Creating a better future for communities through research

Research guided by values

CCBR has completed over 250 community based research projects since 1982. Each project is guided by our commitment to impacting social change in practical and powerful ways.

We intentionally conduct research with people not on people, cultivating respect with communities in every step of the process. By demonstrating value and modelling the change we wish to see, we empower communities to take the first step towards social change.

At any one time we have 20-35 active projects. Browse our project database to view our complete present and past project listings.

Profiled Project

Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin Research Project

Our Partners
The project is funded by a Child Welfare Research Grant from the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, and is carried out by Centre for Community Based Research and Tikinagan Child & Family Services.

Project Synopsis
Tikinagan Child & Family Services is an Aboriginal Child Welfare Agency in Northern Ontario. It serves an area between James Bay , Manitoba, and Nunuvut that is about the same size as the distance from Windsor to Ottawa. Over the last several years, Tikinagan has developed and implemented a unique approach to child welfare practice that is based on the traditions of First Nations people in Northern Ontario. This approach is called Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin, which translates as "Everyone working together to raise our children." (read more...)