Water in the United States is a valuable resource. It is used from everything from drinking water to tourism. However, by the 1970s, many rivers and coastal areas were severely degraded from decades of using water to assimilate pollution. After billions of dollars spent and decades of effort on all levels of government, the increasing […]

Professors Erica Lehrer (Concordia University, Canada) and Roma Sendyka (Jagiellonian University, Krakow) have been engaged in ongoing research exploring how exhibition curating can serve as a mode of social and cultural research, and a form of applied cultural studies pedagogy. Lehrer and Sendyka are currently experimenting with exhibit approaches for recently discovered Polish folk art […]

Ma recherche de maîtrise effectuée dans le Massif Central (France) avec le dialecte nord-occitan auvergnat, s’est appuyée sur un terrain en terres marginales de l’Occitanie (extrémité nord) et sous l’influence d’une politique française unilinguiste. J’aimerais ici réaliser une analyse comparative avec d’autres régions marginales d’Occitanie. En cela, les vallées occitanophones situées en Piémont (Italie) forment […]

Research on assessment accommodations for students with disabilities is well-documented in the literature. Assessment accommodations are the arrangements made by the teacher such as allocation of more time on the tests to give disability students a fair and equal opportunity to show their learning as well as possible. However, much of the research on this […]

In Canada’s mountains, climate change is leading to the retreat of glaciers, permafrost thawing and accelerated snowmelt. These factors contribute to a significant increase in slope stability hazards and the risk of landslides, placing numerous communities and critical infrastructure at risk. Volcanoes are particularly vulnerable as they are commonly hydrothermally altered and weakened, thereby compounding […]

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is the oldest light we can observe. CMB observations have told us a lot about the universe, from the conditions in the early universe to how the universe will expand in the future. As CMB propagates towards us, its path is altered by the gravity of everything in between the […]

Members of Canada’s Muslim communities face unique mental health care needs as their racial and religious background informs identify and experience. Researchers, advocates and service providers are starting to understand the unique mental health needs of Muslim communities, but we are still learning about how the mental health care system can provide the most appropriate […]

This project will investigate how the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (the Compact), the first inter-governmentally negotiated agreement to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner, is impacting how the United Kingdom specifically, and EU Member States in general, are drafting new laws, rules or practice guidance […]

Incivility is prevalent across various organizations and occupations and has harmful effects on both employees and their organization. Incivility has been found to have negative consequences not only for the victims and perpetrators of incivility, but also for the observers of incivility. This project aims to investigate whether taking the perspective of the instigator rather […]

Dans le cadre de mon mémoire de maîtrise, j’entreprends d’étudier la contribution capitale apportée par le philosophe, mathématicien et physicien allemand, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, au problème métaphysique de l’application des mathématiques aux phénomènes réels. L’intérêt de ce projet est à la fois historique : donner une image fidèle de la pensée du philosophe d’Hanovre sous […]

The intern in this study will review relevant literature and interview employees of a skateboard architecture and design company to better understand how the company can improve their data collection process. To date, skateboard architecture and design companies have mainly used number-driven methods to explore potential skateboard locations, these methods include statistical surveys, reports and […]

The one-to-Zero (OTZ) Tension Adjustment is a chiropractic technique which corrects articular dysfunction of the articulation between the skull and the top vertebrae of the neck, also called the atlas. The goal of this study is to determine whether correcting dysfunction using OTZ affects brain processes and overall health and well-being. Participants will complete questionnaires […]