This monthly newsletter aims to highlight the participatory research initiatives emerging from Participatory Research @ McGill (PRAM), and Community Information, Empowerment and Transparency (CIET), as well as share new opportunities for projects, courses, funding, and more! 

An ever busy team, below are a few updates from the PRAM/CIET network.

Knowledge Translation

Juan Pimentel (MD, PhD, MSc) is a Colombian general physician and epidemiologist. For his PhD thesis, he aimed to foster cultural safety in medical training through game-based education of medical students in Colombia.

This video for knowledge dissemination was funded by the Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec (RRSPQ). You can learn more about Juan Pimentel's work here, and discover his available thesis publications.

A group of researchers from McGill and Brock Universities have come together to explore the creation of meaningful opportunities for communities to be involved in research ethics governance.

This workshop will showcase innovative and radical strategies of community-led research governance across Canada. Folks from any and all communities, interested researchers, and those working within the research ethics space are invite to join this conversation.

This event will have simultaneous French/English translation.

Note, please forward any questions to Phoebe Friesen, at phoebe.friesen@mcgill.ca

Highlighted below are some of the most recent publications from the industrious PRAM team:

Authors: Anne Cockcroft, Khalid Omer, Yagana Gidado, Muhd Chadi Baba, Amar Aziz, Umaira Ansari, Adamu Ibrahim Gamawa, Rilwanu Mohammed, Salisu Abubakar Galda, and Neil Andersson

Authors: Anne Cockcroft, Khalid Omer, Yagana Gidado, Rilwanu Mohammed, Loubna Belaid, Umaira Ansari, Claudia Mitchell, and Neil Andersson