Michaëlle Jean Centre for Global and Community Engagement

When asked about the importance of Community Service Learning and experiential learning, Crighton says that, at the core, it provides students with an opportunity to see how research can be useful and feed into community change. Additionally, it provides students with practical experience, allowing them to explore career paths that they might not have thought about, while also doing good in the community.

When Sunny first came to the MJCGCE, one of his main goals was to make friends. When asked how his friendship building was going, he says with a big smiling face, “I have made so many friends. I now have friends around the world.

For the 10th anniversary Army Run on September 23, uOttawa students volunteered for the first time, as part of a Day of Service offered by the Michaëlle Jean Centre for Global and Community Engagement. Fifteen students from various departments and schools, including Human Kinetics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Psychology and Sociology, as well as the English Intensive Program, mustered their efforts and enthusiasm to support our troops.

“I decided to integrate community service learning into my course to give students a first-hand opportunity to see how policies and strategies are developed in action.” Professor Wallner collaborated with Laurie Chan, whose lab at the University of Ottawa runs the Health Effects Monitoring Program. ‘Working with Laurie Chan’s team also gave students the unique opportunity of engaging in policy development through a non-governmental organization,” says Professer Wallner. “From reviewing student feedback, this project was a phenomenal success!”