http://www.dalailamacalgary.com/events/engagenow

Community members, non-profit organizations and change-agents, staff, faculty and students from higher education and secondary school are invited to submit proposals for the engage NOW conference. Proposals for presentations, workshops, case studies and poster presentations relating to campus-community partnerships, community development, Community-Based Research and Community Service-Learning are welcome.

Inspired by the Dalai Lama’s visit to Calgary in September 2009, engage NOW draws on compassion, connectedness and collaboration to explore the potential of campus-community partnerships to enhance student learning and promote positive social change and community development. engage NOW is a 1-day conference focusing on community-university engagement designed to enhance service-learning and community-based research in the city of Calgary, the province of Alberta, and the nation as a whole. engage NOW is an opportunity for higher education and the City of Calgary to engage with each other with the goal of developing mutually beneficial partnerships for service, research, and community-based learning. It is also an opportunity for students in Calgary and the rest of Alberta to learn about community engagement, and share their own experiences with service-learning, research and other forms of community-based experiential learning. engage NOW brings together staff, faculty and students in higher education with high school youth, and our community partners.

Thematic areas:

• engage SERVICE
• engage CHANGE
• engage YOUTH

Session Formats:

All sessions are 75 minutes in length.

• Individual or Group Presentation Sessions
• Case Study and Workshop Sessions
• Poster Presentations

Submission Process:

• Send abstracts of no more than 500 words to speakers {at} cartermcrae(.)com by midnight (MST) on Friday, April 17, 2009, subject line engage NOW proposal.
• Indicate whether you are proposing a Presentation, Workshop, Case Study or Poster.
• List contact information for presenter(s).