In from the cold? Community-Based Research and Universities at the Brink of a New Era Budd Hall, Director 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria.
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In from the cold? Community-Based Research and Universities at the Brink of a New Era Budd Hall, Director 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria Frontier College - 1899 Alfred Fitzpatrick - Justice for the campmen Labourer-Teachers Reading camp association 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria Antigonish Movement-193040s St. Francis Xavier University Fr. Jimmy Tompkins-Knowledge for the People Fr. Moses Coady Coady International Institute 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria Saskatchewan-1944 Election of Tommy Douglas and the CCF Establishment of the Division of Adult Education Watson Tomkins, David Smith and Murray Thomson 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria Participatory Research Project Working out of OISE/UT Roots in Tanzania - early 1970s First World Assembly of Adult Education1976 dian marino, Ted Jackson, Deborah Barndt, Greg Conchelos, Al Vigoda, Linda Harasim Big Trout Lake, Women Workers, Urban Immigrants 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria International PR Network Founded Centro El Canelo de Nos in ChileSociety for Participatory Research in Asia1981 Many publications - influence in health promotion, sociology, dis/ability studies, social work, adult education, Aboriginal studies, environmental studies 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria Movement led research Aboriginal self-determination Women’s movements Solidarity and global social justice movements Peace movements Ex-psychiatric patients movements 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria Movement led research Disability movements Community economic development movements Anti-poverty movement World Social Forum 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria University Institutionalisation From individuals to projects From projects to centres From centres to university-wide structures Creation of national and international spaces 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria A diversity of structures today Service aux collectivités-UQAM Centre for Community-based ResearchKitchener Trent Centre for Community Education Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University Community Research Centre-Trois Rivieres 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria OCBR Activities Green Community Mapping CBR Institutes – May, 2009 Vancouver Island Community Research Alliance CBR Courses Food Security and Sustainability network 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria 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 11/7/2015 Office of Community-Based Research, University of Victoria