Resource Centre
Explore a variety of resources to support best practices in community-based research on themes including: research ethics, CBR theory, CBR methods, and CBR movement and member research. Please contact us if you are a member with a community-based research resource (i.e., journal article, book, report, toolkit, case studies, digital media) or would like to share a helpful resource to support best practices in community-based research.
For community-based researchers seeking publishing opportunities, see a compiled list of journals.
memberresearch
25-11-19
Discussion Paper: “Maximizing the Capacities of Advanced Education Institutions..." 2017.
Strandberg, Coro. (2017) “Maximizing the Capacities of Advanced Education Institutions to Build Social Infrastructure for Canadian Communities". J.W. McConnell Family Foundation’s RECODE initiative and Simon Fraser University. This discussion paper highlights the assets post-secondary institutions can harness to invent and scale solutions for the betterment of society. It was commissioned by RE-CODE and Simon Fraser University in correlation with a roundtable of 19 university presidents held...
memberresearch
25-11-19
Toolkit: "Key Practices for Community Engagement in Research on Mental Health or Substance Use."
Ross, L., et. al. (2015). Key Practices for Community Engagement in Research on Mental Health or Substance Use. Centre for Addiction & Mental Health Community Advisory Committee for Research. https://lgbtqhealth.ca/projects/keypracticesforcommunityengagement.php This document is intended to provide academic researchers with a foundation for conceptualizing how one or both of these communities might be engaged in their next research project in these areas. #MemberResearch
memberresearch, equityinresearch
25-11-19
Case Studies: "Canadian Case Studies for the National Summit on Community-Based Research." 2014.
This publication showcases 12 best exemplars of community-campus case studies presented at the National Summit in Waterloo, ON. There are a wide range of topics covered including Indigenous communities, environment, mental health, disabilities, and community development. #MemberResearch #EquityinResearch
memberresearch
25-11-19
Book: Communicating Science Effectively
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23674. Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result, people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal values and other considerations as they make important life decisions about medical care, the safety of foods, what to...
memberresearch
25-11-19
Book Chapter: “Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships: Global Perspectives" 2015.
Hall, Budd, Rajesh Tandon, Crystal Tremblay. (2015) “Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships: Global Perspectives". University of Victoria and PRIA. This chapter is situated in a book highlighting the global movement towards strengthening community-university research partnerships, with essays representing countries around the world. The chapter showcases results from a survey on support structures for community-university research partnerships, with responses from 53...
cbrcanadanews, cbrtheory, cbrmethods
25-11-19
Book chapter: "Bringing community and university scholars together on a national stage". 2014.
Ochocka, J. (2014). Bringing community and university scholars together on a national stage: The Canadian Community University Exposition (CUExpo) experience. In the Global University Network for Innovation (Ed.) Higher Education in the World 5 : Knowledge, Engagement & Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change (pp. 262-263). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. This article presents the history of the C2UExpo movement in Canada. It is an international conference that showcases best...
memberresearch, equityinresearch
25-11-19
Article: When you follow your heart, you provide that path for others: Indigenous Models of Youth HIV Leadership
R. Monchalin, S. Flicker, C. Wilson, T. Prentice, V. Oliver, R. Jackson, J. Larkin, C. Mitchell, J.P. Restoule and The Native Youth Sexual Health Network. (2016). When you follow your heart, you provide that path for others: Indigenous Models of Youth HIV Leadership. International Journal of Indigenous Health. 11(1): 135 – 158. Cultivating and supporting Indigenous peer youth leaders should be an important part of Canada’s response to HIV. This paper examines how a group of Indigenous youth...
cbrcanadanews, cbrtheory, cbrmethods
25-11-19
Article: "Breathing life into theory: Illustrations of community-based research–Hallmarks..." 2014.
Ochocka, J., & Janzen, R. (2014). Breathing life into theory: Illustrations of community-based research–Hallmarks, functions and phases . Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement , 7 (1), 18-33. The purpose of this article is to summarise the theory underlying community-based research and to illustrate that theory with Canadian case examples of research studies conducted by the Centre for Community Based Research. #CBRCanadaNews #CBRTheory #CBRMethods
memberresearch, cbrtheory, cbrmethods
25-11-19
Toolkit: "Participatory Action Research Toolkit".
Pain, R., Whitman, G., Milledge, D., and Lune Rivers Trust. (2011). Participatory Action Research Toolkit: An Introduction to Using PAR as an Approach to Learning, Research and Action. Durham University. This toolkit is intended to provide guidance on what a PAR project commonly looks like, how to work together and some questions to ask as you go. #MemberResearch #CBRTheory #CBRMethods

