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Join our team! The Guelph Lab is hiring one student for the following position: 

The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) at the University of Guelph is pleased to announce to the 7th annual free one-day virtual format conference in honour of International Women’s Day 2024, taking place on Friday, March 8th, 2024 from 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM EDT.

Students are invited to apply for the Hubert H. Harshman Graduate Scholarship.

Open Learning and Educational Support (OpenEd) at the University of Guelph is recruiting a course developer who can support the refreshment of the courses in the Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization. These courses will be updated to align with current practices in the field and revised program learning outcomes. We are seeking candidates with expertise in knowledge mobilization practices and a demonstrated commitment to teaching, online learning, and student success.

The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute is excited to announce the launch of our Knowledge Mobilization & Community Engaged Scholarship Funding Opportunities List.

The first phase of an ongoing Guelph Lab project has just been published on the City of Guelph website! The Access to Public Washrooms in Guelph Project, a collaboration between the City of Guelph, the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics (U of G), and the Guelph Lab, is working to identify ways to improve access to public washrooms in the City of Guelph. The now-published Maps Report showcases what type of washrooms are available and when washrooms are available at different times of year, different times of day, and different days of the week.

Community-engaged research bridges the gap between community and university and can have significant benefits for community partners and students alike. Recent research by Karen Nelson, Kendra Schnarr and Dr. Elizabeth Jackson examined a range of these benefits (and some challenges) through a case study of the impacts of CESI’s Research Shop.

For many graduate students, it can be challenging to decide on the next steps career-wise, which is why opportunities that allow students to put theory into action and contribute to positive social impact can be especially helpful. This is where The Sandbox comes in. 

Understanding the experiences of minority individuals in the community can be the first step toward building more diverse and inclusive systems locally.

There is a growing awareness of the impacts of food insecurity among post-secondary students in Guelph and across Canada; while food insecurity rates among various segments of the Canadian population are well-documented, food insecurity among post-secondary students has only recently gained the attention of researchers. Sliding scale markets are one intervention that has been developed to address food insecurity, currently being employed at the University of Guelph with promising results.