12/15/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria In from the cold?...
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Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria
In from the cold?
Community-Based Research and Universities at the Brink of a New
Era
Budd Hall, Director
Knowledge, learning and action What is the relationship of knowledge to the
search for social justice and social change? Whose knowledge is privileged? How?, Why? What role do/can Universities play in a
movement for the democratization of knowledge production and utilization?
How is knowledge created in community, movement and civil society settings
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Organization of my remarks Some Canadian antecedents Origins of the participatory research
movement in Canada Canadian universities and CBR Community Based Research Canada Global Alliance for Community-Engaged
Research
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Frontier College - 1899 Alfred Fitzpatrick - Justice for the
campmen Labourer-Teachers Reading camp association
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Women’s Institutes- 1909 Adelaide Hoodless and Laura Rose,
Ontario Agricultural College “…for months on end, I had no woman
to talk to, and my husband had no time to even listen”
Mrs. Gordon Grant, “Today the womenhood of not only B.C. but of all the world is being awakened”, 1913
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Antigonish Movement-1930-40s St. Francis Xavier University Fr. Jimmy Tompkins-Knowledge for the
People Fr. Moses Coady Coady International Institute
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Saskatchewan-1944 Election of Tommy Douglas and the
CCF Establishment of the Division of Adult
Education Watson Tomkins, David Smith and
Murray Thomson
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The National Film Board John Grierson-1939 National Film
Board Act “Democracy needs its own form of
wildfire written across the sky” Grierson
Industrial Film Circuits - French and English
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Participatory Research Project Working out of OISE/UT Roots in Tanzania - early 1970s First World Assembly of Adult Education-
1976 dian marino, Ted Jackson, Deborah Barndt,
Greg Conchelos, Al Vigoda, Linda Harasim Big Trout Lake, Women Workers, Urban
Immigrants
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Participatory Research A three pronged activity that combines
social investigation, learning and action Conceived in Tanzania, influenced by
Nyerere, Freire, Horton and Swantz Gain support and visibility in
community-based groups and international NGOs
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International Participatory Research Network -1977 To share ideas as equals based on our
own engagement in local political action and struggles
Nodes in Tanzania, India,Chile, Netherlands, USA, Canada, Caribbean
Convergence - Our journal of choice
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International PR Network Founded Centro El Canelo de Nos in Chile- Society for Participatory Research in Asia-
1981 Many publications - influence in health
promotion, sociology, dis/ability studies, social work, adult education, Aboriginal studies, environmental studies
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Movement led research Labour movement – occupational health
and safety Gay Rights – HIV/AIDS taking control of
research for survival Environmental movements – Research
for advocacy Anti-racism movements – for rights,
education and justice
Movement led research Aboriginal self-determination Women’s movements Solidarity and global social justice
movements Peace movements Ex-psychiatric patients movements
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Movement led research Disability movements Community economic development
movements Anti-poverty movement World Social Forum
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Impact on the Univesities Service aux collectivities - Quebec,
1970s Journal de Recherches et Actions
Communautaires (REAC) - 1980s Faculty of Environmental Studies, York
University OISE - Transformative Learning Centre The journal Convergence
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Research Councils/Foundations Community University Research
Alliances – SSHRC Canadian Institutes for Health
Research-CBR HIV/AIDS Committee, Guidelines for Aboriginal Research
McConnell Family Foundation - support for CEDTAP, Service Learning, Trent University, St. F. Xavier
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University Institutionalisation From individuals to projects From projects to centres From centres to university-wide
structures Creation of national and international
spaces
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A diversity of structures today
Service aux collectivités-UQAM Centre for Community-based Research-
Kitchener Trent Centre for Community Education Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton
University Community Research Centre-Trois Rivieres
More examples Harris Centre – Memorial University of
Newfoundland Research Impact and Knowledge Mobilization
project – York University and University of Victoria
Institute for Community-Based Research, Vancouver Island University
Community-University Institute for Social Research, U of Saskatchewan
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More examples Centre for Community Research, Learning
and Action, Wilfred Laurier University Office of Community-Based Research,
University of Victoria Social Innovation Group, University of
Waterloo Institute of CBR, Vancouver Island University
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Challenges: Community CBR was born in community, remains
grounded through community and grows in community
Building capacity in communities Building community CBR institutions Working with independent CB research
groups: CCPA, Pembina Institute, Caledon Institute
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Further challenges:Community Learning about new forms intellectual
property rights Learning about MOUs and Partnership
Agreements Getting paid for our role as researchers Building capacity in the community
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Challenges re strengthening CBR in the Universities
Creating space for “community scholars in residence”?
Making links with community service learning, continuing education, coop, the arts within our universities
Support for faculty and students already doing CBR
Challenges re Universities Recognition for excellence in CBR for
tenure and promotion Increased teaching of CBR More opportunities for student
engagement in CBR Creating structures to support CBR
across the entire university
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Policy changes at Research Councils Increased support for domestic and
international CBR collaborations Increased pools of multi-research
council funding ie pools of joint NSERC, CIHR, SSHRC funding
Increased funding to community/civil society groups
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Office of Community-Based Research Co-Chaired by VP Research and CEO
of United Way, Victoria Base-budgeted by the University of
Victoria An open door to the community Active in Canadian and international
networks
OCBR activities Knowledge Mobilization Help Desk Ceneuel: CBR in Aboriginal
Communities Series Engaging Communities: International
Perspective Series Building CBR skills in Community Focus on Homelessness and Housing
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OCBR Activities Green Community Mapping CBR Institutes – May, 2009 Vancouver Island Community Research
Alliance CBR Courses Food Security and Sustainability
network
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Community-Based Research Canada: An invitation Built on CUEXPO contacts Inclusive value added to existing
networks in HIV/AIDS, Aboriginal, Social Economy, Homeslessness, etc
Carleton, UQAM and Uvic initial leadership – Katherine Graham, Chair
From Recession to Renewal-May 2009
Global Alliance for Community-Engaged Research: An invitation
Born at CUEXP0-2008
Initial leadership-Canada, India, Germany-Netherlands
Next meeting- Belfast, Ireland August 28, 2009
Focus: a global policy brief for the World Conference on Higher Education
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Why? Because the world is not OK Because we want to end poverty, homeless,
inequity and injustice and more Because communities, knowledge,
universities can contribute to a stronger and more responsive politics
Because our educational institutions need to be transformed
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And Because the seeds of the
transformation of our communities, our universities, our lives, and our world can be found in our practices, our activism and our dreams…within this room…with each of you…and all of us…today