Dr. Barbara Paterson, Lee Ann Sock

1. Dr. Barbara Paterson
Lee Ann Sock

2.  Tell you about our research
 Show you the toolkit
 Tell what we did to foster community buy-in &
support
 Tell you what we did to ensure that the voice of
each community researcher was heard
 Tell you how we assessed the quality &
relevance of the toolkit
 Confess our mistakes & what we learned from
them

3.  The purpose
 The research team
 The method
 The toolkit

4.  MOU
 Research assistant selected by community
 Keeping everyone informed (newsletter,
conveying expectations of dissemination to
community researchers & participants)
 Appreciation events
 Ownership of the project

5.  Talking stick
 Writing the scripts
 Involving all as actors

6.  Consultants
 Bring back to participants
 Trying it out with others

7.  There is much that is NOT written about
community-based research
 The need to build relationship
 The selection of the RA
 Videography is a definite art

8.  The great gift of being part of this project
 There is a need for more discussion about
what researchers and communities learn
from their experience of community-based
research
 Claudia.Simon@ehwc.ca