Researching for Change - 2007 Workshops
Regenerating Haa-huu-pah: Our Sacred, Oral Histories
Monday, January 15th | 12:00- 1:30pm | University of Victoria Cornett B111
Tla-o-qui-aht and Checlesaht are Indigenous nations who recognize the need for an alternative to the colonial processes and have begun looking for strategies for regenerating Kousa governance. This presentation will discuss how haa-huu-pah — the re-telling of stories, teachings and ways of our people — is one strategy for learning personal and collective responsibilities. Regenerating Kousa leadership is necessary to the development of self-determination, reclamation of land, and freedom for Indigenous peoples. Chiinuuks is from the Tla-o-qui-aht and Checlesaht nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. She has been involved in grass-roots, community organizing for the past 12 years and is currently completing her MA in Indigenous Governance at UVic.
Negotiating Ethical Dilemmas
Wednesday Jan. 17th | 12:30- 2:20pm | UVic MacLaurin D111
Community based research brings a whole host of ethical challenges not easily answered by consulting the Tri Council Policy Statement on Ethics. Community based researchers must often find their own ethical compass to guide them through this work, but can be supported by talking together. This workshop will present a series of practice-based dilemmas for participants to work through in small groups, followed by an opportunity to present questions from your own experiences. Jane Worton is a community based researcher currently working at the Community Council. She is completing her Master's degree in the UVic Studies in Policy and Practice program.
Law, Housing, Sex Work, Cops & Research
Monday Jan. 22nd | 1:00 - 3:00pm | UVic Cornett B111
Lawyer David Eby from the Pivot Legal Society describes that organization's model of using sworn statements, called affidavits, from marginalized communities in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for research and advocacy, as well as the challenges of doing research and advocacy as a lawyer. The presentation will focus on Pivot's housing affidavit campaign, drawing on examples from their policing and sex work affidavit campaigns.
P.A.R. with Marginalized Girls & Women: Lessons Learned
Wed. Jan. 24 th | 12:00- 1:20pm | UVic MacLaurin D110
How do you undertake participatory action research (PAR) with marginalized and invisible populations where no representative community organizations exist? Jo-Anne Lee, Associate Professor in Women's Studies and Winnie Chow, Executive Director of Anti-dote, a Network for Racialised and Indigenous Girls and Women in Victoria will share strategies and lessons learned in several participatory action research and community development projects they have undertaken. You will hear the experiences and reflections of student researchers who have participated in these studies, and you will view some of the multi-media projects that girls have produced about their lives.
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