Limited academic literature exists regarding the ergonomic hazards and musculoskeletal disorder risks associated with the daily work tasks of onshore wind turbine technicians. To develop sustainable work practices and work practice tools in the Canadian onshore wind industry, this project will identify, assess, and quantify the ergonomics hazards and musculoskeletal disorder risks associated with three […]

The objectives of this project are: to identify the care gaps associated with the traditional hospital-based cardiac care program at Eastern Heath, and to propose virtualization approaches that will complement the traditional care delivery model. The project activities include analysis of current cardiac care delivery processes at Eastern Health and identification of care gaps in […]

Enacting Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) policies is of growing interest and concern in many industries, and social and affordable housing is no exception. Currently, the social and affordable housing sector in Canada (otherwise known as the seniors and community housing sector) is undergoing a period of great change. With all levels of government taking […]

The Winnipeg Boldness Project (“Boldness”) is a social innovation initiative working towards a Bold Goal: Children and families in Point Douglas will experience dramatically improved wellbeing in all aspects of self: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Over the past eight years, the Project’s Accountability Framework has been based on the idea that Boldness’ highest level […]

To enable economic recovery and growth by assisting Alberta small and medium-sized businesses to participate in e-commerce that is designed to meet their needs. ACC has developed a new tool to connect and support employers across a variety of sectors with an innovative e-commerce platform that not only supports SMEs in getting their products or […]

Dans ce projet de recherche, l’organisme partenaire, la Maison Jeunes-Est vise à démontrer, avec le soutien du chercheur principal et du stagiaire, comment la participation à un programme découlant d’une approche territoriale et motivationnelle (Accès 5) permet à des jeunes de cheminer positivement dans la société pour devenir des citoyens fonctionnels. Cette étude coût-bénéfice compare […]

Ce projet de recherche vise le développement de nouvelles connaissances et de nouvelles données de référence adaptées au secteur de l’immobilier institutionnel au Québec pour valoriser les pratiques de gestion en bâtiment durable afin de stimuler leur transmission et leur adoption. Cette recherche contribue à la mission du partenaire, l’Association des gestionnaires de parcs immobiliers […]

Plenty Canada has partnered with the University of Guelph to launch a biocultural knowledge and mapping project to begin restoring Indigenous knowledge, visibility, and character to the Greenbelt as an important Indigenous cultural landscape in Ontario. Our proposed work builds upon the success of a pilot project that we launched with the Canadian Commission for […]

Planeterra recently began onboarding new corporate partnerships beyond G Adventures, and already has new partners on board that want to support our work and visit more community tourism enterprises. Developing this new program will require support in mapping out the workflow and specifics of a formal corporate partner program based on past learnings. This project […]

High risk driving, (e.g., speeding, impaired, and distracted driving), is a major contributing factor to most traffic collision fatalities in Canada. An increase in perceived risk of being caught by police for risky driving has been shown to reduce the behaviour. Differences in the commitment to and effectiveness of enforcement is strongly impacted by the […]

Sea cucumber is part of the Inuit traditional diet in certain regions of the Canadian Arctic. Both sea cucumber and closely related sea urchins are among the favourite foods in the Arctic. Currently, there is currently no commercial fishery for sea cucumber or sea urchin anywhere in the Arctic, whereas harvests from the North Atlantic […]

The purpose of this study is to identify the opportunities and challenges for offshore wind development in the Strait Area. Onshore wind is an established industry in Nova Scotia. However, there is an increasing interest on the part of large global players in exploring the potential contribution of offshore wind development in the region. The […]