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Event hosted by the Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research: Research Exchange Group on Service Learning in Community Engagement (SLICE) with generous support from the Community Employment Collaboration

A REPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS

COMBINED EFFORT WORKSHOP Growing strong and healthy community-university engagement.

Monday, October 23 | 9:00am- 3:00pm COCHRANE CENTRE: COCHRANE STREET UNITED CHURCH

COMBINED EFFORT WORKSHOP REPORT FOR PARTICIPANTS NOVEMBER 21 2017

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ABOUT THIS REPORT On October 23, 2017, the Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research, the Research Exchange Group on Service Learning in Community Engagement (SLICE), in partnership with the Community Employment Collaboration and partners from throughout Memorial University hosted an interactive community-university workshop at the Cochrane Centre in downtown St. John’s. The workshop was designed to explore how the university and the community can combine efforts to promote meaningful community service that enriches the learning experience, teaches civic responsibility, and ultimately strengthens communities throughout Newfoundland & Labrador. This interactive event was moderated by SLICE co-conveners Elayne Greeley, Partnership Broker with the Community Employment Collaboration and Dr. Jill Allison, Global Health Coordinator with Memorial’s Faculty of Medicine, together with Pablo Navarro and Rochelle Baker of the NL Centre for Applied Health Research. The workshop brought together 45 participants: faculty and students from multiple university disciplines, representatives from municipal and provincial government and the provincial health system, and people who work in community organizations, all of whom expressed a common interest in forging stronger partnerships to support health equity and social justice. The workshop fulfilled its objective: it built a solid framework for the group to continue exploring collaborative opportunities and approaches in the coming years to support more and better partnerships and to build genuine and meaningful engagement. This report outlines the following exercises/outcomes from the workshop:

Page 3 | Exercise 1: Creating a network map

Page 9 | Exercise 2: Our work & the social determinants of health

Page 12 | Exercise 3: Identifying barriers & facilitators to community-university engagement

Page 15| Exercise 4: Postcards—what we can give and what we’d like to get

Page 16 | Next Steps: Where do we go from here? Developing an agenda to build better engagement


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Exercise 1: Who & where we are. What we’re good at. Where we’re connected. Here’s how participants filled out their own networking cards for our mapping exercise. The list is in alphabetical order by surname.

Name Sector Affiliation Leadership Role(s) you prefer Passion Assets:

Things that you are really good at that we might not know

What networks are you connected to right now?

Visionary Mobilizer Nurturer Analyst

Jill Allison University Department Community Health & Humanities

x

Education, social inclusion/networks, health, gender

speaking, writing, connecting people, community-based research

MUN, CFY, community, international

Michelle Blundon

Community Organization Murphy Centre

x

Employment, social inclusion/networks

Networking, organizing, motivating, running

Employers, Board of Trade, CCEPP, Habitat for Humanity

Jennifer Browne

University Department Student Life x x x

Education, employment, aboriginal, gender, disability

connecting people, getting people excited, public speaking, leading groups

Career development, Student Affairs, MUN, Colony of Avalon

Lisa Browne Community Organization Stella’s Circle x x x x Employment, housing, social inclusion/networks, health, aboriginal, gender, disability

Violin Housing; Downtown Health Collaborative, Mental Health Advising, GGCLC

Sondria Browne

Community Organization Murphy Centre x x x Education, employment, early child dev, food security, housing, social inclusion/networks

organizer, connecter Board of Trade, CCEPP, Youth Outreach, Breast Cancer Support

Jan Buley University Department Faculty of Education, Social Enterprise, Student, Employment relations

x x x

Education, early child development, food security, social inclusion/networks, aboriginal

canoeing, shopping, singing, learning to play the banjo

St. John's Storytelling, Horticultural Therapy, Anyone who loves energizing curious seeking people


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Name Sector Affiliation Leadership Role(s) you prefer Passion Assets: Things that you are really good at that we might not know



