MicroResearch: Decolonizing and Democratizing Community-Focused Research

presented by

Dr. Noni E MacDonald, OC ONS MD MSc FRCPc FCAHS, FRSC
Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
Dalhousie University, IWK Health Centre 

Imagine a family physician, a community health nurse, a police officer, and a shelter worker are introduced for the first time and told to dream up a community health issue that will make a difference in their community. This is what happens through MicroResearch Canada – health problems are viewed and tackled by the members of the communities who experience them every day.  

MicroResearch (MR) is an innovative program that can help accomplish these ends. With MR, participants take part in an educational workshop run by local researchers to learn the basics of research design and implementation. This hands-on learning experience allows interdisciplinary teams to choose and develop a research proposal relevant to their community, with the eventual goal of carrying out their study. MR highlights the importance of community-based research, where research questions and projects are developed and driven by the community.

This seminar, led by MicroResearch co-founder Dr. Noni MacDonald, will review the MR process and its successes in community engagement and knowledge translation. It will end with a panel Q&A session. Free registration. 

Dr. Noni MacDonald is Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases) at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and former Dean of Medicine. Her two current major areas of interest involve global health. The first is Vaccines including vaccine safety, hesitancy, demand, pain mitigation, education and policy especially through her work with the World Health Organization (WHO). The second area of interest is MicroResearch, building community-focused research capacity in developing countries and in Canada to help find local solutions for community health problems that fit the context, culture and resources. This program is focused on decolonizing and democratizing community-focused research.

Dr. MacDonald has published over 500 peer-reviewed papers and has long been recognized in Canada and internationally, as an advocate for children and youth health and as a leader in paediatric infectious disease and global health. She is an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and of the Royal Society of Canada and is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Order of Nova Scotia.

 

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08:00 AM - 09:00 AM CST
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online via Zoom
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