Master of Arts in Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity

University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus

The interdisciplinary master’s degree in community engagement, social change, and equity gives graduate students access to the expertise of diverse, nationally and internationally recognized researchers from a variety of faculties and disciplines in a coherent, thematic framework.Graduates of the program will come away with a nuanced understanding of:Community Based Participatory Research and related methodologies, such as Participatory Action Research and Collaborative InquiryConceptual and philosophical underpinnings of community engagementIssues related to voice, social justice, and inclusionOntology – how people relate to each other and to the spaces and places they find themselves in – and epistemology – how it is that we come to know each other and the objects and environments with which we interact

Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences