Community Engaged Learning – No cost to community partners

Community Engaged Learning at MacEwan University is a project-based teaching-learning strategy that connects classroom theory to challenges experienced in the “real world” by our Community Partners. 

Partnership Opportunity

Working with small teams, student consultant(s) in their third year of Economics at MacEwan will work with the City of Edmonton or any volunteer organization in the City working on urban challenges. Students will evaluate an urban challenge through an economic lens.

In this course, students explore how economic forces: influence development of cities in spatial, social, and economic dimensions; cause cities to grow or shrink; affect urban problems such as poverty, crime, and congestion; make urban housing markets work; and shape taxation and spending policies to promote urban sustainability.

How this works

Student teams will choose a community partner (CP) at the beginning of term. With the help of the CP, the team

 will explore an agreed upon challenge. 

Early Dec      Experiential Learning Facilitator and course professor will discuss the potential projects and data shared to ensure a good fit with the learning outcomes and the mandate of the partnering organization. 

Early Jan    Partners join class (virtually) to pitch their challenges with Q&A with students or CP records presentation

Mid Jan           Student teams select a project and partners are informed of a match. 

Jan-March Students will analyze, compare with data from other jurisdiction, review literature and come up 

with reports and presentations

Late March      Teams make final presentations to CP virtually

Your Commitment

Commitment to in person or virtual class visits is a must. Please note: Data should be shared with faculty member by December 15th to ensure it is applicable.

Projects are tied to a student’s overall course mark and must be completed within a tight time period and managed around varying student schedules. We ask our partners to ensure timely sharing and transfer of information and firm commitment to scheduled meetings to support project success.

What you get

You will receive a presentation and summary report

Interested?

Organizations interested in participating can complete this Form: https://forms.gle/igqR8Gag1K52BfnN6

(or cut and paste it into your browser) and register your request online. Please note that there are a limited number of spaces available.