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Collaborative Research: Perspectives from the National Hub of Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships By Ian MacPherson C-director, Principal Investigator The National Hub [email protected]
Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships 2005-2011 Winding down Joy Emmanuel and Matthew Thompson,
Assembling Understandings: Perspective of the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships, 2005-2011
Peter Hall and Ian MacPherson (eds.),
Community-University Research Partnerhips: Reflections on the Canadian Social Economy
Rupert Downing (Ed.), Canadian Public Policy
and the Social Economy
Structure
6 nodes: North; Atlantic Canada; Québec; Southern Ontario; Saskatchewan, Manitoba & Northern Ontario; British Columbia/Alberta National Hub [Co-directors – me (UVic) and Rupert Downing (2005-2009) Mike Toye (2009-present) CCEDNet)]
Who? What?
350 researchers (60% university, 40% SE organisations) Over 100 projects Over 400 “products” Students Some continuing partnerships Changes in SSHRC: CCA CURA
Canadian perspective: questions? afterthoughts?
This is Canada Shortage of discretionary funds Differences and competition among nodes Uncertain roles of Hub Range of organisational forms Abiding interests of national organisations Competition: individuals and organisations Crediting issues Egos
Main themes
From Emmanuel and Thompson Mapping Public policy Financing the SE SE and Indigenous peoples SE and co-op studies Governance and Capacity
Some specific issues
Payment of non-academics Complexities of accounting systems Language Challenges of interdisciplinarity Developing a genuinely shared approach Different paces of research Immediate vs long-term perspectives Complexities of engagement: nature; breadth; altering of university and SE priorities; structure; power-sharing.
Peter Hall’s Summary (from Community-
University Research Partnerships)
Governance (e.g., who decides which research projects?) Networking (e.g., are they building on and/or building new networks?) Definition of the sector (e.g., was the sector pre defined?) Content of research (e.g., what topics, how do new topics get included?) Process (methods) of research (e.g., participatory content of actual research?) Capacity-building (e.g., university capacity to reach out, student and community training) Evaluation (e.g., who evaluates, when, to what effect?)
Concluding….
Edward Jackson, “Afterword” in Peter Hall and Ian MacPherson (eds.),
Community-University Research Partnerships
A final word….
A clear and distinct commitment Effective collaboration on developing a knowledge base Developing a funding base that is as independent as possible Expanded teaching Fostering genuinely collaborative leadership styles