York Centre for Education and Community (YCEC) Summer Institute 2014
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on September 25, 2014 at 5:20 pm
Every year since it started in 2009, we have attended and brought a youth voice to the YCEC Summer Institute.
This year, we were honoured to be a partner and to sit on the organizing committee. Our participation included moderating and participating on the Youth Panel and the delivery of a workshop on School/Community/University Partnerships.
The panel was moderated by our Program Manager Kaneka Watkins, who facilitated an engaging dialogue among young leaders from the Jane and Finch community about what school and community partnerships mean to them. The panel consisted of Winston Luc (a former SBL Mentor), Princess Hoddiit (a current SBL Mentor), Fawad Habib (a graduate from C.W. Jeffry’s, Walk For Excellence) and Dymika Harte (a graduate of Downsview, Walk for Excellence). They spoke powerfully, engaging the audience through humor, personal experiences, and thought provoking questions that got right to the heart of what school/community partnerships can really be.
The workshop was co-facilitated by Yvette Munro (SBL Board Chair), Chris Penrose (SBL Executive Director) and Lorna Schwarzentruber (York U TD Community Engagement Centre). The conversation began with a framing through some history, theory and examples of school/community/university partnerships presented by Yvette. Chris then looked at SBL as an example, pulling out key ingredients that have worked, what the main challenges have been, and what success in such a partnership looks like for us. Lorna presented details about the York U TD CEC as an example of the role that York is currently playing in fostering and supporting these kinds of partnerships.
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