About Us

Centre for Community Based Research

• 25 years of research-inspired social innovation in Canada

• Over 400 community based research projects since 1892

• Based on an entrepreneurial spirit in collaboration with its many partners to initiate new projects

Our Approach

We:• Believe in the power of knowledge to

impact positive social change

• Are passionate about bringing people together to use knowledge to provide real and innovative solutions to community needs

• Are participatory and action-oriented in a way that mobilizes people to participate as full and equal members of society

Our Role on The Cancer Screening Spread Project

• CCBR is collaborating with Echo staff to facilitate an engagement process that:

– Supports relationship formation and knowledge mobilization related to key learnings from the cancer screening demonstration projects

– Uses critical reflection on innovative practice and the creation of a shared vision of system change to advance cancer screening capacity for women seldom or never screened across Ontario