UBC Learning Exchange Annual Update 2010
The UBC Learning Exchange Annual Update 2010 is available for viewing using Issuu. Read More
November 4, 2010 – Life with a View – Digital Stories & Exhibition
Storefront Event On November 4th at 7pm, the UBC Learning Exchange will be hosting a premiere of digital stories and artwork. For the past several months, Downtown Eastside residents new to digital media, professional photographers volunteering their time and Learning Exchange staff have been collaborating on the creation of digital stories and images. This has [...] Read More
Fourth Annual Report to McConnell Foundation Now Available
The Fourth Annual Report to the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation is now available from the UBC-Community Learning Initiative (UBC-CLI). This report summarizes the progress made in the past year by the UBC-CLI, a model for the advancement of curricular Community Service-Learning. Read More
A Dialogue with John McKnight Now Online
How can the University work with communities to achieve change? From the Learning Exchange archives watch this Fall 2009 dialogue with John McKnight, champion of Asset-Based Community Development, and panellists Janet Austin, Chris Kelly and Sachintha Wickramasinghe. Read More
A Million Futures – Symposium
On August 30, 2010, UBC’s Learning Exchange and Canadian publisher Douglas and McIntyre hosted a symposium - The Next Million Futures: Research, Policy and Access to Higher Education where author Silver Donald Cameron gave an overview of his new book, A Million Futures. Policy experts, scholarship winners, and many others discussed the issues raised by the book. Read More
Silver Donald Cameron’s new report for the McConnell Foundation about Community Service-Learning in Canada
The McConnell Foundation has just published a report entitled "Getting Wisdom: The Transformative Power of Community Service-Learning". Written and compiled by Silver Donald Cameron, this report provides a really good overview about Community Service-Learning, how it works, and why it's important. Read More
Sauder students partner up with B.C. communities
A pilot program that involved students from UBC’s Sauder School of Business working with entrepreneurs and non-profits in B.C. communities is set to become a permanent fixture of the University’s community service-learning (CSL) efforts. Read More
June 22, 2010 – UBC Learning Exchange Invites You to “Finding Our Way”
The UBC Learning Exchange is pleased to show Leonie Sandercock and Giovanni Attili’s feature-length documentary film, “Finding Our Way”. The film traces the effects of colonization on two sub-tribes of the Carrier Nation in north central BC and examines the potential for reconciliation and partnership through community based approaches to economic development. Read More
Reading Week Projects 2010
2010 was a special year for the Reading Week 2010 Community Service Learning (CSL) Projects, as it saw an unprecedented number of UBC students involved, making the program the largest of its kind in Canada. As a result of UBC extending its one-week reading break to two weeks, over 450 students worked alongside almost 2500 [...] Read More
Reading Week 2010 Project Descriptions
2010 was a special year for the Reading Week 2010 Community Service Learning (CSL) Projects, as it saw an unprecedented number of UBC students involved, making the program the largest of its kind in Canada. In its 9th year, the projects ran from February 16-18 and February 23-25, corresponding with the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. [...] Read More
Olympic break provides students with golden learning opportunity
“You are going to have a tremendous opportunity to connect with the kids in a way that will have an impact on their sense of self-confidence and well-being and self-esteem, and will really, truly make a difference in their learning,” Read More
