Gateways journal is pleased to announce a new themed volume, 'Asset-based community development and community-based research: Compatible agents in equitable and sustainable change?'. Contributors are encouraged to critically and creatively explore the interactions between asset-based and relationship-centred community development approaches and research collaborations. A special invitation has been extended to practitioners, leaders, activists, and others to submit their own contributions. A...

The University of Alberta is hiring a Partnership Coordinator Learn more and apply here #MemberNews

We hope this message greets everyone doing well. Fall is always such a busy time in both the community and academic worlds as well as at CBRCanada. There are lots of activities on the horizon this fall. We use this opportunity to share information about upcoming CBRCanada events and news. First, some very good news: we can confirm that Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario will be hosting the next C2UExpo 2023 in person gathering June 5 - 8, 2023. During the pandemic we hosted two mini...

This new publication, " Participation—with what money and whose time?’ An intersectional feminist analysis of community participation" , (Fursova, J., Bishop-Earle, D., Hamilton, K., & Kranias, G., 2022) , is co-authored with community collaborators. It features Community Engagement Continuum, a template to reflect on the characteristics of technocratic/instrumental vs transformative and empowering community engagement processes. For more information or for community members to gain access to...

Special Issue entitled "Social Network Analysis: Opportunities and Challenges", to be published in the journal Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417, IF 2.838) is seeking manuscripts. Submission deadline: 31 January 2023. This Special Issue focuses on the opportunities and challenges faced in social network analysis. A focus is placed on empirical (data-based) findings that overcome the current challenges in social network analysis, for example, trust and safety within social networks. For further...

Caring for Life: Community Checkpoints and Territorial Control in Tirua is a short mini documentary (8 mins) that explores the emergence of grassroots responses to the pandemic in a small rural municipality in southern Chile, where Indigenous communities, civil society organizations, and the municipal government came together to protect their life and territory. This film is the result of a collaborative research project with Indigenous communities in Chile. The project was funded by a...

The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) launched a community-driven podcast series, Restoring Indigenous Humanity , on September 27th, 2022. The new podcast series explores challenges faced by many Indigenous people when interacting with the Canadian justice system. Guided by the principles of our USAI Research Framework, the community-driven six-episode series features OFIFC and four Friendship Centres from across the province: Toronto Council Fire, Nogojiwanong...

Communities, Alliances & Networks (CAAN) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research CIHR released a fact sheet and presentation on "Doing research in a Good Way". This means that the research is conducted respectfully and benefits the community as a whole, as well as the individuals who live in the community. Learn more #MemberNews

Your ideas and feedback are needed to shape Community-Based Research Canada's programs and future directions. Take a few minutes to fill out the survey below by October 26th. The results of this survey will be shared during our AGM and in the next e-Newsletter. Thank you for your input! #MemberNews

1 out of 4 Canadian seniors (26.5%) are on 10 or more different medications. Some of these medications could be harmful to seniors: increasing the risk of confusion, falls, or hospitalizations. Stopping drugs, or de-prescribing, could help. Our project, a Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) , is a large community based and community-informed project designed to test and implement effective approaches to de-prescribing. We target potentially inappropriate...

The Centre for Community-Based Research (CCBR) is seeking a Senior Researcher who will lead community-based research projects which are community-driven, participatory, and action-oriented. The Senior Researcher will have solid research credentials in the academic, government, and NGO sectors and a demonstrated commitment to community-based research, including knowledge mobilization and community facilitation. Content expertise in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), e-learning development,...

Christina Han , a historian with a track record of community engaged research at Laurier’s Brantford campus, has been appointed the first-ever director of the Laurier Hub for Community Solutions (LHCS). Established in spring of 2022, the LHCS provides a matchmaking service, connecting community partners with the insights, innovative thinking and research skills of Laurier’s faculty and students. Read more #MemberNews

The Allyship in Research Toolkit provides researchers and practitioners with a framework to embed lived and living experience, and allyship, into their work. The toolkit describes ways to incorporate authentic participation into the entire research process or program development process, identifies strategies for engaging in a co-research/con-construction process, and outlines the benefits of practicing in this way. To accompany the toolkit, Creating Allyship in Research videos (short and...

SSHRC and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) have launched a pilot supplement opportunity to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis master’s students. The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative is open to Indigenous students doing master’s level research in natural sciences, engineering, social sciences or humanities. Students can apply through this year’s Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s competition . The Indigenous Scholars Supplements...

This new publication, "Centering equity and lived experience: implementing a community-based research grant on cannabis and mental health." (Obegu, P., Armstrong, J., & Bartram, M., 2022), the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) shares insights from an innovative program that funded and supported 14 community-based research projects across the country on mental health and cannabis. Read the article here #CBRMethods #EquityInResearch #MemberResearch

The UBC Learning Exchange is looking for a Community-Based Research Coordinator. This is an exciting and important job that will help the Learning Exchange strengthen its role as a broker between the university and the Downtown Eastside communities on community-based research and knowledge exchange activities. For more information, go to: https://learningexchange.ubc.ca/2022/03/15/14773/ #MemberNews

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. The project works...

Your ideas and feedback are needed to shape Community-Based Research Canada's programs and future directions. Take a few minutes to fill out the survey by October 21st. The results of this survey will be shared during our AGM and in the next e-Newsletter. #CBRCanadaNews

For over 20 years, People for Education has conducted its Annual Ontario School Survey (AOSS) across Ontario’s publicly funded elementary and secondary schools. For the first time, we are publishing a data handbook to provide a high-level overview of the quantitative data collected in the most recent survey cycle. This overview is primarily comprised of data tables, accompanied by brief descriptive analyses and figures to highlight trends and key findings. It is our hope that sharing these...

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Ontario June 5-8, 2023 October 6, 2022 – Thunder Bay, Ont. Lakehead University will host the in-person International 2023 C2UExpo (Community-Campus-Exposition) in Thunder Bay from June 5 to 8, 2023, bringing people from across Turtle Island and beyond. Lakehead’s compelling proposal was chosen through a selection and review process by Community-Based Research Canada’s (CBRCanada) Board of Directors. Lakehead University is ideally suited to host the C2UExpo in...