{"id":690,"date":"2024-12-30T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T17:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/?page_id=690"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:28:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:28:35","slug":"episode-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/episodes\/episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:35px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Mothers Leading Change: Transforming Lives through Participatory Action Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2024\/12\/IMG_6641-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Making Mothers Matter - Child care peer researchers and Centre for Family Equity staff at a research retreat in Kelowna.\" class=\"wp-image-848 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2024\/12\/IMG_6641-1-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2024\/12\/IMG_6641-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>I think it was learning for all of the Center for Family Equity staff, and a real collaboration because lots of the single moms were very hesitant at first to speak, to say, \u201cOh, gee, I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re right, Lea,\u201d but by the end, they realized that they actually had something to say. They had an equal voice, and they were arguing and saying, \u201cNo, well, what about this?\u201d And it became a really, really lively, engaged moment.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr. Lea Caragata<\/em>         <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Pictured:&nbsp;<em>Making Mothers Matter<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Childcare peer researchers and Centre for Family Equity staff at a research retreat in Kelowna.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<script async defer onload=\"redcircleIframe();\" src=\"https:\/\/api.podcache.net\/embedded-player\/sh\/f2ac19c9-a769-4adb-91fb-ad7b67558f1f\/ep\/28bbc3cd-1ff2-4eb2-9b2a-63d2aa15e6b1\"><\/script>\n    <div class=\"redcirclePlayer-28bbc3cd-1ff2-4eb2-9b2a-63d2aa15e6b1\"><\/div>\n    <style>\n    .redcircle-link:link {\n        color: #ea404d;\n        text-decoration: none;\n    }\n    .redcircle-link:hover {\n        color: #ea404d;\n    }\n    .redcircle-link:active {\n        color: #ea404d;\n    }\n    .redcircle-link:visited {\n        color: #ea404d;\n    }\n<\/style>\n<p style=\"margin-top:3px;margin-left:11px;font-family: sans-serif;font-size: 10px; color: gray;\">Powered by <a class=\"redcircle-link\" href=\"https:\/\/redcircle.com?utm_source=rc_embedded_player&#038;utm_medium=web&#038;utm_campaign=embedded_v1\">RedCircle<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/Centre-for-Family-Equity_Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRAnscript<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3NFAlpsCuEzWpiHjHqipdU?si=g24HKY6CTMichkk7VnzcLw\">SPOTIFY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-color has-accent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/mothers-leading-change-transforming-lives-through-participatory\/id1778292903?i=1000682154683\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Episode<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Vivica Ellis from the Centre for Family Equity and Dr. Lea Caragata from the UBC School of Social Work discuss how their participatory action research has helped to address family poverty in British Columbia (BC). They speak to several projects, like the Making Mothers Matter project which explored how low-income mothers\u2019 health and wellbeing are affected by childcare access, and the Justice at Work project which examined the impacts of COVID-19 on income and the precarious labour and employment of lone-mothers in BC. The participation of women and gender diverse peer researchers allows a greater understanding of the diverse experiences of lone mothers and has resulted in sound public policy recommendations grounded in lived experiences.<br><br><strong>Timestamps<\/strong><br>0:57 &#8211; Get to Know: Dr. Lea Caragata<br>1:13 &#8211; Get to Know: Vivica Ellis<br>2:05 &#8211; The Centre for Family Equity<br>3:33 &#8211; Dr. Lea Caragata\u2019s Research<br>5:43 &#8211; How Women and Gender Diverse Individuals are Involved in the Participatory Action Research<br>7:20 &#8211; The Making Mothers Matter Project<br>7:55 \u2013 Peer Researchers and the Advantages of Peer-to-Peer Dialogue<br>12:55 &#8211; The Justice at Work Project<br>18:10 &#8211; Integrating Rural and Remote Communities in British Columbia for Regional Diversity<br>19:25 &#8211; Reflections: The Importance of Trust and Shared Values in Partnership<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Mentioned in this Episode<\/strong><br>Partner: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforequity.ca\/\">The Centre for Family Equity<\/a><br>Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforequity.ca\/making_mothers_matter\">Making Mothers Matter<\/a><br>Project: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforequity.ca\/justice_at_work_for_lone_mothers_in_bc\">Justice at Work for Lone Mothers in BC<\/a><br>Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/singlemothersalliancebc\/pages\/1366\/attachments\/original\/1702845604\/2311-CFE-whole-life-report-digital.pdf\">A Whole Life: The Impact of $10-a-Day Child Care on the Health and Socioeconomic Well-being of Low-Income Lone Mothers in BC<\/a><br>Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/singlemothersalliancebc\/pages\/1422\/attachments\/original\/1717021329\/CFE_Justice_At_Work_Report_FINAL_2024.pdf?1717021329\">No Way to Escape: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Low-Income Lone-Mother Workers in BC<\/a><br>Letter to the Minister: <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/singlemothersalliancebc\/pages\/1369\/attachments\/original\/1703180403\/A_Whole_Life_Research_Recommendations_Letter_to_Minister_Malcolmson_on__10-a-Day_Child_Care_in_BC_Dec_21_23.pdf\">Evidence-based recommendations on $10-a-day child care sent to the Province<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/CC-by-nc-nd.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-970\" style=\"width:154px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/CC-by-nc-nd.png 403w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/swkx\/files\/2025\/02\/CC-by-nc-nd-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Guests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"><strong>Viveca Ellis<\/strong> serves the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centreforequity.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Family Equity<\/a> in the role of executive director and is a founding member of the organization. In 2014, she banded together with other lone mothers impacted by poverty and lack of access to legal aid, housing, and child care, to mobilize grassroots leaders and advocate for public policy solutions to lone-parent family poverty in BC. Viveca remains dedicated to mobilizing grassroots movements and campaigns toward human rights, gender equality, and socioeconomic equality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.ubc.ca\/profile\/lea-caragata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Dr. Lea Caragata<\/strong> <\/a>completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, focused on the interplay between land use, social movements and the democratization of public space.&nbsp;Her areas of research and specialization include gender, poverty and marginalization including in international context. 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