Revealing the complexity of community campus interactions

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Date

2014

Authors

Nichols, Naomi
Phipps, David
Gaetz, Stephen
Fisher, Alison
Tanguay, Nancy

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Publisher

Canadian Journal of Higher Education

Abstract

In this paper, four qualitative case studies capture the complex interplay between the social and structural relations that shape community - academic partnerships. Collaborations begin as relationships among people. They are sustained by institutional structures that recognize and support these relationships. Productive collaborations centralize reciprocity, flexibility, and relationship building between individuals and institutions. Our findings also indicate a synergistic interaction between collaborative processes and outcomes: an equitable process supports the development of mutually beneficial outcomes, and the ability to sustain a collaborative process requires substantive progress towards shared change goals.

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Keywords

knowledge mobilization, knowledge mobilisation, engaged scholarship, community university, social innovation

Citation

Canadian Journal of Higher Education Volume 44, No. 1, 2014, pages 69 - 94