Lesley Burgess

Community Organization Eastern Health

x x x Food security, social inclusion/networks, health

pet sitting, cooking, staying positive, relationship building

Eat Great + Participate, Food First, Body Diversity Network, St. John's Food Policy Council

Annagray Campbell

Community Organization Oceans Ltd

x Employment, food security, health

research, innovation private sector, ocean development, Green economy

Melissa Caravan


x

Education, early child development, food security, social inclusion/networks, health

Facilitating, looking @ broader picture, healthy eating/nutrition

FoodFirst, Eat Great + Participate, Kid Eat Smart, Bay Roberts Hockey Assn

Valerie Carruthers

Community Organization Women’s Economic Council

x x

education, employment, social inclusion/networks

ideas, proposal/ budget writing, referring online resources, small groups

Cednet women's economic council, co-op sector, self-employment

Keri Chambers

Community Organization Stella’s Circle x x

x Housing, social inclusion/networks, health

Sewing, writing ABLE-financial empowerment network, MUN research network

Penny Cofield University Department Office of Public Engagement

x x x education, employment, social

inclusion/networks, gender writing skills, analysis, liaison role, reflective/contemplative arts, poetry, journalism

Memorial University, Thrive, Rural communities: Fogo Island/Bonavista

Ashley Crocker

Community Organization Eastern Health, Health Promotion Consultant

x Education, social

inclusion/networks, health organizing, evaluating, editing, cooking

NLIPC, NLASW, ACT

Cathy Donovan

University Department Community Health & Humanities

x x

x Food security, housing, health, aboriginal, race

Community builder, advocate, gardening, leader

Healthy Communities Collaborative, Burial Justice Cooperative, Craft Council

Hannah Gaultois

Community Organization Farmers Market, Centre for Social Enterprise at Memorial U

x x

education, food security, aboriginal, gender

gardening, trumpet, teaching, yoga

Farmer's Market, MUN, Qalipu, Music NL


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Elayne Greeley

Community Organization Community Employment Collaboration

x x x Employment Knitting, camping, graphical

recorder, visual artist Tamarackinot, PBA-org, Collective Impact Network

Marilyn Hannam

Government/Community NL Poverty Reduction

x x food security, housing, gender,

disability communication, leadership, building relationships

housing, poverty

Nicole Helwig University Department Centre for Social Enterprise

x

All Language (French & Hungarian), ballet, MBA holder, child rights advocate

RDEE, Kittiwake dance, Rotary, Filipino community

Angeline Jones

University Department Department of Anthropology, student study area

x x Housing, social

inclusion/networks, health, aboriginal, gender, race, disability

Notetaking, research, analysis, writing

Graduate students union, CASCA, MUN

Rhonda Joy University Department Faculty of Education

x x

education, employment, early child development, disability

collaboration, finding common goals, building E. L. with class work

working w/ children/adults

Anne Kearney University Department School of Nursing x x x x Education, social inclusion/networks, health, gender

Brave communicator, good dancer, great researcher, great advocate

Applied Research for Ca Control, NL Prov Advisory for Ca control, REG on the Value v Cost in Health Care

Elizabeth Lawrence

Community Organization City of St. John’s x x

employment connecting resources, cooking, economic development

B of S, Memorial, Harris Centre

Shannon Lewis-Simpson

University Department Student Life x x x

Education, food security, social inclusion, aboriginal, gender, race

connecting people/ideas, getting meetings, editing mentoring, making quick decisions

CACUSS Nationals student, military volunteer, University, Heritage, Parks Canada

Peggy Matchim

Community Organization Community Sector Council

x x

Education, employment, food security, gender, building org. capacity

Big picture thinking, relationship building, singing, key informant interview processes

Community sector orgs, poverty reduction collaborations, YWCA St. John's


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Dan McGettigan

Community Organization Turnings outreach x x x x Education, Employment, early childhood development housing, social inclusion/networks

Collaboration, passion, learning compassion, listening

John Howard, Probation/parole/ Gov't community

Taylor Mooney

University Department Sociology

x Employment, food security Interview research, talking to people, helping people communicate, writing, analysis

