UNESCO Chair-GACER News October 31, 2012
Friends,
Our news today is coming from Brest, from the meeting of the PASCAL International Observatory where Rajesh and Budd have both been invited to offer keynote remarks. This is the first time that we have appeared at the same event since the UNESCO Chair has been established. We are very grateful to the University of Western Brittany and Dr. Jean-Marie Filloque for inviting us and to PASCAL for making us feel welcome amongst them.
Budd and Rajesh
Co-Chairs
UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
10th PASCAL Conference - The role of HE in local and regional social and economic development, Brest, France, 29-31 October 2012
Check out photos and keynotes including the keynotes of both Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall
Community Engagement in African Universities: Perspectives, Prospects and Challenges
Edited by Julia Preece, Peggy Gabo Ntseane, Oitshepile MmaB Modise and Mike Osborne
The most dominant voices for university engagement emanate from the USA, Australia and countries in Europe. Nevertheless, community engagement has a long tradition in African universities, although that tradition has been constrained by the fluctuating conditionalities of development funding agendas. Community Engagement in African Universities provides a historical and contemporary context for universities in Anglophone-speaking Africa, presenting the socio-economic realities of different national contexts which frame the variety of debates about community engagement on the continent.
New Report: 2012 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum
by PETER LEVESQUE on OCTOBER 20, 2012 ·
This landmark event was attended by 75 knowledge mobilization leaders from across Canada and the United States of America.
Held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on June 19 and 20, 2012, the Forum brought together representatives from a diverse set of sectors.
Preparations moving forward for GUNI International Conference on Knowledge, Engagement and Transformation of Higher Education, Barcelona, May 13-15, 2012
Cristina Esgrigas, Yazmin Cruz and Jesus Granados met with Rajesh Tandon and Budd Hall at UNESCO headquarters in Paris in a day long planning meeting about the Barcelona Conference and the subsequent world report.
Be sure to respond to the Call for practices. The Conference will be strategically important and lots of fun besides.
Deadline approaching for Community University Expo 2013 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland
November 15th is the deadline for getting your proposals into the conference organizers.
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