Research Shop

Exploring Municipal Innovation for the 2017 Municipal Innovators Community (MiC) Conference

The MiC conference organizers and the Guelph Lab partnered with the Research Shop to prepare materials for the conference that would be used to enable attendees to see themselves as “innovators,” and encourage discussion among attendees surrounding their respective experiences with and perspectives on innovation. The community partners identified a need for conference attendees from diverse professional backgrounds to be able to identify different kinds of innovation in order to recognize their work as innovative. 

Author(s): 
Taylor-Ann Grills, Kathleen Slemon, Alex Sawatzky
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Guelph Lab
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
City of Guelph
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Fresh Convenience Stores: Making Produce Affordable and Accessible

This report presents findings from a literature review of programs in North America that provide fresh produce in convenience stores. More specifically, this review sought to identify programs that utilized convenience stores as a channel through which to provide fresh produce and healthier food options at more accessible and affordable prices in lower-income neighbourhoods that were situated within food deserts. The main goal of this report was to contribute to the development and expansion of food access programming led by The SEED, a community food project based out of Guelph, Ontario.

Author(s): 
Biatris Lasu, Alex Sawatzky
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
The SEED

Kendra Cheeseman

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Intersectional landscapes, environmental determinants of health, knowledge mobilization in spatial graphics, feminist landscape design, data privacy in 'smart infrastructure'.

Lauren Hotchkiss

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Violence against women, sexual violence, social justice, community engaged scholarship.

Marian Kelly

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Poverty, inequality, social policy, precarious employment, social and economic determinants of health.

Rebecca Pereira

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Public health issues, different cultural perspectives on health.

Taylor-Anne Grills

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Feminist criminology, mental health, addictions, aboriginal issues, knowledge mobilization.

Myrene Lychek

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Public health, knowledge translation, health equity & access for priority populations, immigration.

Jessica Boulé

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Research Shop Assistant

Interests: Human sexuality; gender identities; aging health; equitable, accessible and inclusive practice; community engaged scholarship; knowledge mobilization; social justice.

Keely Kavcic

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Research Shop Project Manager

Interests: Gender Norms, Sexual Violence Education, Rape Culture, Rape Myths, Canadian Universities, Community Engaged Research.