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Terms of Endearment Engaging a community of learners in CU partnerships Jessica Ball School of Child and Youth Care University of Victoria Linda Hawkins Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being University of Guelph
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The Big Question: What kinds of pre-commitments, organizational structure, leadership, divisions of labour, and personal qualities are most likely to engender: –secure attachments –sustained engagements –reciprocal learnings
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Father Involvement Research Alliance National alliance of researchers, community organizations and fathers, dedicated to the development and sharing of knowledge on father involvement Funded by CURA 8 Universities, 30+ community partners BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec 2 strategies for research program
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1. A Canadian Knowledge Base Analysis of census and survey data Profiles of Canadian fathers with demographic, economic, and socio- cultural characteristics Overview of Canadian policies Policy inventory Policy reference group Commissioned policy papers Policy conference
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2. Engaging for change: fatherhood research clusters Participatory research Socially defined subpopulations facing unique challenges Development of evidence based tools & resources
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Research Clusters Immigrant fathers Gay fathers New fathers Young fathers Indigenous fathers Separated & divorced fathers Fathers of children with special needs
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Terms of endearment Time Clarity of purpose Architecture Differentiation Flexibility Passion
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Father Involvement Research Alliance Pre-CURA CURA Post-CURA New Opportunities
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Clarity of Purpose
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Architecture Vision Review Committee Documents: vision & values; authorship; allocations; policy review Steering Committee, Projects, Clusters Money Review/Allocations Committee
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Additional research Cluster Research Policy Demographics Policy Research/ Policy Conference Thematic Overview Forum Workshops and toolkits Communication and Dissemination Steering Coordination and Infrastructure FIRA CURA Program 1 2 3 4 5
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Differentiation
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Flexibility
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Passion
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