Faculty
The Centre is currently developing projects that provide opportunities for involvement of faculty and students in community-based research and community service-learning. These projects are summarized here, with the details below:
|
Type |
Agency/Project | Numbers of students/faculty | Start/End |
| CSL/CBR | Lu’s Pharmacy: Evaluation Study | 1-2 Faculty2-4 students | Fall 09Winter 10 |
| CSL | Health Literacy Framework | 1-2 Faculty2-4 Students | Fall 09Winter 10 |
| CSL | Alcohol and Drug Education Services (Port Coquitlam)Series of Projects (see below) | 1-2 faculty6+ students | Winter 10, Summer 10, |
| CBR | Tri-Cities Intercultural Workplace Project(project evaluation) | 1-2 Faculty 6+ students | Winter 10 – Summer 2011 |
| CSL | Crossroads Hospice Society (Tri-Cities)Series of Projects | 2+ faculty6+ students | Winter 10 - ongoing |
| CSL | New View Society (Tri-Cities) | 1-2 faculty2+ students | Winter 2010 |
| CSL | Homelessness Task Force (Tri-Cities)Homes for Good Project | 1-2 faculty4+ students | Winter 2010 |
| CSL | Health FairCostco Optical or City of Coquitlam Parks and Leisure | 1-2 faculty6+ students | Winter 2010 - ongoing |
Details:
- Lu's: A Pharmacy for Women(Downtown East side): participate in developing evaluation framework and in data collection on the demonstrating value project
- Health Literacy framework: Be involved with a range of partners who are working to create a provincial strategy for Health Literacy
- Alcohol and Drug Education Services: (Port Coquitlam)
- Working with sports groups on drug awareness education
- Assistance with parent education groups regarding drug/alcohol use prevention
- Tri-Cities Intercultural Workplace Project
- Assist with development of an evaluation framework for the project. Involves development of tools, collection, analysis and interpretation of data
- Can involve successive groups of students for a semester over the length of the project (Jan 2010 - February 2011)
- Crossroads Hospice Society: (Tri-Cities):
- Group of students to create a story/documentation of the creation and work of the hospice
- Assist with the translation of materials used by the society
- International: potential projects in Nepal, or Vietnam
- Potential research projects:
- What are the current bereavement services provided in community and what is needed?
- Effect of music therapies in the bereavement process
- Death and dying from a variety of cultural perspectives
- Barriers to access services and information
- What other labyrinths are around, how are they used? What are their benefits
- New View Society (Tri-Cities)/ City of Port Coquitlam
- work with New View and Tri Cities Homelessness Task force on homelessness: see http://www.portcoquitlam.ca/Dynamic/Page4558.aspx see also the Port Coquitlam plan for ending homelessness: the Homes for Good Plan at http://www.homesforgood.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Homes-For-Good-Society-FINAL-REPORT_v1-1-Oct-2009.pdf
- City of Coquitlam: Parks and Leisure Services:
- Potential to conduct a health/ fitness/recreation fair for seniors

