Reflections & Learnings from ACAM320J
The following report documents the planning and delivery of ACAM 320J, an upper-year community-engaged research course at the University of British Columbia (UBC), offered within UBC’s Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) program. The course pilot was co-designed and co-delivered by a faculty member (Dr. JP Catungal, Assistant Professor, UBC Social Justice Institute) and a community course partner (christina lee 李嘉明, hua foundation, director of community capacity + strategic initiatives) in order to address gaps in formal instruction on community-engaged research. Students in the course had the opportunity to work on multiple projects that offered community-engaged learning opportunities, including: producing a community charter to guide researchers interested in working with Asian Canadian communities; partnering with a community organization to co-design and produce research; and sharing the knowledge with the community and institutional audiences though two showcases.
This report was compiled by Elaina Nguyen, with support from the ACAM320J teaching team, during the 2023W pilot.
