This project is a partnership among GBC, Parkdale Activity Recreation Center (PARC), and Housing and Homeless Service at St Stephen’s Community House (SSCH). This research project will gather quantitative and qualitative evidence of the critical components of transformative education, which will subsequently be employed to develop, pilot and evaluate an innovative model of transformational education.
Designing and implementing acculturation strategies in Canadian newcomer integration programs
This Project is a partnership between GBC and CultureLink. The main purpose is to contribute to capacity of settlement organizations and job training centers to effectively and efficiently bring newcomers into the workforce.
Improving Health Numeracy in Health Science Students and Professionals Through an Online Instrument
This is a collaborative project between George Brown College and McMaster University utilizing an action research approach to conceptualize health numeracy and to act on that conceptualization by translating it into learning content for an on-line learning instrument to be developed.
Community Guide to Cancer Nutrition
This project is a collaboration between George Brown College and the Gilda’s Club of Greater Toronto to research, test and produce a comprehensive, informative and accessible handbook on cancer nutrition.
Job Talks: Innovative Study and Website for Recruitment in the Skilled Trades
This project is a collaboration between George Brown College, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Skills Ontario and Q. I. Value Systems to pursue innovative research to respond to identified gaps in information and communication about the trades.
