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Redesigning Durham’s Urban Cores
Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2022 11:19 AM
Project status: completed
How can we redesign urban cores in Durham Region to entice people to rediscover their downtowns? How does this take into account social distancing requirements in a COVID-19 world?
Newcomer Entrepreneurship in Durham Region
Posted on Monday, July 05, 2021 02:13 PM
Project status: completed
Many newcomers to Canada consider opening their own businesses. The purpose of this project was to explore this at a local level in Durham Region and be able to create an ecosystem of support for newcomer entrepreneurs. This included researching:
- What motivates newcomers in Durham Region towards entrepreneurship?
- What resources do newcomers currently use to aid their plans for entrepreneurship?
- What challenges and strengths do newcomer entrepreneurs encounter?
- What pushes...
Climate Change Action Plan
Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 01:59 PM
Project status: completed
Creating awareness and uptake of information related to Climate Change and Sustainability, such as the Climate Action Project, is key to mitigating the effects of climate change.
The purpose of this project was to have students perform research and develop ideas for creating awareness around climate change curriculum.
Measuring the Health of our Local Economy
Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 01:59 PM
Project status: completed
There is considerable difficulty in measuring the health of Durham Region’s economy. Traditional methods of measuring economic growth and activity (such as GDP) are not available for Durham Region, so we often rely on numerous individual data points to get a sense of how the economy is performing. However, these data points often run in contradiction to one another (e.g. high unemployment and strong housing sales/prices) making it difficult to draw any conclusions on the...
Newcomers' Health Care Access
Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 01:59 PM
Project status: completed
Research tells us that the health of immigrants declines after a period of time in Canada. Access to healthcare and other health services could be a key factor. The purpose of this project was to explore ways we can increase our understanding of the newcomer healthcare experience.