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10-21-2011

Prevention of Youth Gang-Involvement: The Why
and the How of the Community-University
Research Alliance (CURA)
Gira Bhatt
Kwantlen Polytechnic Universtiy

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KORA Citation
Bhatt, Gira, "Prevention of Youth Gang-Involvement: The Why and the How of the Community-University Research Alliance
(CURA)" (2011). KORA Acting Together (AT-CURA) - SSHRC-CURA Project: Paper 4.
http://kora.kpu.ca/at-cura/4

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P r es e n t e d b y KP U P sy ch olo gy Department

Prevention of Youth
Gang-Involvement:
The Wh y a n d t he H o w o f t he
Co m m un i t y - U n i v e r si t y R e s e ar ch
Al lian c e ( CURA)

T

he presentation will reflect on the rewards and
challenges of undertaking a large scale research
project at Kwantlen. Following the SSHRC-CURA award
in 2009, Kwantlen became the lead of a
multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, and
multi-partnership project; Acting Together: Prevention
of Youth Gang-involvement. Dr. Bhatt will highlight :

• the rationale and the process of bringing
together academic experts and community
partners,
• multiple research streams – some findings,
• training-education components, and
The presentation will conclude with a conversation
with members of the audience.
			

Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Dr. Gira Bhatt
completed her MA in Clinical Psychology from the
University of Bombay. She received her second MA
and PhD from the Simon Fraser University
specializing in Social Psychology. Currently she is a
faculty in the Applied Psychology degree program
at Kwantlen and the Principal Investigator/
Project Director for “Acting Together”; a federally

funded Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) project. She was
nominated for the YWCA “woman of Distinction” Award in 2008 for
Education and Training, and received Mehfil Magazine’s 2010 award for
Excellence in Research Innovation.

Speaker:

Dr. GIRA BHATT

Date:

Fri., OCT. 21ST 2011

Time:

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Room:

Conference Room
C, Surrey Campus
Everyone IS welcomE