University of Toronto Staff Events & Workshops
The Centre for Community Partnerships (CCP) hosts programs and events that bring together experiential learning (EL) staff who support community-engaged learning (CEL) courses.
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The Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) Staff Network is for staff who support CEL or community-partnered Experiential Learning (EL) in their roles. The network gathers bi-monthly to connect and learn together with peers across the tri-campus. Check out this year’s meetings below and join us to explore timely topics and find shared solutions to common challenges:
This interactive in-person session will support CEL instructors and staff who support CEL to better understand and collaboratively practice the process of Indigenizing curriculum. We will look at some of the sources for Indigenous epistemologies and explore the implications for how these ways of knowing and doing interact with different subject disciplines. This session will include examples, and participants will apply an Indigenous framework for Indigenizing curriculum to syllabi. Participants are encouraged to bring a course syllabus to work with. This workshop is facilitated by Andrew Bomberry, Office of Indigenous Initiatives, in partnership with the CCP, for CEL instructors and staff who support CEL courses. It is particularly relevant for settler/displaced (non-Indigenous) colleagues.
“The work before the work is the period of learning, reflection and relationship-building that happens before we approach Indigenous communities with partnership opportunities.”
— Working in Good Ways: A Framework and Resources for Indigenous Community Engagement, p. 31
Make intentional time in your schedule this year to advance your “work before the work.” We’ll learn together in virtual sessions guided by exercises from the University of Manitoba’s Working in Good Ways practitioner workbook. Take steps to assess your Indigenous content literacy, think critically about colonialism and institutional norms, and build relationships with integrity. Stay tuned for details of a Spring 2026 field trip also. This series is convened by the Centre for Community Partnerships for staff who support community-engaged learning and community-partnered experiential learning, and is particularly relevant for settler/displaced (non-Indigenous) staff.