Wetland habitats are critically important to many animal and plant species, and they are in trouble. The North American prairies, for example, comprise some of the most productive wetland habitats in the world, but many areas of the prairies have lost up to 90% of their wetlands and more than 90% of their native grasslands […]

Wetland habitats are critically important to many animal and plant species, and they are in trouble. The North American prairies, for example, comprise some of the most productive wetland habitats in the world, but many areas of the prairies have lost up to 90% of their wetlands and more than 90% of their native grasslands […]

The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) was established in 1971, in order to minimize the externalities of the marine shipping industry. The IOPC Funds provide financial compensation for oil pollution damage that occurs in Member States, resulting from spills of persistent oil from tankers. Since their establishment the Funds have been involved in […]

Southern Ontario is one of the most critical regions in Canada in terms of wildlife-human conflict. It has one of the highest proportions of species at-risk but also dense human population and agricultural productivity. This project proposes to research whether habitat for at-risk pollinators can be adequately incorporated onto private farmland using methods from natural […]

Le problème de conception d’horaire en contexte de sécurité aéroportuaire consiste à établir un horaire qui minimise le nombre d’employés qui sont nécessaires pour faire fonctionner un nombre de points de contrôle, dans le but de desservir le flot de passagers qui se manifeste en réponse aux multiples départs d’avion. Le problème s’apparente au Nurse […]

Le marché mondial des médicaments biosimilaires est en pleine expansion. Le développement des biosimilaires constitue un enjeu majeur à la fois d’un point de vue économique et d’un point de vue sanitaire. Dans le contexte d’une population vieillissante, d’une augmentation des maladies chroniques et d’un budget de plus en plus contraint, les biosimilaires pourraient permettre […]

The proposed research project will research and evaluate the impact of Employer Demand-Driven Training (EDDT) programs undertaken in 5 pilot sites in Ontario. As a strategy, ‘demand-driven’ means putting businesses at the centre of workforce training development and using their workforce needs and challenges as the starting point to design effective programs. In this way, […]

This research project will explore what barriers — economics, policy, or otherwise — exist to restoring unhealthy Douglas-fir forests in central British Columbia. These forests have reached a state where it is currently not feasible for timber companies to make any profit from harvesting timber in those stands, which only serves to worsen the problem. […]

Vancouver’s inner city is experiencing disproportionate levels of poverty and is under strong development pressure, with concern that few of the associated benefits are being captured by local communities and economies. An appetite exists for innovation in economic development but current community capacity to explore and support these ideas is limited. RADIUS SFU and Ecotrust […]

Le stagiaire aura l’occasion d’approfondir ses connaissances de la commercialisation au Québec, de faire l’état de l’art, de produire une analyse des besoins et de proposer des solutions originales. En commençant par lire ce que les autres ont écrit, le stagiaire ira ensuite sur le terrain pour rencontrer et parler directement aux entrepreneurs pour avoir […]

Ce projet analyse les communautés de femmes qui se forment dans les Manzanas del cuidado qui sont des « espaces de concentration de services qui rassemblent et articulent des services, des programmes ou des activités dirigés au care, autant pour celles et ceux qui ont besoin de soin (cuidada.os) que celles et ceux qui le […]

This project explores how different groups within the Turkish-speaking Cypriot community in Northern Cyprus remember the island’s history of conflict and how those memories shape their relationships and the future of the unresolved conflict. It focuses on two groups: native Turkish Cypriots born and raised on the island and naturalized citizens of the de facto […]