Mission
“To dismantle social barriers to knowledge by creating inclusive, imaginative, and co-designed research spaces that democratize expertise, center multimodal inquiry, and challenge dominant epistemologies.”
Key Principles
Knowledge Democracy
Elevate diverse ways of knowing—community, Indigenous, experiential, academic—as equally valid forms of knowledge.
Open Access
All research outputs are open and accessible; embrace open educational resources, open data, and Creative Commons licensing.
Critical Information Literacy
Empower people to question, critique, and reshape the knowledge systems they’re embedded in.
Decolonizing Knowledge
Disrupt Eurocentric and colonial epistemologies through collaborative and ethical inquiry.
Multimodality & Co-Design
Use creative and embodied methods; involve stakeholders and communities in every stage of research design and implementation.
Get Involved
Join us in fostering knowledge equity by participating in our projects, sharing resources, and advocating for inclusive research practices that break down barriers to information.
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