As part of their strategic plan execution, WADA has recently created a Strategic Management Office (SMO) to strengthen the project management capabilities of multidisciplinary teams and to ensure a sustainable alignment between the organization’s strategic plan and the priorities embedded in the teams’ activities. As the organization is implementing its project management framework, a first […]

The organization is HUB Cycling and this project is specifically for their Bike Friendly Building (BFB) Consulting Services Department. HUB Cycling engaged a Capilano University Business student in 2021 to develop a marketing strategy to attract more BFB Consulting clients, which is being implemented in 2022. There is an anticipated significant increase in clients that […]

Comment une communauté engagée, à petite échelle, peut-elle prendre vie par et à travers les médias? Partout dans le monde des groupes de citoyen·nes engagé·es pour diverses causes font exister leur action à travers des objets médiatiques. Avec des pages Facebook, des comptes Instagram, mais aussi des infolettres, des zines ou des podcasts, ces groupes […]

This project will study different residential building retrofit strategies commonly used in Ontario in terms of their environmental performance. In particular, it will try to understand the embodied and operation carbon emissions associated with those strategies. The aim of this project is to understand the effect of using different material and systems in retrofit projects. […]

The Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) develops, connects and informs leaders so that they can create better lives in the communities where they live. ROI proposes to engage a Mitacs Intern to lead its Rural Change Makers project, an initiative that brings youth in rural areas in Ontario together to build and improve their leadership capacities […]

In the context of a global increase in waste production and waning natural resources, this research intends to promote the shift to a circular economy in the Ontario construction industry. The work includes a literature review, an industry survey, structured interviews, and a period of testing assessment tool(s) with real projects for local use. The […]

This research project aims to build a greater understanding of the diet of endangered Atlantic whitefish. The only wild population in the world inhabits three lakes of the Petite Rivière watershed in Nova Scotia. The species has great historical significance being the most primitive of all whitefish species in Canada. Yet, there is little known […]

The proposed work aims to use the chemical composition of otoliths (ear bones) to differentiate adult migratory and resident Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) in the Canadian Salish Sea. The ability to tell the difference between residents and migrants will allow us to investigate what controls resident summer herring abundance in the Strait of Georgia and […]

Les enfants, adolescents et jeunes adultes font face à une crise environnementale qui semble restreindre leurs perspectives futures. Cela peut leur causer ce qui est communément désigné comme de l’éco anxiété. Il est toutefois important que cette jeunesse ne soit pas paralysée par ce sentiment anxieux, car si elle constitue une génération qui sera particulièrement […]

Le Petit Bonheur de St-Camille Inc est un organisme culturel estrien ayant pour mission « d’animer un espace intergénérationnel de rencontres à vocation communautaire et culturelle et contribuer, par ses actions, au dynamisme légendaire de Saint-Camille » (ptitbonheur.org). Pour sa part, Les Concerts de la Chapelle « visent à offrir en milieu rural des événements […]

Les enjeux touchant l’alimentation sont nombreux et interreliés (manque de main-d’œuvre, accès aux terres, insécurité alimentaire, gaspillage alimentaire). Pour faire face à ces défis, de nombreux acteurs peuvent agir individuellement, mais surtout de manière collective : producteurs, transformateurs, épiciers, restaurateurs, consommateurs ou décideurs. Le défi est que les acteurs ne se connaissent pas ou ne […]

Climate change is driving a transformation of the Arctic. An increased interest in the natural resources and strategic location of the region is bringing with it higher levels of underwater noise. Military sonar has been linked to the disruption of foraging and communication, and even the death of whales. However, we know very little about […]