The UNESCO Chair’s forthcoming initiative, Knowledge for Change (K4C) for building capacities of community based researchers (launched in India on November 13, 2017), witnessed a grand Canadian launch in Ottawa on December 14, 2017. The launch event was hosted by the Canadian Commission of UNESCO and the University of Victoria. The event witnessed a gathering of Chair’s partners and colleagues and stimulating conversations on the relevance of community based research. Among the attendees were Dr Budd Hall & Dr Rajesh Tandon (UNESCO Co-Chairs); Dr Sebastian Goupil, Secretary General of the Canadian Commission of UNESCO and other colleagues from the commission, Dr Joanna Ochocka, Vice-Chair, CBRC Canada, Dr Martin Taylor, Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network, Dr Crystal Tremblay, Research Director, UNESCO Chair and Walter Lepore, Project Director, UNESCO Chair among others.
