The Research Justice Shop (RJS) was founded to transform research practices to be more inclusive by facilitating equitable collaboration between the university and the communities most impacted by our collective social and environmental problems. RJS does this, in part, by teaching and training Community-based Research (CBR), a practice of collaborative research with the people experiencing […]

Science and society have a symbiotic relationship. Approximately 50% of scientific research is funded by and dependent on taxpayer money (1,2) and society benefits from scientific discoveries that push forward the frontiers of knowledge. That said, the benefits of scientific discoveries are not as apparent or quantitative as the taxpayer money that funds it. Therefore, […]