Dec 26, 2024

2023-2024 Graduate Calendar

2023-2024 Graduate Calendar [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

HLSC 7110G - Research with Communities: Approaches and Best Practices

“At its core community-based research [CBR] is collaborative, concerned with equity, involves community and university scholars as equal partners, and combines knowledge with action usually to achieve social change”. (Community-Based Research Canada, 2018). This course will employ a temporal approach utilizing a pre, during and post format to educate students about community-based research through the planning, carrying out and dissemination stages. Students will learn the logistical, methodological and ethical requirements of conducting research with community partners in each of these temporal stages of research. Principles such as respect, reciprocity, relationships and relevance will be examined. Ethical considerations necessary when working with unique, vulnerable or marginalized groups will be taught, utilizing case-based inquiry. Research decision making and methods choices will be examined, with particular attention to matching methods with epistemological underpinnings (novel or unique methods such as photo voice and talking circles will be presented). Strategies for collaborative analysis of data, with attention to participant confidentiality, will be discussed. Students will be provided with numerous strategies for knowledge mobilization that are in adherence with community-based research values. Using active learning strategies, students will gain competency in these areas with a concentration on working with communities.
Credit hours: 3