This research project seeks to explore the resilience of Edmonton’s service hub in the wake of Housing First, which was introduced in 2009. The aim of the proposed study is to explore Edmonton’s service hub from the perspectives of homeless individuals. Methodologically, it will adopt a bottom-up approach to mapping the city, from service users’ […]

The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is an international partnership to conserve abundant and resilient waterfowl populations and sustainable landscapes. Through their work with the four Canadian NAWMP Joint Ventures, Ducks Unlimited Canada collaborate on waterfowl and habitat management issues, including social issues that are relevant to wetland and waterfowl conservation. This project will […]

The study of desistance – researching how and why people refrain from criminal behaviour – has gained increasing attention from both academics and policymakers in recent years in many countries throughout the world. Yet despite the growing strategic importance of more comprehensively understand the processes of desisting to reduce national reoffending rates, there remains a […]

The group in Canada has extensively studied the factors (known as biomarkers) that can influence how people respond to anti-psychotic drugs, including if patients will develop side-effects. Our group in Liverpool has experience with compiling and analysing the large amounts of evidence required to prove a link between the biomarkers, and the patient’s response. The […]

Puisque les changements climatiques sont déjà ressentis et le seront de plus en plus, il est nécessaire de s’adapter à de conditions environnementales sans précédent. Une quantité grandissante de programmes de financement vise maintenant à soutenir les communautés dans leurs démarches d’adaptation; par conséquent, le besoin d’évaluer l’atteinte des cibles d’adaptation devient de plus en […]

L’objectif de cette recherche est d’identifier et de problématiser les facteurs qui influencent l’efficacité de la politique nationale d’inclusion financière. Cette politique publique a été récemment mise en œuvre par le gouvernement mexicain pour lutter contre les inégalités d’accès aux services financiers qui affectent les individus et les entreprises. La recherche vise à établir le […]

Internationalization is a key aspect in strategic planning of most of top universities across the globe. This proposal aims to collect documents and observe (institutional ethnography methodology) two winter courses promoted by the “Universidad Nacional del Litoral” (UNL, Argentina). Winter courses are a milestone in the internationalization process of the UNL and interestingly they are […]

Suicide is one of the most important causes of deaths in the prison environment, both in Canada and internationally. Rates of attempts of suicide and self-harm have been on the rise in recent years. To address this problem, there is a real and immediate need for an automated, private, and effective monitoring system that can […]

Food security is a growing concern in communities across Canada, along with a host of other challenges impacting the health and equity outcomes of our food system. Municipalities, whether big or small, find themselves at the front lines of these issues and there is growing recognition of the potential for municipalities to play a leading […]

How technology relates to Canadian national defence policy, strategy, and planning is not well understood. To date, much of the research on emerging technology in the military focuses on concerns over ethics, privacy, human rights, and governance, largely overshadowing equally important research on the way technology intersects with military strategy and tactics, defence recruitment and […]

Le processus de cyberne?tisation des socie?te?s a modifie? de manie?re pre?gnante les structures communicationnelles, politiques, e?conomiques, culturelles et sociales, alors que le Web 2.0 a profonde?ment bouleverse? la nature et la porte?e des interactions sociales ainsi que les usages sociaux du cyberespace. Les pratiques d’exposition en ligne comportent toutes un risque et un coût social […]

The research project will look at how EndPoverty Edmonton has engaged with the diverse Indigenous population that lives in Edmonton on their interests and perspectives on eliminating poverty. Indigenous peoples and communities continue to experience social and economic inequality as compared to other Canadians. Their social and economic inequality can be linked to the impacts […]