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Community Engagement

Celebrating 10 years in the Valley and tremendous community connections

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COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community engagement is about the power of relationships. When people come together it is possible to create positive, significant and lasting differences in communities. Building respectful relationships between communities and UBC is core to the university’s mission and foundational to excellent teaching, learning and research. Community engagement brings the full force of our combined experiences, expertise and knowledge to bear on the salient questions of our time.

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5,500+

student co-op placements every year more

2,000+

community residents continuously engaged in programs and projects at the UBC Learning Exchange more

22,000+

enrolments in courses offered by UBC Continuing Studies more

200+

universities and institutions worldwide partner with Go Global more

23%

of UBC Vancouver 4th year students participate in international learning experiences

17%

of UBC Okanagan 4th year students participate in international learning experiences

6,000+

UBC Vancouver undergraduate students per year participate in community service learning or community-based research initiatives

400+

UBC Okanagan undergraduate students per year participate in community service learning or community-based research initiatives

5,500+

student co-op placements

Undergraduate and graduate students at UBC have the opportunity to engage in co-operative education (co-op) that combines classroom learning with practical work experience through one of the Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Forestry, Science and Kinesiology, or Management Co-op Programs. Visit www.coop.ubc.ca for more information.

2,000

community residents continuously engaged in programs and projects at the UBC Learning Exchange

The Learning Exchange is a community engagement initiative based in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Local residents participate in and lead programs. Students learn in collaboration with residents. Faculty members partner on student placements, research and community workshops. Local networks and organizations partner on these activities. Visit www.learningexchange.ubc.ca for more information.

21,600

enrolments in courses offered by UBC Continuing Studies

UBC Continuing Studies serves the adult education needs of lifelong learners by providing innovative educational programs at UBC’s Point Grey campus, in downtown Vancouver at UBC Robson Square, and through online learning. Visit www.cstudies.ubc.ca for more information.

200+

universities and institutions worldwide partner with Go Global

Go Global develops international learning programs for UBC students. Programs include Study and Research Abroad, and International Service Learning and Group Study Programs. Visit http://students.ubc.ca/about/go-global for more information.

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VIDEO: Beyond the Binary at UBC

New video aims to increase awareness and inclusion of Two-spirit, trans and non-binary community members at UBC.

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UBC Connects: “Our Existences Are Political” (Sept 23)

Join the conversation with James Makokis and Anthony Johnson, the first two-spirit Indigenous couple to win the Amazing Race Canada.

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Join the Community Engagement Network — virtually!

The CEN is gathering amazingly online during COVID-19.

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ISF celebrates 10 years with 10 weeks of online events

UBC is proud to be a major partner of the Indian Summer Festival.

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Want to stay connected during COVID-19? Sign up for our new e-newsletter

Sharing needs, stories and resources with community-engaged scholars and staff during COVID-19.

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UBC President Santa Ono

COVID-19: Community Engagement in Unprecedented Times

UBC President Prof. Santa J. Ono reflects on UBC’s civic role and the resilience of local and global communities

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Community-University Engagement Support Fund 2019-20 Recipients Announced!

The CUES fund recently awarded $500,000 to 20+ community organizations partnering with faculty, staff, and students in UBCO and UBCV

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Read the report from the UBC President’s Roundtable on Migration & Integration

“As both a settlement community and university, UBC can help newcomers to thrive.”

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CEN: Join the Community Engagement Network at Chinatown House

The Community Engagement Network visits Chinatown House to learn how teaching, learning, and research are used for knowledge mobilization.

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EVENT: Is It Time to Wave the Flag?

Marking 50 years after the partial decriminaization of homosexuality in Canada.

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EVENT: Millennial Urban Leadership

Presented by Cobalt Strategy Group and the SPPGA. Co-sponsored by UBC Community Engagement Office and UBC Robson Square.

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EVENT: Why Should I Care? Refugees and Canada in 2019

Presented by AMSSA and UBC Migration. Co-sponsored by the UBC Community Engagement Office and UBC Robson Square.

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UBC embarks on Canada-wide initiative to assess community engagement

This year, UBC has joined an intensive and collaborative process that aims to transform community engagement in Canadian institutions.

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How can an obscure medieval play make a meaningful contribution to present-day Vancouver?

A recent partnership, funded in part by CUES, between Bard on the Beach and researchers from UBC holds the answer.

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Three insights from the President’s Roundtable on Non-Market Housing Innovation

President Ono reflects on insights community leaders shared with UBC leadership at the last roundtable.

