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3rd Biannual Critical Pedagogies Symposium on Teaching & Learning Critical Qualitative Health Methods, Nov 5 & 12, 2021
Call for abstracts now open! Please click on the link for more details
https://ccqhr.utoronto.ca/events-symposium/
McGill 2021 Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies-NOW ONLINE!
Please find details of the mixed methods course (June 21- July 9) in the link below:
https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/research/events/summer-institute/courses...
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2020 McGill Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies
The 2020 Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies - 2 exciting courses in qualitative health research
1. Introduction to Qualitative Research
Monday June 29- Friday Jul 3, 2020 | McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Come and be a part of the Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies! You will discover the world of qualitative health research by learning about its foundations and engaging in stimulating, interactive fieldwork. Please see below for a basic outline of the course
Qualitative Research: Introduction.Learn about basic qualitative theory and history. Encounter the possible approaches/methodologies available. Develop an awareness of the ethical issues involved in qualitative research (including how these influence design, access, roles and reflection about research).
Qualitative Research: Data Collection. Learn about qualitative data collection. Engage in a variety of qualitative research methods through daily practicum/fieldwork exercises.Reflect on the experience of data collection through discussion/debriefing.
Qualitative Research: Analysis and Interpretation. Learn common analytical strategies (e.g., coding). Learn how to design and organize qualitative research findings. Learn how to analyze and interpret qualitative research using data provided. Learn how to present findings and describe the analytic process.
2. Qualitative Health Research with Children & Youth
Monday July 6 - Friday July 10, 2020 | McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The 5-day Summer Institute in Qualitative Health Research with Children & Youth will enable participants to develop research projects that can examine complex health problems affecting children and youth. Coached by an experienced team of childhood researchers, participants will have several opportunities to develop knowledge and skills for conducting qualitative health research with children and youth. Please see below for some testimonials.
“The warm teaching environment was very beneficial; the competence of instructors and the organizational aspects of the course.”
“Every aspect of the course was very good. Instructors were very well prepared.”
“I appreciated the exemplars. It was very informative to see and hear the wisdom of others from their own experiences.”
“Instructors are extremely helpful. Presentations were extremely beneficial for me. As a novice, got an insight into the qualitative research in a wonderful way. Group exercises too were engaging and informative.”
“I appreciated the process of working on a personal project while receiving support from facilitators. I also appreciated receiving feedback on how to improve the ideas. I also loved the social aspects of the course, the lunches and dinner.”
Critical Pedagogies Symposium
Registration is now open for the second annual Critical Pedagogies Symposium on Teaching and Learning Qualitative Health Research. This event is being held at York University on Friday, October 18th, 2019.
The aim of the symposium is to: inspire pedagogical innovation, dialogue and imagination; share challenges, exchange resources and brainstorm solutions; celebrate our accomplishments and push the boundaries of possibility; (re-)centre the ‘critical’ in our teaching practices; and cultivate a network of current and future qualitative health research educators.
To register for the event please visit the following website: https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/centre-for-critical-qualitative-health-research-20252809175
2019 McGill Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies
A reminder about the EARLY BIRD SPECIAL for the McGill-based courses listed below. Register by May 24, 2019 for Early Bird prices!
The 2019 McGill Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies is now open for registration with 5 courses: Mixed Methods in Health Research, Life Course Epidemiology, Developing Creative Approaches to Learning and Research Inquiry, Meta-Analysis of Clinical & Basic Science Research, and Qualitative Health Research with Children & Youth.
The focus of the Summer Institute is Innovative Methodologies, useful for both researchers and clinician scientists. Visit the dentistry website for more information (registration) and updates: https://www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/summer-institute.
Since many participants have expressed a desire to come back, a discount is available for participants returning for another course, in addition to the early bird and 2-course discounts.
Dates of the courses
Mixed Methods in Health Research | June 25-29
Life Course Epidemiology | June 25-29
Developing Creative Approaches to Learning and Research Inquiry June 28-29
Meta-Analysis of Clinical & Basic Science Research | July 2-6
Qualitative Health Research with Children & Youth | July 2-6
Summer Workshop: Arts-as-Research Practice
Are you a researcher, scholar, or graduate student in the field of health, social sciences, or education? Are you interested in exploring and deepening your knowledge and practice of graphic, visual, and performative methods as part of your research or teaching?
