ORICE offers two primary types of programming: co-curricular and academic. Co-curricular programs allow you to develop skills related to your studies outside of your coursework. We’ve coined the term ‘engagementships’ to describe programs that offer students the opportunity to engage with a research question or explore a particular topic of focus with an interdisciplinary team. They are hosted in a remote/virtual space, are flexible and mostly student-led.
Academic course programs also include community-based projects, but are tailored to the learning outcomes of a specific for-credit course. ORICE international placements with community partners around the world are being offered again through three courses this 2022-23 academic year. Although collaboration has been fostered during online remote programs, immersive courses/programs taking place at the community organizations have always served as fruitful learning experiences for students.
Check out our fall program offerings for the 2022-23 academic year below:
Co-curricular Programs
Ethics of International Engagement and Service-Learning Engagementship Opportunity (Cohort #3)
Open to all upper-year undergraduate & graduate students.
Students will explore the many ways that international (and local) engagement has changed over the years and consider how our ethical framework should also adapt to reflect this. Cohort #3 will be part of developing the roadmap (project plan) for the overall project.
Food Stash Research Engagementship: An Analysis of the Rescued Food Market (Cohort #2)
Open to all upper-year undergraduate & graduate students.
The student team will work with community organization, Food Stash, to conduct participatory action research through dialogue with market users where they will be invited to voice their needs and experiences to better understand the user demographics and needs. Cohort #2 will build on the work of the first cohort.
DCOE Cultural Heritage Sites Research Engagementship (Cohort #2)
Open to all upper-year undergraduate & graduate students.
Students will engage in research and analysis to advance the understanding of Canadian cultural heritage and interdisciplinary considerations as to the effects of Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF’s) military actions in the past, present, and future. The second cohort will build on the work of the first cohort, and also explore how climate change affects cultural heritage and why this is relevant to the CAF.
SAR ‘Scholars in Prison’ Engagementship (Terms 1 & 2)
Open to all upper-year undergraduate & graduate students.
Students will engage in research and scholarly informed activism in support of SAR’s Scholars in Prison Project– which seeks to support and free wrongfully imprisoned scholars and students around the world. This year’s case will focus on imprisoned scholars India, China, Iran, Belarus and Egypt.