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The Evolving Legal Services Research Project, Phase II, Stage 3

How can public legal education and information help Canadians get justice in our legal system? With the demand for publicly-funded or low-cost legal services far exceeding the supply, public legal education and information (PLEI) is filling an increasingly larger role in meeting the legal needs of people with modest means. Yet we know relatively little about how PLEI can help people deal with their legal problems. examines the effectiveness of PLEI in helping low- and modest-income people address their legal problems. The research, conducted at legal clinics, will look at PLEI provided at various points along the legal services continuum, with the goal of identifying when PLEI is effective on a primarily stand-alone or self-help basis and when a fuller continuum of legal services, including PLEI, is required. This research will provide Community Legal Education Ontario / Éducation juridique communautaire Ontario (CLEO) with insights into the effectiveness of PLEI in helping low- and modest-income people address their legal problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lesley Jacobs

Student:

Partner:

Community Legal Education Ontario

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding Co-located Attendance with Technology in Classrooms

Recent technological advancements led to the emergence of technology-enabled collaborative environments in which students work together on different activities. In such settings, the first step is to determine the participants who are present and take part in the collaborative activities. We are interested in the attendance-taking process itself as a collaborative activity, and plan to learn more about its theory and practice, and to study new ways in which it can be applied using cutting edge collaborative technologies. Our research project with SMART would allow us to use their existing classroom applications and to reflect on how they currently take attendance (e.g. via SMART interactive games apps). Based on the insight we will gain, we will then move to improving the existing interactive attendance taking techniques, to implementing new attendance apps and mini-games and to evaluating them with teachers and students using the SMART technology.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anthony Tang

Student:

Partner:

SMART Technologies (Calgary, AB)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education; Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Smart public toilets using Internet of things

The washrooms can be equipped with smart objects to be controlled and monitored to increase the customer satisfaction. This technology utilizes connected washroom equipment such as toilet paper, towels, soap dispensers, and water leakage sensors. In smart washrooms, the condition of the washroom is monitored and the management is informed when anything needs attention. This smart system can save time and reduce maintenance costs by replacing supplies only when needed. Furthermore, early detection of water leaks helps to utilize water efficiently, conserves water, prevents damage caused by leaks, and save money on repairs caused by water damage. This technology is very useful for public places such as hospitals, airports, shopping centers, restaurants, and hotels. The company, Visionstate, has developed washroom management with an innovative use for touchscreen technology. Therefore, this project will complete the company objectives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chintha Tellambura

Student:

Partner:

Visionstate Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

A Feminist Student Movement: Facing Institutionalized Sexism at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos, Brazil

Universities transnationally have tried to minimize reports by female students of sexual abuse on campus. In 2014, the Canadian media uncovered a Facebook group formed by students of the Dalhousie University where sexist content was regularly posted. A report on the case argued that: the situation was not unique to the university, the faculty’s culture facilitated the events, and a systematic change was needed to respond to complaints. Academic research is needed to understand the socio-cultural and political reasons of the ineffective treatment of complaints, the mechanisms used to hide institutional sexism, and the institutions’ culture that facilitates the acts. In my master’s thesis, I propose to address these questions through an ethnographic study of the management of sexism at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos, Brazil. In 2009, a group of students formed a group to protest against a contest where new female students modelled and stripped. Today, feminists and victims reporting sexual abuses are harassed by other students and their complaints are dismissed by the university. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sally Cole

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Walls that Connect: Education for a Rural China in Crisis

Rapid urban development has left rural China in crisis. My research topic was born out of an interest in the potential for architecture to engage in the physical, economic, political and social network of rural communities in China. The proposed research in North Eastern China will involve a survey of rural village planning, building use and construction techniques for a more intimate understanding of how architecture impact the life of local Chinese villagers. As a built form, architecture represents intangible forces that affects everyday life. It has the power to connect people but also to enforce boundaries. A chance to gain firsthand information will allow me to speculate on proposals that begins at the lives of rural villagers and how to enforce their community. A project that is part of the larger economic and political networks of the region while being grounded in local craft and traditions, the proposal will link a narrative across these scales for a re-imagination of rural China.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Bordeleau