CCQHR is hosting a 4-day summer workshop from June 24-27th, 2019, that may be right for you!
final_cq_arts_based_workshop_june24-27_2019-min.pdf
2017 Advanced Seminar on Critical Qualitative Health Inquiry, October 2-3, 2017, McGill University, Montreal QC
Health researchers from around the globe, including Canada, USA, UK, Australia, Japan, Israel, Germany, Norway, Brazil, and the Netherlands, gathered on October 2-3, 2017 at the McGill University Faculty Club to discuss insights and challenges related to critical qualitative health research. The day was structured to promote discussion, debate and exchange around ideas presented by two guest speakers: Joan Eakin, Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Founding Director of the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research; and, Paula Gardner, Assistant Professor in Health Sciences at Brock University and Academic Fellow at the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research. Professor Eakin discussed critical qualitative research as a transgressive scientific practice and the implications for researchers as well as in the health field more generally. Professor Gardner shared her personal experiences and reflections as a critical qualitative health researcher in a hospital setting with lessons for all engaged in participatory approaches.
The following themes emerged in the sessions following each talk:
the tensions of bringing theoretically-informed qualitative research into positivist, health research settings;
the challenges of maintaining rigour and integrity as a critical qualitative researcher while also meeting health research’s structural demands, for instance funding and publication criteria;
the personal (and therefore sensitive) reality of different epistemological standpoints, and the concomitant relational/interpersonal tensions these bring; and,
the idea that “Everything is Data!” (Joan Eakin) and its associated ethical and methodological challenges.
The links to a video recording of each presentation can be found here:
Professor Joan Eakin – https://vimeo.com/241680802
Professor Paula Gardner – https://vimeo.com/247497904
Acknowledgements
With thanks to our international scientific committee:
Co-Chairs: Susan Law – DIPEx Canada, Trillium Health Partners-Institute for Better Health, and University of Toronto
Mary Ellen Macdonald – Chair, MQHRG and Associate Professor, McGill Dentistry
Members: Rachel Grob (USA); Lisa Hinton (UK); Sara Ryan (UK); Lorraine Smith (AU)
With thanks to the generous financial and in-kind contributions from DIPEx International (see: www.dipexinternational.org), Trillium Health Partners-Institute for Better Health, the McGill Qualitative Health Research Group, the Health Experiences Research Canada team, and the Quebec Network for Oral and Bone Health Research (Le Réseau de recherche en santé buccodentaire et osseuse (RSBO).
Summer Institute in Innovative Methodologies offered by McGill Faculties of Dentistry and Family Medicine
July 3rd to 7th, July 10th to 14th, or both!
Life Course Epidemiology | July 3-7
Mixed Methods in Health Research | July 10-14
http://www.cvent.com/events/mcgill-summer-institute/custom-18-ec25deb003c8465fa1d6d8a2ec195e9d.aspx
Dr. Emmanuelle Bélanger's an introductory NVivo workshop on June 19th, 2017 from 1-4 PM to those who are interested in learning about NVivo functionality. The tutorial will be carried out with NVivo for Mac Version 11 but PC users are also welcome. Please note that the date of the workshop has changed from the date in the brochure!
https://www.mcgill.ca/familymed/education/graduate-programs/summer-session
Workshops on Social Science Research 2017
Interesting ‘Workshops on Social Science Research’ from the Department of Political Science at Concordia University.
http://www.concordia.ca/artsci/polisci/wssr/registration/non-credit/spring2017-noncredit.html
Epistemological Bootcamp Drill #1: Surveying the Paradigmatic Battlefield: Articulating and Nourishing your Paradigm
Victoria Burns, Postdoctoral Fellow, Urbanisation, Culture & Society Research Centre, Insitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) AND Daniel A. Nagel, RN, Assistant Professor, St. Frances Xavier University
Required Readings:
Staller, KM (2013). Epistemological boot camp: The politics of science and what every qualitative researcher needs to know to survive in the academy. Qualitative Social Work 12:395‐413.
