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Research paper thumbnail of “It Doesn’t Feel Like You Can Win”: Young Women's Talk About Heterosexual Relationships

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Scholars have long explored the expectations of women to maintain intimate relationships and the ... more Scholars have long explored the expectations of women to maintain intimate relationships and the gendered discourses governing those expectations. Despite the dating landscape changes, having intimate relationships remains important for young women. Amid these changes and the impacts of #MeToo/#TimesUp, investigating the discourses at play within women's talk about intimate relationships produces a current snapshot that contrasts with past literature. Young, heterosexual women of diverse racial, educational/work, and relationship backgrounds aged 18–24 years ( N = 28) attended one of five online videoconferencing focus groups. Using an eclectic theoretical approach informed by feminist post-structuralism and discursive psychology, we analyzed women's talk about doing relationships. Mobilizing a discourse of intimate relationship necessity/importance, young women (a) were positioned as “the silenc(ed/ing) woman,” demonstrating a shared understanding of the necessity of silenc...

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Canadian Responses to Human Trafficking: A comparison of local community and provincial models

Research paper thumbnail of The VALUE of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning is in the Values: Advancing Students’ Learning Outcomes

The international journal of research on service-learning and community engagement, 2023

Palabras clave: valores, resultados de aprendizaje, prácticas educativas de alto impacto, aprendi... more Palabras clave: valores, resultados de aprendizaje, prácticas educativas de alto impacto, aprendizaje experiencial, aprendizaje activo, capacitación comprometida con la comunidad

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 11. ICE as an Educational Development Tool 11.1 Instructional Context

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Across the Disciplines: ICE Stories

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 6. Shine the Light: Using the ICE Framework in Sociology Courses to See the “Big Picture” 6.1 Instructional Context

Research paper thumbnail of Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis Online Survey Data Summary

Research paper thumbnail of Researching Youth Substance Use and Harm Reduction Services: A Winning CES Partnership

4.Par tners hip Outc omes ! STEPS OF THE PROCESS: 1) Entering partnerships partners and problems ... more 4.Par tners hip Outc omes ! STEPS OF THE PROCESS: 1) Entering partnerships partners and problems are identified 2) Conducting partnerships a plan is developed & roles are decided 3) Outcomes of partnerships products are made & disseminated 3. Identification of evaluation tools to be used as outcome measures for new services 2. Primary local research via key informant identified needs and issues facing Wellington Country rural youth 2 presentations of findings A formal report CU2Expo conference abstract acceptance CESI poster conference Grad students mentored in principles/practice of CES 1. Youth harm reduction and rural youth services literature review

Research paper thumbnail of Engaging evaluation research: Reflecting on the process of sexual assault/domestic violence protocol evaluation research

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2014

In keeping within the theme of CU Expo 2013, ‘Engaging Shared Worlds’, this case study examines a... more In keeping within the theme of CU Expo 2013, ‘Engaging Shared Worlds’, this case study examines and reflects on a complex community-university partnership which developed to conceptualise, design, conduct and communicate evaluation research on one community’s sexual assault and domestic violence protocol. As community-university partners coming together for the first time, we reflect on the purpose of our engagement, the characteristics and principles which define our partnership and our potential to teach graduate students how to undertake community-engaged scholarship.Keywords: Community-engaged research, evaluation research, complex community-university partnerships, scholarship of engagement, practice research

Research paper thumbnail of The Guelph-Wellington Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence First Response Protocol Evaluation Research Relationships are the Foundation

Research paper thumbnail of Poster Exhibit: Innovative Research at CESI and CSAHS

This poster exhibit was displayed at the 10C community hub in downtown Guelph in February 2018. I... more This poster exhibit was displayed at the 10C community hub in downtown Guelph in February 2018. It features 10 innovative research projects conducted by researchers at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) and College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS). Projects were selected by CESI and CSAHS Dean's Office and covered a variety of themes, including food waste, violence against women, sustainability, and civic issues. Together, they provide a snapshot of the innovative research underway on a range of topics at both CESI and CSAHS.

Research paper thumbnail of Reflecting on community/academic ‘collaboration’ The challenge of ‘doing ’ feminist participatory action research

This article articulates many of the issues that feminist participa-tory action researchers confr... more This article articulates many of the issues that feminist participa-tory action researchers confront in attempts to conduct col-laborative research with community organizations and the state

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching and Learning Innovations Journal, Vol. 16 (2013). Practicing Principles of Community Engaged Scholarship in a fourth-year seminar

Despite the significant interest in research on community-campus engagement, there remains a gap ... more Despite the significant interest in research on community-campus engagement, there remains a gap in articulating ways in which practicing community engaged learning (CEL) can and should align with the foundational principles and values of community-university engagement and how this supports, reinforces and aligns with current research on pedagogical best practices. In this paper, I

Research paper thumbnail of Guelph Wellington Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence First Response Evaluation Research: Relationships are the Foundation

Research paper thumbnail of The degendering of male perpetrated intimate partner violence against female partners in Ontario family law courts