Stella's Circle, CCEPP

Priscilla Corcoran Mooney


x x x Housing, social inclusion/networks, health, income

connecting ideas and people, thinking about income and health, knowing who's who in Eastern Health

Eastern Health Primary Care, Eastern Health Chronic Disease Prevention, Placentia Area-Cape Shore Community Connected

Pablo Navarro

University Department NL Centre for Applied Health Research

x x

x education, food security, social inclusion/networks, health

Knowledge synthesis, knowledge translation, strategizing planning, event planning, production

FFNL, Common Ground, NLCAHR Research Exchange Groups Georgestown

Sarah O'Grady

Community Organization ASNL, Student study area

x

x

Employment, social inclusion/networks, disability

Language and speech assessments, thinking outside box, socializing, knitting

Autism Society NL, CCEPP, Board of Trade CASLPA

Valeri Pilgrim University Department Internationalization New arrivals and international off-campus housing

Education, housing, social inclusion/networks, aboriginal, race

empathizer, organizer, knowledge of aboriginal peoples, passion for multi-cultural connections

MUN internationalization, MUN-aboriginal, St. John’s Native Friendship Centre, Nunatsiavut

Nicole Pittman

University Department Pharmacy

x x education, health health research, manuscript writing/editing

Research Exchange Group on Cost and Value, Eastern Health Home First Program, Foster Family Association


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Tracy Rideout Community Organization Women in Resource Development Corporation

x Education, employment, gender music, berry-picking non-profit/community groups

Abdullah Omar Saif

University Department Community Health

x x early child development, health Reading, working with people, field work

Community health, Student community

Jen Smith University Department Social Work x

Education, housing, social inclusion/networks, health, aboriginal

Relationships MUN, Harm Reduction, Health, Community

Samantha Smith

Student study area Master’s of Public Health graduate student

x

x Education, early child

development, food security, health

Tennis, baking, knitting non-profit organizations, dominion community dietetic programs, MUN MPH students

Carolyn Sturge Sparkes

University Department Community Health x x x x Education, Health, Aboriginal, Gender, Race, Social inclusion/networks

Musician, choral conductor Various committees locally & nationally. George St UC, connected w/ aboriginal health

Taylor Stocks University Department Harris Centre x x x x All Long-term planning, event logistics, negotiating feelings, connecting people

dem Queers, Arts/Creative, Public engagement, Keener youth

Dwayne Taverner

University Department Student residence, residence life

x

x Education, health Spread sheets, listening CACUSS, ACVHO-I

Martha Traverso-Ypez

University Department Community Health x

x

education, early child development, food security, social inclusion/networks, health

collaboration, humility, committing only if I have the time

Early development advocates, social practice group

Emily Wadden

Student study area Social Work

x x

housing, social inclusion/networks, health

Talking to people MUN, SWAP, Choices for Youth, NL Support

Tree Walsh Community Organization Safe Works Access Program with ACNL

x x x All Making something out of

nothing Harm Reduction, LGBTA25IQT…., Labour


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Linda Warford

Community Organization Choices for Youth

x x

education, employment, health, housing, social inclusion/networks, health

organizing, communicating, having fun, "pet cove"

EHS St. John's, Fentanyl Task Force, All Pty Working Group

Chantelle Weir

Community Organization AIDS Committee of NL, STEP Program, Autism Society NL

x x x

Food security, housing, social inclusion/networks, health, gender

Advocating for clients, communication skills, active listening

MUN, PFLAG, Thrive, Front Step

Workshop participants drew a map to

show their many connections


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Exercise 2: Where we fit in terms of the social determinants of health Here’s how participants answered the question: “Where does your work fit in terms of promoting community wellness?”

