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Today is a bittersweet day at CHASI as our wonderful graphic design/illustration intern Celina Koops leaves to begin a new career with Indigenous Youth Wellness. For more than a year, Celina has been an integral part of not just the CHASI team, but also of CHASI’s identity. After creating dozens of illustrations, animations, and graphics, … Read more
CHASI Faculty Associate Dr. Karun Karki is the co-author of an article published this week in the Journal of Social Work Education. MSW Students’ Perception of the Professional Identity of the Social Work Practitioner and the Social Work Researcher: Considerations for Educators explores how social work students conceptualize differences between social work practitioners and researchers, … Read more
Below is a report completed by CHASI in 2021 titled Food (In)Security: An Assessment of Communal Factors Impacting Food Security in Chilliwack. This report describes the results of an analysis of factors related to household food security in Chilliwack. Through an environmental scan and an asset and gap analysis, the CHASI has identified how the economic, … Read more
CHASI is proud to share our first art exhibit, Faces of Resilience. This collection of work from our talented graphic design intern, Celina Koops, now hangs in the Hub, bringing a new life to our space. Reflecting on Faces of Resilience, Celina writes: The artwork presented celebrates more than just diversity and resilience. Each piece … Read more
As 2021 comes to a close, UFV’s Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI) is observing Human Rights Day with a look at the past year. A year ago we were all working remotely, and the timeline for mass vaccination still uncertain. Facing such an unusual year, we decided to focus some of our attention … Read more
In May 2021, CHASI Faculty Associate Dr. Beaulieu conducted a ground penetrating radar investigation at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School which revealed 200 “targets of interest” — potentially human burial sites. Those findings led to significant international media attention on Canada’s residential school system and the stories of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. … Read more
How do Canadian universities welcome international students? Researchers — including CHASI Faculty Associate Dr. Karun Karki — shared their findings at the Pathways to Prosperity 2021 National Conference. For more on their research read their digital research poster.
Over 100 years ago, Anne Sadelain’s father was imprisoned at a First World War internment camp in B.C.’s Monashee Mountains. Today, UFV’s CHASI research centre releases a documentary telling her story, and the story of an archaeologist uncovering the history of the Monashee camp. Dr. Sarah Beaulieu, a Community Health and Social Innovation hub Faculty … Read more
The week of November 13 – 19 marks the annual Transgender Awareness Week, which is followed by the Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. We at CHASI firmly stand with our transgender colleagues, family, and friends, and want to use this opportunity to restate the importance of loudly, visibly supporting transgender people in all … Read more