These students have unravelled 13 complex challenges to illuminate and clearly communicate the stories within the systems.
Exploring the complex intersection of factors leading to the decline of small-to-midsize farms in Alberta, including economic, social, and governmental influences.
Unveiling the undervaluation of art and culture, hindered by systemic barriers like limited education access and industry competition, prompts inquiries into the purpose of art and its role in enhancing the human experience.
Unravelling societal reliance on trauma narratives, which serve as a currency for empathy, a tool for reinforcing power structures, and a factor influencing the production of knowledge.
Understanding the escalating housing crisis in Calgary including the barriers to creating enough subsidized housing and the impact of rising prices on people who need the most support.
Investigating the impact of rising post-secondary and living costs on students' mental health and their ability to be successful in school.
Humanizing the current Canadian housing crisis by exploring the various challenges and layers involved in this issue, as well as identifying housing as a human right as opposed to a commodity.
Understanding the barriers of comprehensive sexual health education in Alberta, encompassing social, educational, and governmental influences, to understand their collective impact on youths well-being and society as a whole.
Examining the recent surge in inflation including the influence of global factors and market monopolization as well as the disproportionate impact rising inflation can have on lower-income individuals.
Unravelling the 'model minority myth' and its' impact on Asian communities, including the hidden barriers, psychological, and sociocultural effects.
Exploring how the layered dynamics of youth sports including intense pressure and over-training can have lasting mental and physical health consequences and can lead youth to withdraw from sports altogether.
Exploring how the layered dynamics of youth sports including intense pressure and over-training can have lasting mental and physical health consequences and can lead youth to withdraw from sports altogether.
Exploring how the attention economy propels disinformation across the media landscape, and how critical approaches are necessary in not only deciphering disinformation, but also in developing healthy solutions to it.
Unravelling the complexity and increase of social polarization including compounding factors such as political ideologies, economic disparities and media dynamics that influence and entrench beliefs.
Investigating the impact of rising post-secondary and living costs on students' mental health and their ability to be successful in school.
Unravelling the 'model minority myth' and its' impact on Asian communities, including the hidden barriers, psychological, and sociocultural effects.
Unveiling the undervaluation of art and culture, hindered by systemic barriers like limited education access and industry competition, prompts inquiries into the purpose of art and its role in enhancing the human experience.
Exploring the intersecting factors that impact the physical and mental health of racialized immigrants, including unemployment, lack of social networks and language barriers.
MRU is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuu T’ina and the Îyâxe Nakoda First Nations. The City of Calgary is also home to the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region III.