COVID-19 has profoundly disrupted the operating and economic logic of post-secondary institutions across the country. But even before the pandemic, social fractures, polarization and inequality was already present. How can a new role and mission for post-secondary institutions and community engagement be articulated in the present moment that speaks to these social tensions?

If universities potentially have a new role in the present and future, what might it be? If community engagement at universities is a method that enhances teaching, research and scholarship, what else can universities tangibly provide in return to communities that is meaningful in this time?

Join us for a virtual panel conversation to explore these questions, and to think ahead to how a post-pandemic future for university-community engagement might look.

PANELISTS

• Susan Mide Kiss, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives in Community Engagement, University of Calgary
• Charmaine Lyn, Director, Changemaker Education, Ashoka Canada
• Namiko Kunimoto, Director, Center for Ethnic Studies, Ohio State University
• Gaelle Mushyirahamwe, Research Assistant, National Association of Friendship Centres
• Ginger Gosnell-Myers, Indigenous Fellow, Decolonization and Urban Indigenous Planning, SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
• Magda Goemans, Manager, Community Campus Engage Canada

Moderated by Am Johal, Director of SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and Co-director of SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative.

ACCESSIBILITY

Live captioning will be available for this event.

WEBINAR ZOOM LINK

A link to access this webinar will be sent to all registrants via email in the days and hours preceding the event.

TECHNOLOGY

To attend this event, you will need:

• A computer, tablet, or smartphone
• An internet connection
• Speakers or headphones

PLEASE NOTE: This event will be recorded.

Find out more about the work of our partners & join the online discussion in SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement Facebook group!