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 2021

In this paper, we conducted a critical community-engaged Ontario family law case review of 46 cas... more In this paper, we conducted a critical community-engaged Ontario family law case review of 46 cases from 2019 where intimate partner violence was identified. We explored the extent to which judges identified and addressed intimate partner violence and whether the gender of judges impacted on trial outcomes and judges’ parental assessments. We found that judges de-gendered the language of violence, which impacted trial outcomes (e.g., more rulings of unsupervised access for fathers despite them having been violent) and a mutualisation of responsibility by referring to the violence as ‘conflict.’ We also found that male judges were more likely to negatively assess the mothers as both parents and witnesses. We call for more research that explores whether the changes to the Canadian federal Divorce Act (which includes ‘family violence’) will have an impact on the manner in which intimate partner violence is identified and/or referred to by family law judges, and if and how this influenc...

Research paper thumbnail of News You Can Use: A Critical Examination of Mainstream News Framing of Ontario Femicides 2015-2016

Research paper thumbnail of Living Healthy, Well and Strong in our Neighbourhoods

Research paper thumbnail of Reflect on Critical Community Engaged Scholarship and Gender Based Violence

This article reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with community engaged learn... more This article reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with community engaged learning at the graduate level, and challenges higher education to do more to support the teaching–research–service nexus. The community university partnership involved a graduate student class, a faculty member, and a community member from a provincial not for profit association. We examined our principled and collaborative process of critical community engaged scholarship geared toward addressing violence against women, and more specifically, femicide. Our research resulted in knowledge mobilization tools that could be used to inform various audiences (e.g., women’s shelter staff, the public, government, and journalists) about how mainstream media sources report and portray the issue of femicide. Our work had an explicit social justice focus with aims to generate a better understanding of the structural causes of violence against women and historically-created gendered hierarchy and its ong...

Research paper thumbnail of doing' feminist participatory action research Reflecting on community/academiccollaboration': The challenge of

Research paper thumbnail of Practicing Principles of Community Engaged Scholarship in a fourth-year seminar

This paper helps to address a gap in the literature by articulating ways in which practicing comm... more This paper helps to address a gap in the literature by articulating ways in which practicing community engaged learning (CEL) align with the foundational principles and values of community-university engagement (e.g. social change, collaboration, identified community need) and pedagogical best practices (e.g. Constructive Alignment, High Impact Educational Practices, Authentic Assessment). I reflect on the model of community-engaged learning I use within a fourth-year Sociology course at the University of Guelph, Canada and highlight specific course-based examples to demonstrate the promising practices and challenges of CEL.

Research paper thumbnail of “It Doesn’t Feel Like You Can Win”: Young Women's Talk About Heterosexual Relationships

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Scholars have long explored the expectations of women to maintain intimate relationships and the ... more Scholars have long explored the expectations of women to maintain intimate relationships and the gendered discourses governing those expectations. Despite the dating landscape changes, having intimate relationships remains important for young women. Amid these changes and the impacts of #MeToo/#TimesUp, investigating the discourses at play within women's talk about intimate relationships produces a current snapshot that contrasts with past literature. Young, heterosexual women of diverse racial, educational/work, and relationship backgrounds aged 18–24 years ( N = 28) attended one of five online videoconferencing focus groups. Using an eclectic theoretical approach informed by feminist post-structuralism and discursive psychology, we analyzed women's talk about doing relationships. Mobilizing a discourse of intimate relationship necessity/importance, young women (a) were positioned as “the silenc(ed/ing) woman,” demonstrating a shared understanding of the necessity of silenc...

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Canadian Responses to Human Trafficking: A comparison of local community and provincial models

Research paper thumbnail of The VALUE of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning is in the Values: Advancing Students’ Learning Outcomes

The international journal of research on service-learning and community engagement, 2023

Palabras clave: valores, resultados de aprendizaje, prácticas educativas de alto impacto, aprendi... more Palabras clave: valores, resultados de aprendizaje, prácticas educativas de alto impacto, aprendizaje experiencial, aprendizaje activo, capacitación comprometida con la comunidad

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 11. ICE as an Educational Development Tool 11.1 Instructional Context

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Across the Disciplines: ICE Stories

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 6. Shine the Light: Using the ICE Framework in Sociology Courses to See the “Big Picture” 6.1 Instructional Context

Research paper thumbnail of Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis Online Survey Data Summary

Research paper thumbnail of Researching Youth Substance Use and Harm Reduction Services: A Winning CES Partnership

4.Par tners hip Outc omes ! STEPS OF THE PROCESS: 1) Entering partnerships partners and problems ... more 4.Par tners hip Outc omes ! STEPS OF THE PROCESS: 1) Entering partnerships partners and problems are identified 2) Conducting partnerships a plan is developed & roles are decided 3) Outcomes of partnerships products are made & disseminated 3. Identification of evaluation tools to be used as outcome measures for new services 2. Primary local research via key informant identified needs and issues facing Wellington Country rural youth 2 presentations of findings A formal report CU2Expo conference abstract acceptance CESI poster conference Grad students mentored in principles/practice of CES 1. Youth harm reduction and rural youth services literature review

