Childhood and Youth Studies students have the option of enrolling in CHST 3905 “Service-Learning in Community Settings”.

This 0.5 credit course allows students select a practicum placement of their choice which will provides an opportunity to use the skills and knowledge acquired from the Childhood and Youth Studies program in a community setting. Practicum serves as an opportunity for students to develop experience in a specific field, build professional networks, and help to define and explore specific interests.

See below for a partial list of host institutions where our practicum students have volunteered:

  • ABA Connections Learning Centre
  • Acorn Early Learning Centre
  • Barin Croft Residential Youth Services
  • Bettye Hyde Early Learning Centre
  • Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO)
  • Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
  • Cégep Heritage College
  • Centretown Community Health Centre
  • CHEO (Recreational Therapy Department)
  • Excellence in Literacy Foundation
  • Kelford Youth Services
  • Landon Pearson Resource Center for the Study of Children’s Rights and Childhood, Carleton University
  • Mindware Academy
  • Ottawa Catholic School Board (See specific schools listed below)
  • Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (See specific schools listed below)
  • Ottawa Child and Youth Initiative: Growing Up Great
  • Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre
  • South East Ottawa Community Health Centre (SEOCHC): Ottawa Youth Initiative and the Homework Club
  • Somerset West Community Health Centre
  • The Sophia House Catholic Centre for Immigrants
  • St. Francis of Assisi Early Learning Centre
  • Veterans Affairs, Canada

Partial List of Schools:

  • Agincourt Road Public School
  • Alta Vista Public School
  • Arch Street Public School
  • Berrigan Elementary School
  • Carleton Heights Public School
  • Clifford Bowey Public School
  • L’Etoile Filante
  • Holy Trinity Catholic High School
  • Mary Honey Well Elementary School
  • Meadowlands Public School
  • Stittsville Public School
  • St. Anthony School
  • St. Dominic
  • St. Gabriel’s Elementary School
  • St. Gregory School
  • St. Luke School, Nepean
  • St. Matthew High School
  • St. Michael Fitzroy
  • St. Patrick Elementary School
  • St. Stephen School
  • Symmes-Darcy McGee High School
  • Winchester Public School