Community Development

AHSC 445
Closed
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lecturer
(3)
4
Timeline
  • February 16, 2021
    Experience start
  • February 18, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 19, 2021
    Proposal
  • April 2, 2021
    Design & Implementation
  • April 16, 2021
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Social Enterprise, Non profit, Family-Owned, Incubator
Education, Environment, Arts, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society
Categories
Leadership Organizational structure Humanities Social sciences
Skills
dialogue leadership design community development facilitation
Learner goals and capabilities

Does your organization have a community development-related project or organizational need for which you would like to receive support from talented students in order to achieve the desired results?

In this course, 4th year students, working in team of 4, will help your organization identify community structures and inter‑group dynamics relevant to your organization’s intervention planning, gather and organize data, develop intervention plans that involve the community each step of the way and that foster leadership within its ranks, as well as evaluate said intervention.

Attention will be given to cultural diversity and value differences.

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
35 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Participating organizations can expect to receive:

  • Needs assessment
  • Dialogue session(s) with stakeholders
  • Report: a document recording done and summarizing the insights and recommendations most pertinent for their own operations
  • Any deliverable discussed and agreed with the client that would fit within the objectives of a community development project.

Project timeline
  • February 16, 2021
    Experience start
  • February 18, 2021
    Project Scope Meeting
  • February 19, 2021
    Proposal
  • April 2, 2021
    Design & Implementation
  • April 16, 2021
    Experience end
Project Examples

The project should address an organizational need using an aspect of the community development process (i.e. vision, mobilization, program development (design, action, implementation), dissemination, fundraising, evaluation) as determined by the needs of the organization.

Examples of suitable projects include, but are not limited to:

  • A stakeholder engagement strategy
  • An action plan
  • A collective vision
  • A series of community conversations
  • A needs assessment
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide feedback to the team of students.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.