Category: Canada Event

Citizenship is about belonging to a collective. People are capable of multiple identities simultaneously. Hence, citizenship is not just about a formal identity conferred by the state. It is also learnt identity with other fellow citizens. Dr Rajesh Tandon was … Continue reading →

Pedagogy of Hope, For Public Good Dr David Turpin, the president of University of Alberta declared that the new strategic plan of the university is titled ‘for public good’. In this perspective, systematic and sustained community-university engagement is critical for … Continue reading →

The UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education convened an International Symposium on Challenges in the Training of Community-based Research, on September 15, 2015 at the University of Victoria, Canada. This symposium was conducted under … Continue reading →

The University of Regina hosted a symposium on ”Public Engagement and Politics of Evidence in the Age of Neoliberalism and Audit Culture’, from 23rd -25th of July, 2015. This symposium examined accelerating trends in higher education, neoliveralism, politics of evidence, … Continue reading →

The closing day of the Community Exposition Conference started with a series of parallel concurrent sessions on diverse topics under the broader theme of community university engagement. Among the exceptional presentations made at the sessions was the one from Indonesia. … Continue reading →

Keynotes, theatre performance, plenaries, book launch, site visits & more…. The fourth day proceedings of the CUExpo’2015 began with a stimulating keynote plenary which was delivered by Giovanna Mingarelli, on the importance of Micro actions in shaping the future. An … Continue reading →

The Conference Begins…. The Community University Exposition Conference, 2015 kick started at the Carleton University on the 26th of May. The welcome and inaugural speech was given Dr Edward Jackson, Conference Convener, CUExpo. The inauguration event saw the conduction of … Continue reading →

Pre-Conference Workshops The day preceeding the CUExpo’2015 saw a series of pre-conference workshops being held at Algonquin College, Ottawa. The UNESCO Chair team (Dr Budd Hall & Ms. Wafa Singh) attended two of the workshops during the day. The morning … Continue reading →

Policy Roundtable on “Accelerating Change: Policy Innovation through and for Community Campus Engagement’’ “How we are going to be together is more important than what we are going to do together” The CUExpo’2015 on May 25, 2015 witnessed an exhaustive … Continue reading →

The Universities throughout the world are re-examining their mandates and their ways of achieving them. For some, this means renewing or reinvigorating their covenant to serve the public good by engaging in new ways with their students and communities. The … Continue reading →