Les mutuelles d’assurance du Québec ont joué un rôle socio-économique très important depuis longtemps. Ainsi en est-il de SSQ, qui célèbre en 2019 son 75e anniversaire de fondation. Après une vague intense de démutualisation, confrontée à une logique financière devenue mondialisée et à un univers très compétitif, la mutuelle d’assurance a aujourd’hui du mal à […]

The question of post-secularism – that is, the status of the religious experience within modern individuals and modern society – is a prevalent one in contemporary philosophical discussion. In this project, I consider the insight of 20th century French philosopher Michel Foucault on this subject, in “L’Herméneutique du Sujet”, a recently published manuscript of Foucault’s […]

Depuis quelques années, des spécialistes de l’histoire du scepticisme ont remarqué que plusieurs thèmes de la philosophie de Hobbes semblent avoir été influencés par des arguments sceptiques, sans pour autant que cela fasse consensus. J’ai donc entrepris, dans le cadre de mes études doctorales en philosophie, de me pencher sur la question, et d’étudier les […]

The non-profit sector is in the midst of an upheaval. The pressure of shrinking government budgets, a culture of austerity and fiscal conservatism, access to big data, and trends in corporate philanthropy, are creating new challenges and new opportunities for the sector to position themselves as powerful change agents. In an environment of scarcity, collaborating […]

United Way will be adapting their resources around the creation of a Social Innovation Lab to provide support to organisations impacted by COVID19, specifically be increasing their capacity to deal with new COVID-related challenges. The research will provide evidence and direction for the creation an online collaborative platform that allows community service agencies to access […]

Obtaining reliable information is crucial for humanitarian workers who aim to respond to a catastrophic situation. In this context, there are many possible sources of information (e.g., local population; journalists; authorities), but only a limited time to gather data, analyze them and respond to the situation. Since 2010, a new way of gathering data has […]

Increasingly, organizations supporting people with disabilities, like Facilitation Wellington Dufferin (FWD), describe their activities in terms of citizenship goals, e.g., promotion of social inclusion, control over one’s own life, and access to natural supports. Key concepts such as citizenship and inclusion are philosophically disputed, raising a “measurement problem”—what would even count as evidence of success? […]

Games have, in the last decade, become an important tool for teaching in both the education and business section. The application of games, and game mechanics, in these areas is often called gamification. The aim of this project is to explore how games can be used to create rich, first hand, experiences that can be […]