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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear BC Library, Museums and Archives colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Funding Available</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<b><i><u>for Rural Community Based Projects up to $5,000</u></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">For the sixth consecutive year, the UBC Library’s
<u>Irving K. Barber Learning Centre</u> and the UBC <u>Centre for Community Engaged Learning</u> and are pleased to announce the launch of the
<b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/remote-community-based-learning-fund/"><span style="color:#0070C0">BC Rural Community Engaged Learning Fund</span></a></span></b><span style="color:#0070C0">
</span>for the 2018-2019 academic year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This funding is available to UBC faculty members or instructors to work with rural partners to create community-based experiential learning (CBEL) opportunities for their students – and to ensure meaningful
outcomes for and accountability to communities. The Fund is intended to support collaborations between UBC students and organizations located in rural and northern communities in British Columbia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Importantly, this is not just what the community can learn from UBC but what UBC can learn from the community.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Who can apply?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> UBC faculty or instructors.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">However, as a prospective community partner, you can propose a project idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To initiate a general enquiry, start here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://ccel.ubc.ca/connect"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://ccel.ubc.ca/connect</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">*</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you already have a project in mind,
<b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cUd56D4WNCpDmqF"><span style="color:#0070C0">use this survey</span></a></span></b><span style="color:#C00000">*</span><span style="color:#002060">
</span>to submit more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">*On the form, indicate “rural/northern community” so that the submission is routed to the appropriate UBC staff member.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">By connecting with UBC through funded projects, community partners collaborate with faculty work and student learning that cannot be achieved through traditional university teaching and scholarship. Through
this experience, rural community organizations have the opportunity to connect their priorities to faculty work and student learning. Students have the opportunity to learn about community priorities outside of urban centres while also testing their own assumptions
and developing teamwork and communication skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UBC faculty members or instructors can learn more about eligibility and apply by <a name="https___facultystaff_students_ubc_ca_stu"></a><a href="https://facultystaff.students.ubc.ca/student-development-services/remote-community-based-learning-funding"><span style="mso-bookmark:https___facultystaff_students_ubc_ca_stu"><b>visiting
this site</b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:https___facultystaff_students_ubc_ca_stu"></span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you have any questions, please email
<a href="mailto:gordon.yusko@ubc.ca"><b>Gordon Yusko</b></a> with Irving K. Barber Learning Centre or
<a href="mailto:jill.porter@ubc.ca"><b>Jill Porter </b></a>with the Centre for Community Engaged Learning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Forte;color:#002060">Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Gordon Yusko<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Assistant Director, Community Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | University of British Columbia Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Phone 604 822 2298<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:gordon.yusko@ubc.ca"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">gordon.yusko@ubc.ca</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
| </span><a href="http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">ikblc.ubc.ca/</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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