Community-Engaged Research: The What, the Why and the How

Community-Engaged Research: The What, the Why and the How

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | 10:00-11:00 am MT

Hybrid Seminar

• In-person T 1-61 (Tory Building, University of Alberta)
• Virtual: Zoom link

Please join us on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 from 10:00-11:00am MT in-person in Tory Building 1-061 or virtually over Zoom for the second Methods Seminar of the fall term. Dr. Bethan Kingsley, Research Associate at the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI), will present on community-engaged research.

This seminar will provide a simple overview of community-engaged research for those who may be new to it and/or unfamiliar with this approach to research. Specifically, we will review the purpose of community-engaged research and its core principles along with examples of some projects that use a community-engaged approach.

This talk is sponsored by the Transforming Research for Social Impact (TRSI) Hub at the University of Alberta. This Methods Seminar is one of the events for the launch of the TRSI (for details, please visit the TRSI website).

Speaker:

Dr. Bethan Kingsley is a Research Associate at the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI). She completed her PhD using a community-engaged approach to explore issues relating to accessibility and marginalization in sport and recreation for young people living with lower incomes. Following her PhD she did a postdoctoral fellowship with the Community-University Partnership (CUP) for the Study of Children, Youth and Families, working on the Evaluation Capacity Network with Dr. Rebecca Gokiert along with a number of community partners from non profits, government, and funding agencies. Prior to moving to WCHRI, she also worked with Dr. Maria Mayan on a research program to explore the development of inclusive economies in partnership with End Poverty Edmonton and Drayton Valley.