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Date: April 1st, 2026
Time: 4-6PM (Drop in anytime!)

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C.K. Choi Building, Room 120

About

Over the past year, more than 40 UBC students have engaged in ORICE’s Global Experiential Education Program (GEEP) by participating in seven different co-curricular engagementships. Five student teams worked on projects designed and led by global community partners, providing them with valuable hands-on learning opportunities. While two student teams worked on activating and engaging campus through the Human Rights and Gender+ in Research Collectives. As these impactful projects come to a close, students will showcase their work at the second annual ORICE Year-End Showcase: Global Community Engagement in Action. Whether you’re a student planning for your upcoming academic year, a faculty member eager to learn about the students’ contributions, or a member of the UBC community with an interest in experiential education, we invite you to join us for an afternoon of sharing, learning, and celebration!

Details

Poster presentations with light refreshments and time for discussion (attendees can come and go).

Project Descriptions

Co-Curricular
Gender+ Collective Campus Engagement Team 

This co-curricular opportunity is a GEEP initiative by the UBC Gender+ Collective. During this two-semester engagementship, a group of 2-4 students worked alongside the ORICE staff to continue some of the critical work being done by the Gender+ Collective. The student team helped shape the direction of the Gender+ Collective by fostering a community of students who engage with and contribute to the collective via shared experiences in research. The student team organized several workshops and events to promote a community in which gender and other intersections of identity, including race, class, sexuality, ability and others, are considered when conducting research. You can learn about these and more during their presentation at the Showcase!

Human Rights Collective Campus Engagement Team

This co-curricular opportunity is a GEEP initiative by the UBC Human Rights Collective. During this two-semester engagementship, a group of 5 students worked alongside 2 ORICE Scholars and ORICE staff to continue some of the critical work being done by the HRC. The student team helped shape the direction of the HRC and energize the collective by bringing creativity, initiative and commitment to all activities, while receiving leadership and guidance from the Collective and its home unit, ORICE. They organized and held several events and developed key pieces of media in an effort to foster a community committed to examining, collaborating, and acting towards the advancement of human rights. You can learn more about their work during their presentation at the Showcase!

Scholars in Prison Engagementship

During this two-semester engagementship, a group of 7 students focused their efforts on 3 individual cases of imprisoned scholars identified with SAR International. They developed a nuanced understanding of their backgrounds and the political, legal, and human rights issues surrounding their detention. This individual-centered advocacy approach is core to the program, grounding student work in the lived experiences of scholars under threat.  Students engaged in two forms of human rights research and produced two deliverables for SAR. They also hosted key public engagement events and travelled to Austria for SAR’s European Advocacy Days. Learn more about their research, events, and a recently released scholar at the Showcase!

Researching (Re)Integration: A Survey of Emerging Practices for Managing Safe House Transitions (MGSH)

Maisha Safe House partnered with ORICE for the first time for this desk research project to identify good/innovative practices for (re)integration into and out of safe houses in comparable environments to Nairobi, Kenya. A group of 4 students led by 2 ORICE Scholars participated in this engagementship with Maisha Safe House to deliver research to inform their (re)integration practices for girls accessing their safe house. This first stage will be presented in a final presentation and a written report, after which the Maisha team will decide whether and how to utilize it in programming and/or research. Learn more about this project at the Showcase!

Community Mental Health Nursing in Kenya: Evaluation and Policy 

A group of 3 students led by 3 ORICE scholars participated in this engameentship with long-standing community partner, Kamili Organisation. This group worked remotely to continue the work completed by previous cohorts to prepare, implement, analyze and document the findings of the evaluation to understand the impacts of training for selected nurses once they return to their home site of work. Activities associated with this project included a full review of the research and draft evaluation materials developed to date, refining evaluation tools with the partner, project planning, implementation protocols, evaluator training materials, data cleaning, analysis, final report writing/policy brief and contributions to grant applications for related programs. Learn more about the current stage of the project and possible opportunities to engage at the Showcase!

Scaling Inclusion with Basic Needs, Basic Rights Kenya

A group of 3 students and 3 ORICE Scholars participated in this enagementship with long-standing community partner, Basic Needs, Basic Rights. Together with a local Kenyan academic institution, ORICE worked to support BNBR to develop processes for rigorous inquiry into the effectiveness and evolution of BNBR interventions. The inquiry centers on three key dimensions, examining how those with lived experience, service providers, and organizational staff understand and experience social inclusion. The student team worked remotely to prepare and pilot an evaluation. Activities associated with this project included a full review of the service provision model and practice to date, project planning, literature reviews, environmental policy scans, research on social inclusion metrics, research design, methodology reviews and the development of data collection tools. Learn more about the project and its future at the Showcase!

Towards Thriving Rural Communities: Dunster, BC Community Engagement Project

A group of 5 students led by 1 ORICE Scholar participated in this engagementship with a newer community-partner: Dunster, BC. The student team worked with Rashmi Narayan, a Project Coordinator for the Dunster community, and the Dunster Community Organization to move their work forward by strengthening relationships, deepening policy understanding, and contributing to the development of practical tools for community and coalition advocacy in the face of agricultural land purchasing by large developers. The student team recently travelled to Dunster, BC to gain more context and meet with the community-partners. Learn more about their work at the Showcase!

Human Rights Defenders at Risk Project by the Human Rights Collective

The Human Rights Collective housed in the Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (ORICE), in partnership with Resilient Societies, is leading a research project to map and document Canadian university-based programs that directly support human rights defenders. The project will identify best practices, drawing on both Canadian and international examples, and recommend ways universities can strengthen their support – including through collaboration with HRDs and civil society groups, and through improved public policy. Two undergraduate students formed part of the research team for this project, working on key findings, organizing events, and publishing a series of blog posts around the topic. Learn more about the project at the Showcase!

Curricular

PPGA 391A: Human Rights in a Globalized World

This course offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience in the field of human rights work. The course takes an interdisciplinary lens to exploring the theory and practice of human rights work in a globalized world. Students learn the opportunities and impediments in rights-based work, and participate in experiential learning activities. Through case studies and examples from different disciplines, students better understand the diverse and increasingly complex body of human rights work. This is the 3^rd year that this course is offered under the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs in collaboration with the UBC Human Rights Collective and the UBC Office of Regional and International Community Engagement. Learn about this year’s course and 2 projects at the Showcase!