Service Projects
The Service Project gives each student in the Scholars Academy the chance to be part of a community-based project.
Applications currently closed. The next application cycle will begin in summer 2024.
These semester or year-long projects give scholars an opportunity to learn how to collaborate with an existing charity while also interacting and working with their peers in the program.
These semester or year-long projects give scholars an opportunity to learn how to collaborate with an existing charity while also interacting and working with their peers in the program. Many of the students are already very active in the volunteer sector, and regularly exercise leadership and community efforts. These projects are focused on team-building and community engagement to further strengthen their skills. Students have the capacity to undertake work in areas such as:
- Strategic planning
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- Evaluation (including the development of measuring tools; craft messages and choose tactics to reach targets most effectively)
- Research (assessments, questionnaire, surveys, interviews, focus groups, literature reviews)
- Presentations and workshops
- Brochures, written material such as articles, web content, social media campaigns
2023-24 semester
Scholars Academy worked with the following groups:
- Autism Calgary
- Melius Mentorship
- NanoTess
- Growing Minds YYC!
- Nutrition and Exercise Learning for Youth (NELY)
- Aspire, Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ
Kids Cancer Care Foundation
A collaboration with , where the students created art with young cancer patients and then auctioned the art at a gala to raise money for the KCC.
Calgary Reads
Collaboration with to raise awareness for literacy in the city, especially with underprivileged children
Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ's Office of Sustainability
Collaboration with the to gather campus community stakeholder perspectives about what sustainability issues impact students.
Bethany Care Society
A collaboration with , where students created a resident and family engagement strategy.
Campus Community Closet
A collaboration with to conduct a literature review on the prevalence of financial strain in post secondary for accessing clothing, toiletries, school supplies, and other necessities.
Humans of UCalgary
A collaboration with to secure project funding from the Champions for a Healthy Campus Grant to foster a greater sense of community through photojournalism.
Pangaea
A collaboration with to design an innovative campaign to destigmatize issues surrounding the Syrian refugee crisis and offering tutoring and ESL classes to refugees and immigrants as they wait for formal classes.
Cassie + Friends
Collaboration with to develop the Youth e-Mentorship program that enables young people living with rheumatic disease across Canada to connect with youth mentors who can share their experiences and provide support.
Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society (CFBTS)
Collaboration with to develop an understanding of risk factors that mediate the high occurrence of kitchen fires in Northeast Calgary / immigrant homes; and curate a subsequent set of fire and burn prevention resources targeting immigrant families who statistically have high risk for kitchen fires and limited awareness of burn prevention.
Calgarians for Kids' Health
Collaboration with to advance the work highlighting the importance of fluoridation in Calgary water by two inter-related activities.
Jewish Family Services Calgary
Collaboration with to develop the Memory Care Program which provides in-home one-on-one volunteer support to individuals living with memory loss or a diagnosed dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, while providing respite time to the informal caregivers of these individuals.
Motivate(her)
is a student-led podcast that highlights influential women achieving excellence in their fields of passion and hopes to disseminate meaningful learnings for young women, inspire the next generation of female leaders, and drive societal transformation towards a more equal world.