I think it's creating partnerships or grant proposals that require academic institutions to work with community partners, industry partners, and on-the-ground partners. The thing that academia brings is the rigour. We train for years to study and to engage in research, but I think a community brings relationships of trust. You can get into places and meet youth who you might not be able to meet if you are part of an academic research institution. I think those two things together and funding that kind of research are really important in order to understand what's actually happening on the ground.
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