Student:

Partner:

Tianjin University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Think Playgrounds : Émergence d’un mouvement d’urbanisme Do it yourself au Vietnam

Le projet de recherche consiste en une étude sur l’émergence d’un phénomène novateur dans l’aménagement des villes, spécifiquement dans le contexte vietnamien. Caractérisé par des actions et interventions citoyennes, l’urbanisme Do it yourself réinterprète actuellement la manière de concevoir et de bâtir l’urbain. Or le mouvement reste peu étudié dans les pays du Sud; encore moins dans le cadre d’un pays asiatique non-démocratique connaissant de profondes mutations. La toute récente apparition d’un regroupement de jeunes volontaires transformant des objets en terrains de jeux pour enfants à Hanoi s’inscrit dans cette mouvance
contemporaine. L’étude approfondira ainsi la relation entre la structure politique locale et l’initiative Think Playgrounds; son processus d’implantation et de fonctionnement; et finalement la réception du public et l’appropriation citoyenne.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

La gestion coopérative d’immeubles d’habitations à Hanoï : un nouveau mode d’appropriation de l’espace par les citoyens

La ville d’Hanoï est aujourd’hui si densément construite que toute intervention de l’État sur ses infrastructures urbaines nécessite souvent la démolition de constructions existantes. Le développement de la capitale vietnamienne entraîne ainsi la relocalisation forcée de populations dans de nouvelles habitations fournies par l’État. Le processus comporte son lot de difficultés pour les familles déplacées et suscite de vives tensions avec les autorités. Néanmoins, de nouvelles pratiques prometteuses ont récemment émergé au sein des communautés relocalisées. C’est le cas de l’initiative d’autogestion d’un groupe de résidents appelé la « Sweden Housing Cooperative », qui a bénéficié d’une reconnaissance internationale et a inspiré plusieurs autres citoyens relocalisés à se réorganiser suivant un modèle « coopératif » similaire. Ce projet de recherche vise donc à comprendre comment le phénomène de l’émergence de la gestion coopérative des habitations à Hanoï peut contribuer à améliorer le processus de relocalisation des populations et la pratique de l’aménagement urbain dans les villes vietnamiennes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Marchés publics traditionnels et transition dusystème alimentaire de Hanoï, Vietnam

Le système alimentaire traditionnel à la base du développement de Hanoï, la capitale du Vietnam, fait face à des pressions de la part du gouvernement local qui a pour objectif de moderniser le pays. Les avantages de ce système traditionnel, dont des marchés publics qui sont l’élément clé de ce système, sont beaucoup théorisés dans la littérature, mais peu démontrés au niveau local pour la ville de Hanoï. L’organisation HealthBridge a débuté des recherches sur ce sujet et a entamé un dialogue avec les décideurs, cependant d’avantage de preuves seront nécessaires pour convaincre le gouvernement de faire pas-arrière sur son plan de remplacer les marchés publics traditionnels par des supermarchés. Ce projet tente de contribuer à la démarche de HealthBridge en décrivant le fonctionnement du système traditionnel et ses avantages et en faire une comparaison avec le système moderne que le gouvernement souhaite mettre en place. Les résultats serviront à créer une stratégie adéquate pour la transition vers un système alimentaire plus moderne, tout en conservant les éléments bénéfiques du système traditionnel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Think Playgrounds: Émergence d’un mouvement de l’urbanisme Do it yourself au Vietnam

