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Speaking for ourselves : A Colombia-Canada research collaboration
Gayle Broad,José Agustin Reyes +1 more
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In this paper, the authors have engaged in an ongoing dialogue regarding the inherent contradictions of forming a North-South, university-community research collaboration, and have examined the development of a common set of values and beliefs that emerge as the researchers atte...Abstract:
As an Assistant Professor in Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) at Algoma University College, Ontario, Canada and a member of Asopricor Holistic Association, Cundinamarca, Colombia, respectively, the authors have engaged in an ongoing dialogue regarding the inherent contradictions of forming a North—South, university—community research collaboration. For those who have engaged in and/or read about action research, the questions addressed in this article are familiar: How can we maintain respectful relations between us? How can we ensure the project respects local knowledge? How can we ensure the ownership of the new knowledge created by the project remains with the collective? How can we balance the power dynamics between ourselves, and between the organizations involved? What the article offers, is a dialogical reflection on how these challenges are being met within this particular project. It examines the development of a common set of values and beliefs that emerge as the researchers atte...read more
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Recovery From Schizophrenia: With Views of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Others Diagnosed With This Disorder
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Reaching for environmental health justice: Canadian experiences for a comprehensive research, policy and advocacy agenda in health promotion
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Making "collaboration" collaborative An examination of perspectives that frame linguistic field research
Wesley Y. Leonard,Erin Haynes +1 more
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Caring about caring: an appreciative inquiry about compasssionate relationship centred care.
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Janice Ristock,Joan Pennell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present Empowerment as a Social Research Framework for building "Inclusive Communities" and a method for validating the power of power plays in the context of social research.
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Community-based research: a catalyst for transforming primary health care rhetoric into practice
Marcia Hills,Jennifer Mullett +1 more
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