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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


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


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


The Emergence of Policy Innovation Labs in Canada: Cataloging Government-Led Labs
Centre for Policy Innovation and Public Engagement (2019). The Emergence of Policy Innovation Labs in Canada: Cataloging Government-Led...
Apr 1, 2024


Article: Defining of a Peace Process within Indigenous Research, Indigenous Ethics and the Implications in Psychology
Hains, Shaun L. Ph.D. (2013) "Defining of a Peace Process within Indigenous Research, Indigenous Ethics and the Implications in...
Apr 1, 2024


Article: Sensing Policy: Engaging Affected Communities at the Intersections of Environmental Justice and Decolonial Futures
Wiebe, Sarah Marie (2019). “Sensing Policy: Engaging Affected Communities at the Intersections of Environmental Justice and Decolonial...
Apr 1, 2024


Webinar: Addressing Homelessness during Pregnancy for Women & Gender diverse People Webinar
Women's National Housing & Homeless Network, (2024, February 6) Addressing Homelessness during Pregnancy for Women & Gender diverse...
Mar 15, 2024


Toolkit: Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR): A guide to leadership for the Sustainable Development Goals
Tremblay, C., Gauthier, M., and Orstadius, C. (2023). Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR): A guide to leadership for the...
Mar 15, 2024


Research Brief and Videos: McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging
Below are three resources from the McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging. Research Brief You J, Chan Carusone S, Ganann R, MacNeil...
Feb 14, 2024


Knowledge Mobilization Campaign: Let Us Remain: improving conditions for 2SLGBTQI+ people living with dementia
See an example of multi-media knowledge mobilization/awareness campaign, that is based on Dr. Celeste Pang, Assistant Professor at Mount...
Jan 24, 2024


Book Series: The Transformations in Higher Education: The Scholarship of Engagement series
The Transformations in Higher Education: The Scholarship of Engagement series is generated by leaders of Michigan State University’s...
Jan 24, 2024


Report: An Introspective Look into Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Post-Secondary Indigenous Support
Germaine, N.S., & D'Antimo, S. (2023). An Introspective Look into Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Post-Secondary Indigenous...
Jan 24, 2024


Reports and Toolkit: Creating Lived Experience Circles on Homelessness (2023)
Below are three resources, a community report, technical report, and toolkit, generated by the Kelowna Homelessness Research Centre (KHRC) on Lived/Living Experience Circle on Homelessness. Community Report Rempel, K., Griffiths, S., Lloyd-Smith, J., Kelly, S., Hines, B., & Kirk, A. (2023) Community Report: Exploring Opportunities for a Penticton Lived/Living Experience Circle This community-based research project was designed to support the Central Okanagan Journey Home Soci
Nov 15, 2023


Toolkit: "A field guide to Public Policy Collage"
Mahoney, T. (2023). A field guide to Public Policy Collage. SFU CERi. This short zine explores Public Policy Collage (PPC) - an arts-based participatory research method focused on public policy issues . The zine explains why PPC can be a powerful research method for researchers engaging communities in public policy issues, especially when combined with more conventional methods like survey data and interviews. PPC functions in two ways simultaneously: It provides an open for
Nov 13, 2023
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