Naomi Nichols, Professor & Canada Research Chair (Trent University). I do, study and teach engaged and critical research for equitable social and policy change.
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Exciting News!
We are thrilled to announce that the Research for Social Change Lab is now on Instagram! Follow us to stay updated on our journey and the impactful work we are doing in collaboration with our community partners.
Follow us (@socialchangelab) on Instagram!
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🌈The second issue of 2024 released: Youth, Volume 4, Issue 2 (31 articles)
👉: mdpi.com/2673-995X/4/2
🫶Thanks to all the authors, reviewers, and editors for their great job.
🥰Thanks to @ResearchChange for the cover story
🙌Welcome to read, 👍 and RT
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This is so emblemic of the incredible advocacy from nurses who fight for healthier, safer, communities.
During #NursesWeek2024 week @RNAO advocating, not for themselves, but for lives lost & action on drug crisis.
Happy #NursesWeek to the incredible nurse advocates out there 👏
Today is International #HarmReductionDay!
Everyday in Ontario, precious lives are lost and communities left to grieve. This is avoidable!
This #MentalHealthWeek, help us save lives.
Print, sign & circulate our petition to #FundSCS: RNAO.ca/media/7279/download?…
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For all you beautiful non-profit governance nerds out there, this one's for you
.@CLTH_ca plans to close its corporate membership later this year, a move that will limit who can exercise governance duties over the non-profit.
It's a response to low membership numbers as people look to engage in new ways, the executive director said.
peterboroughcurrents.ca/comm…
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On February 22-23, Trent University’s Research for Social Change Lab (RSCL) hosted the Peterborough Community Symposium on Housing & Homelessness in partnership with Peterborough Drug Strategy.
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Both days concluded with working groups on various themes, with the aim of committing to concrete actions on housing. This list of actions is being compiled by the Research for Social Change Lab at Trent, with the hope that it will create a clearer path forward for our community.
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United Way’s vision is for everyone in every community to have the opportunity to reach their full potential, and that simply is not possible without adequate housing.
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In addition to staff involvement, United Way also supported the Symposium financially through the Reaching Home program that United Way Peterborough & District manages on behalf of the Government of Canada.
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The two-day Community Symposium on Housing & Homelessness last week brought us together to learn and develop action plans to address our local housing crisis.
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ALT Elisha Rubacha and Joëlle Favreau speaking at the Housing Symposium
ALT Banner featuring several words including "Belonging" and "Home" - created by artist Brian Nichols
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Join us for WOMEN UNITED™ PTBO Speakers Series #1 at 12 noon to 1 pm on Monday, March 25th, 2024. Register here bit.ly/49Gliu0
There is no charge to attend this virtual session. The link will be circulated to registered attendees the morning of the event.
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United Way PTBO’s Reaching Home Request for Proposals is now open for application.
Interested in applying for funding? Get your application in by February 15th!
Application details, including eligibility & evaluation criteria, are on our website: uwpeterborough.ca/request-fo…
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The Laidlaw Foundation’s Indigenous Youth and Community Futures Fund (IYCFF) is now open! 🍓💸
Head to laidlawfdn.org to read our program guidelines and FAQs, confirm your eligibility and access the grantee portal to submit your application.
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We heard a lot of opinions about the local shelters when we interviewed people experiencing homelessness last summer.
We collected people's stories about the shelters into issue three of our Park Stories zine series.
You can find it here: socialchangelab.ca/news-and-…
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Do you identify as a women, non-binary or gender non-confirming individual? This is for you!
We have 5 spaces left in our conversation with @Kwic_Ptbo on Amplifying Gender Equality! Please email [email protected] to register and join an amazing panel of speakers 😀
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Lived Experience & Community Leadership in Housing Justice: A Panel and Workshop on July 25. Supported by the @mcgillu #M3C, Dr. Jayne Malenfant (@j_badchild) hosts this event from 1PM to 5PM. For registration & more info: [email protected]
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All public beaches in the Peterborough region are posted as SAFE. Please remember that beach results can change between sampling periods. Learn more about this and check local beach results at peterboroughpublichealth.ca/…
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A 2019 report found that Black and Indigenous Montrealers are 4x more likely than white people to be stopped by police. Today, an updated report - which the SPVM has been withholding since November - will be released, and it appears nothing has changed. 1/4
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And here's one about the struggle to hold on to your belongings while homeless in Peterborough.
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As an experience of homelessness drags on, one's things "slowly get picked away at," said Aiden.
Our latest zine shares the stories we heard about trying to hang onto one's belongings during homelessness.
Download here: socialchangelab.ca/news-and-…
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Been working on zines at @RSCL_ptbo for the last little while. Here's one on how criminalization destabilizes lives and drives homelessness in Peterborough.
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"Every time I come out of jail, I'm homeless."
In interviews with folks experiencing homelessness locally, we heard how criminalization destabilizes lives and causes housing loss. There is little support to find housing upon release, we heard.
Read more: socialchangelab.ca/news-and-…
Naomi Nichols retweeted
As an experience of homelessness drags on, one's things "slowly get picked away at," said Aiden.
Our latest zine shares the stories we heard about trying to hang onto one's belongings during homelessness.
Download here: socialchangelab.ca/news-and-…