The Community Leadership Project: Linking community and the environment
CALL FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS: DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS EXTENDED TO SEPT. 20
The C-Links Centre for Community-Based Projects and Social Mapping and the Faculty of the Leadership in the Environment course at Fleming College’s Frost Campus are seeking interested non-profit organizations to participate in a unique, community-based research project.
As part of the Leadership in the Environment course, all first semester students at the Frost Campus explore the links between community and the environment. Working in teams, students choose a non-profit organization in the City of Kawartha Lakes area and an issue or project that agency is involved with. Students prepare a presentation and submit a mock grant application to their instructors, advocating for their organization and issue.
Organizations interested in working with the students would provide issue(s) or project ideas for the students to research. The projects support increased student understanding about the role that community organizations play in relation to caring for and contributing to a healthy environment in the community – whether it’s cultural, natural, health or social environment.
Participating organizations will be required to support the information-gathering of student groups. The college will facilitate this by setting up information sessions at the Frost Campus where organization representatives will meet with the groups of students who are conducting research for their organization. During these information sessions, organizations will be asked to provide an information package to student groups outlining some basic background information about the organization.
The end result: student teams will give presentations in class and submit their ‘grant’ applications for marking. Participating organizations will be provided with the results of all research conducted for their organization. As well, the best student presentation will be awarded a $750 grant that will go to their chosen organization to help fund the issue or project that the students researched.
Non-profit organizations interested in participating are asked to submit proposals by Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 to Shantal Ingram, C-Links Project Co-ordinator, shantal.ingram@flemingcollege.ca.
About C-Links
The Community-Links (C-Links) Centre for Community-Based Projects and Social Mapping in the City of Kawartha Lakes was made possible through the generous funding of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. C-Links facilitates community-academic relationships through community-based education and community service-learning. Its goal is to engage students, faculty and the community in educational experiences which develop collaboration, innovation and empowerment for all involved.
About Fleming College
Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Community Development and Health, Continuing Education, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Justice and Business, Skilled Trades and Technology, General Arts and Science and Visual Arts. Fleming College has more than 5,900 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and more than 65,000 alumni.
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For more information:
Shantal Ingram, C-Links Project Coordinator, 705-324-9144 x 3092 shantal.ingram@flemingcollege.ca