5 CONVERSATIONS - REFLECTIONS OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THE IMPACT OF THE ETHNOCULTURAL COMMUNITIES FACING AIDS STUDY

This paper reports on issues identified in conversations held between one of the Ethnocultural Communities Facing AIDS Study (ECFA) investig ators and five stakeholders associated with this experiment in collabo rative and participatory research. The stakeholders reflect on their e xperiences in partnering with university-based researchers, resistance in ethnocultural communities to being researched, and the next st eps implicated by the research in question, The problem of HIV/AIDS in et hnocultural communities in Canada is, relative to the mainstream, also viewed as a symbol of disadvantage in these communities. The stakehol ders suggest that to address these deeper concerns, there must be vita l, dynamic, and enduring communication between researchers, community representatives, and government at all levels, in the process of ident ifying solutions and implementing them in the present.