Grant Opportunity

The Community Scholars Program invites applications from BC-registered Community Scholars with Indigenous-led/Indigenous-serving organizations for a Research Preparation and Reciprocity Grant. (2 grants valued at $6000.00 each).

Upcoming workshops

Workshop: Introduction/Refresher: The Community Scholars Program and Portal 

This workshop is for registered Community Scholars

Whether you're new to the Community Scholars Program, or if it's been a while and you're ready to dig in, this session is for you. 

This online workshop (hosted on Zoom) will cover:

• introduction to the program
• what you can find in the Community Scholars Portal
• signing in to the Community Scholars Portal
• conducting a basic search and getting "better" results
• saving, downloading, printing, emailing the materials you find

...and a chance to have your questions answered and to meet other program participants

* We'd also love to hear more about your work and how the program can best support you. 

Next workshop: July 30, 2025, noon PST / 3pm EST.  Registration.

Upcoming information sessions

Are you currently working at a BC or Hamilton non-profit or charity and want to learn more about Community Scholars? We host in-person meetings in community spaces for you to meet a Community Scholars Librarian, learn about the program and how you can get involved, and connect with other non-profits and charities in your region.

Upcoming journal club meetings

Journal clubs are like book clubs, but with scholarly articles as the reading material. Community Scholars gather semi-monthly to discuss a research article from the Community Scholars Portal that is relevant to the work they do. An important part of journal clubs is reflections from the participants about how their own experiences affirm, counter, trouble, or otherwise relate to the readings. You can see our past meetings and readings on the All Community Scholars Workshops page.

Journal Clubs are currently on hiatus.

Supporting Seniors Journal Club

Next Meeting: TBD

Journal Club on Housing & Homelessness

Next Meeting: TBD

Past workshops and events

Please visit our listing of All Community Scholars Workshops to see the full list of workshops and events we've offered in the past.