My affiliation→

The social determinant(s) of health that align with my work and interests ↓

Community Other University

Race Tree Walsh Chantelle Weir

Cathy Donovan (Health)

Jan Buley Taylor Stocks Valeri Pilgrim Carolyn Sturge Sparkes Shannon Lewis-Simpson

Gender Chantelle Weir Tracey Rideout Lisa Browne Valerie Carruthers Tree Walsh

Marilyn Hannam (Government)

Penny Cofield Rhonda Joy Shannon Lewis-Simpson Jill Allison Taylor Stocks Anne Kearney

Aboriginal Communities Lisa Browne Michelle Blundon Tree Walsh Chantelle Weir

Carolyn Sturge Sparkes (Community& University) Cathy Donovan (Health) (Community& University)

Rhonda Joy Taylor Stocks Valeri Pilgrim Hannah Gaultois Jan Buley

Education Dwayne Taverner Penny Cofield Jen Smith Tracey Rideout Michelle Blundon Melissa Caravan Ashley Crocker Valerie Carruthers Jennifer Browne Tree Walsh Sondria Browne Lesley Burgess Chantelle Weir

Samantha Smith Nicole Pittman Carolyn Sturge Sparkes (Community& University)

Cathy Donovan Valeri Pilgrim Jill Allison Shannon Lewis-Simpson Nicole Helwig Taylor Stocks Rhonda Joy Hannah Gaultois Anne Kearney


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Social Inclusion Tree Walsh Sondria Browne Anne Kearney Keri Chambers Linda Warford Priscilla Valerie Carruthers Michelle Blundon Chantelle Weir

Jen Smith (Community& University)

Jill Allison Carolyn Sturge Sparkes Lisa Browne Valeri Pilgrim Rhonda Joy Hannah Gaultois Nicole Helwig Angeline Jones Jan Buley Penny Cofield Taylor Stocks

Housing Cathy Donovan Lisa Browne Linda Warford Dan McGettigan Chantelle Weir Tree Walsh

Emily Wadden Jen Smith (Community& University) Keri Chambers (Health & Community)

Jill Allison Jan Buley Valerie Pilgrim Dwayne Taverner

Health Sondria Browne Tree Walsh Dan McGettigan Chantelle Weir

Jen Smith (Community & University) Carolyn Sturge Sparkes Sarah O’Grady Annagray Campbell (Business) Lesley Burgess Samantha Smith Cathy Donovan (Health) Nicole O’Grady Emily Wadden

Priscilla Corcoran Mooney Lisa Browne Melissa Caravan Ashley Crocker Pablo Navarro Taylor Stocks Jill Allison Valeri Pittman Martha Traverso Rhonda Joy Angeline Jones Anne Kearney

Disability Tree Walsh Michelle Blundon Sondria Browne Sarah O’Grady Lisa Browne

Keri Chambers (Health & Community) Marilyn Hannam (Provincial Government)

Rhonda Joy Chantelle Weir Taylor Stocks Jan Buley

Early Childhood Development Tree Walsh Sondria Browne Chantelle Weir

Carolyn Sturge Sparkes

Jan Buley Abdullah Saif Rhonda Joy Angeline Jones Martha Traverso-Ypez


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Employment Michelle Blundon Linda Warford Jennifer Browne Tracey Rideout Valerie Carruthers Elayne Greeley Tree Walsh Dan McGettigan

Taylor Mooney Lisa Browne (City of St. John’s) Priscilla Corcoran Mooney (Health)

Chantelle Weir Sondria Browne Keri Chambers Sarah O’Grady Nicole Helwig Hannah Gaultois Penny Cofield Rhonda Joy

Food Security Carolyn Sturge Sparks Melissa Caravan Tree Walsh Chantelle Weir Pablo Navarro

Lesley Burgess Samantha Smith Cathy Donovan (Health)

Nicole Helwig Shannon Lewis-Simpson Hannah Gaultois

Workshop participants placed their names on the wheel to show their

connections to various social determinants of health


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Exercise 3: Identifying barriers & facilitators to community-university engagement This was an open discussion in which participants were invited to speak about their work and to identify combined efforts that are working. Then, they looked at barriers and facilitators that have had an impact on their work.

