The program will include a welcome by Dr. Temitope Oriola (Associate Dean Research, CSSH), remarks by Provost Verna Yiu, and a panel discussion on The challenges and benefits for transforming research for social impact. Refreshments will also be served.

The panel will discuss what social impact means and how it can be reframed by the TRSI; how TRSI's work in education, engagement, and research can support decolonization efforts; and how we can develop research methods and approaches that reshape our understanding of complex social issues (details attached).

• Panelists: Roxanne Felix-Mah (Managing Partner, Edmonton Social Planning Council), Ashima Sumaru-Jurf (Managing Partner, Edmonton Social Planning Council), Kris Andreychuk (Acting Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics, City of Edmonton), and Chris Andersen (Dean, CSSH, Professor, Faculty of Native Studies)
• The panel will be moderated by Karen Edwards (Director of Community-University Partnership for the Study of Children, Youth, and Families in the School of Public Health)