Transition Emerging: Researching Transition in Canada
Project Dates
2012-2015
Our study examines the emergence of the Transition movement in Canada. Our goal is to better understand how social movements respond to emerging environmental and economic challenges, and to document and describe some ‘lessons learned’ and ‘promising practices’ that might help strengthen the Transition movement here and elsewhere around the world. Our study uses a combination of surveys, interviews, and interactive story telling workshops to collect information from people involved in Transition initiatives across the country. Some of the questions we will pursue in this study include:
2012-2015
Our study examines the emergence of the Transition movement in Canada. Our goal is to better understand how social movements respond to emerging environmental and economic challenges, and to document and describe some ‘lessons learned’ and ‘promising practices’ that might help strengthen the Transition movement here and elsewhere around the world. Our study uses a combination of surveys, interviews, and interactive story telling workshops to collect information from people involved in Transition initiatives across the country. Some of the questions we will pursue in this study include:
- How has the Transition movement unfolded and taken root in Canada?
- What are Transition initiatives doing, with whom, and how?
- What challenges have initiatives faced, and how have they sought to overcome them?
- How do Transition initiatives enable participants to explore and embody new ways of thinking and doing ‘sustainability’, community ‘resilience’, and equity?
- What can be learned from these experiences that can inform this and other movements?
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