Community Engaged Learning funding opportunities and resources for faculty, staff, and students

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FACULTY FUNDING

  • The Centre’s Advancing Community Engaged Learning Fund awards grants of up to $10,000 to faculty, academic administrators or staff. The grants are intended for the development, innovation, evaluation, and improvement of approaches, resources and systems that enable community engaged learning to grow and sustain as a practise at UBC. For more details and to apply, visit our website.
  • The Centre’s Professional Development Fund provides small grants of $300-$400 to faculty in recognition of their demonstrated commitment to community engaged pedagogy. For more details and to apply, visit our website.

 

STUDENT FUNDING

  • The Centre’s Chapman and Innovation Grants fund students to create and implement a project in partnership with a BC-based community organization. Projects grants range from $1500-$10,000 and are designed to help students test a new idea and take initiative in tackling issues affecting underrepresented populations in their local communities.
  • The Connect to Community Grant funds student projects from $200-$1500 and are designed as an accessible introduction to collaborating with a community organization.

 

TOOLS AND RESOURCES

  • The Centre’s assessment tools support faculty to evaluate student learning. The resources are accessible online as part of the Centre’s Faculty Toolkit. Centre staff are able to support faculty to adapt the tools based on their course objectives and needs.
  • Centre staff facilitate community engaged learning orientation sessions and other student workshops designed to promote ethical community engagement, community impact, and equip students with skills to create and deliver community-based projects and initiatives. For the full list, descriptions, and booking details please visit our website.

 

 

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