WHERE ARE WE NOW? | WHAT IS WORKING?

Community has a strong motivation to collaborate with university and health system and vice versa, and while participants noted that there are sometimes barriers to this work, community partners are finding innovative ways to work together—it would be helpful to investigate these successful strategies as a group.

NLCAHR’s Research Exchange Groups, such as the SLICE group organizing this workshop, are providing regular and formalized opportunities for people to get to know each other. Participants discussed one example of how a harm reduction initiative moved from a community organization to a Research Exchange Group to a direct meeting with government decision makers, demonstrating the importance of community connections to research and the crucial partnerships with decision makers in government and healthcare.

Researchers noted that senior leadership buy-in is essential for their work to achieve impact, to be supported, and to move from research to policy.

Genuine collaboration involves listening to each other: participants outlined the development of approaches to mutual awareness, social development and peaceful communities.

WHAT CAN IMPROVE OUR COMBINED EFFORTS? The following key themes emerged. Detailed comments on these themes are included on the following page.

RESPECTFUL COLLABORATION that happens because no partner feels “burdened” by the collaboration; collaboration that involves meaningful ways to be connected that are based upon a shared, mutual understanding of capacities, goals and objectives.

STRONGER CONNECTIONS between university and community; opportunities for face-to-face connections; opportunities to listen and build relationships; opportunities to

hold conversations that will broaden and deepen the scope of engagement.

BETTER INFORMATION SHARING is needed to learn who is doing what and where, to find out the outcomes of research and community projects, to provide resources and

information for community/university partners seeking to collaborate, to offer feedback, and to paint a clearer picture of the community and university agencies that

facilitate collaborative opportunities.

CAPACITY BUILDING that builds on existing strengths; a better understanding of existing capacity and gaps; improved funding

EVALUATION to measure the impact of our collective efforts.


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What participants said about each key theme: RESPECTFUL COLLABORATION REQUIRES…

More focus and commitment to developing ways for university to connect with community without placing a burden on already under-resourced community organizations.

The recognition that there are different kinds of “expertise” – respect for community knowledge and experience; a non-hierarchical concept of “knowledge.”

A better understanding of ethics and ethical partnerships.

Greater discussion and more focus on the informal aspects of relationship- building and a broader definition of “communities.”

The engagement of our elders. Participants expressed concern about where senior citizens fit within both university and within communities; our elders are experts and have much to contribute to the collaborative process, both as researchers and as workers within our communities.

More connections between university and social justice organizations—we often don’t know each other.

Genuine connection and sustained relationships between administration/staff/ faculty at Memorial and people working in the community. Moreover, these connections need to be valued – administration and faculty “buy in” is required. The work needs to be supported through the integration of connections into university–faculty classes.

More recognition for the community work being undertaken by faculty. Advocacy is needed to make sure that faculty’s community engagement, service learning, and collaboration initiatives are professionally recognized, particularly since such work aligns with Memorial’s engagement framework; it is also a union issue in terms of its weight when considering promotion and tenure.

Partners to identify ways to let clients know that it is safe and okay to self-identify when it comes to participating in research or collaboration.

Respectful conversations to help broaden the scope of practice for both university and community workers.

Clear, explicit, appropriate, and realistic goals for engagement and partnerships.

The university to be proactive in going *to* the community they want to work with, rather than vice versa

Being realistic about what we can do. Take one thing at a time: projects need to be feasible within time/resource constraints

Overcoming our reluctance/defensiveness when talking about our own expectations and mandates.

A better understanding of the anthropology of organizations—organizational cultures and how they work.

An understanding of the nature of university-community research practice: some research is directed “to” community and some is developed “for” community, but the optimal approach to engagement happens when the research is conducted “with” communities.

The university to start seeing community as the driver of its research agendas and as an expert partner and not just as the beneficiary of university research. STRONGER CONNECTIONS COULD BE MADE BY…

More opportunities for partners to meet face-to-face. Currently, formal and regular opportunities to network are limited, but groups are looking for better ways to be more connected, to make more meaningful connections, and to do more.

