Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) Open House
Monday, January 23, 12-6pm (come by at any time)
at QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204
métro Guy-Concordia; space is wheelchair accessible
Students, faculty and community members interested in knowing more about the Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) are welcome to pass by the QPIRG space anytime between noon and 6pm on Monday, January 23. A member of CURE will be on-hand to answer any questions about CURE.
A related “community-based social justice research” workshop will take place in the space between 3pm-5:30pm. More info about the workshop is linked here: https://www.qpirgconcordia.org/?p=1806
ABOUT CURE:
The Community-University Research Exchange (CURE) facilitates research collaborations between grassroots community groups and university students. Community groups can make research requests, and students can undertake that research, often for class credit.
– If you’re a student, get in touch about how to link your classroom experience with local community organizations and their research requests. There are more than 75 projects in the CURE database for students to consider.
– If you’re a community organization, consider making a research request that might be useful to your group’s day-to-day work and organizing.
– If you’re a professor, get in touch about how your students can participate in CURE, and get on-the-ground experience doing community-based research.
CURE is rooted in the community-based social justice research model, based on the idea of research as a tool of social transformation. By empowering marginalized and oppressed communities and by providing support to social movements for justice and dignity, research tries to better the world, not reinforce its injustices. Community-based social justice research, like social movements at their best, offers new possibilities and alternatives.
INFO: www.qpirgconcordia.org – 514-848-7585 – info@qpirgconcordia.org
Your campus community link for social change