Colleen Reid is a faculty member in the Therapeutic Recreation program at Douglas College.Lorraine Greaves is Senior Investigator, BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.Sandra Kirby is Professor Emerita at the University of Winnipeg.

• List of Exercises, Figures, and TablesIntroductionPart A: Experience1. Demystifying Research2. Critical and Contemporary Approaches to Social Research3. Being a Researcher: Locating Yourself and Research EthicsPart B: Research4. What? The Research Question and Establishing Writing and Organizational Processes5. Why? The Literature Review6. How? Research Methods7. Who, Where, and When? Sampling and Finalizing the Research Proposal and Ethics Forms8. Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Data9. Analyzing Data10. Writing the ReportPart C: Social Change11. Strategies and Approaches for Making Change and the Role of the ResearcherConclusionReferencesIndex