About
Rooted in Saskatchewan communities, the College of Medicine is committed to connecting. This commitment aims to foster strong, reciprocal relationships with communities and partners to enhance collaboration, relevance, and shared success across all our work. The DSA supports the College of Medicine in this work to engage with and learn from the diverse communities of Saskatchewan.
What is Community Engagement?
Community engagement describes collaboration between higher education institutions and their larger communities (local, national, global) for the mutual beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2026).
The DSA is committed to engagement and collaboration that will challenge systems of oppression for the goal of equitable health and social justice. Recognizing the valuable knowledge that communities hold, the DSA aims to create and hold space for diverse community voies to join us as educators, advisors, collaborators, and co-creators.
Our Partners
The College of Medicine works closely with community partners across its education, research, and service. Trusting relationships between staff, faculty, students, and community have been built over many years. These relationships are fundamental to the work of the collge and drive our collective success. Partnerships and opportunities are always emerging as we look to create, enhance, and sustain ways to meet priority health concerns in Saskatchewan.
Recent community partnerships have contributed to:
- Development and renewal of the Priority Health Concerns
- In-classroom teaching of students
- Learning opportunities through the Health Equity Webinar Series
- Community-based experiential learning for students
- Collaborative research projects
Get Involved
Community partnerships exist across the College of Medicine.
The DSA has some exciting projects underway that aim to identify, support, and bring together community partners and college members, continuing to build our collective capacity to meet the needs of communities in Saskatchewan.
Interested in learning more or getting involved with this work? Please email the DSA.
We hope to hear from you soon!
- The Elective Classification for Community Engagement. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. (n.d.). https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/elective-classifications/community-engagement/