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This paper explores the use of “learning circles” as one form of knowledge production in social action research. It reports on a project that used learning circles as a setting within which to increase the engagement of people living with low income in developing strategies for the reduction and elimination of poverty in Canada. It presents the process and reflections, analysis and recommendations of 55 project participants and the authors.
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L’auteur explore l’utilisation des «cercles d’apprentissage» comme vecteur de création du savoir dans le contexte de recherche en action sociale. Pour ce faire, l’auteur rapporte les résultats d’un projet ayant utilisé les cercles d’apprentissage comme moyen d’augmenter l’engagement d’individus à faibles revenus à développer des stratégies de réduction et d’élimination de la pauvreté au Canada. Cet article dresse le portrait du processus et des réflexions, des analyses et des recommandations de 55 participants au projet et des auteurs.
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Frances Ravensbergen is a community-based researcher interested in the role of local organizing and social change. Along with teaching part-time at Concordia University, she provides training and supports community-based action research projects throughout Quebec via the Centre for Community Organizations (www.coco-net.org). She also works with pan-Canadian organizations such as KAIROS, exploring citizen engagement, organizational development and movement building.
Madine VanderPlaat is a sociologist specializing in the well-being of women, children and families with a specific emphasis on emancipatory politics, citizen participation and community capacity building. She is a Director of the Atlantic Metropolis Centre, one of five Canadian inter-sectoral Centres of Excellence committed to comparative research and public policy development on migration, diversity and immigrant integration in Canada and around the world.
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Notes biographiques
Frances Ravensbergen est une chercheure participant à des projets de recherche communautaire. Elle s’intéresse au rôle des organisations locales et au changement social. Tout en enseignant à temps partiel à l’Université Concordia, elle offre de la formation et soutient des projets de recherche communautaire partout au Québec via le Centre des organismes communautaires (www.coco-net.org). Elle travaille également au sein d’organisations pancanadiennes telle que KAIROS, explorant l’engagement citoyen, les développements organisationnels et la création de changement.
Madine VanderPlaat est sociologue spécialisée dans le bien-être des femmes, des enfants et des familles, tout particulièrement pour ce qu’il s’agit des politiques émancipées, de la participation citoyenne et de la capacité d’accroissement communautaire. Elle est directrice du Centre Métropolis Atlantique, un des cinq centres d’excellences inter-sectoriels canadiennes engagés dans la recherche comparative et le développement de politiques publiques pour la migration, la diversité et l’intégration immigrante au Canada et dans le monde entier.