Midterm Flashcards
What is the definition of a community?
A broad term used to define groups of people.
How is engagement defined in an educational context?
A generic, inclusive term to describe the broad range of interactions between people.
What is community engagement?
People working collaboratively, through inspired action and learning, to create and realize bold visions for their common future and ensure communal well-being.
What does the active citizen continuum represent?
A rubric to guide those who want to be more active in their community.
Who is considered a member in the context of community engagement?
Any individual who is not yet cognizant of their role in social issues that exist within society.
What is a volunteer?
Any individual who is participating in community service.
Define a conscientious citizen.
Any individual who is seeking a deeper understanding of social injustices.
What characterizes an active citizen?
Any individual who is making decisions based on the benefit of the community.
Who is a beneficiary in community engagement?
Person/people who receive/provide assistance or action.
What does ‘focus’ refer to in community engagement?
The objective/goal of the assistance or action, providing a service or learning.
What are Furco’s five experiential learning models?
Experiential learning models based on the beneficiary and focus component of community engagement in academics.
What is volunteerism?
Engagement of students in activities with an emphasis on the service being provided with the beneficiary as the service recipient.
What is community service?
Focus on the service being provided and the impact on the recipient; may be a requirement for a program.
Define field education.
Provides students with co-curricular service opportunities that are not fully integrated with their academic studies.
What is an internship?
Engages students in service activities primarily for hands-on experiences that enhance learning related to a field of study.
What is the goal of community service learning?
To link experience, knowledge, and skills with learning.
What is international volunteerism?
Volunteering internationally without the requirement of integration into learning or educational programs.
Define international service learning/community engagement.
A structured academic experience in another country where students participate in activities addressing community needs.
What is voluntourism?
A form of tourism where travelers participate in voluntary work typically for charity.
List some pros of voluntourism.
- Long-term impacts if well-thought out and sustainable
- Broadens understanding of complex issues worldwide
- Stimulates local economies.
List some cons of voluntourism.
- Drains local resources
- Poor quality work due to inexperience
- Short volunteer time
- Disrupts local economy
- Poor supervision.
What are some issues that may be faced in community engagement?
- Gender and education
- Lack of education and poverty
- Gender gap in Canada
- Environmental sustainability
- Poverty and access to basic needs
- Identity challenges.
What do healthy communities rely on?
Bringing people together.
What must individuals learn to appreciate in a community?
The knowledge and experiences of those who are different from us.
What are some benefits that communities provide?
- Courage
- Hope
- Options
- Purpose
- Limits loneliness
- Increases socialization
- Constructive feedback
- Growth and joy through shared experiences.
What are some cons of community dynamics?
- Exclusion
- Marginalization
- Denied access
- Social exclusion.
What is the statistic regarding youth gangs in Canada?
Canada has 434 youth gangs with ~7,000 members nationally, 94% are males, and 48% are under 18 years old.
What is essential for building positive and healthy communities?
Establishment and maintenance of long-term relationships between individuals, government, and community stakeholders.
What challenges exist in creating communities?
- Navigating cultural differences
- Managing power dynamics
- Managing time and deadlines.
What is sustainability as environmental activism?
The need to balance the economy, environment, and society in all decisions involving the health of the planet.
Define sustainability as maintenance.
Supporting and ensuring that a project or policy remains in place over time while considering long-term consequences.
What are the three pillars of sustainability?
- Environmental protection
- Economic viability
- Social equity.
What is necessary to make sustainability a reality?
- Leadership
- Civil engagement
- Responsibility.
What does location refer to?
A particular position on earth.
What is a place?
An area that has unique physical and human characteristics.
What is mobilization of knowledge?
Sharing information and knowledge with others in the community.
What does diversity refer to?
The conditioning of having or being composed of differing elements.
What is inclusion?
Meaningful integration and participation in society while acknowledging and accepting people of different backgrounds.
Define equity.
The quality of being fair and impartial.
What is social justice?
Action intended to create genuine equality and respect among peoples.
What is economic inequality?
The extent to which income and wealth is distributed unevenly among the world’s population.
What do Laurier’s equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives involve?
Inclusion of individuals from diverse races, cultures, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, religions, and abilities.
How does inclusion encourage growth?
- Critical thinking
- Awareness and appreciation
- Decision making and innovation
- Participation in the community.
What are tax havens?
Popular strategies for hiding money from local and national governments.
What factors impact housing access and affordability?
- Mental health
- Trauma
- Job loss
- Poverty
- Synthetic drugs
- Opioid crisis.
What are some issues faced by indigenous communities?
- Poverty
- Poor health
- Lack of adequate housing
- Substance abuse.
What is social innovation?
The creation, development, adoption, and integration of new concepts, systems, and practices that prioritize people and the planet.
