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Go Global facilitates International Service Learning placements that connect UBC students with volunteer projects around the world. These projects are designed by the communities with whom you will work and learn. The learning curriculum for each project involves UBC faculty and staff, as well as the host community.
As an active citizen, you can help to connect your academic studies with real-world experience. Using the experiential education model, you will engage in a continuous cycle of learning, action, and reflection.
The Go Global International Service Learning program values:
- Learning inside and outside of the classroom that is complemented by meaningful service projects;
- Projects that focus on social justice and reciprocal learning;
- Community partners who identify projects and contribute as co-educators throughout the project cycle;
- Critical thinking and analysis skills, challenged by examining the complexities of the issues at hand.
| Placement |
Learning theme |
Location |
Application deadlines |
Program dates |
| Universal primary education |
Achieving universal primary education |
Uganda |
Still accepting applications |
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Community development: children's rights & needs |
Children's rights |
Swaziland |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Community-level HIV/AIDS program support |
Combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases |
Swaziland |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Community-level HIV/AIDS program support |
Combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases |
Uganda |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Community (re)building and the role of cooperatives in poverty reduction |
Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger |
Rwanda |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
July 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Poverty reduction through rural community development |
Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger
Promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women |
Uganda |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Tourism and environmental sustainability |
Impact of tourism on environmental sustainability and biodiversity |
Costa Rica |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Leadership & development |
Role of leaders in international development |
Mexico |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Sanitation engineering and clean water project |
Combatting HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
Environmental sustainability |
Lesotho |
Still accepting applications |
May 15–Jul. 1, 2009
or
Jul. 10–Aug. 24, 2009 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 |
Sept. 15–Dec. 14, 2009 |
| Sociology 435: Perspectives on global community partnership (6-credit course) |
Developing a global partnership for development |
Uganda |
Still accepting applications |
May 11–22, 2009: SOCI 435 course at UBC Vancouver
May 29–Jul. 10, 2009: Service learning project in Uganda |
Application deadlines
There is currently a rolling deadline for all summer programs and applications will be accepted until remaining spaces are filled.
Program dates
Program dates on this chart refer to the international component of the program and any relevant UBC course dates. All programs also consist of pre- and post-experience learning sessions with Go Global. For full program dates, please refer to specific project pages on our website.
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