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Posted on Monday, September 14, 2020 08:28 PM
Please view the projects open for collaboration below. Interested postsecondary staff and faculty can click on a project title to learn more about it, and indicate your interest in collaborating by completing our collaborate with us form. Stay up to date with new projects by subscribing to new project updates.
Whether you're faculty, a member of another partner organization or the public, if you have a project idea that you would like the CityStudio Durham partners to consider, email citystudiodurham@durham.ca.
Expanding Accessible, Affordable Child Care for Families in Durham Region
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 07:27 AM
Child care is flexible when it meets the needs of parents who work non-standard or variable hours. How do we offer flexible child care in Durham Region and balance the needs of families with cost efficiency?
Host Department: Social Services
Type of Collaboration: Practicum/placement student or Research project
Anticipated Outcome: To have a model for flexible childcare that is ready to be pilot tested in September 2021.
Timeline: 8 months
Deliverables: Literature review/environmental...
Feedermain Inspection Drone
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 07:27 AM
Can a remotely operated vehicle concept be developed to patrol the Region's network of large diameter feedermains and complete both visual inspection and non-intrusive condition inspection/assessment of pipes and valves?
Host Department: Works
Type of Collaboration: Upper year student capstone project
Anticipated Outcome: Identify barriers in operation for the purpose of informing design objectives for future system expansion and replacement. Potentially develop a design concept.
Timeline:...
Trail Safety in Durham Region
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 07:26 AM
How can we improve safety on multi-use trails throughout Durham Region?
Host Department: Durham Region Police Service
Type of Collaboration: Classroom project or Placement student or Upper year student project
Anticipated Outcome: Ideas for how we can improve the safety of multi-use trails throughout Durham Region.
Timeline: 4 months
Deliverables: Written report or literature review
Desired Start Date: Winter semester 2021
Measuring the Health of our Local Economy
Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 07:26 AM
How could the Region use data on local economic activity and local socio-economic indicators to create a single economic index for measuring the health of our local economy?
Host Department: Finance
Type of Collaboration: Research project
Anticipated Outcome: Design a working model that tracks the health of our local economy over time, using a combination of local socio-economic indicators and data on local economic activity.
Timeline: 4-8 months
Deliverables: Literature review and Prototype/product...
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