Building Community-Based Evaluation Capacity to Advance Sustainable Development Goals
Building Community-Based Evaluation Capacity to Advance Sustainable Development Goals
This website has resources to help grassroots communities, small start-ups, and community-based organizations build a culture of reflective practice when working to eliminate violence and promote peaceful and equitable societies. While this particular website focuses on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 4 (quality education), 5 (gender equity) and 16 (peace), resources can be used to support community-based evaluation efforts across all 17 SDGs.
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This is a project is co-led by the Centre for Community Based Research and Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo. This project is funded by Employment and Social Development Canada, and works towards implementing Canada's 2030 Agenda.
How this website was built:
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Over one year, we piloted capacity-building workshops, coaching sessions and workbooks with community-based organizations in the Waterloo Region;
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Adapted workshops into webinars for national reach; and
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Dialogued with and learned from others working towards Canada's 2030 Agenda
CCBR is based on the University of Waterloo campus. With gratitude, we recognize that the land on which we work is the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples, who continue to live here among other Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) who call Waterloo home.
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We aspire to respect the original treaties of this land, namely the Two Row and Dish with One Spoon wampums. These treaties signify the responsibility non-Indigenous people have to act with peace, respect, and friendship, equitably sharing resources with Indigenous communities. We are continuously learning and unlearning individually, collectively, and with our research partners on the path towards reconciliation and decolonization. We work alongside and invite collaborations from Indigenous peoples and nations, supporting their priorities and initiatives.​ In the spirit of reconciliation, we are committed to interrogating the relationship between the SDGs and the broader efforts of Truth and Reconciliation outlined in the Calls to Action.