UNESCO Knowledge Democracy / Participatory Research Hub
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Based at the University of Victoria (UVic) and the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), this Chair is co-directed by Dr. Budd L Hall and Dr. Rajesh Tandon. The UNESCO Chair supports North-South-South and South-South partnerships that build on and enhance the emerging consensus in knowledge democracy. It strengthens recent collaboration between the Higher Education section in UNESCO, the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), Global Alliance on Community University Engagement and other regional and global networks. It co-creates new knowledge through partnerships among universities (academics), communities (civil society) and government (policy makers) leading to: new capacities; new solutions to pressing problems related to sustainability, social and economic disparities, cultural exclusion, mistrust and conflict; and awareness among policy makers; enhanced scholarship of engagement; and of social responsibility in Higher Education. For more information, please visit our website
This repository is broken into 3 main sub-communities, which are further organized into separate categories. These categories contain a variety of resources and materials related to community-based research. While there are some individual materials uploaded into the repository, please see the Word documents labelled "web links and resources" as these will direct to many more resources and web sites that may be of interest to you. This repository will continue to be updated as more resources and materials come available. We hope that you find this repository a useful and informative resource!
This collection also includes publications from the Institute for Studies and Innovation in Community University Engagement (ISICUE). ISICUE is a new initiative at UVic launched on June 3, 2013. The Institute builds on the history and context of commitment by UVic to community-engagement embedded in the Strategic Plan. It also builds on the work of the Office of Community Based Research (OCBR) which was created in 2007 and became a major catalyst for community-university engaged research and practice, locally, nationally and globally.