Left to right: Dr. Lindsey Richardson and Dr. Leonora Angeles
Two community-university projects being co-led by Arts faculty members have been funded by the W2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund.
The Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund awards up to $1,500 to bridge small resource gaps, enabling UBC students, faculty, and staff to forge reciprocal relationships with community partners. Since 2017, the fund has supported 361 partnerships, directing approximately half of the funds to IBPOC-led community organizations.
Learn more about the Faculty of Arts PRE funded projects below:
Red Fox ASSET Participant Support Project
Community partner: Emma Sutherland, Red Fox Healthy Living Society
UBC partner: Dr. Lindsey Richardson, Associate Professor, Sociology
The project aims to promote the ASSETS study among former and current participants of Red Fox Healthy Living Society’s youth employment training programs. Leveraging Red Fox’s long standing engagement with diverse youth, including Indigenous, racialized, newcomer, and neuro-diverse individuals, this initiative seeks to gather valuable data for the BC Centre for Disease Control’s ASSETS program. Additionally, Red Fox stands to benefit from ASSETS data, enabling program enhancement, knowledge dissemination, and stronger grant applications, ultimately fortifying their capacity to facilitate long-term employment opportunities.
Red Fox’s collaboration with UBC, spanning student projects and partnerships with departments like Kinesiology and the Centre for Community Engaged Learning, underscores their commitment to community engagement and academic cooperation. Through connecting Red Fox staff and community members with ASSETS researchers, the project aims to build trust and rapport, opening avenues for mutual learning and collaboration beyond the immediate study. With support from PRE funds, Red Fox plans to facilitate participant engagement with the research study, fostering a reciprocal relationship that benefits both parties. As ASSETS shares data with Red Fox, the partnership deepens, facilitating service improvements and bolstering funding efforts for both organizations.
What Happens When Theatre Migrates?
Community partner: Erie Maestro, National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Centre Society (NPC3)
UBC partner: Dr. Leonora Angeles, Director and Associate Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
This collaborative project between UBC and the National Pilipino Canadian Cultural Center (NPC3) positions theater as a medium for exploring migratory histories in Canada. Through a Zoom lecture-conversation entitled, “Ha pano yun: What happens when theatre migrates?” and an in-person workshop, Filipino/a/x scholars and artists aim to engage the community, particularly those in the performing arts, in addressing issues of settler colonialism, identity formation, and community building. The project also supports the theatrical endeavour Ma(i)d(e) in the Philippines, which reinterprets Jean Genet’s The Maid to delve into migration, servitude, and climate crises, offering a platform for critical and creative exploration within Vancouver’s diasporic communities.
Led by Dr. Dennis Gupa and supported by Boca del Lupo, funds from the PRE grant will help facilitate intellectual exploration and production activities, with the goal of touring the theatrical creation of Ma(i)d(e) in the Philippines within and beyond Canada. By addressing issues of geographical dislocation, racial minoritization, and cultural disenfranchisement within the Canadian theater landscape, this project empowers Filipino/a/x Canadian artists and provides a platform for their stories and experiences to be heard and shared nationally and internationally.
Learn more about Community Engagement
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- Use the Community Partner Help Desk to connect to UBC resources and people.
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