The Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellowship Program (CELFFP) recognizes and supports innovative instructors across the University of Toronto in developing new, or enhancing existing, community-engaged learning (CEL) and/or community-engaged research (CER) courses.
The Centre for Community Partnerships is not currently accepting applications for its Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellowship Program (CELFPP).
Meet our 2020-2021 faculty fellows under Program Eligibility.
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Program Eligibility
The program is open to any continuing appointment faculty member at U of T who is/will be scheduled to teach a new or existing CEL or CER course in the 2021-2022 academic year. It includes undergraduate and graduate courses.2020-2021 faculty fellows
- Corinne Beauquis, Assistant Professor, Department of Language Studies, UTSC; Special Advisor, Experiential Education, UTSC
- Gabriel Eidelman, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Institute for Management and Innovation, UTM; Director, Urban Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
- Aditi Mehta, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Urban Studies, UTSG
- Judith Taylor, Associate Professor, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies Institute, UTSG
- Lynn Tucker, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, Music and Culture program, UTSC
- Weiguo Zhang, Associate Professor, Sociology UTM; Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; Institute for Life Course and Aging
2019-2020 faculty fellows
- Sherry Fukuzawa, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream & Associate Chair, Department of Anthropology, UTM
- David Montemurro, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE
- Juan Carlos Osornio, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Spanish and Portuguese
- Olivier St-Cyr, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Director, KMD Collaborative Specialization, Faculty of Information
- Linda Trinh, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
- Matthew Walton, Assistant Professor, Comparative Political Theory, Department of Political Science
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How The Program Works
5-8 fellowships are available for the 2020-2021 academic year. Fellows meet regularly through the year to learn from each other, and from experienced faculty and community guest speakers, about CEL/CER course design, community partner stewardship and community-university engagement more broadly.
A series of course development workshops and a $2000 stipend are available per fellow to support professional or course development in the area of CEL and CER.
Requirements
Fellows are expected to participate in all aspects of the program:
- Attend 4 course development workshops/fellowship meetings in the 2020-2021 academic year (approximately 10 hours in total).
- Participate in a CEL/CER faculty fellows’ roundtable at CCP’s annual Faculty Institute on CEL/CER in 2022 to discuss the course development and delivery process.
- Submit a short final report with a copy of the final syllabus and associated assignments (at the end of the first offering of the CEL/CER course).
- Support future CEL faculty fellows in a mentoring role by attending at least one workshop/fellows meeting in 2022-2023.
Eligibility, application & selection processes
The program is open to any continuing appointment faculty member at the University of Toronto who is/will be scheduled to teach a new or existing CEL or CER course.
The fellowship programs strives for diversity in terms of identities, disciplines, campuses and approaches to teaching CEL/CER courses. We prefer to have at least one representative from each of the following disciplines: Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences. We also hope to have one representative from each campus. Applications will be assessed by a committee of experienced CEL faculty and staff from the Centre for Community Partnerships.
Your application should include:
- current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- cover letter outlining instructor’s interest in CEL and/or CER and a short description of the proposed course design/redesign
- letter of support by the head of the academic unit, which confirms that the CEL/CER course is scheduled for 2021-22*
*Head of the academic unit includes a principal, dean, chair or academic director as appropriate.
Selection criteria:
- background/expertise of faculty member
- course creation/redesign rationale
- feasibility (Is the course creation/redesign reasonable to achieve, both in general and within the fellowship structure?)
- sustainability (Are these changes that can be ongoing without additional supports during and beyond the fellowship?)
- fellowship impact (To what degree does the applicant plan to contribute to community engagement at U of T?)
Fellowship timeline:
- Spring: applications due
- Summer: successful applicants notified
- Fall-Winter Year 1: 4 course development workshops and fellowship meetings
- Fall-Winter Year 2: CEL/CER course offered by instructor
- Spring Year 2: presentation at CCP’s annual Faculty Institute
- Fall-Winter Year 3: fellows act as mentors to the incoming CEL faculty fellows cohort
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Program Registration
Email your application to Heather Hermant at heather.hermant@utoronto.ca.
Please write “Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellowship Program” in the subject line.