Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning
....students, educators and communities learning and working together to strengthen individuals and society
Welcome
Community Service-Learning (CSL) is an educational approach that integrates service in the community with intentional learning activities. Within effective CSL efforts, members of both educational institutions and community organizations work together toward outcomes that are mutually beneficial.
In the Spotlight
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Promising Practices seminar "Reflection in Community Service-Learning" audio file and resource page now online!
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CACSL invites stakeholders to provide input on second draft of Strategic Planning Discussion Paper. Click here for more information!
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CSL practitioners from across Canada share their reading week experiences from 2008. Read more…
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New video highlighting the community perspective on CSL launched!
Learning Centre
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Listen (Audio Podcasts)
- VOICES OF CSL in CANADA: interviews with those involved in CSL programs
- PROMISING PRACTICES: listen to the 2007 and 2008 tele-learning seminars
Share & Discuss
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Read
Enhancing the Capacity of Community-Based Organizations in East St. Louis in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, Summer 1998; 17: 323-333. Recommended article by John Cawley, Senior Program Officer with the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. Click here to read the abstract.
“Building the Service-Learning Pyramid: Engaging Campuses, Creating Citizens”: A highly recommended resource from an experienced CSL practitioner which outlines concepts and key strategies to support service-learning in post-secondary institutions. Click here to check it out!
CSL IN CANADA: A SCAN OF THE FIELD - The first report of its kind published in Canada, this scan describes emerging and established CSL programs from coast to coast.
Available to download
ANNOTATED CSL BIBLIOGRAPHY - an overview of current literature and research. Download
CSL Partnerships & Programs (an overview)
Link below to each region:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
PRAIRIES
ONTARIO
QUEBEC
ATLANTIC
McConnell Foundation
In January 2005, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation launched it's National University-Based Community Service-Learning Program. They have provided funding to ten Canadian institutions to integrate CSL within their curriculum and to build strong partnerships with their local communities. The Foundation also funds the Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning.
National University-Based
Community Service-Learning Program