A University-Community Collaboration
My Script My Voice is a university-community partnership. Operating on the principles of collaboration and mutual exchange, this partnership brings together community-based organizations, collectives, and educators that work with Asian youth and parents as well as scholars with access to structures that regularly support community-engaged scholarship.
The ethic of collaboration guides the co-shaping of the research design, data collection and analysis, and knowledge mobilization, while the “on-the-ground” perspectives of Asian youth and parents, service providers, and educators ensure that practicality and usability remain central to this research. Engaging the perspectives and input of various stakeholders, the project develops linkages across academic and non-academic partners while adhering to the tenets and principles of community-based research.
This partnership is led by Lin Fang at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW), largely made possible with support from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Dr. Lin Fang
Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
My Script My Voice is led by Dr. Lin Fang, Professor and the Chair of Children’s Mental Health at FIFSW. Leading a group of dedicated research assistants, Dr. Fang is committed to building understanding and raising awareness on challenges faced by the Asian Community in Canada and making tangible change to address social issues.
Special Thanks:
We'd like to give a special thanks to HF Care's (formerly known as Hong Fook Mental Health Association) Youth Advisory Council (YAC). The YAC was actively involved in the first phase of the project, assisting in the development and delivery of the photo stories outreach initiative and advising on the youth focus group research design.
We'd also like to thank FIFSW co-investigators Eunjung Lee, Izumi Sakamoto, and Stephanie Begun for their instrumental role in proposing and developing this initiative.