The CCP Community-Engaged Initiatives (CEI) Grants are financial awards ranging up to $1000. They are designed to ignite and strengthen student and community partnerships in the City of Toronto. The grants encourage innovative community-engaged projects in partnership with community organizations. They provide an opportunity for students to develop interpersonal and professional relationships, build project and volunteer management skills, and engage with communities that they identify with.
We’re looking for projects that:
- occur in collaboration with a Toronto-based community partner (nonprofit or public sector organization)
- support community-identified goals, needs and initiatives
- encourage short-term or long-term involvement in the community and/or civic engagement
- engage students and community members beyond the planning committee
- align with the definition of community-engaged learning
We use these criteria:
- project takes place in partnership with a community, or a grassroots, nonprofit or public organization
- project responds to community-defined priorities
- the relationship is reciprocal, so that both the community partner and the students benefit from the engagement
- students undertake reflection to connect their community engagement to the learning outcomes of the initiative
We support you:
- prepare you to engage respectfully with the community (e.g. training, orientation)
- include meaningful opportunities for you to reflect on, discuss, and learn from their experience
- include opportunities for you to create or strengthen reciprocal partnerships with community partners
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Program Eligibility
All undergraduate, graduate students and campus groups from the St. George campus are welcome to apply.
Successful applications will have access to grant funds, educational programming surrounding program development, and one-on-one support. This could include logistical support, project implementation, project management and event planning.
If you are not applying for a grant but are interested in getting involved with the CEI grant, you may apply to be a member of the grant review committee. Email info.ccp@utoronto.ca for more information.
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How The Program Works
Applications are peer-reviewed by the Community-Engaged Initiatives Grant Committee (six students, one student staff, and two staff members).
Members of the CEI Grant committee may contact applicants with supplemental questions after reviewing the initial application.
CCP Community-Engaged Initiatives (CEI) Grants are not available in 2021/2022.
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Program Registration
Applications are currently closed.
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What Students Are Saying
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This project was a great opportunity for medical students to interact with refugees and learn from them, so that they can better serve the diverse population as future physicians. They gained cross-cultural communication skills and learned about some of the challenges that refugees face.
David