Annual Meeting
PRAN’s first Annual Meeting took place on June 23rd & 24th, 2023, at York University in Toronto. The event brought together a diverse group of partners, including academics, researchers, students, non-profit workers, and community representatives.
Director Dr. Philomena Okeke-Ijherika, kicked off the meeting by highlighting PRAN’s key goals:
- Supporting the SSAI community
- Redefining resilience by adopting a more inclusive and community-engaged approach
- Training graduate students and early career researchers
- Fostering a network of academic and community partners to create a support network for SSAI newcomers in Canada
- Supporting the SSAI community
- Redefining resilience by adopting a more inclusive and community-engaged approach
- Training graduate students and early career researchers
- Fostering a network of academic and community partners to create a support network for SSAI newcomers in Canada
The meeting involved a discussion of the priority areas for PRAN, and members shared updates on core projects like the cross-sectional survey, longitudinal survey, and community scans, as well as partner-driven initiatives.
A standout moment was Dr. Omar Yaqub’s presentation on the Data Use Protocol. Dr. Yaqub introduced his transformative application, Transform, which focuses on traauma-informed data intake, consent-based collection, and effective communication. These methods align seamlessly with PRAN’s community-engaged data collection.
PRAN members decided that the team should prepare a data collection protocol for working with African communities, which will encourage more equitable data collection processes in the future.
Reflecting PRAN’s community-first approach, the meeting was catered by SSAI community chefs, aligning with PRAN’s mission to support the community beyond research outcomes.
PRAN Community Launch Event
PRAN Community was launched at the Africa Day event in May 2022, which was hosted by our community partner, Africa Centre.
PRAN Institutional Launch Event
In addition to our Community Launch, we also held another significant event to mark the official launch of PRAN. This event took place at the University of Alberta on August 17th, 2022.
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