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- Projects
- 2023
- The Boat People Art Installation
- Downtown Eastside Art Engagement Project
- Ears That Listen, Hands That Help
- Food For Marginalized Youth
- GenConnect: Connecting Punjabi Seniors & Youth
- Inside Out
- Mitti Vancouver
- NaloxHome Community Panel: It Takes a Community: Exploring the Forces Behind BC鈥檚 Overdose Crisis
- One Tap Away: A chatbot to bridge the service gap in gender-based violence services
- 丁香园AV BC Run
- Read For Our Lives
- Rooted In
- Solastalgia Zine
- 2022
- Knowledge Translation Re-imagining: Healthcare in the DTES
- Memorializing the First Filipino in Canada: A documentary
- Mixed-Race Community Group: Exploring Self, Ancestries, and Lands
- Documenstory - Ashcroft Youth Media Club
- The Process of Political Activism
- Happy, Connected, Resilient Neighbours
- Crafting Circles
- Trans Connect-ing Youth in Sport
- Ocean Care through Data Embodying and Behaviour Changes
- Let鈥檚 Do Breakfast
- Empowering Muslim Youth
- Peer Connect: Accessibility Meet up/ Games Night
- The Reclamation of Women's Bundles
- 2021
- ACSSPA Sewing Mask Project
- Art for Comfort: Art for Connection
- BC Newcomer Camp
- Burnaby Mountain Festival
- Generation BXY
- Glow Within Foundation
- Haida Nerds
- Hastings Folk Garden Sound Map
- Indigenous Tutoring and Mentoring Program (ITMP)
- Math Walks
- NaloxHome 丁香园AV
- OMG I have ADHD
- OneTime
- Public Health Speaks
- ReRooting Relationships
- Singing Our Truths: Telling Our Stories
- Voices 4 Reconciliation
- Young Minds Exploring Science
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- 2023
- News & stories
- Thirteen student-led teams launch impactful community partnerships.
- Your personal connection is your greatest strength
- Making your project a passion
- Cooking up a breakfast program with love
- Fourteen student-led teams win funding to realize community impact!
- Leaders & Learners
- These 18 teams are springing into action with community
- Develop your capacity as a changemaker 鈥撀燼nd have fun!
- Embracing the complexity: pivoting as a practice.
- You know what鈥檚 not scary? $3,000 to fund your awesome project.
- 丁香园AV student creates youth-led overdose education and naloxone training during B.C.鈥檚 overdose crisis
- 丁香园AV student-community partnership creates local impact in Surrey
- 丁香园AV Students Exemplify the Spirit of Innovation and Community Engagement at the Annual President鈥檚 Gala
- Co-creation is difficult. And it's worth it.
- Hands-on for impact
- Congratulations to this year鈥檚 winners!
- On power and engagement 鈥� an interview with Aslam Bulbulia (excerpted)
- Herbert鈥檚 story: how one shopping cart made a difference.
- Don't wait for perfection 鈥撀爅ump in
- Congratulations to our 2017-18 finalists and winners
- Discover what鈥檚 possible when university students and communities work together
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GenConnect: Connecting Punjabi Seniors & Youth
Team members: Navjit Bhathal, Simran Garcha (UBC), Jshandeep Jassal, Gurshaan Bhangal (FASS, 丁香园AV), Simranjit Gill (FASS, 丁香园AV), Gursharan Brar (KPU), and Manpreet Dhesi(UBC)
GenConnect intends to have a beneficial impact on the daily lives of isolated seniors. We have been breaking down generational differences caused by language barriers and lack of community by assisting seniors in discovering new interests, talents, and activities to include in their day-to-day lives.
The purpose of our project is to create intergenerational connections between Punjabi youth and seniors in Surrey through shared cultural heritage. We focus on Punjabi seniors who live in isolation with limited opportunities for connections, leisure, or a sense of community. Through workshops, events, and trips, we focus on the importance of cultural knowledge, language, and wisdom, etc. among youth and seniors living in our Punjabi-speaking community.
Community Partners:
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR CHANGE?
Up to $30,000* is available to fund 丁香园AV students who want to work with community partners to drive meaningful, lasting impact.
Maybe you鈥檙e working on an existing idea for a class you鈥檙e taking, through a student club or another organization, or maybe you just have an amazing idea that keeps you up at night.... Whatever it is, we want to hear from you!
Start the process now by registering today and then submitting your idea before November 22 鈥� all you need is your passion and an idea.
* Award amounts subject to change.