Research paper thumbnail of Engaging evaluation research: Reflecting on the process of sexual assault/domestic violence protocol evaluation research

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2014

In keeping within the theme of CU Expo 2013, ‘Engaging Shared Worlds’, this case study examines a... more In keeping within the theme of CU Expo 2013, ‘Engaging Shared Worlds’, this case study examines and reflects on a complex community-university partnership which developed to conceptualise, design, conduct and communicate evaluation research on one community’s sexual assault and domestic violence protocol. As community-university partners coming together for the first time, we reflect on the purpose of our engagement, the characteristics and principles which define our partnership and our potential to teach graduate students how to undertake community-engaged scholarship.Keywords: Community-engaged research, evaluation research, complex community-university partnerships, scholarship of engagement, practice research

Research paper thumbnail of The Guelph-Wellington Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence First Response Protocol Evaluation Research Relationships are the Foundation

Research paper thumbnail of Poster Exhibit: Innovative Research at CESI and CSAHS

This poster exhibit was displayed at the 10C community hub in downtown Guelph in February 2018. I... more This poster exhibit was displayed at the 10C community hub in downtown Guelph in February 2018. It features 10 innovative research projects conducted by researchers at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) and College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS). Projects were selected by CESI and CSAHS Dean's Office and covered a variety of themes, including food waste, violence against women, sustainability, and civic issues. Together, they provide a snapshot of the innovative research underway on a range of topics at both CESI and CSAHS.

Research paper thumbnail of Reflecting on community/academic ‘collaboration’ The challenge of ‘doing ’ feminist participatory action research

This article articulates many of the issues that feminist participa-tory action researchers confr... more This article articulates many of the issues that feminist participa-tory action researchers confront in attempts to conduct col-laborative research with community organizations and the state

Research paper thumbnail of Teaching and Learning Innovations Journal, Vol. 16 (2013). Practicing Principles of Community Engaged Scholarship in a fourth-year seminar

Despite the significant interest in research on community-campus engagement, there remains a gap ... more Despite the significant interest in research on community-campus engagement, there remains a gap in articulating ways in which practicing community engaged learning (CEL) can and should align with the foundational principles and values of community-university engagement and how this supports, reinforces and aligns with current research on pedagogical best practices. In this paper, I

Research paper thumbnail of Guelph Wellington Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence First Response Evaluation Research: Relationships are the Foundation

Research paper thumbnail of The degendering of male perpetrated intimate partner violence against female partners in Ontario family law courts

Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 2021

In this paper, we conducted a critical community-engaged Ontario family law case review of 46 cas... more In this paper, we conducted a critical community-engaged Ontario family law case review of 46 cases from 2019 where intimate partner violence was identified. We explored the extent to which judges identified and addressed intimate partner violence and whether the gender of judges impacted on trial outcomes and judges’ parental assessments. We found that judges de-gendered the language of violence, which impacted trial outcomes (e.g., more rulings of unsupervised access for fathers despite them having been violent) and a mutualisation of responsibility by referring to the violence as ‘conflict.’ We also found that male judges were more likely to negatively assess the mothers as both parents and witnesses. We call for more research that explores whether the changes to the Canadian federal Divorce Act (which includes ‘family violence’) will have an impact on the manner in which intimate partner violence is identified and/or referred to by family law judges, and if and how this influenc...

Research paper thumbnail of News You Can Use: A Critical Examination of Mainstream News Framing of Ontario Femicides 2015-2016

Research paper thumbnail of Living Healthy, Well and Strong in our Neighbourhoods

Research paper thumbnail of Reflect on Critical Community Engaged Scholarship and Gender Based Violence

This article reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with community engaged learn... more This article reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with community engaged learning at the graduate level, and challenges higher education to do more to support the teaching–research–service nexus. The community university partnership involved a graduate student class, a faculty member, and a community member from a provincial not for profit association. We examined our principled and collaborative process of critical community engaged scholarship geared toward addressing violence against women, and more specifically, femicide. Our research resulted in knowledge mobilization tools that could be used to inform various audiences (e.g., women’s shelter staff, the public, government, and journalists) about how mainstream media sources report and portray the issue of femicide. Our work had an explicit social justice focus with aims to generate a better understanding of the structural causes of violence against women and historically-created gendered hierarchy and its ong...

Research paper thumbnail of doing' feminist participatory action research Reflecting on community/academiccollaboration': The challenge of

Research paper thumbnail of Practicing Principles of Community Engaged Scholarship in a fourth-year seminar

This paper helps to address a gap in the literature by articulating ways in which practicing comm... more This paper helps to address a gap in the literature by articulating ways in which practicing community engaged learning (CEL) align with the foundational principles and values of community-university engagement (e.g. social change, collaboration, identified community need) and pedagogical best practices (e.g. Constructive Alignment, High Impact Educational Practices, Authentic Assessment). I reflect on the model of community-engaged learning I use within a fourth-year Sociology course at the University of Guelph, Canada and highlight specific course-based examples to demonstrate the promising practices and challenges of CEL.