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Simon Fraser University’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) at 312 Main Street, Vancouver is ready to launch. Led by Co-Directors, Stuart Poyntz, SFU professor, School of Communication, and Am Johal, director, SFU’s VanCity Office of Community Engagement, CERi will open new offices at 312 Main in December 2019 and will offer a series of new programs, resources, events and space designed to support and enhance community-engaged research across SFU’s three campuses,

St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) is one of Canada’s leading undergraduate universities, located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.  One of the distinguishing features of StFX is that it combines the pursuit of research excellence with local and regional social relevance achieved through community engagement and partnerships.  These efforts have had global reach and impact.  Dating back to the Antigonish Movement, StFX has had a long and continuing tradition of working with commu

Aurora College is a college located in the Northwest Territories, Canada with campuses in Inuvik, Fort Smith, and Yellowknife. The college also includes 21 Community Learning Centres located in remote communities across the NWT. Currently, the college is sectioned into two large divisions: the post-secondary division and the job training and adult education division.The post-secondary division of the college offers several degree programs through partnerships with southern un

NORDIK Institute , affiliated with Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, was established in 2006, growing out of the university’s Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) program following significant demand for local research. Since its inception, NORDIK has served as a mechanism for university-community partnerships. NORDIK is dedicated to the practice of cross-cultural learning, holistic community development, and building Northern Ontario’s research capacity. Its

In July’s CBRC Webinar, “ How CBR Theory is Put into Practice – Developing a Co-Curricular Research Shop Model,” the audience asked some questions that could not be answered during the webinar. McMaster University has responded to your questions below! What is the governance model for the Research Shop? Specifically, how does community voice inform the strategy, structure and objectives of the Research Shop? Are those formal or informal inputs? When the Research Shop was est

From its beginning, the University of Alberta has been committed to the “uplifting of the whole people,” as proclaimed by our founding President Henry Marshall Tory. The University of Alberta’s commitment to community-engaged research runs across the university, from the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge, a joint initiative of the Faculties of Native Studies and of Law, collaborating with Indigenous communities on the recognition, revitalization and practice of Indigenous

Through our new strategic plan,  Shaping UBC’s Next Century , UBC is committed to improving how our institution reinforces effective, principled engagement. We are building on existing supports to transform how UBC engages with community, including the Community-University Engagement Support  (CUES) fund,  Partnership Recognition Fund  (PRF), and  Fostering Research Partnerships  fund. We continue to work with partners on open access to academic research and community-generat

What made you interested in signing up for CBRC membership? Dalhousie University has grounded its strategic research clusters in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and understands that the achievement of these goals is dependent on the collaborative actions of many.  Connection to community is critical if we are to move the dial on the large-scale challenges that face our world.  This is clearly expressed in the fact that SDG 17 is focused solely on part

McMaster’s Office of Community Engagement was formed in 2016 to develop new community-university partnerships. In January 2019 McMaster began piloting a Community Based Research Coordinator role, which facilitates and supports research at McMaster with connection and benefit to Hamilton communities through the Research Shop, supporting connections between faculty members and community groups, and liaising between partners and regional and national CBR networks. Becoming a mem