CoLAB

The Research-­Creation and Social Justice CoLABoratory brings researchers at the University of Alberta together with national and international affiliates interested in developing a critical discourse of research-creation attuned to social justice. The CoLAB currently links researchers from the faculties of Arts, Education, Physical Education, Native Studies, and Faculté St. Jean at the University of Alberta, and from Concordia University, York University, Université Laval, Emily Carr University, the University of British Columbia (Okanagan), the University of New South Wales.

The CoLAB started in 2013 (-2016) as the Research-Creation Working Group, funded as a Research Cluster by the Kule Institute for Advanced Study. CoLAB activities are currently funded by the Social Science and Research Council of Canada with ongoing support from the department of Art & Design at the University of Alberta.