This course prepares co learners to be effective participants in a community-based project. Building on topics and themes from other certificate courses, co learners will develop skills and learn to use practical tools for project management, by engaging in hands-on, sustained participation with other group members, to achieve a mutually agreed upon project related to community engagement in Hamilton. This course includes regular face-to-face (F2F) sessions wherein co learners will support each other in achieving their project goals; reflect on their developing skills; as well work toward their small group's component of the chosen group project. Throughout the course, co learners will identify and work through issues and challenges related to group formation and process, and will engage in ongoing critical reflection about the roles they take when working within diverse urban communities. At the end of this course, co learners will have assembled a collection of documents that demonstrate their acquired experience in the areas of group formation, project design and delivery, and process evaluation.
