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The official human research ethics policy of the three federal research funding agencies has been updated. The Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans— TCPS 2 (2022) was issued January 11, 2023, and reflects priorities identified by the Panel on Research Ethics and the agencies, and feedback from the research community during public consultations in 2021. Learn more > #MemberNews

The Community Research Platform (CRP) is an ongoing partnership between the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) and 5 anchor organizations in the Hamilton community. The CRP facilitates research collaborations in a way that builds, facilitates, and sustains relationships of trust and reciprocity between McMaster scholars and colleagues at partner organizations. This “relational infrastructure” fosters ethical and robust programs of community-engaged research and meaningfully adv

2021-2022 has been a year of excitement, learning, and growth at CESI. Take a look at the newly released Impact Report, showcasing four projects that exemplify CESI's guiding principles of collaboration, trust, curiosity, and rigour, all achieved through strong relationships. These project profiles demonstrate the wide-reaching impacts of CESI's projects, partnerships, and collaborations by showcasing how we have engaged with issues like access to food for newcomers, student

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

Dr. Brittany Luby (University of Guelph) and her team are working on a project to better equip Indigenous nations and communities with the knowledge, tools, and questions to engage in research partnerships on their own terms. This project was inspired by Chief Lorraine Cobiness’ request that Luby create training resources for Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation’s Consultation Coordinator. Chief Cobiness’ request drew attention to information barriers faced by First Nations intere

The Social Innovation team as part of the Department of Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Georgian College has been developing a unique approach community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) informed by co-design practices and principles to better understand what it means for communities to flourish, specifically across its seven predominately rural campuses. With this newfound understanding, the department aims to drive meaningful community projects in its

When I began the conception and design of the Landscapes of Injustice partnership, I had no idea what our most dynamic and impactful activity would be. Or, rather, I had many ideas – it’s just that those ideas were wrong. While our team is proud, now that our work is done, to count many other achievements, we’ve been blown away by community response to what I once imagined as a minor aspect of our work – the digital archives . There are thousands of archival researchers out

Laurier's Centre for Community Research, Learning and Action is offering a Program Evaluation Certificate training program starting February 15, 2023. The course is offered virtually. Learn more and register here. #MemberNews

This short, animated video tells the story of the Mental Health Commission of Canada's investment in 14 community-based research (CBR) projects to address knowledge gaps in the relation between cannabis and mental health. This video is the first in a series designed to shed light on the important themes emerging from various CBR projects. It also seeks to inform funders and organizations wishing to undertake CBR projects or consider other ways to engage communities and people

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

Congratulations to Dr. Budd Hall for receiving the Order of Canada for his contributions as a pioneer in the field of community-based research, and for his advancement of knowledge building and research capacity around the world. Read more about Budd's efforts as UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. #MemberNews

Racism, xenophobia, and discrimination exist in every modern society causing avoidable disease and premature death among groups who are often already disadvantaged. This Series examines how the historic systems and structures of power and oppression, and discriminatory ideologies have shaped policy and practice today, and are root causes of racial health inequities. Furthermore, by applying a global lens and intersectional framework, overlapping forms of oppression such as ag

Stephen L. Esquith, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Philosophy Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH) More than 60 years ago, the landlocked west African country of Mali was regarded as a developing nation moving toward democracy. However, since the coup d'état in 2012, the country has faced an increasing amount of violence and is currently governed by military junta. Conflicts between differing ethnic groups as well as tensions between armed government forces a

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

C2UExpo is Canada’s leading conference on community-based research (CBR) and community-campus engagement. CBRCanada is thrilled to have Lakehead University in Thunder Bay as the host of the 8th in-person C2UExpo in June 2023. C2UExpo 2023's theme is Connected Communities. Collective Change. Come together with community champions, community-based researchers, and community engagement professionals from across Turtle Island and beyond to inspire new ways of sharing knowledge an

Ilyniak, S. (2022). Make-work methodology: Canadian homelessness research and its role in austerity. Radical Housing Journal, 4(2), 139-156. DOI: 10.54825/HJAT4040 Observations from the frontlines of the Canadian homelessness research community demonstrate that it largely constitutes ‘makework’: activities carried out to keep busy and thus, perpetuate the non-profit sector and maintain the status quo. It achieves this through its conceptualization of socio-economic issues an

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, TriCouncil Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans, December 2022. “Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples of Canada.” This is the most recent policy statement of the three federal research agencies on ethical research involving humans. Chapter 9 (pages 146 to 182) out

Find the latest SSHRC grant and scholarship deadlines as of November 2022 here. #MemberNews

Thompson Rivers University in partnership with the City of Kamloops is hiring a Researcher-in-Residence Postdoctoral Fellow. The Researcher-in-Residence (RiR) will be appointed as a postdoctoral fellow experienced in community-engaged research theory and practice, and responsible for developing and managing projects, conducting research, designing and facilitating workshops, developing partnerships, brokering research/scholarly work, and supervising students. The position of

In this project report, Lorisia MacLeod (member of James Smith Cree Nation) introduces the citation templates for Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers that was created in partnership with the staff of the NorQuest Indigenous Student Centre. Learn more: https://kula.uvic.ca/index.php/kula/article/view/135 #MemberNews