Ce projet de recherche étudie les conditions d’émergence, les objectifs et la réception populaire de l’initiative citoyenne Think Playgrounds. Ce groupe de la société civile construit des terrains de jeux pour enfants à partir de matériaux recyclés et les installe dans les espaces publics de la ville d’Hanoi au Vietnam. Par ce cas d’étude, les trois étudiants pourront adresser plusieurs enjeux liés à l’apparition d’un tel mouvement citoyen dans le contexte des villes vietnamiennes. Entre autre, la recherche traitera de la relation avec le cadre institutionnel et les autorités publiques existantes; elle analysera les mécanismes de formation et de gestion de Think Playgrounds; et elle rassemblera des données sur l’appréciation et l’appropriation par les usagers et les riverains. L’objectif final de la recherche est d’émettre des recommandations permettant la multiplication de ce type d’initiatives dans les villes vietnamiennes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Think Playgrounds: Émergence d’unmouvement d’urbanisme Do-it-yourself au Vietnam

De façon globale, cette étude s’inscrit dans les études relatives à l’urbanisme tactique et à l’urbanisme Do-it-youself. Ces mouvements, initiés par des citoyens, visent à modifier l’espace urbain à une échelle locale à l’aide de petites interventions ciblées. Alors que la croissance des initiatives s’inspirant de l’urbanisme tactique et de l’urbanisme Do-it-yourself est bien répertoriée dans le monde occidental, peu d’études de cas semblent examinées des exemples asiatiques. Ce projet de recherche est une étude de cas autour de l’initiative Think Playgrounds. Ce groupe est composé de bénévoles mettant en place des aires de jeux pour enfants à l’aide de

matériaux recyclés à Hanoï, capitale du Vietnam. Le contexte d’Hanoï est tout particulièrement intéressant alors que la ville offre peu d’espaces verts et encore moins d’espaces destinés aux enfants. À l’aide d’observation, d’entrevues et de sondages, le travail d’ensemble, réalisé par trois étudiants, vise principalement à comprendre comment une initiative comme Think Playgrounds s’inscrit dans le système vietnamien, son fonctionnement interne ainsi que la réception et l’appropriation de ses projets par la population locale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danielle Labbé

Student:

Partner:

National University of Civil Engineering

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of best strategies for the control of flowering rush in Alberta

Invasive plants represent a major threat to the economy and environment, with annual economic costs in North America estimated at $30-40 billion CDN. Aquatic invasives rank among the most destructive, affecting recreational activities such as boating, fishing and swimming, displacing native vegetation, slowing down water flow and altering oxygen levels. Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) is an aquatic invasive plant species that is currently forming dense stands that interfere with recreational lake use and water availability in Alberta. Here, we propose to gather data on the most effective control strategies for flowering rush, including novel control methods that incorporate elements of the native vegetation. We will determine what factors of combinations of control methods affect the spread of invasive species to train applied biologists and promote the best policies for the control of healthy aquatic ecosystems in Alberta.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jana Vamosi

Student:

Partner:

Western Irrigation District

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Utilities

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Cumulative effects of air exposure and extended angling time after repeat capture on endangered mahseer (Tor khudree)

Catch-and-release has been promoted as a strategy to relieve pressure on fish populations, yet target species respond to the practice in different ways, and the same fish may respond differently to multiple captures. These nuances are critical in recreational fisheries targeting endangered species, particularly in areas where individuals are likely to experience multiple captures. Recent research efforts examining the responses of the endangered T. khudree to catch-and-release have shown that the species is physiologically and behaviourally robust to the practice; however, in small, popular fishing areas such as WASI Lakes, T. khudree are likely to undergo multiple captures. Our proposed study intends to identify which angling behaviours result in decreased survivorship of released fish. We will angle T. khudree at WASI Lakes, simulate a series of recaptures using different angling techniques including extended angling and air exposure times, and evaluate impairment of individual fish after each simulation and again prior to release. The results of this study will provide fisheries managers with essential information for managing the mahseer recreational fishery sustainably, and provide anglers with concrete information regarding the best practices for mahseer catch-and-release fishing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Cooke

Student:

Partner:

Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award