Making Research Matter

Mobilizing Homelessness Research

2005

2009

2010

Rethinking HomelessnessTheoretical and Methodological Issues

Canadian Homelessness

Research Network

SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Cluster Grant Program

SSHRC Strategic Knowledge Cluster Grant• Seven year funding (we are nearing the end of the third year)

• Focus is on building research capacity

• Funds CANNOT be used for primary research

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Funding:

The central question that guides our activities is:

“In what ways can research more effectively contribute to solutions to homelessness in

Canada?”

1. Collaboration: Provide opportunities for collaboration among the diversity of groups and researchers involved in homelessness across Canada.

2. Knowledge Mobilization: Make existing research on homelessness more accessible and reduce the geographical, sectoral, and socio-economic divisions that impede knowledge exchange.

3. Public Engagement: ‘Make research matter’ by exploring ways that research can more effectively engage the general public, policy makers and other decision-makers in the homelessness sector.

Our goals:

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PolicyMakers

PolicyMakers

ResearchersResearchersNews

mediaNews media

ServiceProviders

ServiceProviders

General PublicGeneral Public

StudentsStudents

OurAudiences

The Website

Two: New ContentCustom

CURRICULUMUNITS

Blog

Open Access e-books

Three:

Coming this fall:1) Mapping Community

Plans and Resources in Canada

2) New section on “what works”

A New Direction

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Our model: • Bring best minds together

• Work in collaboration with other initiatives

• Policy outputs: reports, briefs, news releases

• Engagement with all levels of government and the news media.

Goal #1

Development of a Pan-Canadian homelessness research agenda.

Goal #2Engage in research that: a) addresses key policy

concerns, and b) identifies, evaluates and

describes innovative and quality responses to homelessness;

Goal #3

Generate a range of research and policy outputs, including policy reports, briefs, parliamentary committee

submissions, etc

Goal #4

Implement a Knowledge Mobilization Strategy through the development of capacity for dissemination, knowledge exchange, outreach and

engagement.

Questions

Questions