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Promising practices and constraining factors in mobilizing community-engaged research
Michelle Lam and Akech Mayuom Abstract This article describes a project involving 13 community focus groups on the topic of anti-racism...
Aug 23, 2024


Zoom for Community-Based Research
UNDER THE SCOPE of substantiating collaborative learning and sustainable rural relationships through online hybrid research in Western...
Aug 23, 2024


Research Impact Story: The Building Bridges Together project is co-creating financial empowerment strategies
In a country as prosperous as Canada, the statistic that 5.8 million people live in poverty is a stark reminder of the inequities that persist. In Durham Region, the Building Bridges Together project supported by Durham College’s Social Impact Hub, funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and led by Professor Lorraine Closs from the Faculty of Social and Community Services are tackling this issue head-on by empowering low-income community mem
Jun 25, 2024


Article: Imagining a Post-Pandemic Reality through an Arts-based Methodological Framework
Janes, H., Berry, A., Lyonblum, E., Risk, L., & Niknafs, N. (2023). Imagining a Post-Pandemic Reality through an Arts-based...
Jun 24, 2024


Youth-Led Research Project Magazine: RE-IMAGYN BC Combining Art and Research to Co-Create Understandings of Relationship and Gender Equity with 2SLGBTQ+ Youth
Description - This magazine, which was entirely created by youth, shares the findings from the first phase of the RE-IMAGYN BC...
Jun 24, 2024


Article: Amadeusz’s Prosper: Effective reintegration of adults facing firearm-related charges in Ontario, Canada
Eizadirad, A., Chambers, T. N., & Brown, S. B. (2024). Amadeusz’s Prosper: Effective reintegration of adults facing firearm-related...
Jun 24, 2024


Article: Systematic Integrative Narrative Review onCommunity Support Practices and Outcomes inSocial and Community Housing
Lapierre, J., Bourque, L., Leblanc, N., Roch, G., Provencher, V., Jetté, C., ... & Fournier-Dufou, L. (2024). The Systematic Integrative...
Jun 24, 2024


Article: Birth and postnatal outcomes among infants of immigrant parents of different admission categories and parents born in Canada: a population-based retrospective study
Yang, S., Shapiro, G. D., Ng, E., Vissandjée, B., & Vang, Z. M. (2024). Birth and postnatal outcomes among infants of immigrant parents...
Jun 24, 2024


Article: Jeunesses autochtonesSe réapproprier la recherche pour mieux se représenter soi-même Indigenous youth Reappropriating research to better represent themselves
Résumé Cet article porte sur un processus entrepris par et avec les jeunes du comité aviseur du volet autochtone de la Chaire-réseau de...
May 24, 2024


Report & Infographic: Equity in the Broader Settlement Sector: Addressing Systemic Racism and Digital Equity across the Settlement Journey
This collaborative research project was led by the Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR) in partnership with the Waterloo Region...
May 24, 2024


Article: Community-Based Evaluation When Localizing Sustainable Development Goals
Janzen, R., Switzer, S., Basabose, J. de D., Docherty, M., & Heidebrecht, P. (2023). Community-Based Evaluation When Localizing...
May 24, 2024


Guidebook: Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta
RDN in partnership with AAISA has released two brand-new guidebooks related to Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in...
May 24, 2024


Article: Co-Developing a Radical Mental Health Doula Model of Support: Reflections on Doing Feminist Participatory Action Research
Rankin, J., Boulton, T., Fang, X. Y., & Denis, A. (2024). Co-Developing a Radical Mental Health Doula Model of Support: Reflections on...
May 23, 2024


Report: Half the Time I Felt Nobody Loved Me
Rampersaud, M., & Mussell, L. (2021). “Half the time I felt like nobody loved me”: The Costs of ‘Aging Out’ of State Guardianship in...
May 17, 2024


Prevent 2 Protect research partnership: Preventing Adolescent Acts of Violence Through Community Collaboration
Article written by Emily Springer, for Michigan State University’s The Engaged Scholar eNewsletter In 2018, Aaron Stark stood on stage in Boulder, Colorado, and began his Ted Talk by uttering the words, “I was almost a school shooter.” Stark, a high school student in 1996, admitted through tear-streaked eyes and a quivering voice that in a moment of pain and anger, he almost committed a terrible atrocity. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released a report
Apr 23, 2024


Durham College's Building Bridges Together Project Co-Creates Three Social Innovations
Supported by Durham College’s Social Impact Hub, the Building Bridges Together project team, including the research steering committee, people with lived experience of poverty and community service providers, co-created three social innovations that breakdown access barriers to financial literacy and services for people experiencing low income. Financial Help Hub (FHH) innovation is rooted in the research data that pointed to a lack of inclusive access to already existing f
Apr 22, 2024


Report: Compensating Research Participants: A Survey of Current Practices in Toronto
Cheff, R. (2018, July). Compensating research participants: A survey of current Practices in Toronto. Wellsley Institute ....
Apr 13, 2024


Article: Reconceptualizing Global Citizenship in Turkish Social Studies Textbooks With a Focus on Social Justice
Kilinc, E., Eizadirad, A., & Straub, J. (2024). Reconceptualizing global citizenship in Turkish Social Studies textbooks with a focus on...
Apr 13, 2024


Report: Young Women’s Experiences of Anti-Muslim Racism in Schools
Ennab, F., Nowatzki, J., Makinde, S. (2024, February 13). Young Women’s Experiences of Anti-Muslim Racism in Schools. Canadian Centre for...
Apr 11, 2024


Report: Thinking Inside the Box: Rediscovering How to Build Social Housing in Manitoba.
Fernandez, L. (2024, March 5). Thinking Inside the Box: Rediscovering How to Build Social Housing in Manitoba. Canadian Centre for Policy...
Apr 11, 2024
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