Vision:
Enhancing social well-being and community engagement
Values:
respect, trust, inclusion, compassion, empowerment, voice and agency, collaboration, integration, community development, ethical and caring relationships, research with meaningful outcomes, multi-disciplinary, recognition of varied experiences and differing modes of inquiry, reciprocal learning, (w)holistic and ethical ways of engagement. Membership:
Membership is designed to be inclusive, invitational and to create opportunities. Members include: faculty from UBC, NVIT, SFU, UVIC, UNBC and community colleges in BC and across Canada; health care professionals, government policy makers, community care workers and prison workers; individuals in custody and/or for those who are (re)integrating into the community. HEALTH AND EDUCATION
2. RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION
3. SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT
4. ADVOCACY
Key Responsibilities:
- to network and liaise
- to bridge between community, prison and university
- to increase opportunities for reciprocal learning
- to facilitate and to encourage opportunities for building relationships across disciplines and communities
- to inform and influence prison policy
Relationship between community/prison/university:
-collaboration
-developing partnerships
Activities:
- networking, dialoguing and information sharing
- professional development and education
- research and communication
- service
- advocacy
