Wellesley Institute

Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.

Home Blog Health systems and Health equity Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches (SAMI)

Wellesley Institute

Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches (SAMI)

Presented at the Social Aetiology of Mental Health Illnesss (SAMI) program of CAMH, this presentation is an overview of community based participatory research methodologies. It draws on examples from work in St. James Town to illustrate the range of information that could be drawn using arts-based participatory research method. Illustrates how participatory research methodologies can be effectively used in research resistant communities for: a) engaging and empowering marginalized population; b) facilitating communities to advocate for social changes; and c) developing new partnerships with stakeholders and initiating community-level changes working with relevant stakeholders.

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.