On January 20, staff students and board members at the Centre for Community-Based Research gathered to reflect on our collective practice, and strategize on future priorities. Our retreat was held at Criff Hills and facilitated by consultant (and past staff) Kimia Ghomeshi.
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Image Description: Staff, students and board members at CCBR gather for a day of reflection, brainstorming, and visioning.
The retreat aimed:
To foster connections and relationship building between staff and Board
To reflect on CCBR’s history, milestones, and evolution since established.
To identify strategic priorities and areas of focus for the next 3-5 years (external projects)
To identify areas of growth for the organization (internal priorities)
Key Topics included:
1. CCBR strengths, values and social justice commitments;
2. Social political trends (e.g., including but not limited to growing social movements on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion; global economic trends; financial pressures on NGO sector; Institutionalization of CBR; and Growing digital landscape and AI).
3. Reflecting on internal priorities:
partnerships, relationships and community engagement;
justice, equity, diversity and inclusion;
organizational culture, systems and decision making;
ways of hybrid working;
team capacity and composition;
The retreat kicks off our 40th anniversary at the Centre for Community Based Research.
Stay tuned to more posts relating to CCBR's history over the coming months.