12 articles in this issue
Budd Hall, Rajesh Tandon
The past five decades have seen enormous, worldwide growth in, and appreciation of, knowledge democracy – the discourse which we have found best contains the various theoretical approaches, values and practices within which participatory research exists. ... see more
Baptiste Godrie, Maxime Boucher, Sylvia Bissonnette, Pierre Chaput, Javier Flores, Sophie Dupéré, Lucie Gélineau, Florence Piron, Aude Bandini
This article presents an innovative framework to evaluate participatory research. The framework, comprising both a methodology and a self-assessment tool, was developed through a participatory approach to knowledge production and mobilisation. This proces... see more
Cet article présente un cadre d’analyse innovant ancré dans le concept d’injustices épistémiques pour évaluer les recherches participatives. Composé d’une méthodologie de travail et d’un outil d’autoévaluation, ce cadre d’analyse a été développé au fil d’... see more
Nkatha Mercy
Culture, environment and, therefore, knowledge of socioeconomic constructs are intricately interwoven. Over the past decade or two, pastoralists without formal education in Kenyan drylands have increasingly found themselves on the receiving end of communi... see more
Daniel Lopera-Molano, Angela María Lopera-Molano
Gaitania is a rural town located in the Andes mountain range, very close to where the Colombian armed conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began in the mid-1960s. In this context, a situated research and education pro... see more
Gaitania es un corregimiento ubicado en la cordillera de los Andes, muy cerca de donde se formó la guerrilla de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC, a mediados de la década de los 60. En este contexto, se realizó un proyecto de investiga... see more
David Monk, George Openjuru, Martin Odoch, Denis Nono, Simon Ongom
This article calls attention to the responsibility of universities to transform, through partnership, the community in which they are embedded. The authors suggest that, to find solutions to the various community challenges and achieve the UN Sustainable ... see more
Morgan K Gardner, Kate Scarth
Deep-seated educational discourses have blamed low-income communities for their youth’s lack of high school completion. These deficit discourses reflect top–down knowledge hierarchies and a lack of knowledge democracy in education (de Sousa Santos 2007; H... see more
Rich Janzen, Joanna Ochocka
In this article, we critically reflect on three Syrian refugee research projects that were conducted simultaneously in Ontario, Canada, in order to: (1) strengthen the community system of support for refugee newcomers; (2) address social isolation of Syri... see more
Sarah E Walker , Brett L Bruyere , Meredith Grady, Alexandra McHenry, Carrie Frickman, Will Davis, Unity Women's Village
Biodiversity is under threat at a global level, and many of the most biodiverse hotspots are in developing regions of the world. In many of these communities, livelihoods are often dependent on the same natural landscapes that support biodiversity. As a r... see more
Lisa Bishop, Stephen Darcy, Rob Sinnott, Susan Avery, Amanda Pendergast, Norah Duggan
As clinicians at a university-affiliated health centre faced with youth mental health and substance use concerns, we reached out to the local community for guidance. We partnered with community leaders to explore how to best understand the issues and enga... see more
Mary O'Brien, Berenice Cancino, Francis Apasu, Tanvir Turin Chowdhury
As immigration to Canada increases, so, too, do the complexities associated with serving various groups of newcomers, including immigrants, refugees, temporary foreign workers and international students. A range of stakeholder groups, such as grassroots c... see more