Relationships Before Agendas: Members’ Experiences of a Novel Changemaking Microcredential in Post-Secondary Education
Keywords:
changemaking higher education, personal growth, social innovation, qualitative collaborative self-studyAbstract
The Ashoka Changemaker campus model provides a methodology and framework to help universities achieve structural changes and develop students who want and understand how to make change. The University of the Fraser Valley, working with Ashoka Canada and Royal Roads University, ran a novel pilot program to help embed Changemaking within the institution. While there were specific measurable deliverables, the felt, lived, and internalized experiences of the cohort members were missing. Results show that participants have experienced personal growth and have become involved in specific changemaking activities, which are advancing changemaking at UFV. The study identifies recommendations for the next iteration of the course as well as thoughts on how the university could move forward.
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