About Community Service-Learning
Community Service-Learning is a paradigm shift in education from a focus on the student to a balance between the student and the nation - or the common good. The outcome? University relevance and community development. A win-win for all six program partners: students, faculty, NGOs and other community organizations, the nation, the government - and especially an exciting opportunity for universities.
Imagine …
- Hundreds of 1,000s of university students all across Africa and Asia earning credits through the integration of classroom instruction and community service
- Students and faculty “Making A Difference” in the development of their nations
- Universities, NGOs and other community organizations and local communities working in partnership
- A new multidisciplinary, multi-module, “Students Without Borders” study/service education
Example:
When science students collect and soil and water samples and present their findings to a local environmental agency … that is Community Service-Learning.
Taylor & Associates, Canada is committed to the establishment of Community Service-Learning Programs at universities in developing countries. Our five year goal, 2007 - 2012, is to establish Community Service-Learning Programs at ten universities in Africa and Asia, with students engaged in applying academic skills to solving real world issues.
Picture hundreds of 1,000s of university students learning through community service in both urban and rural placements, all over Africa and Asia - not separate from but integral to their courses and degrees. That’s the exciting world of Community Service-Learning!
About Taylor & Associates, Canada
Associates are young university students or graduates with great minds and experience in Community Service-Learning. Many are graduates of Bruce Taylor’s Community Service-Learning “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program.”
Michael T. G. Bowles - Associate
Michael’s background includes public affairs, policy management, results-based management, project evaluation, microfinance and applied research on sustainable livelihoods. He is currently Manager of Policy and Evaluation for the Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP) of the Aga Khan Foundation in Tajikistan. Michael holds the degrees of B.A and M.A. in Political Science from the University of Guelph, Canada and is a graduate of the “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program.”
Carley Y. Fort - Associate
Carley’s expertise is in the areas of gender development and sustainable development. She holds the degree of B.A. in International Development from the University of Guelph, Canada and is a graduate of the “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program.” Carley is fluent in French and is an avid skier and road cyclist.
Michael B. Grime - Associate
Michael is a graduate student in International Development Studies at St. Mary’s University, Canada. Michael’s interests include sustainable development, indigenous peoples, resource management, watershed development and traditional ecological knowledge. Michael is a graduate of the “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program.”
Stephen D. Hubbard - Associate
Stephen is a graduate student in Global Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Stephen’s courses and research, to be completed in March 2007, include semesters in Germany, South Africa and India and focus on globalization, global governance and cultural change. His M.A. thesis focuses on HIV/AIDS policies in India and South Africa. Stephen holds the degree of B.A. in Political Science from the University of Guelph, Canada and is a graduate of the “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program.”
R. Bryce Rudyk - Associate
Bryce is a Law graduate of the University of Toronto, Canada with expertise in human rights, HIV/AIDS management, environmental law and gender issues. Bryce is currently an Associate of the Commercial Litigation and Transnational Law Group of Lerners LLP, Toronto, Canada. Bryce also is a graduate of the “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program.”
Tanya V. Taylor - Associate
Tanya is a fourth year Business student at McGill University, Canada. Tanya’s interests include globalization, micro-finance, gender issues, proposal writing and fundraising. Tanya assists her father, Bruce Taylor, with program planning and networking for the Community Service-Learning Program.
Bruce L. Taylor - Director
Bruce has held senior positions with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in the Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Jamaica and Mennonite Central Committee in Thailand. In 1985, Bruce served as Emergency Aid Coordinator of the Sudan famine, one of the largest Red Cross operations since the Second World War. Bruce has taught Political Science at several universities including the University of Calgary, Canada and the National University of Rwanda in Butare, Rwanda. Bruce is the founder and director of the “International Co-operative Education Thailand Program” and Taylor & Associates, Canada’s Community Service-Learning Program.