Service Learning

Central to this certificate program is work-integrated learning through service. Volunteering with a local nonprofit organization of the student’s choice, in addition to developing relevant skills and engaging with networking opportunities, students’ personal and community life is enriched. Students deepen their self-awareness, challenge themselves personally, grow in compassion and empathy, and develop a sense of community responsibility. By serving others, they grow personally while addressing pressing social and environmental issues in their local communities as well as those that articulate with global concerns.

We would like to thank some of our most recent community partners for providing such great learning opportunities:

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Student Projects

The following are some examples of students’ past projects. All of these community engagements take place with nonprofit organizations in Vancouver’s Lower Mainland.

Are you interested in having KPU students or faculty involved with your organization? Whether you have a project, aren't sure how to get started, or want to gather more information, please contact the Program Coordinator at Sarah.Fessenden@kpu.ca.

Project	Organization	Description
	Northern Bear Awareness Society	Current project: Student work to support education and advocacy work.
Image	United Nations of Canada - Vancouver	Event-planning guide for UNAC's Think Global Link Local networking event.
Image	Richmond Food Aid Delivery Coalition	Focus group, survey, and ‘best practices’ research to help support the work of Richmond Food Aid Delivery Coalition.
Image	Cloverdale Community Kitchen	Ethnographic research, needs assessment, volunteer manual, grant-writing.
Image	Night Shift Street Ministries	One student providing food to those in need noticed possible overlap with other agencies, so she created a map with all of the agencies that bordered Nightshift Ministries.
Image	United Nations of Canada - Vancouver	Event-planning guide for UNAC's Think Global Link Local networking event.
Image	PADS	Students created profiles for dogs and created a guide to the process so that others could complete it more easily in the future.
Image	Surrey Poverty Reduction Coalition	Mary H. and Nadine M. researched poverty markers from updated statistics to be used for the THIS  is poverty event organized by the Surrey Poverty Reduction Coalition.
Image	Kwantlen First Nation	Research on Cultural Tourism with Seyem’ Qwantlen Business Group for Kwantlen First Nation and the Launch of the QuestUpon app in New Westminster. Thanks to Ashley, Brenda and the Kwantlen First Nation community.
Image	Surrey White Rock Food Action Coalition	Research ethics application and survey work for the Surrey White Rock Food Action Coalition. Thanks to our community partner Deirdre!
Image	Richmond Family Place	Report-writing and client interviews for Richmond Family Place. Thanks so much to our community partners Janice and Hala.
Image	Surrey Libraries	Thanks to our community partner Ravi Basi for organizing at Surrey Libraries, and John Shepherd (KPU Accounting) for organizing with the library, and to all of the librarians for hosting the students for the surveys. It was a great experience!
Image	Richmond Public Library	Surveys of Richmond Library Users - Richmond Libraries Students gathered over 300 surveys to assess use of the Brighouse and Steveston Libraries, and entered the data.  Thank you to community partner, Lee Ann Smith, for all of her hard work, and to John (KPU, Accounting) for survey design.