Researchers at SMU and their community partners are sharing their work with the Saint Mary’s University community in a new series of presentations and discussions on Zoom We Can: A Community Research Lecture Series. The new series is the creation of Dr. Adam Sarty, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, and Associate Vice-President, Research, and Ray MacNeil, Network Manager CLARI, who want to demonstrate how research at Saint Mary’s is often a very close collaboration with community partners.
Research featured in the first session covered the connection between the agri-food business and immigration and will lead to recommendations about how to ensure the succession of family farms, grow small businesses, and encourage young entrepreneurs including Black Nova Scotians. A second team of researchers revealed their findings around the pre-contact use of copper among ancient civilizations here in Mi’kma’ki. A centerpiece of their work is the partnership and sharing with Mi’kmaq groups around Nova Scotia without whom their work would not be possible. Stay tuned for more sessions in Fall 2021.