Spring recipients of UBC’s 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
The Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) Fund opened for spring 2024 applications in May, and has already provided funding for 16 incredible community-university projects this year. From facilitating the recovery of grizzly bears within the North Cascades Ecosystem to harvesting invasive plant species used to create visual artworks, this spring’s PRE recipients have formed valuable partnerships with […]
Fish Tales: How storytelling is engaging a community and boosting a historic site
Please visit https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/fish-tales-how-storytelling-is-engaging-a-community-and-boosting-a-historic-site/ to read the story.
CLEAR (CLimate Equity Activation and Resilience) Connections
Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/clear-climate-equity-activation-and-resilience-connections to read the story.
Summer recipients of UBC’s 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
This summer, funding from the Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund was awarded to 20 collaborative community-university initiatives. From supporting parents of children with speech delays to exploring Indigenous-led solutions to wildfires, this summer’s projects showcase the diverse ways in which communities are partnering with UBC students, faculty, and staff on reciprocal initiatives. One of […]
Applications open for 2023/24 Community-University Engagement Support Fund
The 2023/24 Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund is open! Get up to $25,000 to support community-university partnerships that benefit communities across the province and advance collaborative research, teaching and learning. Interested applicants are invited to submit a Notice of Intent by September 22, 2023. Paid directly to community partners, CUES funding removes financial barriers and […]
Revelstoke Child Care Society, HELP UBC, join forces to enhance child development and wellbeing for young families
Please visit https://communityengagement.ubc.ca/news/the-revelstoke-child-care-society-and-help-ubc-joined-forces-to-enhance-child-development-and-well-being-for-young-families-in-revelstoke-bc/ to read the story.
Apply for the 2023 Partnership Recognition & Exploration Fund
UBC Community Engagement is now accepting applications for the 2023 Partnership Recognition & Exploration Fund. The Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund awards up to $1,500 to fill small resource gaps and empower community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff. We especially welcome applications for projects that advance: Funding is available […]
31 community partners receive support from the Community University Engagement Support Fund in 2022/23
UBC has awarded over $745,000 to support community-university partnerships that benefit communities and advance collaborative research, teaching and learning throughout British Columbia. Paid directly to community partners, CUES funding prioritizes reciprocal, inclusive engagement so all communities — especially those that have been historically, persistently or systemically marginalized — can benefit. “Researchers often want to collaborate […]
2022 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund awards 47 community partners
The Office of Community Engagement has awarded over $70,000 to support community-university collaboration and relationship building. The Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) fund empowers community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff. Since 2017, the fund has invested more than $450,000 in 289 community-university partnerships, with approximately 50% of funding going […]
Inside UBC Sauder Gives Back: A week spent in service of others
This year, October 3 to 8, 2022, students, faculty, staff and alumni came together for UBC Sauder Gives Back, a week dedicated to partnering with local organizations and volunteering in the Vancouver community. UBC Sauder Gives Back is a student-run initiative of the Commerce Undergraduate Society (CUS). The student organizers arranged a wide spectrum of […]