Virtual Volunteer Placement (Feminist Studies - Fall 2020)
General
- Undergraduate; 3rd year
- 15 learners; individual projects
- 30 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 10 projects wanted
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Social enterprise, Non profit
- Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Individual & family services
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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September 15, 2020Experience start
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August 14, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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August 23, 2020Midpoint Check In
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December 10, 2020Experience end
Timeline
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September 15, 2020Experience start
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August 14, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and company to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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August 23, 2020Midpoint Check In
Ensuring that group is on track to submit deliverables to employer by end of term.
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December 10, 2020Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Would you like to benefit from the volunteer support of 3rd year students from the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa (Canada)? Do you lack the time or human resources to work on projects or programs related to Women's rights, Gender Equality or LGBTQ+? Students can offer you 30 hours of virtual volunteer support between mid-September and early December 2020. uOttawa has a program titled Community Service Learning (CSL). CSL is an academic program and form of experiential learning where students contribute to their community by participating in professor-approved community service placements related to course learning objectives and then produce corresponding reflective assignments. You have the opportunity to tap into a pool of dedicated students to expand your organization's resources and capacity!
- Learner skills
- Gender studies
- Deliverables
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Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the project and organization needs.
Project Examples
Students' tasks can be determined according to your needs, but here are some examples of tasks they can do for you:
- Help with research related to LGBTQ+, Gender or Women's rights
- Help create educational tools (e.g. creation of pamphlets, resources for your website, social media publications, PPT, etc.).
- Help facilitate meetings, presentations or webinars
- Making calls to your members to break the isolation during this unprecedented time
- Help you consolidate a database (e.g. resource directory)
- Assistant to community service program (remotely)
- Event or Social Justice Campaign assistant
- Peer Help
- Project assistant
- Etc.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Community Partners will need to sign an agreement with the University of Ottawa and provide a proof of general insurance liability of minimum 2 million dollars including the University of Ottawa as an additional insured (details to be discussed).
You have to be a not-for-profit or public organization or institution to be eligible.
Placements are unpaid and of 30 hours
The community partners will have to use uOttawa Community Engagement Navigator to approve student's hours and complete a short evaluation on their work (more details to be provided).