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CBE Project Proposal Deadline - December 18, 2009
In an effort to make the student matching process run more smoothly, we will not be accepting CBE project proposals from hosts after December 18, 2009. Any proposals received after this date will unfortunately not be considered for the winter term 2009. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
The Community-Based
Education (CBE) Program is a unique opportunity to address current
challenges in our community. Students are
matched with local
organizations to assist with research, planning and other community
development projects for course credit. Projects are usually 50 to 220 hours
per-student in length.
CBE project examples: Impact assessments, waste
audits, manual production, program evaluations, scientific studies, workshop
design, business and event planning, literature reviews, and development of
marketing and promotional materials.
The CBE Program is designed to:
- Assist community
organizations with community-based research and other services that
otherwise might not be completed.
- Provide students with
experience in their fields of study and enhance future employment
prospects.
- Increase co-operation
and partnership between Trent University and the
broader communities it serves.
The program compliments established curriculum
across all Trent University departments and courses. Projects take place in the context of
academic courses including theoretical, reading and field courses. While
students are completing these projects they are also meeting course
requirements. This also means community organizations benefit from the
additional expertise and guidance offered by Trent University’s faculty. Depending on the size of a given project, a student would
complete it as an assignment within a regular course, as a separate course, or
as a thesis.
Community hosts
are encouraged to contact
TCCBE staff with their project ideas (see above notice box for the next
project proposal deadline).
Similarly, faculty members
are encouraged to contact
TCCBE staff if they want to integrate CBE projects into their course
curriculum.
See our list
of current CBE projects to get a sense of what a CSL project looks
like.
If you are interested in a shorter student-involved
project (i.e. 10-20 hours per student) please see our Community
Service-Learning Program. If you have a multi-year project idea that
might potentially involve faculty, please see our Strategic
Research Initiative.
Roles and Resources:
The Community-Based Education program fulfills a
community-defined need for a common point of contact with the University and
provides an extensive community development network for students and faculty wanting
to work with local organizations. Host organizations involved in the program
provide supervision, facilities, services and materials. Participating
instructors provide academic supervision, grade students’ work and support
students in a manner consistent with other university courses. Students receive
innovative leadership and career-building experience while applying theory to
practice in local community settings. TCCBE and U-Links Centre for Community-Based Research (service
provider in Haliburton County) develop new projects and support those underway, provide resources
and contacts, and facilitate communication among all participants.
TCCBE and U-Links each maintain resource libraries that include
reference materials about local community groups and initiatives, past
projects, community-based research, and service learning.
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