Municipal Bylaw Scan in Canada - Research Project
Preferred learners
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
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Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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FTAC is interested in drawing attention to gaps, barriers, and inequities that occur within the business landscape where Canadian Food Trucks operate - chiefly, municipalities. We are undertaking a series of research projects that are truly IDEAL for students to understand the inner workings of how good policy recommendations can have real impacts on the ability for small businesses to thrive and grow.
In this project, FTAC is undertaking a cross-country review of various bylaws that impact Food Truck operators. This will be the 2nd year this data will be collected to inform our work.
All of the research conducted will be online and can be done from anywhere.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- Students will be provided with clear parameters on how to conduct their research, and how to provide the sourced data back to the project - data gathering methods are 100% remote and more often require online research (85%) with some rare data gathering by phone or email (15%)
- Students will participate in quality assessments of the data collection process to ensure accuracy
- Students may be asked to provide detailed written findings of their research
- Students will have a hand in the building of a database that will be used to encourage policymakers to make informed decisions on improvements for food truck operators.
These projects are open to students anywhere. We will provide the relevant data sources to use in Canada to complete the project.
- What is the main goal for this project?
-
FTAC is interested in drawing attention to gaps, barriers, and inequities that occur within the business landscape where Canadian Food Trucks operate - chiefly, municipalities. We are undertaking a series of research projects that are truly IDEAL for students to understand the inner workings of how good policy recommendations can have real impacts on the ability for small businesses to thrive and grow.
In this project, FTAC is undertaking a cross-country review of various bylaws that impact Food Truck operators. This will be the 2nd year this data will be collected to inform our work.
All of the research conducted will be online and can be done from anywhere.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
-
- Students will be provided with clear parameters on how to conduct their research, and how to provide the sourced data back to the project - data gathering methods are 100% remote and more often require online research (85%) with some rare data gathering by phone or email (15%)
- Students will participate in quality assessments of the data collection process to ensure accuracy
- Students may be asked to provide detailed written findings of their research
- Students will have a hand in the building of a database that will be used to encourage policymakers to make informed decisions on improvements for food truck operators.
These projects are open to students anywhere. We will provide the relevant data sources to use in Canada to complete the project.
About the company
- https://foodtrucksofcanada.org
- 2 - 10 employees
- Food & beverage, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society
The Food Trucks Association of Canada (FTAC) is a national, nonprofit organization which was first registered in Canada in the late summer of 2020, in the earlier period of onset of the pandemic.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/45-28-0001/2021001/article/00010-eng.htm
An agile approach has been taken and we are now looking to redefine how we can best start and grow to support the industry. It is critically important to us to provide real and lasting value to our members.
Projects that are taken on by students and courses in the Riipen platform will be instrumental in our ability to build capacity to deliver that value.
To date, the work of the Food Trucks Association of Canada has been led by a volunteer Executive Director who is a passionate advocate in this space, and has leveraged a 75% student body of employees made available through various employment subsidies. It is a key part of our mandate to support student learning.
The NAICS code for the Food Trucks is 7223 and other code subsets.