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 […]

La notion de transition énergétique et écologique juste — ou transition juste — a été développée par le mouvement syndical mondial pour protéger les travailleuses et les travailleurs touchés.es par la transition vers une économie sobre en carbone. Elle est née de la nécessité de protéger les moyens de subsistance de ces personnes et de […]

Some healthcare providers have concerns, misconceptions, and reluctance to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, which puts them at risk of occupational and public exposure to the virus. This is called vaccine hesitancy, which is defined as the delay or refusal of vaccines in the presence of vaccination services. Widespread vaccination is an effective public health measure […]

The Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia identifies that there is a need for an analysis of the value that outdoor recreation brings to British Columbians. The Intern will work on collating and reviewing existing socio-economic studies of the outdoors and identify gaps in order to lay the foundation for a future comprehensive multi-faceted socio-economic […]

The objectives of this project are to assist in the development, testing and implementation of a digital park visitation platform and associated in-park experiences designed for people that are new to nature. The key question is how to welcome more people into nature without undermining its ecology and creating health and safety risks. A sub-question […]