A community engaged research project with CESI involvement has been awarded funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Now underway, it will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected women in Canada experiencing family and intimate partner violence, including barriers and opportunities they faced when accessing support services.
As of January of 2022, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) Director, Dr. Elizabeth Jackson will also be taking on the role of Visiting Research Fellow with the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s College London. This virtual fellowship will link the Faculty and CESI with the goal of enabling long-term collaboration and increasing expertise, knowledge exchange, and impact on both sides. Dr. Jackson will be hosted by colleague Dr. Ed Stevens, Impact and Knowledge Exchange Manager in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King’s.
Join our team! The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) has extended the application deadlines for two open student positions:
Communications Assistant
Research Shop Assistant [Transition Aged Youth Projects]*
Registration is now open for the winter/spring 2022 Skills for Research Impact Workshop Series. Offered in collaboration by the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, and the Research Innovation Office, these workshops are designed for University of Guelph faculty, research staff and graduate students interested in enhancing the impact of their research.
The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) is hiring three students to join our team. CESI is a research and teaching support unit in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences that brings together campus and community skills and resources to address community research priorities. Our work enables community-university collaborations that positively impact our partners and the wider community.
The following positions are available for 2022:
Communications Assistant
In the wake of a renewed 3-year agreement, the Guelph Lab has been featured in an article published by U of G News. This article provides an overview of the history and function of the Lab and outlines ongoing and upcoming projects, along with insights from Jodie Sales and Liz Jackson, Co-Directors.
The Guelph Lab (a join initiative between the City of Guelph and University of Guelph) and its work to explore student food insecurity has been featured in two articles in Macleans Magazine.
We are pleased to announce that CESI by the Numbers: Key Metrics 2020-2021 is now available! The visual summary captures CESI's key impacts from May 2020 - April 2021. In keeping with CESI's mandates and priorities, the metrics are separated into three categories: capacity development, partnerships, and research projects.
The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) is hiring two students to join our team. CESI is a research and teaching support unit in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences bringing together campus and community skills and resources to address community research priorities. Our work enables community-university collaborations that positively impact our partners and the wider community.
The following positions are available for 2021-2022: