CESI Community Advisory Team

The Community Engaged Scholarship Institute’s (CESI) Community Advisory Term (CAT) is a small group of community members and leaders, each with expertise in unique areas, services, and groups. They provide high-level guidance to the CESI Director to ensure that CESI is informed and supportive of community-driven mandates and interests.

The CAT aspires to deeply integrate CESI into community-engaged research in Guelph-Wellington, where they will provide indispensable expertise and develop capacity around crucial issues. In time, the makeup of the CAT will become genuinely representative of the diverse community where they work.

The Community Advisory Team’s activities include:

• Keeping CESI appraised of existent and emerging community priorities, concerns and research interests
• Providing advice to assist with internal CESI decision-making and priorities
• Ensuring that CESI resources and efforts are effectively directed carry out impactful research that supports community-identified mandates
• Acting as champions and ambassadors of CESI in the community, building its visibility and impact