Since its inception, the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) Scholarship Fund has awarded close to $5 million in scholarships to over 1,000 Black Canadian youth pursuing post-secondary education. The scholarship program is dedicated to supporting and promoting the academic excellence of Black youth, and redressing their low post-secondary educational attainment. Yet, little is known […]

We will use a four-phase process to obtain group consensus on the needs and priorities of individuals with brain injury. Throughout the process, participants will meet in virtual focus group to identify, by consensus, the most relevant needs and priorities among those listed previously. The most relevant indicators from the previous stage will be finalized […]

This project will contribute to an assessment of the historical and contemporary “state of the environment” of Bonne Bay. The aim is to establish the extent to which its marine and littoral ecosystems are resilient and “healthy”, and what changes, if any, have occurred in recent decades to its physical, biological and ecological components. These […]

our overall objective is to explain the process by which FRNs move beyond attaining starter jobs to advancing into senior leadership positions. Employment within a top management team means newcomers are likely to make a strategic impact on business. We focus on the Greater Vancouver area to leverage earlier research conducted in the Greater Toronto […]

The Salvation Army Boundless Vancouver is a non-profit organization and essential service that has stayed open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to provide food, clothing, and hope to vulnerable persons. Understanding that COVID-19 could be a warning for bigger challenges ahead caused by various natural disasters, the organization is preparing for this possibility of future emergencies […]

Resettlement in Canada is beneficial to adolescent refugee girls only if they have access to appropriate services like language classes, education, and work (Ratkovic et al., 2017) Also, with enough support during resettlement, adolescent girls can gain skills that contribute to Canada’s economy in the long run (Picot et al., 2019). Therefore, effective resettlement can […]

Ce projet cible une population sous-représentée dans les études sur la transition à l’âge adulte, soit les jeunes abandonnant l’école avant la diplomation du secondaire. Il vise à approfondir le portrait de leurs parcours scolaires post-décrochage, auprès d’un échantillon de 545 jeunes provenant de milieux socioéconomiquement désavantagés, interviewés une fois à l’adolescence, puis une seconde […]

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) is a member?based organization looking at embarking on a digital transformation, in particular, with improving their SEO and SEM activities. I will be responsible for running an SEO audit on their website, suggest and implement changes to increase organic traffic. They also need assistance in evaluating their current […]

MOSAIC is a not-for-profit organization that provides settlement and employment services to immigrants, refugees, and mainstream communities (via WorkBC Employment Services) primarily in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. As a part of the Business Development Team, the Intern would assist the team by conducting market research in identifying opportunities for growth. They will also assist […]

Stable isotope analysis is an important tool for identifying the primary foods present in wildlife diets. This project will use stable isotopes, collected from approximately 1000 hair samples, to develop dietary profiles of grizzly bears in British Columbia, Canada. The dietary profiles, representing the proportion of meat, fish, other marine fods, and vegetation in an […]

Yukon River Chinook salmon have experienced devastating declines in recent years, leading to significant impacts on Yukon First Nation citizens. To address this growing conservation issue, we have collaborated with Yukon First Nations to understand their desires for improving salmon conservation capacity, and how we can support them in this endeavour. Together, we have identified […]

Yukon River Chinook salmon have experienced devastating declines in recent years, leading to significant impacts on Yukon First Nation citizens. To address this growing conservation issue, we have collaborated with Yukon First Nations to understand their desires for improving salmon conservation capacity, and how we can support them in this endeavour. Together, we have identified […]