Resources for Alternative Spring Break applicants and participants on community engagement, social justice, global citizenship, community-based partnerships, and solidarity.
ARTICLE
- W. Nilsson & T. Paddock Social Innovation From the Inside Out-Stanford Social Innovation Review - 2014
MEDIA ARTICLES
- Read the 94 recommendations here: Truth and Reconciliation Commission-APTN-2015
- Before you pay to volunteer abroad, think of the harm you might do - I. Birrell - The Guardian - 2010
- Diversity is Not a Certificate: How to Dismantle Oppression at Your Work Place - K. Jakubowsky - 2015
- What is Privilege: A Quick and Dirty Guide - S. Ferguson - 2014
- 'Intersectional feminism'. What the hell is it? (And why you should care) - A. Vidal - 2014
- Why Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional (And 3 Ways to Practice It) - J. Uwujaren and J. Utt - 2015
- Against Charity - M. Snow - Jacobin Mag - 2015
- White Privilege, Explained in One Simple Comic - J. Kapp - Everyday Feminism - 2014
- So you want to talk about racism: Dear Well-Intentioned Liberal White People - K. Cheng - McGill Daily - 2014
- Accomplices Not Allies - Indigenous Action Media
BOOKS
- R. Ghosh & A. Abdi Education and the Politics of Difference, Canadian perspectives, 2nd ed.- 2014
- R. Stoecker, E.A. Tryon & A. Hilgendorf The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning - 2009
GUIDES AND TOOLKITS
- Essential Guide to Reflection - Cal Corps Public Service Center - 2006
- R. Pain, G. Whitman and D. Milledge (Durham University) & Lune Rivers Trust Participatory Action Research Toolkit: An introduction to using PAR as an approach to learning, research, and action - 2011
- L.J. Gemmel & P.H. Clayton A Comprehensive Framework for Community Service-Learning in Canada - 2009
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Community Standards For Service Learning - A guide to build better service-learning relationships
RESEARCH
- P. McIntosh Unpacking the Knapsack of White Privilege-1990
- C. Holdsworth & J. Quinn The Epistemological Challenge of Higher Education Student Volunteering: "Reproductive" or "Deconstructive" Volunteering? - 2011
- K. M. O’Connor, K. Lynch & D. Owen Student-Community Engagement and the Development of Graduate Attributes - 2011
- G. Seiler, F. Shamonda, K. Thompson Race, Risk and Resilience: Implications for Community-based Practices in the Black Community of Montreal - 2011
- V. Namaste and P. Jauffret Negotiating Partnership and Ownership in Community-based Research: Lessons from a Needle Exchange in Montreal - 2006
- E.J. Meyer & D. Stader Queer Youth and the Culture Wars: From Classroom to Courtroom in Australia, Canada and the United States - 2009
