Dr. Hall has spent the past 50 years championing community-based research. He is Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, a Professor Emeritus with the School of Public Administration and former Dean of Education at the University of Victoria (UVic), Canada. Dr. Hall has played a pivotal role in UVic’s history in community-engaged research, serving as founding director of UVic’s office of community-based research, Canada’s first such office on a university campus. In December 2022, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, in acknowledgement of his contributions, both nationally and globally. He has also served as Secretary-General of the International Council of Adult Education during 1979-1991.