Abstract
The paper reflects on a changing public service project regarding women and intersectional analysis in Halifax, Canada. The project sought to facilitate collective mobilizations to challenge austerity and to imagine public services that meet the needs of the citizens who use them, and the workers that provide them. We provide an overview of the project, and then explore our attempt at adapting “multistrand” intersectional policy analysis (Hankivsky & Cormier, 2011) to a community-based context. In considering the challenges and opportunities associated with this work, the paper concludes that the changing public service project created space for an innovative approach to community-based research that can guide both participatory policy analysis and collective action.
Highlights
The paper reflects on a changing public service project regarding women and intersectional analysis in Halifax, Canada
We reflect on a project called “Changing Public Services: Women and Intersectional Analysis” (CPS)
CPS was a partnership between the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW), five national public sector labour unions, and five universities
Summary
The paper reflects on a changing public service project regarding women and intersectional analysis in Halifax, Canada. In considering the challenges and opportunities associated with this work, the paper concludes that the changing public service project created space for an innovative approach to community-based research that can guide both participatory policy analysis and collective action. We turn to the development of the Nova Scotia cluster, and discuss our attempt at adapting “multistrand” intersectional policy analysis (Hankivsky & Cormier, 2011) to a communitybased context This methodology takes a systematic approach to integrating intersectionality into every stage of policy-making, and requires that at each stage, questions of inclusion, representation, and equity are prioritized. We argue that there are many challenges to carrying out this work including: power differentials; time and resource constraints; local internal political differences; and academic inaccessibility It has created space for an innovative approach to community-based research that can guide participatory policy analysis and collective action
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