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Red Fox youth get active with UBC Kinesiology

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SALA students address the Arbutus Greenway

Environmental design students share their ideas with City of Vancouver reviewers

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Project Seahorse

Project Seahorse plays a major role in helping Thailand suspend seahorse exports

UBC’s Project Seahorse worked to develop the first ever global trade agreement regulations on export of marine fish.

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Community-based science in Micronesia

Training helps Ulithi community members sustain successful management of their reefs into the future.

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UBCO Think Tank

UBCO Faculty of Education works with rural educators in Small School Think Tank

Small schools tackle big problems in 2-day event on a way forward for rural community schools

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Aboriginal Womens INtervention

Aboriginal Women’s Intervention program benefits indigenous women experiencing violence

UBC nursing professor and her colleagues evaluate culturally safe intervention program for indigenous women who have left abusive partners

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Musqueam partnership

Musqueam post dedicated at UBC Vancouver campus

Musqueam post acknowledges developing partnership between Musqueam people and UBC

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Dadaab humanitarian

Humanitarian endeavor underway in Dadaab Refugee Camps with UBC Education and Moi University

Residents of Dadaab refugee camp in NE Kenya gain university diploma in secondary teacher education

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Community grants light the way

UBC student partners with Options Community Service Society to create ‘Snoezelen room’

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Building Community, One Conversation at a Time

Third-year students’ participate in Mandarin language exchange program at the Learning Exchange in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

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Maya in Exile Garden

Mayan families practice farming traditions at UBC Farm and keep millennia-old cultural knowledge alive for future generations

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Listen, Speak, See, Feel: Boosting Language Learning Through Ultrasound

eNunciate, a UBC-developed web-based biovisual tool, uses ultrasound technology with W̱SÁNEĆ First Nation to help reclaim their language

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Awakening the Spirit: Revitalization of Canoeing in Musqueam

Musqueam and UBC Social Work, Education and Forestry work together to revitalize traditional knowledge

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Active Streets Active People partnerships benefit Seniors

An integrated community partnership to promote health and mobility in older adults.

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UBC Partners with Industry for Capstone Projects

External partners work with Engineering students to provide solutions for real people

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A Road Less Travelled

UBC and partners collectively develop plan for expanding medical education across BC

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UTown@UBC Community Grants

Grants of up to $1,000 for projects that foster connectedness between UTown@UBC residents

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UBC Farm Community Programs

UBC Farm Community Programs

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Think & Eat Green @ School

Think & Eat Green @ School builds healthy and sustainable school food systems

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First STAR project a collaboration between UBC, Helios Global Technologies, and Imperial College

First STAR Project a Collaboration (UBCO)

First STAR Project a Collaboration Between UBC, Helios Technologies, and Imperial College

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UBC Health Mentors Program

Health Mentors Program: students learn from people with chronic conditions or disabilities

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UBC and St'át'imc First Nations partner to study salmon migration

UBC and St’át’imc First Nations partner

UBC and St’át’imc First Nations partner to study salmon migration

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LFS scientists awarded $2.9M to improve nutrition of rural Cambodian women and children

Improving nutrition in rural Cambodia

LFS scientists work with Cambodian famers to produce affordable and nutritious food

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Urban Ethnographic Field School: learning from and contributing to community organizations

Community Learning Puts Potential to Work

Urban Ethnographic Field School: learning from and contributing to community organizations

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The Indigenous teachings that Jo-Ann Archibald passes on are about community, family, and are place-based

Passing on Indigenous teachings

The Indigenous teachings that Jo-Ann Archibald passes on are about community, family, and are place-based

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The Learning Exchange 15 Year Anniversary

The Learning Exchange celebrates 15 years of learning

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UBC MD students and their teddy bears build healthy communities

UBC MD students and their teddy bears build healthy communities

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Refugee Teacher Education

Professors Samson Nashon and Rita Irwin work to develop a Teacher Education Program in Daadab Refugee Camp

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Green College Mentors support Strathcona Elementary

Green College volunteers mentor Strathcona Elementary students

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NITEP

NITEP Coordinators work with Aboriginal Educators

NITEP teacher education program honours diverse Aboriginal traditions and philosophies

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Engineering students design floor extension for Mt Pleasant Neighbourhood House

Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House floor extension

Engineering students design floor extension for Mt Pleasant Neighbourhood House

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What We’ve Heard

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