Nagel, D. A., Burns, V. F., Tilley, C., & Aubin, D. (2015). When novice researchers adopt constructivist grounded theory: Navigating less travelled paradigmatic and methodological paths in PhD dissertation work. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 10, 365-383. Retrieved from http://ijds.org/Volume10/IJDSv10p365-383Nagel1901.pdf
Lincoln YS, Guba EG. (2000) Paradigmatic controversies, contradictions, and emerging confluences. In: Denzin NK, Lincoln YS, eds. Handbook of Qualitative Research. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage; 2000:163‐188.
Time: Wednesday September 23, 2015, 3‐5pm
Location: 2001 McGill College Ave, room 547
Epistemological Bootcamp Drill #2: Is your research ‘rigorous’? Interpreting and articulating rigor within your paradigm.
Victoria Burns, Postdoctoral Fellow, Urbanisation, Culture & Society Research Centre, Insitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
Required Readings:
Morse, JM (2015) Critical analysis of strategies for determining rigor in qualitative inquiry. Qualitative Health Research, 25(9), 1212‐1222.
Davies, D, & Dodd, J (2002) Qualitative research and the question of rigor. Qualitative Health Research, 12(2), 279‐289.
Sandelowski, M (1993) Rigor or rigor mortis: The problem of rigor in qualitative research revisited.
Suggested Reading:Schwandt, TA (1996) Farewell to criteriology. Qualitative Inquiry, 2(1), 58‐72.
Homework Please come prepared to discuss how and why you have used the concept of rigor in your own work (or why you have not). Which authors/standards did you use, and why?
Time: Thursday, December 10 2015, 3‐5pm
Location: 2001 McGill College Ave, room 547
Epistemological Bootcamp Drill #3:Sample size, saturation, and participant selection: Locating your justifications within your paradigm.
Victoria Burns, Postdoctoral Fellow, Urbanisation, Culture & Society Research Centre, Insitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
Special Panel:
David K. Wright, PhD (University of Ottawa) and Shawn-Renee Hordyk, PhD (McGill University)
Required Readings
Baker SE, & Edwards R. (2012) How many qualitative interviews is enough? Expert voices and early career reflections on sampling and cases in qualitative research.http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/2273/4/how_many_interviews.pdf
Sandelowski M. (1995) Sample size in qualitative research. Research in Nursing & Health, 18, 179-183.
Mason M. (2010) Sample size and saturation in PhD studies using qualitative interviews. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 11(3).
An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research. Published 10 February 2016) BMJ 2016;352:i563
http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i563.full?ijkey=c1RmesunyZazzfY&keytype=ref
Response from the Editors: Qualitative research and The BMJ. BMJ 2016;352:i641 doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i641
Please come prepared to discuss how and why you have written about sampling in your own work. Which authors/standards did you use, and why?
Time: Thursday, February 18 2016, 3‐5pm
Location: 2001 McGill College Ave, room 547
Drill #4 MQHRG Epistemological Boot Camp Ending the mission: Knowledge mobilization and making use of qualitative research
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2016, 3‐5pm
Location: 2001 McGill College Ave, room 547
Victoria Burns, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) Special Guest Franco Carnevale, PhD, Professor, Ingram School of Nursing, McGill University.
Required Readings: Botorff, J (2015). Knowledge translation: Where are the qualitative health researchers? Qualitative Health Research, 25(11), 1461‐1462.
Graham, ID, Logan, J, Harrison, MB, Straus, SE, Tetroe, J, Caswell, W, & Robinson, N. (2006). Lost in knowledge translation: Time for a map? Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 26(1), 13‐24.
Greenhalgh, T, & Wieringa, S (2011). Is it time to drop the ‘knowledge translation’ metaphor? A critical literature review. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 104(12), 501‐509.
Kontos, PC, & Poland, BD (2009). Mapping new theoretical and methodological terrain for knowledge translation: Contributions from critical realism and the arts. Implementation Science, 4(1), 1‐10.