Dojo Foundations uses research as a compass: it helps decide what problems are worth building around, where risks exist, and where human support still matters.
Evidence is useful when it changes scope, measurement, or a decision—not when it decorates a claim.
The WHO Commission on Social Connection highlights loneliness and social isolation as major public-health issues, with loneliness affecting roughly 1 in 6 people globally.
WHO Commission on Social ConnectionResearch and labour-market reporting point to barriers such as foreign credential recognition, Canadian experience expectations, workplace norms, language, and licensing complexity.
Statistics Canada: job mismatch among immigrantsIRCC’s settlement outcomes reporting describes employment-related services as a way to help newcomers understand employment in Canada.
IRCC Settlement Outcomes ReportTRIEC’s work on mentoring newcomer professionals supports the idea that field-aware mentoring can help skilled immigrants navigate local labour-market expectations.
TRIEC mentoring reportOperational guidance requires continuing risk assessment, investigation, documentation, and review. It cautions against mechanical scoring that replaces professional judgement.
College of Policing guidanceA review of 28 digital self-control interventions found mixed effectiveness, weak results for awareness-only tools, and low overall confidence because studies were often small and short.
Digital self-control interventions reviewBoth groups reduced problematic use and time. Self-efficacy and planning were plausible mechanisms, but the novel intervention was not superior and attrition was high.
Goal-directed smartphone-use RCTThe one sec study combined delay, deliberation, and an explicit option to dismiss opening the target app. It supports testing friction—not claiming that friction is unique.
Directing smartphone use through a self-nudgeApple's Screen Time frameworks provide Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity. Individual authorization and a specific entitlement shape what an iOS MVP can do.
Apple Screen Time frameworks