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Fall 2025 - Social Work with Communities

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MacEwan University
MacEwan University
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tracy Whatmore
She / Her
Supervisor, Work-Integrated Learning
(24)
7
Timeline
  • September 29, 2025
    Experience start
  • November 30, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
2/2 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Skills
social work
Learner goals and capabilities

In the fall semester (Sept to Dec) fourth year Social Work students will work with local social service organizations to engage their target population in a community mobilization/development focused event.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Intermediate levels
40 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Your team will either organize and run the event or provide you with a community asset map customized to your needs and community resources.

Project timeline
  • September 29, 2025
    Experience start
  • November 30, 2025
    Experience end

Project examples

Event ideas:

  • Organize a “town hall” style event to discuss a community issue or initiative of the community partner
  • Organize a celebration (a retirement, a cultural or seasonal celebration etc)
  • Organize a block party (sharing food, recreational activities, building relationships)
  • A community mobilization project (e.g. clean up and paint a community space)
  • Educational event (e.g. Mums and Tots literacy event, cultural competency etc.)

… bring us your ideas!

OR work with a team to develop an asset map

  • Work with young parents? the student team could research and organize information about access to programming to support parenting skills
  • Work with newcomer populations? The student team could research or organize assets in the community that help address social isolation for newcomers
  • Work with vulnerable populations? The student team could research and gather information about their issues and implications for social work practice/policies.

… bring us your ideas

Linked templates
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Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q1 - Checkbox
    Be willing to host a visit at your site from the team as part of the collaboration
  • Q2 - Checkbox
    Projects are tied to a student’s overall course mark and must be completed within a 2.5-month time period and must be managed around varying student schedules.
  • Q3 - Checkbox
    Attend on-campus meetings/ or virtual meetings (based on COVID-19 restrictions)
  • Q4 - Checkbox
    Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
  • Q5 - Checkbox
    Ensure timely transfer of information and firm commitment to scheduled meetings to support project success.
  • Q6 - Checkbox
    Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.