CityStudio Durham Collaborate With Us

The Region of Durham’s Child Care and Early Years division would like to complete a rapid review of the literature, specifically for the use of simulation and virtual simulation to build the capacity or early learning and child-care's educators.

 Host Department: Social Services

 Type of Collaboration: An unpaid practicum/placement student hosted at the Region, or

A graduate research project, or open to collaboration.

• CityStudio Durham Collaborate With Us

Solar-thermal greenhouses have been widely adopted overseas, particularly in cold-climate regions such as northern China, but their use in Canada remains limited. The challenge is not whether these systems can grow crops year-round, but how they must be adapted to function within Ontario’s regulatory, climatic, and manufacturing context.

• CityStudio Durham Collaborate With Us

Ontario farmers face high barriers when considering year-round cultivation. This project focuses on developing farmer-oriented business plans and revenue models for year-round cultivation.

• CityStudio Durham Collaborate With Us

The Region of Durham Child Care and Early Years division would like to continue to build capacity across the early learning and care sector so that educators feel confident, capable, and informed in supporting all children, including those with varying abilities and needs. The team is looking to develop and distribute online self-paced trainings that will enable educators working in licensed child care centres to better support all children and their families through increased awareness of.

• CityStudio Durham Collaborate With Us

The Region of Durham funds multiple community agencies to deliver housing stability and homelessness prevention programs. To ensure these programs are delivering high-quality, equitable, and effective services, the Region is looking to develop a standardized Quality Assurance (QA) tool and supporting success measurement tools.

• CityStudio Durham Collaborate With Us

The Social Services Department at Durham Region would like to simplify the complexity in searching for affordable rentals, specifically for seniors.

The intent of this project is to develop ideas to replace the fragmented list of unreliable resources Durham’s residents are currently relying on to find affordable housing.