Linking researchers, community and students. For instance, making the link between Master’s of Public Health students and assignments for practicums.

Because students need to connect to community organizations for their areas of research, they seek stronger partnering between university and community – with a shared mutual understanding of how this work will be carried out.


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Ways to balance being self-employed and being connected– self-employed participants are also looking for ways to connect to community organizations

Identifying and working with champions— to have more partners or surrogates who can take over when people in organizations are unavailable or leave.

A formalized community orientation process for new faculty to potentiate future engagement.

Recognizing that limited funding for community organization creates self -imposed silos and competition among natural allies

More “inter-connections”—here, we refer to those connections that will affect not just the people collaborating, but all those in between

Support for people in rural areas who find it hard to engage for logistic and institutional reasons

Giving people time. The lack of human and financial resources means that very dedicated people are often too busy to make connections

Institutional protections or incentives for community engagement.

Starting off with small groups that are cohesive and motivated.

Developing a more systemic service learning infrastructure. BETTER INFORMATION SHARING IS NEEDED.

While some information-sharing is taking place, workers seek more opportunities to make direct impact on policy and practice in Newfoundland and Labrador.

We need a key information hub or broker for individuals/ community/university

Better communications, information management and iterative connections: these connections were noted as lacking for university, for the health system, and for our community partners.

Participants want to find out what work is being done and how they can connect to resources, but they don’t know where to look.

More and better feedback on the work we do.

The ability to articulate to decision makers why our work is important and to find common ground for collaboration.

Opportunities to meet and share; more integrated communication networks. WE NEED TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR OUR WORK TO CONTINUE.

The ability to move work forward. In spite of hard work, many participants expressed frustration about taking that work to the next level—the level of Collective Impact.

Funding opportunities for research involving community-university partnerships need to be better communicated and supported: for example, community partners need to be better aware of Memorial’s Office of Public Engagement fund, funding through the NL-SUPPORT/ SPOR (Support for Patient-Oriented Research), and Yaffle

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WORKING— WE NEED EVALUATION.

We need more evaluation into our collective efforts: a better understanding of what works and how o we can continue to build on our successes.

We need to understand our impact, based on evaluation, to make work go somewhere and not get lost, to be more effective as a community organization


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Exercise 4: Postcards— what we ask & what we can give In this exercise, the room split up into two “camps”: one camp was for university partners and the other was for community/government/health system partners. Within each camp, the participants discussed among themselves how they would fill out two postcards to the other camp. One postcard would ask the other camp for something; the other would outline what each side can offer to the other. In this “give and get” exercise, the postcards were exchanged and became a catalyst for a group conversation about next steps and developing innovative ideas.

What we ask…. What we can give… Innovative ideas we discussed

UNIVERSITY

Our postcards to community

How can we make it easier for you, our community partners to work with us without adding a burden to you? How can we develop better models of engagement and formal partnering agreements with you that will…

identify your priorities

identify achievable goals

underscore the value of the collaboration and the importance of your contribution (i.e., how your work fits in the big picture)

tell you what’s needed and be clear on how you can help

provide access to your organization so that students can contribute/ work with multiple levels of organizational partners

Funding. Grants to undertake projects

People and resources (projects, internships, service learning)

Voice to your issues, expertise, knowledge dissemination, grant writing assistance

Inter-professional education teams

Practical returns for community

Professional development credits

MUCEP (student) research opportunities that can assist our community partners

Start working with partners to co-create projects for mutual benefit and contribution Use collaboration to build career opportunities Reach out to lesser known, smaller community organizations

COMMUNITY

Our postcards to the university

Can you…

Provide us with data sources/ support our work with data?

Make Yaffle more community-user-friendly?

Give us one or two main contacts at university for making connections?

Support our work with literature reviews?

Help with framing issues as researchable questions?

