C. Etmanski, Teaching CBR 2009-10 Workshop Series Final Report

Series OverviewFrom October 2, 2009 to April 1, 2010, UVic’s Learning and Teaching Centre (LTC) andOffice of Community Based Research (OCBR) ran a series of seven 90-minute lunchtimepanel presentations. The twenty-six presenters included: 18 Faculty members, 3community associates, and 5 students. Between 15 and 40 participants attended eachsession; the most well attended session was on “Indigenous Approaches to Research”followed by the session on “Using the Arts in CBR” (see full descriptions in Appendix A).We hosted this series in the Learning and Teaching Centre Meeting Room (HHB 128)from 12:30 to 2pm and provided a light lunch at each workshop. Carolyn and Marg atthe LTC organized the lunches, which were funded by both LTC and OCBR in alternatingrotation.Dr. Catherine Etmanski was the Series Coordinator and Facilitator, whose consultingfees were paid for by the OCBR in the first year of the series. Catherine is an Instructorin both the Faculty of Education’s Leadership Studies Programme and the School ofPublic Administration’s Master’s of Community Development (MACD) Programme. Sheis also an Educational Consultant in the Greater Victoria Area. Her specialty is facilitatingexperiential and arts-based workshops, and areas of interest include Global Citizenship,Engaged Pedagogy, Ecological Education, and Arts-Based Research. In 2005, she coauthoredan online distance education course called “International Perspectives inParticipatory Research” in collaboration with the Society for Participatory Research inAsia (PRIA), and has been teaching in areas related to Community Based Research sincethen. She currently teaches the core Research Methods course (Foundations of CBR) forthe MACD Programme.The Coordinator’s key responsibilities included:• Ongoing liaison between the OCBR and LTC;• Contacting and confirming panel presenters;• Drafting workshop descriptions and presenter biographies, to be sent out withthe LTC newsletter and posted on the series website;• Strategic outreach and direct promotions to advertise the series across campus;• Hosting each event, including room set up, tear down, and follow up withspeakers;• Miscellaneous trouble-shooting and responding to queries.C. Etmanski | Teaching CBR Workshop Series 2009-2010 | Final Report 3