{"id":162,"date":"2026-06-25T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/?p=162"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:05:48","slug":"new-fall-course-sjgs-395-participatory-methodologies-for-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/2026\/06\/25\/new-fall-course-sjgs-395-participatory-methodologies-for-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"New Fall Course: SJGS 395  Participatory Methodologies for Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-163\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"Promotional poster for UFV course SJGS 395: Participatory Methodologies for Social Justice. New required course for the GDS degree and GDS minor, offered Fall 2026 in a hybrid format on Mondays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Taught by Dr. Geetanjali Gill. The poster highlights community-based action research, equitable partnerships, participatory approaches, and policy impact, alongside an image of hands painted green arranged in a circle. Contact: geetanjali.gill@ufv.ca\" width=\"762\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1-65x65.png 65w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/files\/2026\/06\/SJGS-395-F26-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"318\">Looking to build practical skills for community-based research and social justice? <strong data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"210\">SJGS 395: Participatory Methodologies for Social Justice<\/strong> equips students with the tools to work collaboratively with communities to create meaningful social change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"607\">This new required course for the GDS degree and GDS minor explores participatory approaches to action research, inquiry, advocacy, and policy impact. Students will develop skills for equitable community partnerships while fulfilling the BA Career Integration core competency requirement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"761\"><strong data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"627\">Course Details<\/strong><br data-start=\"627\" data-end=\"630\" \/><strong data-start=\"630\" data-end=\"638\">CRN:<\/strong> 91000<br data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"647\" \/><strong data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"662\">Instructor:<\/strong> Dr. Geetanjali Gill<br data-start=\"682\" data-end=\"685\" \/><strong data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"698\">Schedule:<\/strong> Mondays, 11:30 a.m. \u2013 2:20 p.m. | Hybrid<br data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"742\" \/><strong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"751\">Term:<\/strong> Fall 2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"936\">Register this fall to gain hands-on experience in community-engaged research and develop practical skills for careers in social justice, advocacy, and community development.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"1007\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">If you have any questions, please contact <strong data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1006\"><a class=\"decorated-link cursor-pointer\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1004\">Geetanjali.Gill@ufv.ca<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking to build practical skills for community-based research and social justice? SJGS 395: Participatory Methodologies for Social Justice equips students with the tools to work collaboratively with communities to create meaningful social change. This new required course for the GDS degree and GDS minor explores participatory approaches to action research, inquiry, advocacy, and policy impact. &#8230; <a title=\"New Fall Course: SJGS 395  Participatory Methodologies for Social Justice\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/2026\/06\/25\/new-fall-course-sjgs-395-participatory-methodologies-for-social-justice\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sojust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}