Below are some of our current and completed projects. Projects are sorted chronologically, newest first. You can also filter specifically Workforce Development or Youth projects:
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Images Into Action – Doctoral Research Project – Supervised at Royal Roads University
Images Into Action is a participatory doctoral research project hosted within the Resilience by Design Lab at Royal Roads University. Through Youth Creative Action Research and visual storytelling, the project explores how youth leadership, design thinking, and collaborative inquiry can strengthen climate communication and community resilience. We are pleased to support this work as part of…
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Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Capacity Building
Climate Preparedness Duration: 2025-2026 This project is focused on developing knowhow in support of BC’s Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy and how BC is preparing for climate disasters. As such, the project team informally refers to this work as the “climate preparedness” project. The project has been undertaken through financial support from the Province of BC…
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Creating A University Research Framework
Duration: 2025-Ongoing Creating a University Research Framework workbook is a CC-by-nc licensed workbook to support the design of university research frameworks. Funded through a project led by Canada’s Technical Assistance Partnership – Expert Deployment Mechanism (TAP-EDM) program and Global Affairs Canada, members of the RbD partnered with the Maldives National University to strengthen its research…
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Microcredentials: Climate Adaptation Fundamentals
Duration: 2023-Ongoing The Climate Adaptation Fundamentals (CAF): Foundations Micro-credential is focused on supporting professionals developing competencies related to ability to integrate climate considerations, and specifically climate-adaptation considerations in their work. This micro-credential is designed for professionals and front-line workers in corporate, government, small-business, consulting services and non-governmental organisations who are new to understanding climate impacts…
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Master of Arts in Climate Action Leadership
Duration: Ongoing The Master of Arts in Climate Action Leadership is an innovative graduate program that brings together students and professionals in an open learning environment to enhance their skills and capacities to lead climate change action efforts. The program uses an open pedagogical approach that engages students in generating new ideas and solutions to address climate…
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Pearson Collaboration
Duration: 2021-Ongoing The Resilience By Design Lab (RbD) and Royal Roads Professional and Continuing Studies are joining with Pearson College UWC to offer two undergraduate courses to their students enrolled in the new Climate Action Leadership Diploma. The first of these courses provides a foundation in climate science, impacts and risks; the second bookends the program and…
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Youth Designing Climate Resilience
Duration: 2021-2025 The Youth Designing Climate Resilience (YDCR) project, funded by a Social Science and Humanities Council Research Grant, included working on two parallel projects with youth, educators, and researchers with one team in British Columbia, Canada (BC), and another in Puerto Rico (PR). The project team included researchers and practitioners with deep expertise and…
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CanAdapt
Duration: 2024-Ongoing CanAdapt is a collaboration between Resilience by Design Lab at Royal Roads University and the Climate Risk Institute. The groundwork has been laid to create a not-for-profit corporation designed to amplify and simplify public and private sector involvement in climate-informed workforce development through a Canadian Climate Adaptation Digital Portal that connects climate-action related education and training “suppliers” with…
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Building Youth Resilience Through Community Connections
Duration: 2022-2024 Building Youth Resilience Through Community Connections is a climate-action-for-youth initiative, developed through a partnership between Resilience by Design Lab, with “on the ground” operations led by the dedicated team at Howl. Howl, located in Alberta’s Bow Valley of Treaty 7 territory, provides experiences for youth in skills training, service and volunteer and entrepreneurship…
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Upskilling for Canada’s Climate Transition – Partnership with ASI
Duration: 2022-2023 “The Upskilling for Canada’s Climate Transition research project is a collaboration between the Academy for Sustainable Innovation (ASI) and the Resilience by Design Lab (RbD) at Royal Roads University, in partnership with the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre. The project was undertaken from September 2022 to September 2023 to explore possible approaches…