Our Vision
Research improving the understanding and quality of social life in Vancouver, Canada, and beyond.
Explore the interwoven social fabrics
We do research on social interaction and relationships in complex and diverse organizations, neighbourhoods, and communities. We contribute to current directions in theory and research and build young scholars’ skills and careers while working in collaboration with organizations, neighbourhoods, and communities.
Learn more about the Infrastructure and Integration Lab’s visions, missions and innovative practices of social research.
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Research Team Practices and Values
Sharing of Ideas
Insights, innovations, and impact follow from the free movement and sharing of ideas. We follow the practice of open exchange of ideas from the early stages of projects through to the final outcomes. We will share updates on what we are doing in our research projects – progress, delays, obstacles. We will share feedback to each other without reservation.
Collective and Deliberate Practice
Learning and skill development follows from practice with knowledgeable feedback. Often, it is best to hone in on small areas for skill development. Our team meetings are a safe space to practice and develop scholarly skills in social research. Feedback is essential to improvement, and working collectively we can build towards our shared goals and knowledge creation.
Empathetic and Constructive Criticism
We often cannot identify our own weak spots; we need members of the team to help spot them. As team members offering feedback to our colleagues, we should always ask first what they were trying to accomplish and frame our feedback from that position. When we spot a weakness, we should always aim to combine those observations with specific suggestions for future improvement.
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