Participatory Action Research (PAR)

A guide to giving support to those experiencing depression and to prevent depression in young women.

The Caldonia Centre for Social Development's PAR research.

Links to sites and PAR research papers from the Southern Cross University of Australia.

A list of PAR Resources

A guide to designing a participatory action research project presented by the Environmental Youth Alliance.

A Participatory Action Research Collaboration Between Anti-dote: Multiracial Girls’ and Women’s Network and Drs. Jo-Anne Lee & Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, University of Victoria.

This article reflects on the use of popular theatre to investigate racialized minority girls’ lived experiences and processes of identity formation in a predominantly white urban Canadian city
(Victoria, BC). The chapter draws implications for using popular theatre to investigate girls’ daily

antidote is an award-winning grassroots network and community-based organization of over 150 multiracial girls and women in Victoria, British Columbia.

Hands-on guide to participatory evaluation research

For the past several years, many people engaged in on-the-ground work with youth have shown increasing interest in evaluating the effectiveness of their programs. Many more are seeking innovative ways to use evaluation research to advance the work of grassroots organizations involved in social change and social justice. The New Girls' Movement: New Assessment Tools for Youth Programs is designed for youth programs and foundations interested in conducting and supporting a particular research approach -participatory evaluation research.

This wonderful resource is a research guide rooted in the experiences and practices of community researchers, designed to give readers a solid understanding of the community based research process and how it can be applied to enhance research on all levels.