The Mentorship and Gang Solutions (MAGS) program, supported by the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), aims to reduce youth gang involvement through targeted mentorship. This initiative connects high-risk youth with Lived Life Experienced Mentors (LLEMs) who share their own journeys of experiencing similar challenges. These mentors, equipped with firsthand knowledge and understanding, guide youth toward positive […]

La Ville de Sherbrooke s’est dotée d’une vision de développement économique qui aspire notamment à une communauté durable et innovante. Ainsi, le Service du développement économique (SDE) de la Ville vise à accélérer la transition écologique des entreprises sherbrookoises pour réduire leur empreinte sur l’environnement et pour augmenter leur compétitivité sur le marché. Le SDE […]

Canada’s population is rapidly ageing. One sector that is important to older adults’ quality of life is transportation. Indeed, the lack of safe, reliable, and accessible transportation can be a barrier to healthy ageing and increases people’s risk of social isolation. For many older adults, driving is no longer an option, and fixed-route public transports […]

With 10 municipalities combining Emergency Management services, an innovative approach to conduct public preparedness in a joint venture is being pursued to increase risk awareness, create resiliency, lower vulnerability, and encourage homeowners in the area to undertake risk-reducing behaviours. This Co-Op position will be responsible for the creation and delivery of information to the regional […]

An Emergency Management project that seeks to deliver Emergency training and exercise facilitation to 10 communities within Alberta and Saskatchewan. This project aims to increase communities’ ability to respond to a myriad of applicable hazards, thus increasing regional resiliency while lowering vulnerabilities.

The Edmonton Valley Zoo is passionate about the natural world and is always looking to find ways to promote environmental responsibility and support wildlife research that benefits both people and wildlife. Our Conservation team works to conserve species in the wild through endangered species breeding programs, by providing support for in-situ wildlife conservation research work, […]

The purpose of this project is to work with the Haida to implement a community-based tourism program to support the development and revitalization of their language. Based on the findings of a doctoral thesis undertaken with the community, the program will support culturally appropriate uses of language within tourism settings. Foundational to the program is […]

The Town of Fogo Island (TOFI) is a municipality formed in 2011 after the amalgamation of 11 small communities across an outport island on the Northeast coast of Newfoundland, which provides a unique set of challenges and special opportunities. Fogo Island’s economic development plan is to assess the local value-chains, labour market and industry ecosystem, […]

La circulation crée à la fois un risque de danger et un obstacle aux déplacements des personnes. L’analyse actuelle des dangers de la circulation se concentre sur les collisions, mais ne tient pas compte du niveau de dangerosité des rues et des intersections. Un carrefour peut ne pas connaître de collisions impliquant des enfants parce […]

A major challenge facing the small museums like the Camrose Museum is a high rate of turnover in staff and volunteers, which limits the potential to offer innovative exhibits and programming that can respond to changing community needs. In order to address this challenge, one intern will produce a training manual and a set of […]

The Edmonton City Plan was approved by Council in 2020 and sets ambitious diversified housing and land use targets to avoid premature fragmentation of agricultural lands while accommodating another one million residents. The Monitoring & Analysis Team, within the Urban Growth Unit lead the annual Growth Monitoring Program, the Geodemographic Projection Program, and Urban Growth […]

All water utilities, engineering consulting firms, and provincial and federal departments in Canada responsible for design, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, and development of a water distribution system would directly benefit from the outcomes of the proposed research. Efficient and effective asset management of water distribution infrastructure is a demand driven issue for any water utilities due […]