Minor Praxis Lab is a research program, led by Dr. Tim Barlott, at the University of Alberta. Minor Praxis Lab is focused on developing socially responsive theories and practices that foster community connection, belonging, and health and wellness, particularly among those who are structurally marginalized.

Praxis is the continuous interplay of theory and practice, where theory shapes everyday practices and everyday practices in turn shapes theorizing. Theory, in this sense, is not abstract or simply applied, but is interconnected with and emergent within situations.

Drawing from philosophers Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari's conceptualization, the minor is the site of difference. The minor is outside of the categorical norm, often cast aside, constrained, or overlooked. Minor forces are diffuse and always in-process, deeply relational, and a creative force of transformation. 

Minor praxis refers to a socially engaged approach to theory and practice grounded in responsiveness, relationality, and attentiveness to uneven distribution of power. Minor praxis is oriented towards unsettling dominant and hegemonic social structures – not necessarily by directly opposing them, but by working within, around, and beneath them to create ruptures, alternatives, and new possibilities. It privileges emergence over control, collectivity over individualism, and situated processes over generalized solutions. Within health and human services, minor praxis involves collaboratively generating small but meaningful shifts in how we relate, care, and act.