To help close the loop in knowledge production, we bring an interdisciplinary approach and tons of creative strategies to support your idea through its entire lifecycle and implementation.
Services
We want knowledge to be useful and useable. No more aimless reports collecting dust on shelves. Let's use information to spark change. With careful attention paid to end-user engagement, real-world impact, and audience reach, we elevate integrated knowledge translation, knowledge mobilization, and knowledge exchange initiatives.
Closing the gap between knowledge creation and use
Implementation Science
We will help you to translate your knowledge into dynamic outputs with:
achievable goals
appropriate audiences
imagination
Research
Asking questions that matter in ways that matter
Our mission is to build research capacity in communities so we can work ourselves out of a job. By supporting communities and collaborators to identify their own research priorities and call the shots, we draw on methods that support innovation, sustainability, and social change.
Across all types of research contracts, we:
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Commit to capacity-building activities with clients and communities
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Disrupt dependence on academic institutions & knowledge gatekeepers
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Amplify research participant strengths, agency, and ownership over the process
As methodologists, we offer expertise in:
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anti-oppressive
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audience-centred
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feminist
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patient-centred
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resilience-centred
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strengths-based
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sustainable
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queer
approaches
arts-based
methods
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collage
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drawing
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digital storytelling
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emergent & exploratory
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multi-media
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narrative inquiry
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poetic inquiry
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photovoice
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photo elicitation
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research-based theatre
qualitative
methods
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audience engagement
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discourse analysis
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exploratory
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ethnography
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grounded theory
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motivational interviewing
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narrative interviewing
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strengths-based interviewing
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thematic analysis
quantitative
methods
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audience measurement
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big data
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descriptive statistics
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health behaviour change
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survey design
Evaluation
Transforming lessons learned into new possibilities
Evaluation has a bad reputation for making people feel like they are on trial. To us, evaluation is about helping you reach your goals while contributing to social change. Using creative evaluation tools, we support organizational learning and transformation to bring you closer to your vision. That's it. No trials. Just learning and growth.
We specialize in the following types of evaluation:
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appreciative inquiry
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case study
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developmental evaluation
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empowerment evaluation
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most significant change
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outcome mapping
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principle-based evaluation
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theory-based evaluation
Whether you have an evaluation requirement in your grant, want to leverage learning in your work, or need a partner on a bid or project, we can help.
Training
Creating change by building capacity
Have you ever snoozed through a boring lecture? We have! That's why we design experiential learning frameworks. With fun and hands-on educational activities, we elevate skill development and personal growth all while building towards the learning outcomes that people actually want. Starting from an anti-oppressive lens, we foster brave learning environments where critical thinking, honest questions, and mistakes are encouraged.
Here's what we can do:
e-learning &
digital adaptation
curriculum design
lesson planning
educational
activities
creative content
teaching evaluations
facilitation
We also facilitate one-off workshops, training series, and adult learning courses:
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academic communication
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arts-based methods (for research & evaluation)
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confronting implicit bias in reporting, researching, and evaluation
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creative knowledge translation
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data collection and data analysis (qualitative & arts-based)
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reflexive evaluation practice
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STEM communication
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storytelling for organizations and academics