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Community-based research (CBR) is a relatively new methodology characterised by the co-generation of knowledge. As CBR is integrated into institutional frameworks, it becomes increasingly important to understand what differentiates CBR from other research. To date, there has been no systematic study of CBR values and principles, which tend to be offered as a list of considerations that are taken as given rather than problematised. Similarly, research has not explored the ways in which understandings of CBR's underlying values differ among individual researchers compared to the broader research values of a large university. In this article, we report the findings of a Delphi study which addresses these gaps through a systematic, cross-disciplinary survey of CBR researchers at a large Canadian research university. Our findings indicate diverse and complex understandings of both the potentially political nature of CBR and the perceived values of the respondents' institution.

Our purpose in this article is to examine refugees' access to housing in metropolitan Vancouver. How are refugees faring in Vancouver's housing market relative to non-humanitarian immigrants? Is there evidence that their housing circumstances change over time? Following from this, can we detect systematic differences in housing experiences between refugees selected and supported by the Canadian government versus those who come to Canada seeking asylum? Finally, what are the most important barriers for refugees in Vancouver's housing market and how are they addressed? Our study involved three main forms of data collection: focus groups with representatives of organizations that support newcomers, focus groups with newcomers, and a systematic survey exploring the housing experience of immigrants and refugees. While this article focuses on the survey results, we also draw upon the contextual knowledge obtained through the focus groups. We find that refugees are more likely than economic immigrants to lack the resources needed to access adequate and affordable housing. Many inhabit inadequately maintained, overcrowded, and unaffordable housing units and experience increased risk of homelessness. Therefore, we conclude that there is a need for greater coordination between housing and settlement policy to enable all newcomers to meet their housing needs. Sur des bases chancelantes : les refugies dans le marche du logement de Vancouver Le present article a pour objectif d'examiner la question de l'acces des refugies au logement dans la region metropolitaine de Vancouver. La situation des refugies dans le marche du logement de Vancouver est-elle comparable a celle des immigrants admis pour des raisons autres qu'humanitaires ? Les donnees disponibles nous montrent-elles que leurs conditions residentielles ont evolue au fil du temps ? Dans la foulee, ces donnees permettent-elles de detecter des differences systematiques au niveau des experiences vecues en matiere de logement entre les refugies selectionnes et soutenus par le gouvernement canadien et ceux qui viennent au Canada en demandant l'asile ? Finalement, quelles sont les barrieres les plus importantes auxquelles se heurtent les refugies dans le marche du logement de Vancouver et quelles mesures ont ete adoptees pour les faire tomber ? Nous avons eu recourt a trois methodes principales de collecte de donnees pour cette etude: des groupes de discussion formes de representants des organisations d'entraide aupres des nouveaux arrivants, des groupes de discussion formes de nouveaux arrivants, et une enquete systematique et exploratoire portant sur l'experience de logement des immigrants et des refugies. Si cet article propose d'abord une analyse des resultats d'enquete, ceux-ci sont egalement examines a la lumiere des connaissances sur le milieu obtenues lors de la tenue des groupes de discussion. Il se degage le constat selon lequel les refugies sont plus susceptibles que les immigrants economiques de manquer de ressources essentielles pour acceder a un logement adequat et abordable. Plusieurs d'entre eux sont contraints de choisir un domicile mal entretenu, surpeuple et inabordable et risquent meme de devenir des sans abri. Nous arrivons a la conclusion que la coordination entre les politiques qui concernent le logement et l'etablissement des refugies doit etre amelioree afin que tous les nouveaux arrivants puissent trouver un logement qui reponde a leurs besoins.