Dans ce projet, on propose de développer des applications afin de recycler les sacs plastiques en fin de vie. Pour ce faire, des études seront menées afin de déterminer la composition de tous les sacs disponibles par un centre de tri afin de les transformer, seuls ou avec d’autres matières résiduelles, dans des pièces moulées. […]

As the urgency for action against climate change increases, local governments around the world are committing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through deep decarbonization targets. Cities are the largest place-based sources of GHG emissions and therefore have great potential to reduce emissions on a global scale. To reach net-zero by 2050, transformative change is not […]

Global and local policy makers require realistic information about options to achieve sustainable development. To this end, this research project aims to improve understanding of the institutional dynamics related to implementing community sustainability strategies and the resulting plan outcomes. Plan outcomes are the concrete sustainability improvements, linked to the goals in the community sustainability strategies […]

The following project will be concentrated on developing an updated Economic Development Strategic Plan for the Township of Oro-Medonte. The proposed project will consist of reviewing background reports and documents as well as the current Economic Development Strategic Plan to determine what progress has been made in the strategies, goals and actions that were outlined […]

The proposed research project objectives are to enable the participating First Nations to identify strengths and weaknesses related to economic development and governance; develop policies and support for entrepreneurship; develop programs for capacity building; strengthen leadership and management skills; build trust and new networks that will inform and involve outsiders. The partners, Heiltsuk Nation, Haida […]

The goal of the CFT7 Womens Research initiative is to discover labour market interests of Indigenous women within the Treaty Seven territory. The objective for the interns will be to assist the project coordinator with the development of a questionnaire that will be used to gather information from the Treaty Seven communities. The interns will […]

The community-based water quality program for Halifax Regional Municipality will target 76 lakes in the region to establish a long-term monitoring program to understand the trajectory of freshwater aquatic systems under continued and expanding urbanized influence. This new program will be led by HRM’s Water Program Coordinator with support from the Environment & Climate Change […]

Regional Tourism Organization 7 (RTO7) and Community Futures South Georgian Bay have partnered over the past two years on the T3 Accelerator Tourism Professional Development Program. The intent of this project is to assist small business tourism operators identify their IT needs and gaps, evaluate the broad range of IT systems and services to help […]

The Humber River watershed is a mixed urban, rural watershed within the Greater Toronto Area and a designated Canadian Heritage River. The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), in partnership with relevant municipalities, is developing a watershed plan to determine existing conditions and identify measures to protect, enhance, and restore watershed conditions. Water quality is […]

Green stormwater infrastructure (GI) is an approach to land development that attempts to retain and clean stormwater as close to the source as possible to reduce flooding and improve the water quality of urbanized watersheds. The objective of this study is to provide a field-based evaluation of how GI reduces peak flow and improves the […]

Les villes, y compris la Ville de Montréal, principales émettrices de GES, sont pleinement engagées dans les objectifs de réduction de leur empreinte carbone en vue de ralentir le réchauffement climatique. L’Arrondissement Sud-Ouest, afin de prendre les meilleures décisions possibles et d’engager sa population dans cette perspective, souhaite bénéficier de l’expertise de chercheurs de la […]

The Town of Stony Plain is seeking an intern to create a Greenspace Plan that will establish an inventory and identify existing uses of parks and greenspaces, and outline future uses, monitoring, and management practices as they relate to recreation, active transportation, utilities, and stormwater, among others. The Town currently has some of this information […]