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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


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


Research Impact Story: ‘Measuring Magic: How Writers Collective of Canada went beyond statistics to quantify its program’s life-changing impact’
Author: Shelly Lepp, Chief Executive Officer of the Writers Collective of Canada, shares insights gained through the organization’s journey with evaluation. In 2013, a group of unhoused men and women gathered in Writers Collective of Canada’s (WCC) first writing workshop at Toronto’s toughest drop-in shelter. “I bet you have stories to tell,” WCC founder, Susan Turk Mozer prompted. “Nobody has stories like we do!” they replied. The group wrote together—first tentatively t
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: Ethics of Aboriginal Research
Brant Castellano, M. (2004). Ethics of Aboriginal research. Journal of Aboriginal Health: Victoria1(1), 98-114 This paper proposes a set...
Apr 13, 2024


Article: Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) in combatting anti-Black racism and reducing recidivism
Eizadirad , A., & Leslie, G. (2024). Impact of Race and Culture Assessments (IRCAs) in combatting anti-Black racism and reducing...
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


Article: Healthy Community Initiatives In Rural Alberta, Canada, During COVID-19
Gillies, C., Frenette, N., Patterson, S., & Scott, L. K. (2024). Healthy community initiatives in rural Alberta, Canada, during...
Apr 11, 2024


Article: African Caribbean Presence: Decolonizing Social Work Education
Hackett, V. R. (2019). African Caribbean presence: Decolonizing social work education 2019. Intersectionalities : A Global Journal of...
Apr 11, 2024


Article: Supporting peer researchers: recommendations from our lived experience/expertise in community-based research in Canada
Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Watson, J. R., & Tavares, J. (2019). Supporting peer researchers: recommendations from our lived...
Apr 1, 2024


Article: A New Era of Indigenous Research: Community-based Indigenous Research Ethics Protocols in Canada
Hayward, A., Sjoblom, E., Sinclair, S., & Cidro, J. (2021). A new era of indigenous research: Community-based indigenous research ethics...
Apr 1, 2024


Book: Practicing Community-Based Participatory Research: Stories of Engagement, Empowerment and Mobilization
MacKinnon, S. (Ed.). (2018). Practising community-based participatory research : stories of engagement, empowerment, and mobilization ....
Apr 1, 2024


Framework to Understand and Address Barriers to Community-Engaged Scholarship and Public Engagement in Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Across Higher Education
Sdvizhkov , H., Zanen, K. V., Aravamudan, N., & Aurbach, E. L. (2022). A Framework to Understand and Address Barriers to...
Apr 1, 2024
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