The Covid-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of broadband and produced a series of national reports and policy recommendations on how to close connectivity gaps. While these reports provide broad policy prescriptions, developing solutions for individual rural communities requires consideration of local contexts. This project aims to (1) synthesize recent policy recommendations and (2) review […]

Dans un contexte de relance économique, plusieurs acteurs suggèrent que le gouvernement et l’État ont un rôle à jouer, notamment dans l’octroi de contrats publics. Selon certaines théories, les effets de débordements liés à la réalisation des travaux pourraient avoir des effets stimulants sur la création d’entreprises locales, mais également sur le renforcement de la […]

To ensure Canadians with SCI continue to receive peer support services organizations require methods to track the impact of their programming. The proposed research project will provide Canadian SCI organizations with an optimized tool that will enable them to critically evaluate the impact of the peer support services that they provide. Having access to an […]

The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide guidance for how to address the interconnected challenges of climate change. Most modelling does not include consideration of the different factors of the SDGs, though recent work has begun to include the nexus of Climate, Land, Energy and Water interactions in models. This helps identify impacts of the energy […]

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial system regulators around the world took an array of policy measures in order to stimulate credit supply from banks to companies that were temporarily suffering from a drop in revenues. Preventing interruptions in the credit supply during crises is crucial in minimizing damage to the economy and […]

Police organizations are facing increasing costs associated with an escalating number of calls to respond to persons with mental illness (PMI). The processes currently in place to manage mental health in the community contribute significantly to the costs associated with law enforcement involvement in PMIs. The existing process is driven by the Mental Health Act […]

Mes travaux de recherche portent sur la vie musicale en Autriche d’après-guerre (1945-1949) et se déclinent en deux volets. D’une part, j’étudie la culture de commémoration musicale, et plus spécifiquement, les festivités organisées pour commémorer certains compositeurs considérés comme « classiques » et « nationaux » de 1945 à 1949 (Beethoven, Bruckner, Schubert, Brahms et […]

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Hamilton Branch (CMHA) is partnering with academic partners through McMaster Community Research Platform to evaluate the impact of peer-based support, a program providing mental health support for working-aged men and transitional aged youth who use substances. The program provides SMART recovery-based support to reduce the harms of substance use and […]

This project aims to analyze the evolution of the legal implementation of solidarity between territories and between individuals in Belgium. The main objectives are descriptive and analytical. I will report on and analyze the evolution of the legal implementation of solidarity between individuals and between territories (municipalities, provinces, communities, regions and the federal state) in […]

The purpose of this project is to understand how the global support observed in Canada’s foreign policy relates to LGBT* policies and non-governmental initiatives in Canada. Additionally, Kwaku Adomako would learn from Professor Lee’s expertise concerning the global impact of Canadian asylum policies aimed at LGBT* persons fleeing persecution. This is as his interlocutors in […]

The project uses a comparative perspective to understand the role of public policies, mainly asylum and integration policies in shaping refugee educational and occupational aspirations. This is particularly interesting to explore in in the context of two countries with different educational systems. On one hand, Switzerland is a country that relies on its highly developed […]

There is evidence to suggest that health institutions across Canada are expanding their research and innovation programs and partnerships with industry. The goal of this Mitacs project is to explore the role that a health institution engaging in research and education can play in promoting technology transfer and the commercialization of intellectual property. The research […]