Reports / publications

On this page, consult the visual summaries (graphic facilitations), notes and videos [ALL IN FRENCH] produced as part of the series of events on the theme of “Participatory research BY/FOR/WITH marginalized groups”, which was jointly organized by Société Inclusive, the Centre de recherche et d’expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGÉS), the Institut universitaire en déficience intellectuelle et en trouble du spectre de l’autisme and Exeko, and aims to share the approaches developed to conduct participatory research with marginalized groups in Quebec.

  • The symposium
    OPENING CONFERENCE: Building bridges through collaboration: co-creating a cultural equity resource
    ROUND TABLE: Participatory research: Benefits, opportunities and spin-offs
    WORKSHOP 1: Recruitment and free and informed consent: How can we adapt our practices to support the satisfactory participation of people with intellectual disabilities in research?
    WORKSHOP 2: It takes two to tango”: Becoming star partners by learning partnership literacy
    WORKSHOP 3: Beyond our differences: strategies for better collaboration in participatory research
    WORKSHOP 4: Research project methodology and execution

 

  • Webinars
    Participatory action research by, for and with women in post-housing transition: Processes, impacts and issues (Webinar 1 – February 27, 2023)
    Inclusive participatory research with autistic people, is it for me? (Webinar 2 – April 18, 2023)

SYMPOSIUM

OPENING CONFERENCE: Building bridges collaboratively: co-creating a cultural equity resource

Véro Leduc is a professor in the Department of Social and Public Communication at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and holds the Canada Research Chair in Deaf Cultural Citizenship and Cultural Equity Practices.

How do accessibility and cultural equity practices enrich cultural citizenship? What are the main facilitators and barriers to the development of cultural equity best practices? This paper will offer some possible answers. The participatory research approach to which the group is committed will also be presented.

Graphic facilitation (download)
Video

 

ROUND TABLE: Participatory research: benefits, opportunities and spin-offs

During this round table, 4 participatory research projects carried out with people living on the margins of society will be presented to illustrate the associated benefits, opportunities and spin-offs.

William-Jacomo Beauchemin, general coordinator, Exeko, welcomed on stage :

Ginette Aubin is an associate professor in the occupational therapy department at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, and a researcher with the Centre de recherche et d’expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGÉS). She has conducted projects with seniors living with mental health problems and their inclusion in community recreation centers.

Ducakis Desinat is research coordinator and intellectual mediator at Exeko. He is currently leading a research project on citizen participation entitled “Supporting and accelerating innovative citizen participation practices among young people in a context of interculturality in Montreal as part of Laboratoire vivant paroles partagées in collaboration with Erasme and the InterActions center.

Stéphanie Fecteau is Associate Professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Co-Director of the Groupe de recherche pour les adolescents-e-s et adultes autistes (GRAADA) and a regular research member of DI-TSA.

Graphic facilitation (download)
Video

 

WORKSHOPS

Recruitment and free and informed consent: How can we adapt our practices to support the satisfactory participation of people with intellectual disabilities in research?

The aim of this workshop is to share experiences and best practices in recruitment and free and informed consent in research involving people with intellectual disabilities or lower literacy levels. A few practices will be presented and commented on to fuel reflection and discussion.

Moderated by :Elise Milot, advisor on intellectual disabilities and autism at Société Inclusive, Professor of Social Work, Université Laval and researcher at CIRRIS and the Institut universitaire en DI-TSA
Marie Lee Houde, research consultant for people with intellectual disabilities
Marie Grandisson, professor of occupational therapy, Université Laval and researcher at CIRRIS and the Institut universitaire en DI-TSA

Graphic facilitation (download)
Key points, video presentation

It takes two to tango”: Becoming star partners by learning partnership literacy

More and more, researchers and players from the community, public, private and even industrial sectors are collaborating to enrich each other’s activities. However, many partners are still in the very early stages of their collaboration, and would benefit from guidance to help them become more comfortable with the different aspects of their partnership. Partnership literacy refers to the ability of partners to understand and communicate information using language and different media, in order to participate actively in a partnership, particularly in a research context. The PSVI team wishes, in collaboration with its partners, to create and evaluate tools that will promote the acquisition of partnership literacy by researchers and the various players in the partnership.

Led by : Marie-Eve Lamontagne
Graphic facilitation (download)
Key points, video presentation

Beyond our differences: strategies for better collaboration in participatory research

The aim of this workshop is to collectively identify the elements that create barriers to inclusion and encourage the emergence of prejudice. Case studies will be presented and analyzed, to fuel reflection and discussion.

Hosted by : Olivier Bernard, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Université Laval
Graphic facilitation (download)
Key points, video presentation

Methodology and carrying out a research project

This workshop aims to exchange and share methodological and practical approaches to conducting participatory research. Based on the experiences of workshop participants, a map of methods and approaches will gradually be built up. The workshop will focus on discussion, networking and the exchange of experiences, in a dynamic format that encourages encounters.

Moderated by : William-Jacomo Beauchemin, General Coordinator, Exeko

Graphic facilitation (download)
Key points, video presentation

 

 

WEBINARS

Participatory action research by, for and with women in post-shelter transition: Processes, impacts, and issues (Webinar 1)

Professor Laurence Roy and Aline Nadro, a member of the Lotus Project Advisory Committee, will co-present the process and results of the Lotus Project, an 18-month participatory action research project conducted with a group of women experiencing homelessness and representatives of women’s shelters. Specifically, she will discuss feminist considerations in participatory action research and lessons learned during the project.

Is inclusive participatory research with people with autism for me? (Webinar 2 – April 18, 2023)

Description

This event presented the guide on participatory research in autism and was held in the context of Autism Month. The webinar was moderated by Marie-Hélène Poulin, Ph.D. Associate professor in psychoeducation and regular researcher at the Institut universitaire en DI-TSA Département des sciences du développement humain et social Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in collaboration with Marjorie Désormeaux-Moreau.