Community Engaged Learning

In Community Engaged Learning (CEL), students take part in projects and initiatives where they learn about the world, themselves and the importance of community while developing relationships and supporting the goals of community organizations locally and internationally.

CEL projects can happen both on campus and community sites. The shape these projects take depend on the goals of our community partners—sometimes our projects focus on exchanging knowledge and skills, collaborating on specific tasks or co-creating projects with multiple community partners. Whichever shape our projects take, what matters to us is that they come from the community, reflect their goals and perspectives and involves them from start to finish.

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Community Engaged Learning

Local programs

Choose from a variety of programs that will help you develop the skills you need to work with communities.

Local programs are free and open to all UM, ICM, and ELC students, including part-time, international, and graduate students.

UM Community Volunteers

Volunteer with local community organizations, make connections with other UM students and get involved in the community!

Dates: Winter Break or March-April
Location: Online
Apply by: February 14

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Land and Water: Land-Based Education

Explore urban land-based knowledge, learn about Indigenous people’s enduring relationships with land and place, and co-facilitate land-based programming for youth.

Dates: November to June
Location: Online, Winnipeg and surrounding area
Apply by: October 15

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Poverty Awareness & Community Action

Learn about poverty, social welfare, and community advocacy with the support of lived experience educators.

Dates: January to March
Location: Online, on-campus, and various community sites in Winnipeg
Apply by: November 30

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Community Leadership Development Program

Develop collective leadership skills by collaborating with local community organizations in the planning, implementation and evaluation of social justice projects!

Dates: September to April
Location: Online, on-campus, and various community sites in Winnipeg
Apply by: September 20

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Travel programs

Explore community-oriented models of global solidarity and gain valuable skills and experience to collaborating in intercultural contexts.

Due to COVID-19, all travel programs have been suspended until further notice. Please contact communityengagement@umanitoba.ca for more information.

Amazon Rainforest Experience

Explore the meaning of sustainability and climate resilience through the eyes of an Indigenous collective.

Dates: Winter Reading Week, February
Location: Quito and Archidona, Ecuador
Fee: $2,800 (all-inclusive)
Apply by: November 30

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Chile: Art and Resistance

Join a collective of social justice artists who bring performances and workshops to public spaces in remote island communities.

Dates: May 1 - 31, 2020
Location: Santiago and Chiloé, Chile
Fee: $3,800 (all-inclusive)
Apply by: January 31

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Leaf Rapids: Northern Community Engagement

Gain an intimate perspective on life in the north and discover its beauty.

Dates: May 1 to June 5
Location: Winnipeg and northern Manitoba
Fee: $1,500 (all-inclusive)
Apply by: January 31 (early bird) and February 28 (final)

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