Dear Community Engaged Scholarship Colleague,
These 2 articles of interest appear in the inaugural
issue of the open-access, peer-reviewed Canadian Food Studies Journal,
available at http://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/issue/view/5
(1) Building Effective Relationships for
Community-Engaged Scholarship in Canadian Food Studies Peter Andrée, Dayna
Chapman, Louisa Hawkins, Cathleen Kneen, Wanda Martin, Christina Muehlberger,
Connie Nelson, Katherine Pigott, Wajma Qaderi-Attayi, Steffanie Scott, Mirella
Stroink
How can community-engaged scholars best undertake
grounded, policy-relevant, food systems research and teaching in ways that
support the capacity of—and meaningfully build on—the experiences of civil
society organizations working on these issues in Canada? This paper analyzes
four case studies in the context of a research project that brings together
members of the Canadian Association for Food Studies and Food Secure Canada.
One case was led by Region of Waterloo Public Health and faculty from the
University of Waterloo; a second by the Food Security Research Network at
Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and the North Superior Workforce Planning
Board; a third by the national student organization Meal Exchange and Ryerson
University in Toronto; and a fourth by the BC Food Systems Network. We argue
that the answer to the question above lies in establishing respectful
relationships and recognizing the different cultures involved, and we offer
five methodological insights for building effective relationships in practice.
The first is the need to disaggregate the concept of ‘community’ in order to
acknowledge the distinct needs and assets of the diverse organizations and
populations involved. Our second and third insights are linked: Establish the
relationship around a shared vision, and then negotiate mutually-beneficial
teaching or research projects. Fourth, practitioners should approach
community-campus engagement through the framework of contextual fluidity, which
includes seeing the relationships and the vision at the heart of the work,
while remaining open to shifts and new opportunities. Finally, adopting
community capacity building practices helps practitioners realize their shared
vision.
(2) Reflections of a food studies researcher: Connecting
the community-university-policy divide...becoming the hyphens!
Lesley Frank
This narrative presents refections on the role of the
food studies researcher from the perspective of a new academic with a
background in community and policy work. It details a multi-phased, mixed
methods case study on the public policy relations of infant food insecurity in
Canada and provides a discussion of some unintentional outcomes of doing food
studies research. The author suggests that an integrative approach, one where
the researcher bridges the micro-effects of public policy with policy making
realms, is ideally suited to food studies and food policy analysis. The
narrative reveals how a researcher can become the hyphens in the
community—university—policy divide through the process of storytelling.
Thanks!
Susan Lee
Program Assistant
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Phone: 206-666-3406 | Email: programs@ccph.info
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