CBRCanada Webinar and Discussion: Underclass Sisterhood of Solidarity: Radically Imagining Universities
Thu, Nov 24
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Join CBRCanada to learn about a research project that re-imagines universities as inclusive to those whose lives are shaped by poverty
Time & Location
Nov 24, 2022, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST
Webinar
About the Event
Webinar
This CBRCanada webinar and live discussion is part of our fall series: Celebrating Community-Based Research Excellence. In this series we will highlight examples of excellent Community-Based Research by spotlighting the previous winners and nominees of CBRCanada awards.
In this event, presenters will reflect on findings from the award-winning community-based research doctoral project titled "Pushing Privilege Pillars in Canadian Universities". The foundation of this project is based on the creation of a grassroots program www.shoestringinitiative.com that supports students whose lives are shaped by (generational) poverty in Canadian Universities. In this project, a group of women (The Underclass Sisterhood of Solidarity; USS) came together to address the wicked problem of limited access to higher education for poverty-class students, despite higher education being essential to mitigate poverty across generations. USS tackled the myth of the classless society and the taboo subject of social class within this community-based research project which culminated in…