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Pacific Meets Atlantic, Research meets policy
Location: Zoom (The link will be sent out one day prior to the event.)
Time: 10am PST | 2:00pm ADT | 1pm EST
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Event description
We are living through unprecedented times defined by economic, political, social and ecological instability entangled in the polycrisis that is emerging in communities across Canada and the globe. The more that is asked of individuals and our planet, the deeper the need to consider new responses to the existing norms and emerging challenges. Research can help illuminate new solutions to old and developing challenges which can be especially powerful when done in conversation and collaboration with community.
Such relationships can help shape new policy and programs on municipal, regional and national levels and be a catalyst for innovation and change.
The Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) at Simon Fraser University along with the Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI) in Nova Scotia have been asking what is possible. While our mandates are alike, we wonder what the similarities in our issues and work are? What is different? How can we share and possibly even collaborate on our work in supporting communities while also considering new approaches?
Together we are asking you to join with us for a series of conversations where you can meet and hear from colleagues living on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and areas in between, with a shared interest in supporting communities to heal, grow and possibly even thrive in these unprecedented times; to take part in a conversation about how we support communities, what are our blind spots and how we can help each other to create new perspectives on this work.
Session 1
During our first session we want to hear your voices and offer a chance to listen to each other and explore what are the key questions, issues and challenges that exist at the nexus of research, community and university.
We intend for these events to be guided largely by participants (outcomes from one event feeds into the next event) but the original design is one of engagement (less lecture more talk!) where you will get opportunities to meet community and faculty partners both from within your region and from the far side of the country.
Speakers
Ray MacNeil
Ray is currently the Manager of the Change Lab Action Research Initiative (CLARI). Funded by the provincial government in Nova Scotia, CLARI is a network of seven founding post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia, supporting faculty in all eleven Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions to engage in community research. Its initial mission was to connect faculty and student researchers to issues of importance to the community. Since then, the aspirations of CLARI have grown to include the development and promotion of multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary research projects, driven by community need.
Prior to joining CLARI, Ray was a 26 year veteran of the provincial government, employed in policy research areas such as education, health, addictions as well as economic development. He has published peer reviewed articles in the areas of machine learning, gambling/mental health and complex systems.
Joanna Habdank
Joanna Habdank has been the Program Manager with SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative since 2020 when CERi first launched. Before joining SFU, she worked extensively in community development, focusing on program and policy development for newcomers with a particular lens on the rights of migrant workers. This work was built on the research she conducted for her MSc in Human Rights (LSE) where she examined the strength of legal frameworks and protection mechanisms for persons displaced internally due to climate change.
Tara Mahoney
Tara Mahoney is the Research and Engagement Manager with SFU’s Community Engaged Research Initiative (CERi). With over 15 years of experience in community organizing and a PhD in Communication from Simon Fraser University, Tara has been at the forefront of innovative projects that bridge the gap between academic research and community-driven solutions. She teaches climate communications in the Climate Action certificate program at SFU and has published widely on topics related to community-engaged research and public engagement with climate issues.
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