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Building knowledge democracy
Canadian Federation for the humanities and social sciences March, 2010,
Ottawa
Budd L Hall Office of Community-Based research, University of Victoria
Changing World
Frontier College - 1899
Faculty of extension-University of alberta-1912
Antigonish movement-ST. Francis Xavier-1930s-40s
Services aux collectivitÉs-UQAM- 1970s
Participatory research-OISE, University of Toronto-1970s
Indigenous-centred research methods -70s/80s
A canadian heritage
engagement rediscovered
Community-University Research Alliance-Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Canadian institutes for health research-KT
Harris Centre at memorial University, Newfoundland
Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria
Engagement today
Faculty of Extension at U of A Leads Engaged Scholarship
Knowledge Mobilization Unit, York University
Community-University expositions-2003, 2005, 2008, 2011-kitchener-waterloo
Community-based research centre-kitchener, ontario
International Expressions
Community-University Partnership Project, University of Brighton
Science Shop of Wales
Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
Beacons of Public Engagement, UK
Living knowledge network, europe
Dimensions of Engaged Scholarship
Community-Based Research
Community Service Learning
Continuing Education and Extension
Cooperative Education
Indigenous-Centred Research
Arts-based knowledge creation
Knowledge Mobilisation/translation
Challenges
Getting buy-in across the university
Different knowledge cultures
tenure and promotion
power differentials and Funding patterns
Getting buy-in
Leadership
strategic planning
new structures
Listening to others
changing reward structures
different knowledge cultures
joint community-university leadership
community-university engaged scholarship Institutes
academic support for advocacy issues
partnership agreements
payment to community researchers
recognizing excellence for tenure and promotion
Support for portfolio development
Broadening the concept of peers
Leadership
Visibility for those who succeed
campus wide discussions
Links to evolving practices elsewhere
Funding patternsAdvocacy for research funding to community researchers
creating partnership development grants
multiple funding packages
10 year partnerships
Knowledge commons summit
• June 2, Montreal, UQAM
• Outcome of conversations with cfhss, sshrc, cihr, nce, nserc, idrc, civil society research networks, open access groups and more
• Community-based research canada, canadian alliance for community service learning and social innovation group at university of waterloo
Objectives
• 1. create a new space for a dialogue amongst multiple knowledge partners about the role of knowledge and society
• 2. implement recommendations from relevant reports such as the sshrc study on Community University Research Partnerships
Objectives
• 3. explore digital and interactive architectures to allow inclusive knowledge contributions to complex social, economic, health, cultural and sustainability issues
• 4. Encourage common action projects, which could be funded and moved forward
• 5. Create a multi-year plan for dialogue and story telling
•
Draft programme
•The vision-one hour
•The commons-stories and strategies
•The plan-sustaining a new way of working
Getting involved
• Seeking ideas and representation from all sectors- academic, policy makers, community groups, information commons, economic groups, local government, etc
• www.knowledgecommons.ning
• Katherine graham, carleton and jean-marc fontan, co-chairs