Ce projet repose sur le développement d’une riche synergie entre milieux cliniques et de recherche. La collecte systématique de données cliniques, via l’intégration d’une application web permettant d’administrer des questionnaires, permettrait aux chiropraticiens de non seulement raffiner leur prise de décision clinique, mais aussi de personnaliser leurs approches thérapeutiques et ainsi optimiser les issues cliniques […]

This project will examine the role of community-led social enterprise to support social and economic innovation in rural Newfoundland. Our case study is the creation of a new daycare within a social enterprise in Norris Point, NL, and the potential for this case study to provide a model for how we can support job creation, […]

The Purpose Homes Pilot project, an initiative of Purpose Construction, focuses on building affordable 5+ bedroom homes to accommodate larger and blended family models. Purpose Homes also aims to create a zero-barrier pathway to homeownership for low income Indigenous and Newcomer Canadian families. The objective of this Mitacs project is to implement a communications plan […]

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada has set out four high-level pillars for a nationwide campaign to improve response and outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Heart and Stroke in Atlantic Canada, which covers the provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, requires a process that will translate the high-level pillars […]

How can the Alberta Chambers of Commerce (ACC) streamline internal processes to improve efficiencies within our organization that allow us to focus on supporting chambers and Alberta businesses? The ACC has worked tirelessly to support our network of 116 chambers and 24,000 business through the challenges of the past 2 years. We have successfully launched […]

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting greater than 1% of people over 60. As occurrences are predicted to double in the next 20 years, there is a critical need for the development of prophylactic and/or therapeutic interventions. We have recently identified two enzymes, USP8 and AMPK, that interact and may […]

L’objectif de la recherche est de quantifier l’importance économique de la filière cycle, comprise dans son sens large (d’où le néologisme de « véloconomie »). Le Québec dispose de précieux atouts en la matière sur son territoire avec une demi-douzaine de fabricants de vélos et la plus importante véloroute en Amérique du Nord. Cette tendance […]

The efficacy of business accelerators and incubators (BAIs) in advancing innovation is consistently challenged by a variety of players (e.g. media, funders, entrepreneurs, etc.) and it is very difficult to gather defensible evidence beyond anecdotal. CAIN, seen as a representative voice of BAI’s in Canada, is frequently approached to defend the value of BAI’s. BAI’s […]

Waterfowl are important to many people, organizations and cultures for their beauty, hunting opportunities and environmental importance. While these species are prevalent and well-studied throughout North America, what actually governs the growth and declines are still heavily debated. This work will address this issue by examining some possible population drivers in three waterfowl species (wood […]

Carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and micropollutants are primary environmental stressors that pollute lakes, drinking water wells, and streams. They originate from human activities and come through point and non-point sources. In the case of point sources, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) must remove these stressors before discharge into water bodies. Driven by population increase and climate change, […]

The West Broadway Good Food Club (GFC) was born from the recognition that food security and adequate access to nutritious, affordable, and delicious food is not only a major social determinant of health, but also a fundamental human need. Since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, the GFC has had to pivot some of their […]