HEAL Resources

Co-design reports

These co-design reports capture the collaborative activities, expert insights, and community-informed processes that shaped the development of the HEAL 12-week expressive arts program. The project gathered knowledge across conference engagement, facilitated co-creation sessions, and in-depth informational interviews.

Together, these documents reflect how the HEAL Project integrates Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) to ensure that program design is grounded in lived experience, professional expertise, and sector-wide collaboration.

Learning outcomes

  • Engagement across sectors: Includes contributions from artists, expressive arts therapists, GBV specialists, settlement workers, healthcare providers, researchers, and policy practitioners.
  • Multiple co-design methods: Features insights from conference-based sticky note activities, a full-day co-creation session, and targeted informational interviews.
  • Informed program development: Findings directly shaped the structure, content, and guiding principles of the HEAL 12-week program.
  • Rich qualitative insights: Thematic analyses of participant input reveal priorities related to trauma-informed practice, cultural responsiveness, session design, art modalities, and community needs.
  • Knowledge sharing and relationship building: Reports highlight key partnerships, recommended stakeholders, and resources that strengthened program design.
  • Grounded in lived and professional expertise: Contributions reflect both frontline experience and theoretical knowledge across domestic violence, mental health, expressive arts, and newcomer support sectors.
Category

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