Past Faculty Events & Workshops
Recordings of CCP events can be found in our Faculty CEL Resource Site. Contact Rebs Lee, Programs Administrator, to inquire about access to the Resource Site.
Our peer-led Community of Practice Gatherings offer community-engaged learning (CEL) instructors a recurring conversation space to share best practices, troubleshoot, discuss relevant literature, and collaborate on CEL teaching-related issues. Each gathering is facilitated by a different faculty member, who shares a challenge, a case study, an article or other resource to catalyze discussion.
March 2024: Disrupting the Grade
Facilitated by Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, Professor, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE and Michael Classens, Assistant Professor, School of the Environment.
View the recording of Disrupting the Grade.
January 2024: Assessing Reflective Writing in CEL Courses
Facilitated by Katherine E. Entigar, Assistant Professor of Critical Adult Education in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE.
View the recording of Assessing Reflective Writing in CEL Courses.
March 2023: Addressing Power/Privilege in CEL Through Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial Approaches
Facilitated by Aditi Mehta, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Urban Studies
View the recording of Addressing Power/Privilege in CEL Through Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial Approaches
February 2023: Equitable Community Partnerships When Working With and For Black Communities
Facilitated by Notisha Massaquoi, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, UTSC
View the recording of Equitable Community Partnerships When Working With and For Black Communities.
October 2022: How to Teach a CEL Course Sustainably
Facilitated by Franco Taverna, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology
View the recording of How to Teach a CEL Course Sustainably.
January 2022: Pedagogies of Care and Respect in CEL
Facilitated by Jill Carter, Assistant Professor, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Transitional Year Programme & Indigenous Studies
October 2021: The Faculty & Community Co-Educational model: A Tool for Reciprocity in CEL
Facilitated by Fok-Han Leung, Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Duberlis Ramos, Executive Director, Hispanic Development Council
Opportunities for faculty across the university to learn and discuss anti-oppressive approaches to community-engaged learning and research (CEL/R)
March 2024: What Your Community Partners Want You to Know
Moderated by Ewa Cerda-Llanos, Centre for Community Partnerships with panelists Alex Dow, United Way Greater Toronto; Sahar Ghafouri, North York Harvest Food Bank; and Sahar Vermezyari, East Scarborough Storefront.
View the recording of What Your Community Partners Want You to Know.
April 2023: Respectful and Reciprocal Partnerships with Indigenous Community Organizations
Moderated by Jennifer Esmail, Centre for Community Partnerships with panelists Jill Carter, Associate Professor, Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, Transitional Year Programme & Indigenous Studies; Olivia Franks, Researcher, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC); Tee Duke, Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Office of Indigenous Initiatives, UTM and Emma Stromberg, Indigenous Partnerships Advisor, Faculty of Arts and Science.
View the recording of Respectful and Reciprocal Partnerships with Indigenous Community Organizations.
February 2023: Fostering Anti-oppressive Approaches to Community Engaged Research & Learning in the Academy with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
Moderated by Ahmed Allahwala, Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough with panelists Negin Dahya, Assistant Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, UTM; Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez, Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE; and Notisha Massaquoi, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, UTSC.
View the recording of Fostering Anti-oppressive Approaches to Community Engaged Research & Learning in the Academy in the CRIS video library.
September 2022: Co-Designing with Community Partners
With panelists Ahmed Allahwala, Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Human Geography; Gabriel Eidelman, Assistant Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; Aditi Mehta, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies Program; Howard Moriah, Director of Operations, Boys and Girls Club, East Scarborough; Trisha Scantlebury, Senior Manager, Research, Public Policy and Evaluation, United Way Greater Toronto; and Franco Taverna, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology.
View the recording of Co-Designing with Community Partners.
March 2022: CEL in Pandemic Contexts: What Have We Learned So Far?
With panelists Susannah Bunce, Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, UTSC; Sherry Fukuzawa, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Anthropology, UTM; Aditi Mehta, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies; Franco Taverna, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology Program; and Sam Tecle, Assistant Professor, Community Engaged Learning, New College.
View the recording of CEL in Pandemic Contexts: What Have We Learned So Far?
November 2021: Co-creating Knowledges: Equitable Practices across Community-Engaged Learning and Research with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
With panelists Ahmed Allahwala, Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Human Geography, UTSC; Elspeth Brown, Interim Associate Vice Principal Research & Professor, Department of Historical Studies, UTM; Susan Hill, Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts & Science and Director for the Centre of Indigenous Studies; and Carmen Logie, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
View the recording of Co-creating Knowledges: Equitable Practices across Community-Engaged Learning and Research in the CRIS video library.
Other opportunities to explore community-engaged learning (CEL) pedagogies and practices in partnership with other university research and teaching support offices
April 2024: Community-Engaged Research Faculty Discussion Club Series Session 4: Sustaining & Growing the Relationship in Community-Engaged Research: Opportunities & Pitfalls in partnership with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
View the recording of Sustaining & Growing the Relationship in Community-Engaged Research: Opportunities & Pitfalls in the CRIS video library.
February 2024: Community-Engaged Research Faculty Discussion Club Series Session 3: Formalizing the Relationship in Community-Engaged Research: Key Relationship Building Activities & Challenges in partnership with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
November 2023: Community-Engaged Research Faculty Discussion Club Series Session 2: Initiating & Nurturing — How Does a Community-Engaged Research (CER) Initiative Begin? in partnership with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
View the recording of Initiating & Nurturing — How Does a Community-Engaged Research (CER) Initiative Begin? in the CRIS video library.
October 2023: Community-Engaged Research Faculty Discussion Club Series: Session 1: Foundations in Community-Engaged Research in partnership with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)
View the recording of Foundations in Community-Engaged Research in the CRIS video library.
September 2023: Equity Roundtable: Community Engaged Learning: Power Dynamics Working with Community Partners in partnership with the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation (CTSI)
November 2022: Introduction to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): Finding a Starting Point in partnership with the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation (CTSI)
February 2022: Publishing Scholarship on Your Community-Engaged Learning Course in partnership with the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation (CTSI)
November 2021: Critical Community-Engaged Learning Reading Group: Talking About Service-Learning: Product or Process? Reciprocity or Solidarity? by Joan Clifford
Offered annually, these participatory workshops cover the fundamentals of CEL pedagogy and practice while providing practical strategies for designing and running a CEL course. Subscribe to our faculty newsletter to learn about upcoming workshops.
To request a workshop for your unit, please email us.
Course Development Workshop 1: The Fundamentals of CEL
In this workshop, best suited to instructors who are new to CEL, we focus on the fundamentals of community-engaged learning (CEL) pedagogy and practice. The workshop will:
- introduce you to what CEL is and how it is defined, why you might want to use a CEL pedagogy, and some models and examples for CEL courses;
- give you space and time to think through some foundational questions as you begin designing your own CEL course.
Course Development Workshop 2: Designing a Successful CEL Course
In this second workshop we focus on the three ‘Ps’ of CEL course development: pedagogy, partnerships and student preparation. Focusing on the three ‘Ps’, the workshop will:
- provide you with some practical strategies for designing and running a CEL course
- provide you space and time to work on a syllabus you are designing or redesigning for a CEL course you are creating.
Course Development Workshop 3: Respectful and Reciprocal Community Partner Stewardship
In this third workshop we focus on working respectively and equitably with partners from community, grassroots, nonprofit, or public organizations. The workshop will provide you with practical strategies for, and some space and time to reflect on, stewarding partnerships in respectful and reciprocal ways.