This internship will extend a research partnership between For Youth Initiative (FYI) organization and the Applied Social Welfare Research and Evaluation Group at the School of Social Work, York University. The internship project will build a comprehensive leadership development model that articulates best and promising evidence-based practices for engaging and building the leadership capacity of […]

This project aims to challenge unjust systems and policies and support Indigenous people in their efforts to establish their food systems and adapt to the new CV-19 world. It will explore ways to address long-term pandemic-related food security challenges led by Indigenous organizations. The intern will gather information from experiences and existing research across Indigenous […]

Resident killer whale populations in British Columbia (BC) are listed under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) as “threatened” and “endangered” for the northern and southern populations, respectively. Common pollutants such as PCBs and PBDEs, are considered a significant impediment to the recovery of resident killer whales. These chemicals bioaccumulate throughout the food web and […]

Ce projet a pour but de développer un outil d’analyse des indicateurs, mesures, pratiques et moyens, qui sera utilisé pour suivre et comparer la performance des actifs immobiliers institutionnels. L’évaluation et le suivi de cette performance permet aussi d’établir un meilleur diagnostic de leur espérance de vie économique. De plus, l’analyse permettra de développer un […]

The objectives are to design and develop a Business Plan for a social enterprise that will create employment opportunities for youth from diverse cultural backgrounds and plan workshops for these youth to gain employability and entrepreneurship skills. The project will also create awareness of cultural diversity in the province.

Au Canada et au Québec, au début 2020 les coûts reliés à l’alimentation représentent 10% du budget familial. En mai 2020, le taux d’inflation alimentaire a atteint 3,4 % et selon le rapport publié par l’Université Dalhousie et l’Université de Guelph, ce taux atteindra 4 % d’ici la fin de 2020. Le choc économique de […]

Marketing & Communications Assistant – Reviewing social media platforms from the past year and providing a detailed report on strategies successes or failures. Providing reccomendations for variety of social media platforms in terms of type of content and ways to increase and improve engagement with audience and grow.

De plus en plus de parents consultent en médecine complémentaire et alternative (MCA) pour leurs enfants. Les thérapies manuelles, incluant la manipulation et la mobilisation vertébrale, occupent une place importante au sein des MCA et les chiropraticiens sont les professionnels de la santé utilisant le plus ces thérapies. À ce jour, l’efficacité et la sécurité […]

This project aims to 1) identify and understand the unique social and psychological burdens that vulnerable older adults face during the pandemic, 2) explore and identify successful and unsuccessful digital interventions that has been done at the West End Seniors Network (WESN) to help raise social connectedness, and 3) develop strategies and design future interventions […]

The research purpose is to address gaps related mental health services for Indigenous, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit, people in Canada. Current tools used in mental health service delivery within Canada may be considered inappropriate for Indigenous populations due to culturally diversity and lack of cultural safety. Within Canada there is a lack of Indigenous […]

Research has illustrated the significant challenges that youth in care often face in meeting their education goals and in managing their mental health and well-being. Specifically, a subset of these transitional aged youth, often referenced as “NEET” (youth not in employment, education, or training) often face significant challenges to meeting their subsequent educational or occupational […]

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a lifelong disorder caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol that impairs cognitive, behavioural, social, and emotional development. It is the leading preventable developmental disability in Canada, impacting an estimated four percent of the general population, with higher rates among certain vulnerable groups. Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rates […]