Centering Lived Experience of Incarceration in Research: Developing and Implementing a Prison Health Research Council
Thu, Jan 22
|Zoom event
Join us for this E-Learning event in our Winter/Spring 2026 Series "Centering Community in Community-Based Research" where we highlight research that amplifies and is driven by voices of lived experience.
Time & Location
Jan 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Zoom event
About the Event
Community-Based Research Canada presents “Centering Community in Community-Based Research". In this E-Learning series, we highlight research that exemplifies a pivotal feature of community-based research: centering community and lived experience perspectives in all aspects of the research. This series will showcase projects that have been led by community members with lived experiences of the issues being investigated, and projects that have amplified the voices and experiences of those with lived experience throughout the research process.
January Event - Centering People with Lived Experience of Incarceration in Research: Developing and Implementing a Prison Health Research Council
People with lived experience of incarceration are often included in research as participants, but not often as research leaders and collaborators. The Prison Health Research Council based out of McMaster University aims to change that. This council of 11 individuals with lived experience of incarceration is contributing to Canadian prison health research, developing new research ideas,…