1. Terms of Endearment Engaging a community of learners in CU partnerships Jessica Ball School of Child and Youth Care University of Victoria Linda Hawkins Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being University of Guelph

3. The Big Question: What kinds of pre-commitments, organizational structure, leadership, divisions of labour, and personal qualities are most likely to engender: –secure attachments –sustained engagements –reciprocal learnings

4. Father Involvement Research Alliance National alliance of researchers, community organizations and fathers, dedicated to the development and sharing of knowledge on father involvement Funded by CURA 8 Universities, 30+ community partners BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec 2 strategies for research program

5. 1. A Canadian Knowledge Base Analysis of census and survey data Profiles of Canadian fathers with demographic, economic, and socio- cultural characteristics Overview of Canadian policies Policy inventory Policy reference group Commissioned policy papers Policy conference

6. 2. Engaging for change: fatherhood research clusters Participatory research Socially defined subpopulations facing unique challenges Development of evidence based tools & resources

7. Research Clusters Immigrant fathers Gay fathers New fathers Young fathers Indigenous fathers Separated & divorced fathers Fathers of children with special needs

8. Terms of endearment Time Clarity of purpose Architecture Differentiation Flexibility Passion

9. Father Involvement Research Alliance Pre-CURA CURA Post-CURA New Opportunities

10. Clarity of Purpose

11. Architecture Vision Review Committee Documents: vision & values; authorship; allocations; policy review Steering Committee, Projects, Clusters Money Review/Allocations Committee

12. Additional research Cluster Research Policy Demographics Policy Research/ Policy Conference Thematic Overview Forum Workshops and toolkits Communication and Dissemination Steering Coordination and Infrastructure FIRA CURA Program 1 2 3 4 5

13. Differentiation

14. Flexibility

15. Passion