Past Faculty Events & Workshops

Opportunities for faculty across the university to learn and discuss anti-oppressive approaches to community-engaged learning and research (CEL/R)

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March 2024: What Your Community Partners Want You to Know

Moderator

• Ewa Cerda-Llanos, Lead Coordinator, Co-curricular Learning, Centre for Community Partnerships 

Panelists:

• Alex Dow, Director, Community Initiatives & Partnerships, United Way Greater Toronto 
• Sahar Ghafouri, Senior Director, Operations, North York Harvest Food Bank
• Sahar Vermezyari, Director, East Scarborough Storefront 

Recording will be available on CCP Faculty SharePoint.

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April 2023: Respectful and Reciprocal Partnerships with Indigenous Community Organizations

Moderator:

• Jennifer Esmail, Director, Centre for Community Partnerships

Panelists:

• Jill Carter, Associate Professor, Centre for Drama, Theatre andPerformance Studies, Transitional Year Programme & IndigenousStudies, University of Toronto
• Olivia Franks, Researcher, Ontario Federation of IndigenousFriendship Centres (OFIFC)
• Tee Duke, Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Office of IndigenousInitiatives, University of Toronto Mississauga
• Emma Stromberg, Indigenous Partnerships Advisor, University of Toronto Faculty of Arts & Science

Recording available on CCP Faculty SharePoint.

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February 2023: Fostering Anti-oppressive Approaches to Community Engaged Research & Learning in the Academy with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)

Moderator:

• Ahmed Allahwala, Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough 

Panelists: 

• Negin Dahya, Assistant Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, UTM
• Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez, Professor, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE 
• Notisha Massaquoi, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, UTSC

Recording available via CRIS.

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September 2022: Co-Designing with Community Partners

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
• Franco Taverna, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology 

Recording available on CCP Faculty SharePoint.

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March 2022: CEL in Pandemic Contexts: What Have We Learned So Far?

Panelists:

• Susannah Bunce, Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough
• Sherry Fukuzawa, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga 
• Aditi Mehta, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies, University of Toronto 
• Franco Taverna, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Human Biology Program, University of Toronto 
• Sam Tecle, Assistant Professor, Community Engaged Learning, New College, University of Toronto. 

Recording available on CCP Faculty SharePoint.

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November 2021: Co-creating Knowledges: Equitable Practices across Community-Engaged Learning and Research with the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS)

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 
• Carmen Logie, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work 

Recording available via CRIS.