News

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.

The CESI team is saying a fond and very grateful goodbye to two beloved team members. Dr. Mary Ferguson and Dr. Melissa Tanti, both Research Associates with CESI, came to the end of their contracts at the end of April. 

The poster exhibit "A Circle of Care" is now on display in the corridor of Macdonald Institute. Come read a few of them, get inspired, and find ways - big or small - to make a difference in our community.

Tanja Samardzic is in the final stages of completing a Ph.D. in Applied Social Psychology at the University of Guelph. Tanja is an applied researcher who uses mixed methods to answer important questions concerning topics like gender-based violence and women’s health. Under the supervision of Dr. Paula Barata, her dissertation has explored young women’s experiences with expectations of how they “should” be in their intimate relationships (e.g., quiet, nice) and how they navigate relationships, especially when their partners are abusive.

We're pleased to announce that Dr. Melissa Tanti, a Research Associate at CESI, is guest speaking at the Decolonising Archives research retreat between April 11-15 in Wales, UK. Scholars and doctoral researchers will gather at the retreat to discuss the importance, method and impact of archives and recovery research and the need to decolonize its practices.