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Community
Engagement
Research Day, Winnipeg
February 11, 2013
Why Engage Community?
• Reduce Alienation
• Make Effective, Positive
Change
How Do You Engage
Community?
(How do you start?)
• Begin where the community interest
and need exists
• Identify potential community partners
• Talk to them
• Take your lead from community
Years of research
Mental Health project
Digital Storytelling project 1
Digital Storytelling project 2
Men’s project at University of Winnipeg
Youth project at Ka Ni Kanichihk
Building and Maintaining
Relationships
• Go to the community
• Take part
• Build connections and trust
Reciprocity and Equity in
Community Relationships
• Equal partners
• Share resources
• Involve community from the design
stage onward
• Listen and be open to adjustment
and change
Ownership With
Community
• Work out ownership with
community
• OCAP - Ownership, Control,
Access Possession