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Catalyzing climate action: a case study on universities as hubs for community-engaged climate projects
Eirikson A, Haddock RL (2025), "Catalyzing climate action: a case study on universities as hubs for community-engaged climate projects". International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 26 No. 6 pp. 1512–1531, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-09-2024-0664 Abstract Purpose Academic institutions are in a unique position to secure funding and work with communities on climate change issues that matter most to them while providing research opportunities that ben
Oct 21
Placemaking for Inclusion: A Guide to Tenant-Based Initiatives
The "Placemaking for Inclusion Project," a collaboration between the Rural Development Network and La Société Des Manoirs Saint-Joachim (LSM), aimed to combat the stigmatization of affordable housing and empower tenants. Funded by the Community Housing Transformation Centre and the Government of Canada's New Horizons For Seniors Program, the project culminated in tenant-led community events at LSM, including a mural-painting initiative in June and its unveiling in October 202
Oct 21
Meet the Winners of the 2025 Community-Based Research Excellence Awards
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
May 27


Podcast: Participatory Action Research - Feminist Trailblazers & Good Troublemakers
In depth conversations with feminist participatory and action research trailblazers about their successes and struggles bringing feminist...
May 24, 2024


Book: Community Engagement in Higher Education From Theory to Practice
Singh, M., Bhatt, P., Singh, W., & Pareek, K.S. (Eds.). (2023). Community Engagement in Higher Education: From Theory to Practice (1st...
May 24, 2024


Congratulations Winners of the 2024 Community-Based Research Excellence Awards
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
May 20, 2024


Book: Decolonization in Practice: Reflective Learning from Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Datta, R. (Ed.). (2023). Decolonization in Practice: Reflective Learning from Cross-Cultural Perspectives . Canadian Scholars’ Press. Decolonization in Practice speaks to the practical work of dismantling colonial ideologies and features contributions from Indigenous, Black, racialized immigrant, refugee, and ally scholars, researchers, and practitioners who share their experiences enacting decolonizing work in their communities. Each chapter presents stories of inspiration,
Nov 30, 2023


Report: Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good: An Action Framework for Public Universities
Aurbach, E.L., Kennedy, H., Redd, K., Bennett, J., & Gobstein, H. (2023, November). Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good: An Action Framework for Public Research Universities. Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. DOI: https://osf.io/uekpb/ This report, Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good, outlines a blueprint for action that public universities can leverage to accelerate research that addresses such intractable challenges. It provides a research-i
Nov 9, 2023


Article: "Democratising expertise: A call to (institutional) arms." 2023.
Malone, M. (2023, July 24). "Democratising expertise: A call to (institutional) arms." UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion news. https://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/social-justice-uts/centre-social-justice-inclusion/news/democratising-expertise-call-institutional-arms This article, written by Dr. Margaret Malone, Executive Editor of Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, presents reflections on how post-secondary ins
Aug 23, 2023


Featured Books & Reports: 2023 to 2001
Below is a pdf list of featured books & reports in community-based research between 2001 and August 2023, submitted by a variety of contributors. #CBRMovement #CBRTheory #CBRMethods
Jul 31, 2023


Reports: The National FUTURES/forward Community-Engaged Art Mentorship Program. 2023
Two reports were released by the National FUTURES/forward Community-Engaged Art Mentorship Program. Gilker, K. (2023). The National FUTURES/forward Community-Engaged Art Mentorship Program Report, 2020-2023. https://icasc.ca/resource/futures-forward-community-engaged-art-mentorship-program-report-2020-2023/ Informed by research, the unique national FUTURES/forward community-engaged art mentorship program was launched in January 2020. Since then, the program has had five coho
Jul 12, 2023


Book: "Life against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat". 2023
Wiebe, S. M. (2023). Life against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat. UBC Press. About: For six weeks in the winter of 2012–13, Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence undertook a high-profile ceremonial fast to advocate for improved Canadian-Indigenous relations. Framed widely by the media as a hunger strike, her fast was both a call to action and a gesture of corporeal sovereignty. Life against States of Emergency responds to the central questio
Jul 10, 2023


Gateways Journal Released: Vol 16 No 1 (2023)
Welcome to Gateways journal's latest general volume. The increasing depth and ambition of community-university engaged research and practice is demonstrated in this collection of articles which are characterised by a high degree of critical innovation and collaborative verve. Further, these efforts are global. This general volume opens with articles from South Africa, the UK, Australia, the USA, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Canada. In many of these articles, the partnerships are
Jun 30, 2023


Social Impact Hub now has a collaborative space at Durham College
Durham College is excited to share that we now have a collaborative space for our research centre, the Social Impact Hub! Located on the second floor of the new Centre for Innovation and Research (CIR), the Hub space enables faculty, students and community partners to gather in person to delve into socially innovative projects. Launched virtually in June 2021, the Social Impact Hub supports applied research projects and experiential learning opportunities that engage communit
Jun 28, 2023


Report: "Walk With Me: A Community-Engaged Research Response to the Drug Poisoning Crisis". 2023
Karsten, Sharon (2023). Walk With Me: A Community-Engaged Research Response to the Drug Poisoning Crisis . (Ed.) Mahoney, Tara. Vancouver: Community- Engaged Research Initiative, Simon Fraser University. About: The Walk With Me team and SFU CERi have collaborated on the report Walk With Me: A Community-Engaged Response to the Drug Poisoning Crisis to illuminates a powerful role for community-engaged research in addressing the drug poisoning crisis. Since the toxic drug poison
Jun 7, 2023


Report: "Community-Engaged Research and the Climate Crisis: Key Insights and Best Practices". 2023
Mahoney, T. (2023). Community-Engaged Research and the Climate Crisis: Key Insights and Best Practices. SFU CERi. About: Climate crisis is already unfolding across BC: heat domes, wildfires, and floods have had devastating impacts on communities throughout the province, both urban and rural. These impacts – like other social and environmental injustices – are unevenly distributed, often exacerbating existing harms to Indigenous peoples, communities of colour, and the underho
May 9, 2023


Building Flourishing Communities through the Community Impact Lab Network
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
Feb 28, 2023


Landscapes of Injustice: unearthing our uneven past and finding new paths forward
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
Feb 24, 2023


Laurier strengthening partnership with Community-Based Research Canada
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
Jan 11, 2023


Building bridges between government and community: the missing link for policy change
Solid waste generation is reaching a tipping point. Current forms of waste management are not taking care of the complex and wicked challenges related to discard and waste. This is why it is so important to engage with community and jointly address these challenges. Mapping Waste Governance, a community-based research project, partners with waste picker organizations (WPOs) to identify, examine and document grassroots social innovations and challenges in waste governance. Th
Oct 18, 2022
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