Overview
Critical Futures explores the evolving landscape of community-engaged research (CER) in a time of unprecedented social, political, and environmental crises. This collection brings together leading scholars, community researchers, and activists to examine the intersection of CER with social justice, decolonization, and transformation. The book explores the reimagining of CER and decolonizing research practices and offers case studies from the field. Through essays and contributions from a diverse group of scholars, the book highlights the need for ethical, equitable collaboration that transcends traditional academic hierarchies. It addresses topics including the role of solidarity in research, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CER, Indigenous and Two-Spirit community research, and the critical importance of addressing power dynamics in university-community partnerships. With a focus on justice and the creation of new collective possibilities, Critical Futures provides both theoretical frameworks and practical examples that inspire a rethinking of how community research can contribute to a more just and sustainable future. This collection is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of research that is rooted in social change and community engagement.
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Author: Stuart Poyntz , Kari Grain , Am Johal
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.001kg
ISBN: 9781487550202
ISBN 10: 1487550200
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Table of Contents
Foreword Timothy K. Eatman Introduction: Crisis and Social Transformation in Community-Engaged Research Stuart R. Poyntz, Am Johal, and Kari Grain Part 1: Transformations, Complexities, and Critical Conversations Introduction: Reimagining Community-Engaged Research 1. Pushing Against, Reaching Towards: Commitments, Contingencies, and Contestations in Community-Engaged Research and Practice Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández and Sarah Switzer 2. Community-Engaged Research and the “Right to be Rural” Sean Markey, S. Ashleigh Weeden, Ryan Gibson, Greg Halseth, and Laura Ryser 3. Money, Power, and Reciprocity: Financial Transactions and Critical Reciprocity in Community-Engaged Research Vanessa Fong, Kari Grain, Stuart R. Poyntz, and Amanda Wager 4. How Community-Engaged Research and Learning Became “Work-Integrated Learning” (WIL): The Shifting Discourses of Canadian Experiential Learning David Peacock 5. Relational Soil Care: A Community-Engaged Response to Global Soil Crisis Katherine Lawless, David Janzen, and Ed Gregorich 6. The Ethics of Care in a Pandemic: Weaving Together Anti-Racist Practice and Disability Justice in our Community-Engaged Work Ciann Wilson and Natalie Kivell 7. Your $20 Starbucks Gift Card Isn’t Helping: A Conversation about Community-Based Research as a Cooperative Undertaking Adam Gaudry and Matt Hern Part 2: Decolonization and Indigenization Introduction: Decolonization and Decolonizing Practices in CER 8. Community-Engaged Research for Self-Determination: Decolonial Urban Strategies Lyanna Patrick 9. Relational Accountability and Reconcilia(c)tion in Two-Spirit Research and Education Harlan Pruden and Travis Salway 10. The Elephant in the Room: Tokenism, Currency, and Dispossession in Community-Engaged Research Jessica Hallenbeck and Rosemary Georgeson 11. “The Circle”: Circular and Relational Research in Response to Complexity and Crisis Sharon Karsten 12. Decolonizing Community-Based Research: A Four Quadrants Approach to Understanding the Impacts of COVID-19 on Elders and Seniors Crystal Tremblay, Tanya Clarmont, Lisa Mercure, Emily Dzyngel, and Katie Dzyngel Part 3: Case Studies and Field Perspectives Introduction: Case Studies from the Field 13. Changing the System: Steps Towards Empowering Community Governance of Research Ethics in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver Scott D. Neufeld, Jules Chapman, Nicholas D. Leech (Crier), Samona Marsh, and Jim McLeod 14. Art at Work and Workers as Artists: Project Thinking, Craft, and Creativity in Community-Engaged Research Will Garrett-Petts and Evelyn Asiedu 15. Exploring Transformative Reciprocity in Community-Engaged Learning Rhianna Nagel, Alexandra Haupt, Kathy Sanford, Lilaine Galway, and Lisa Mort-Putland 16. Learning in Public: Towards Critically Hopeful Practices in a CER Support Unit Elizabeth Jackson 17. Seizing the Moment: Community-Campus Conversations to Support Communities Through and Beyond the Pandemic Lynn Gidluck, Amber J. Fletcher, and Magda Goemans 18. Using Dialogic Methods and Tools to Identify Accessible Collaboration Pathways between Communities and Campuses: A Case Study with Ashoka Fellows and Changemaker Campuses Charmaine Lyn, Nicole Norris, and Jennifer DeCoste Conclusion: The Future of Community-Engaged Research Stuart R. Poyntz, Kari Grain, and Am Johal Contributors Index
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Stuart R. Poyntz is a professor and associate director of the School of Communication and a director of the Community-Engaged Research Centre Initiative at Simon Fraser University. Kari Grain is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education and coordinator of the master of education program in Adult Learning and Global Change (ALGC) at the University of British Columbia; she also serves as a research associate for the Community-Engaged Research Initiative at Simon Fraser University. Am Johal is the director of the Vancity Office of Community Engagement and co-director of the Community-Engaged Research Initiative at Simon Fraser University.
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