Beyond the Ivory Tower: Knowledge, Community and the UN Sustainable Development Goals : March 2, 2018

This public forum is intended for dialogues and conversations about the roles of the university in community engaged learning and research, and how such engagements could lead to meaningful partnerships between univeristy and the communities, particularly with regards to addressing development issues. Please join us for a stimulating afternoon of dialogues and interactions. Register at […]

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Reimagining the Concept of a Commonwealth University

This week’s blog post first appeared on The Association of Commonwealth Universities’ blog and is reposted here with permission. As I have been thinking about a blog for our Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), I got a bit stuck on the concept of commonwealth itself. If you look at definitions for the word commonwealth, you […]

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The Art of Listening / L’art d’écouter

Usually comfortable with talking, and rarely short of an opinion, David Phipps reflects on listening as a key skill for knowledge brokers. Très à l’aise dans la parole et rarement à court d’opinion, David Phipps réfléchit à la capacité d’écoute comme qualité essentielle des courtiers de connaissance. In this video Budd Hall (UNESCO Chair in […]

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