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Community Engagement / Community Development

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Bow Valley College
Bow Valley College
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
DS
Doreen Stewart
Instructor
3
Timeline
  • September 1, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 12, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • December 2, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
1 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Alberta, Canada
Social enterprise, Non profit
Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Hospital, health, wellness & medical
Categories
Market research Operations Project management Social sciences
Skills
planning & development community engagement business strategy data analysis research
Learner goals and capabilities

Community engagement & project development can be complicated, let us help!

Is your community looking to develop ideas for engagement, or would an analysis of your community support the development of a new initiative? We have students that could complete an environmental scan, SWOT analysis, and develop a plan for a community engagement event / initiative for you and build you a comprehensive community development event plan.

Identifying a community of interest and determining a gap or challenge that could be supported with a specific event or initiative, learners will develop a plan and proposal to help meet identified needs.

Our Community Engagement course is part of a post-diploma certificate program. These students already hold a diploma or higher credential (bachelor, masters, or PhD) from a health or human services discipline.

Learners
Certificate
Any level
30 learners
Project
30 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverables might include:

  • Presentation of an environmental scan findings
  • Report on SWOT analysis of environment / community
  • Report on a proposed community development / engagement event or initiative
Project timeline
  • September 1, 2021
    Experience start
  • September 12, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • December 2, 2021
    Experience end
Project Examples

Project activities might include but are not limited to:

  • Students could produce a community engagement event plan for an organization. This would include identification of need/interest, the population of the community, community assets, gaps that exist that the event can fill, the impact this event would have on the community, and strategies to measure impact.
  • Identifying assets and potential networking collaborations within the community

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for at least 2 follow up meetings (phone call, preferably in-person) with the students to monitor progress, clarify doubts, and answer questions.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone/virtual calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

Provide an opportunity for students to present their work and receive feedback.

Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide relevant information/data as needed for the project.