Teaching Immigration Differently: University Classroom as an Incubator for Collaborative Research (webinar recording)

In Fall 2019, a new course on immigration research launched at Dalhousie University. The course was designed to develop research that caters to the interest of community partners. This form of university course seeks to transform the classroom into an incubator for collaborative research with a goal to produce research relevant for community partners.

Presented at the P2P 2021 Workshop Series, in this workshop, the lead instructor presented an overview of the course. Community partners spoke about their experience in this course.

Presenters:

• Experiment of Classroom as a Research Incubator
  Yoko Yoshida, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Western University
• Reflection as a SPO Participant
  Nabiha Atallah, Advisor, Strategic Initiatives, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
• Reflection as a LIP Participant
  Roberto Montiel, Coordinator, Halifax Immigration Partnership
• Reflections as Governmental Participants
  Louise VanWart, Manager, Policy and Planning, Nova Scotia Office of Immigration (NSOI)  

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