A reflection by Natalie Kallio.
Natalie Kallio is a SPHERU research officer for MUSE, a pan-Canadian research and knowledge-sharing program exploring how public health organizations, municipalities, and other organizations establish partnerships to improve the health of populations living in urban areas.
Everyone at our table wants a better and healthier society.
Finding that common ground and working towards common goals is one of the benefits of partnerships.
But while we may all want the same thing at the core, you may want it in different ways, or you are not empowered to say the things you want, or you are speaking a different language.
So how do we work together?
If we can have the self awareness—that most of us think what we ourselves or our organizations are doing is the best thing or the right thing or the best we can under the circumstances—then we develop empathy and humility.
We take time to listen, to interpret, and to understand. When we take this time in partnership, we can work together meaningfully.
Learn more about Natalie’s work with the MUSE Collaboratory.
MUSE (Multisectoral Urban Systems for health and Equity in Canadian cities) is a knowledge sharing project that focuses on how public health organizations, municipalities, and other organizations establish partnerships to improve the health of populations living in urban areas. MUSE is pan-Canadian program that works to improve the health of populations living in urban areas.