Offer fairer distribution of grant money and help us find funding?

When you finish research, report back to us?

Provide chances for more collaboration in research?

Help us with data and evaluation (work terms)?

Provide tools for monitoring/evaluation so community groups don’t have to invent them?

Offer specific help with research on a healthy eating project?

Help us move from all this talk to more action?

Access to people with lived experience and anecdotal examples of community issues

Access to data and on-the-ground research that has been developed by community

Content – educational information about our initiatives (e.g. what we’re doing to support harm reduction, etc.)

Research topics and ideas

Building a web-based hub for information- sharing, including an asset map of Memorial so we can find out who is doing what and where to develop stronger connections Speed dating sessions to facilitate connections Better tracking of in-kind contributions from community groups to reflect the reality of these contributions Community wants collaboration to be real— no tokenism, no gift cards.


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Next Steps: Where do we go from here? The key finding from the workshop was that people want to find ways to connect and understand each other’s needs and that both university and community partners are seeking ways to build meaningful partnerships beyond one-off pilot projects. How can we grow more faculty engagement? How can we create connections between faculty members and the community? Community organizations WANT to be connected—they also want support, want to share, and they want their contributions to be valued. The Research Exchange Group on Service Learning in Community Engagement (SLICE) will use the workshop findings to build its agenda for activities and projects in 2018.

STEP 1: As a solid first step, NLCAHR will support SLICE in building an online portal where information can be shared. In January, 2018, we will host a SLICE MEETING at which participants will be asked to develop relevant content for an online portal that will be housed on the NLCAHR website. In particular, university and community groups will be asked to identify the following resources:

FOR THE COMMUNITY, UNIVERSITY MEMBERS OF SLICE WILL CONTRIBUTE:

Links/ contact information to connect community agencies with student volunteers

Links/ contact information to access how-to information and human resources links to support community program evaluations

Links to statistical data sources that can support community projects

A comprehensive Asset Map of Memorial University—who does what at Memorial? Key contacts in each university department

Links to community-university projects (planned/ in progress/recently completed)

Links to research reports on community-engaged scholarship

Other resources, as may arise in the meeting FOR THE UNIVERSITY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF SLICE WILL CONTRIBUTE:

A listing, including contact links, for community agencies with the capacity and willingness to collaborate with university partners/ hire student volunteers, etc.

A thematic list of the kinds of research and evaluative work communities are seeking (short-term/long- term projects that students/ faculty could help produce) and a list of deliverables that community partners are seeking from students/ faculty

Links to community-university projects (planned/ in progress/ recently completed/)

Links to reports on community-led research

Other resources as may arise in the meeting FOR STUDENTS SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK IN COMMUNITY, BOTH COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY WILL PROVIDE:

A list of experiential learning opportunities that exist in our community—who is seeking student volunteers and on what terms?

A list of the kinds of opportunities that will enable students to earn university credits for service learning/ volunteering

A connection-builder link: I have an idea for a community experience/ activity—where do I go?


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STEP 2: Monthly Meetings, information Sessions and Workshops for 2018 and 2019 SLICE will host Information Sessions on a monthly basis including the following potential presentations, and others proposed by our members: MEETINGS AGENDAS: 2018-2019 Get to know Memorial:

Session on Memorial’s Student Life programming

Session on Memorial’s Social Enterprise Centre

Session on resources for community through Harris Centre & Yaffle Get to know your Community:

Sessions by community partners who want to work with Memorial—who we are and what we do Building Collaborative projects:

Session to build a collaboration agenda for specific projects Informational Workshops to support engagement: For University:

How to coordinate high impact community engagement that does not burden community

How to find out what community partners want

How to find out who is doing what and where?

What is MEANT by engagement?

Examples of successful partnerships For Community:

How to apply for and obtain funding

How does research work? the research process, how to develop researchable questions, models of research, ethical considerations

How can student volunteers help us? Matching demand with student resources

How to conduct program evaluations—tools and human resources

How to locate data that will support community projects

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