Our Vision:
Through our research and Centre activities, we connect with and cultivate communities to allow diverse families and kin, lives and livelihoods, and living environments to flourish.
Our Work:
Anticipating, learning, and being responsive to the changing needs of diverse families and kin, lives and livelihoods, and living environments through research, teaching, and accessible knowledge sharing, including policy-relevant and community-engaged activities.
Our Values:
In addition to the values identified in the 2017 College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) Strategic Plan, the Centre values:
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Recognizing the persistent and unequal effects of colonization on Indigenous peoples and all others
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Pursuing reconciliation and decolonization through our work
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Engaging in research that centres individual lives and communities
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Centering care and acknowledging our care responsibilities and care needs in the work we do
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Responding to the care needs and diverse responsibilities of our members and ourselves drawing on feminist, Indigenous, disabled, queer, critical race, intersectional, and community approaches
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Situating our disciplinary and interdisciplinary research within these approaches
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Modelling and strengthening equitable, respectful, and reciprocal relationships near and far
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Advancing opportunities for students and interested communities to grow, share, and collaborate
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Supporting the well-being of our members
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Reflecting on where we have been and where we want to go together
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Celebrating our collective successes