CHYS Applied Research Project

A partial list of potential projects will be available by February 1st, and will be updated as new projects become available.

Heather Chalmers - Working with and understanding Young Carers

• Since 2004, Dr. Chalmers has been working with several community-based agencies to understand the needs of Young Carers and to develop programs to address those needs. In 2008, the Powerhouse Project was opened to provide support to Young Carers. Dr. Chalmers continues to work with the Powerhouse Project to ensure the needs of Young Carers are most effectively being met. This project provides opportunities for involvement in program development, program delivery, program evaluation and research related to the impact of caregiving on development. 

Lauren McNamara

• The applied research project with The Recess Project involves working in an assigned school as a Research Assistant/program coordinator for innovative recess activities. There are a range of opportunities available, from planning and organizing recess activities, training university volunteers and grade school students, working with teachers and principals, teaching/encourage physical activity and prosocial skills, and collecting data.
   

Richard Mitchell

• The purpose of the proposed exploratory, qualitative study is to investigate "transdisciplinary" research projects and programs currently taking place on three Canadian campuses by purposively sampling a data obtained from faculty researchers and/or their administrators actively engaged in this type of scholarship.
• The study will adopt a critical qualitative approach (Kincheloe and McLaren, 2005, Kincheloe, McLaren, and Steinberg, 2011) and an ethnographic methodology to collect and analyze various institutional policy documents, related theoretical and empirical research, and obtain interview data from a dozen scholars located on three Canadian campuses.
• The main research question to be explored is: How has the concept of transdisciplinarity facilitated or hindered development of research partnerships at three Canadian campuses?
   

 Fran Owen

• Evaluation of group therapy for persons with developmental disabilities
• Cost-benefit analysis of a social purpose business for persons with developmental disabilities