CBR Canada News

The 11th Living Knowledge Conference will take place in Gdansk, the birthplace of the Solidarity movement, and invites proposals from researchers, practitioners, and students involved in community-based, collaborative research. This year’s theme is Research & Solidarity, with sub-themes including university-community partnerships, student engagement, environmental justice, health and wellbeing, ethics, methods, and global networks. Living Knowledge encourages interactive sess

We’re looking for speakers for CBRCanada’s upcoming Community of Practice (CoP) sessions! If you’re interested in sharing your work, facilitating a discussion, or leading an engaging session on community-based research, we’d love to hear from you. Complete our sign-up form or reach out directly to Amanda at amanda@communityresearchcanada.ca to express your interest. #CBRCanadaNews

Join us on November 20, 2025 , from 12:30–2pm ET for CBRCanada’s Annual General Meeting! This is a chance for our network to come together, celebrate the year’s accomplishments, and look ahead to what’s next for community-based research in Canada. This year’s AGM will feature a panel on hosting C2UExpo, a presentation on CBRCanada’s activities from the past year, and other creative pieces you won’t want to miss. Register here . #CBRCanadaNews

The Community-Based Research Excellence Awards is an annual CBRCanada program that nationally recognizes outstanding individuals and partnerships that exemplify what it means to do community-based research well. Launched in 2021, this marks the fifth year of the Awards program, and we continue to be inspired by the caliber of nominees in both categories: Excellence in Community-Campus Researcher Partnership  and Emerging Community-Based Researcher . A heartfelt thank you to a

Community-based research (CBR) has the power to create lasting, positive change, particularly for marginalized communities in Canada and around the world. Unfortunately, the incredible work being done often goes unnoticed. At CBRCanada, we are dedicated to recognizing those who are leading the way and making a tangible impact. We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 Community-Based Research Excellence Awards! 🎉 These prestigious awards celebrate

CBRCanada is inviting proposals from organizations and alliances to host the 11th C2UExpo in 2027! Are you an educational institution, community organization, or a collaboration with a strong track record in community-campus engagement? If so, this could be your opportunity to lead Canada’s premier international conference on community-campus partnerships! C2UExpo is a prestigious event dedicated to celebrating impactful collaborations that tackle both local and global societ

Ashini joins us from the  University of Waterloo , where she’s pursuing a Health Sciences degree with a Health Research specialization and a Gerontology minor. Her research interests focus on the intersection of neuroscience and orthopedics, particularly in aging populations. She’s passionate about improving healthcare outcomes for older adults, and we're thrilled to have her on board until April. Before joining CBRCanada, Ashini worked as a Research Assistant in the Orthoped

Stella has already proven to be a valuable asset to the CBRCanada team in her first few weeks as she's dove in to managing tasks related to our membership drive, marketing, and communications. She will quickly become a familiar (and friendly!) face to all of our CBRCanada members. Stella brings to CBRCanada expertise in community engagement and project management gained through working with non-profit organizations. She also brings a critical social justice lens developed thr

CBRCanada is hiring for a Network Coordinator, who will play an essential role in facilitating operations of CBRCanada national programing and network engagement activities. We are seeking someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who likes to take initiative to work with our small but dynamic team to advance community-based research excellence in Canada. The Network Coordinator would work independently as well as in close collaboration with other CBRCanada secretariat team memb

The Nature for Life Hub is a leading virtual event and global communications campaign hosted annually by the United Nations Development Programme and its partners. Together we work to put nature at the heart of sustainable development by convening world leaders, businesses, NGOs, Indigenous Peoples, youth leaders and activists to take ambitious action on nature. This year, we're calling on all of you – our incredible network of changemakers –  to reimagine the future with us!

Message from Rhonda Kropp  Associate Vice-President, Learning Health Systems  I am pleased to announce the release of CIHR's Research Excellence Framework, a major step in advancing our strategic plan commitment to research excellence in all its diversity.  This Framework positions CIHR on a clear path towards achieving our vision where Canadian health research is recognized as inclusive, collaborative, transparent, culturally safe, and focused on real-world impact. We are lo

Date & Time Aug 22, 2024 01:00 PM in  America/Toronto Description Explore opportunities to strengthen your organization’s research capacity, develop a research project, or share research findings by applying to the National Housing Strategy Research and Planning Fund! The NHS Research and Planning Fund provides support to not-for-profit organizations, registered charities, Indigenous governments, and Indigenous organizations to plan, undertake, and share research on affordabl

Funding for not-for-profit organizations, registered charities, and Indigenous partners. Funds help to plan, undertake and share research related to affordable housing in Canada. The Research and Planning Fund advances evidence-based research used to understand and address housing challenges in Canada. It focuses on vulnerable groups in the housing system. The fund also promotes collaboration and engagement in housing research. Additionally, it supports developing research sk

The Living Knowledge Conference is the European counterpart to CBRCanada's C2UExpo conference. CBRCanada is thrilled to again be facilitating sessions at the 10th Living Knowledge Conference: Building and Sustaining Next Generation Engagement taking place in Girona, Spain this June 25-28th. Registration  for the conference is open until June 12th. CBRCanada's LK 2024 sessions are: Tuesday, June 25th, 3-5pm Workshop: Skills Training: “Authentic or tokenistic Community-Universi

May 21, 2024 The Community-Based Research Excellence Awards is an annual CBRCanada program that nationally recognizes exceptional people and partnerships that embody the what it means to do community-based research well. Launched in 2021, this is our fourth year of the Awards program and we couldn't be more impressed by the caliber of nominees in both categories - Excellence in Community-Campus Researcher Partnership and Emerging Community-Based Researcher. Thank you to all 4

Community-Based Research Canada (CBRCanada) invites qualified candidates to join the Board of Directors. For over 10 years, the CBRCanada Board has provided leadership, governance, and oversight to the organization, guiding it from its beginnings as a network of community-based researchers to its current position as a national champion and facilitator of community-based research excellence. Made up exclusively of volunteers, the Board supports CBRCanada in its mission to adv

As always, there is so much to look forward to in the CBRCanada network as we move toward spring. First and foremost, we are so pleased that C2UExpo, in person, is back! Please join us at Lakehead University, in beautiful Thunder Bay Ontario, June 5th to 8th, for C2UExpo 2023, Connected Communities. Collective Change . Where during COVID we hosted two online Mini C2UExpos, with a focus on celebrating excellence in community engaged research, the in-person gathering at Lakeh

It’s almost as if you’re at a party, but you don’t know anyone. For a while, it’s fine to float around the room, tuning into conversations here and there. But after some time, you notice a feeling of loneliness. Of, like, invisibility. Of ‘I definitely don’t belong here’. It is disheartening enough that, when reflecting on her early university experience, my sister repeatedly returned to these sentiments of paralyzing estrangement from her broader campus community. It is even

Wilfrid Laurier University researchers are deeply engaged in their communities. As part of Laurier’s strategy to foster enriching partnerships, the university is strengthening its partnership with Community-Based Research (CBR) Canada , a national champion and facilitator of community-based research. CBR Canada employees have moved their operations to Laurier’s Waterloo campus. The university is providing the organization with office space, information and communication tech

Community-Based Research Canada presents “Moving the Dial”: our Winter & Spring 2023 E-Learning series. This 6-month series running from January to June 2023 will highlight action-oriented community-based research that is ‘moving the dial’ on today’s pressing societal challenges. An important hallmark of community-based research, taking an action-orientated and impactful approach, means research partnerships mobilizing knowledge and mobilizing communities towards positive soc