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A snapshot of CBR in Canada : Snapshot of community based research in Canada

15 Sep 2006

For our study, we used the term “Community Based Research”, and the brief definition used in our survey is the one developed by the Loka Institute: CBR is “ …conducted by, for or with the participation of community members … Community based research aims not merely to advance understanding, but also to ensure that knowledge contributes to making a concrete and constructive difference in the world” [...] An email outlining the goals of the project, with a link to participate in the survey, was sent out to a wide cross-section of the CBR Community in Canada. [...] The invitation to participate in the survey was sent to all applicants with successful letters of intent in the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Community University Research Alliance (CURA) grants program, applicants for the Canada Mort- gage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)/SSHRC partnership grants program who were 0 f L i C K E R. &. S A V A n successful at the [...] While service providers were also cited as being rather involved in defining the questions, and disseminating the results, they appeared to take the lead in using the findings for advocacy and changing policy and practice. [...] No other evidence was found of any factors having influenced levels of involvement in the various stages of the research process on the part of any of the four groups.
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Authors

Flicker, Sarah

Pages
42
Published in
Canada

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