Through their experiences working with CESI and the Research Shop, many students have the opportunity to learn more about knowledge mobilization, which is an integral element of critical community engaged research. Knowledge mobilization plays a key role in allowing the exchange of information and knowledge from the academic community to a wider audience.
CESI is offering a bursary covering the cost of one course in the Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization for three graduate students or postdocs at the University of Guelph.
Join our team! The Guelph Lab is hiring one graduate student for the following position:
Equity in Local Policy Research Assistant
Join our team! The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) is hiring four graduate students for the following positions:
CIRCLE-CESI Research Assistant
Research Shop Assistant [General]
Throughout March and April, CESI and Feeding 9 Billion's social media will be partially taken over to promote the #BiteBack Campaign. This initiative aims to promote education and awareness on the issue of food insecurity which is a significant problem facing many university students.
This blog post was written by student researchers from the Research Shop. Below, they reflect on managing their own care while working on projects with potentially sensitive and intense subject matter. Their work on this project and reflections throughout fact have expanded our understanding and practices of care in the research context at CESI. We will build on this work as we move forward and actively work to create a workplace culture that is humane, accessible, and enabling for all.
This spring, visit the Campus Fresh Market! This project is led by Feeding 9 Billion peer helpers- Maya Nickle and Vivian Ma and is a collaborative effort between CESI’s Guelph Lab, the Arrell Food Institute, the Sustainability Office, Hospitality Services, and the Seed Guelph.
The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) is excited to announce the release of project documents completed in partnership with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) to explore food self-determination in First Nation communities. The Nishnawbe Aski Nation represents 49 First Nations within Northern Ontario. The organization aims to encourage local self-determination of its communities while establishing social, cultural, spiritual, and economic independence.
CESI's Student Community Engaged Scholarship Fund is now open for applications!
We invite applications from students who have chosen to undertake community engaged projects. This can include research, knowledge mobilization, and other scholarly activities that incorporate CES being conducted outside of assigned course work (e.g. independent studies, thesis, dissertation).
Students may apply for up to $500 per academic year to cover eligible costs such as:
In 2021, two of CESI's student researchers were supported by Sustainable Livelihoods Canada to conduct a literature review to support the Theory of Change process for the In Good Company Collaborative (IGC). The In Good Company Project aims to help women overcome the systemic and social inequalities in the workplace, leading them to more sustainable livelihoods, and to support employers to dismantle the barriers and biases preve