Late Scholarship: Fostering the research/advocacy/praxis dialectic

Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm

Co-sponsored by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies

Drawing on lessons learned, we discuss a developing program of praxis-oriented research, that includes multiple voices and experiences, and interdisciplinary and intergenerational collaboration, that helps us take a long-term view on addressing issues such as poverty and health.

Joan Anderson: Background of current project & the challenges of sustainable knowledge exchange.  Introduction of topic of praxis-oriented research that aligns with the United Nations Agenda 2030: Transforming Our World & the Sustainable Development Goals.

Panelists:

• Annette Browne:  Worsening social and economic disparities that influence people’s health and quality of life.  How might we move forward? 
• Daniel Steel: What is science-based advocacy?  And, how might we teach it in an interdisciplinary/ undergraduate context?  (with Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham - in absentia)
• Paddy Rodney:  How can we engage in respectful conversations with governments, policy makers and civil society to promote socially just health and health care policies?
• Joan Anderson (Rapporteur): Planning for the work ahead.