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Co-creating Knowledge for Social Justice (Dr DE Arendse) CEU Staff https://www.ceu.uwc.ac.za/event-details/co-creating-knowledge-for-social-justice 13 May 2026 Repairing the historical silence of the South African Cape Coloured corps < Previous News Go to Resource Centre Next News >

2026 Winter Drive CEU Staff 3-5 July 2026 2026 Winter Drive in Garies (Northern Cape) The University of the Western Cape (UWC) Community Engagement Unit (CEU) and Library are partnering with Change Agents South Africa to make a difference in Garies (Northern Cape). This winter let’s come together to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who need it most. The UWC Community Engagement Unit and UWC Library, in partnership with Change Agents South Africa, are collecting donations of warm clothing, blankets, non-perishable food items, toys, and children’s books and stationery. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps bring warmth, comfort, hope, and smiles to individuals and families during the colder months. Join us in making a positive impact because every donation counts. < Previous News Go to Resource Centre Next News >

The University of the Western Cape (UWC) Community Engagement Unit (CEU) and Library are partnering with Change Agents South Africa to make a difference in Garies (Northern Cape). This winter let’s come together to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who need it most. The UWC Community Engagement Unit and UWC Library, in partnership with Change Agents South Africa, are collecting donations of warm clothing, blankets, non-perishable food items, toys, and children’s books and stationery. Every contribution, no matter how small, helps bring warmth, comfort, hope, and smiles to individuals and families during the colder months. Join us in making a positive impact because every donation counts. #WinterDrive #DonationDrive #UWC #CommunityEngagement #MakingADifference #EveryDonationCounts

This seminar examines the co-creation of knowledge as a critical practice within the Scholarship of Engagement, drawing on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study conducted in Lambert’s Bay, South Africa. In a context shaped by inequality, marginalisation, and limited access to services, the study foregrounds community members as co-researchers and co-designers of a community-based substance abuse intervention programme. Through iterative cycles of engagement including needs identification, capacity strengthening, community mapping, and stakeholder collaboration the research demonstrates how locally grounded knowledge can inform contextually relevant and sustainable responses to complex social challenges. The findings highlight that meaningful participation fosters ownership, strengthens social cohesion, and builds community capacity, while also challenging conventional expert-driven models of intervention. Engaging with Bronfenbrenner’s socio-ecological framework, the seminar illustrates how substance abuse is embedded within interconnected systems of poverty, inequality, and social dislocation, requiring multi-level, collaborative responses. The study further reflects on the tensions inherent in co-creating knowledge, including power dynamics, competing agendas, and the practical complexities of participatory work. Positioned within post-apartheid South Africa, this seminar argues that universities have an ethical and transformative role in facilitating engaged scholarship that centres community voice, disrupts knowledge hierarchies, and advances social justice. It offers critical insights for scholars and practitioners seeking to build equitable partnerships and coproduce knowledge that leads to meaningful, sustained change. Click here to view his BIO

Community Engagement Database Showcase community engagement activities. Serve as a promotional/marketing tool as it presents viewers (on and off-campus) with information pertaining to your community engagement activities and development. Present an opportunity to access information about engagement activities on and off-campus Provides cross-links and references to community engagement activities. Provides a platform for knowledge sharing and coordination. Provides potential development of partnerships on and off-campus. Scholarship of Engagement (SoE) Database Highlights the Community Engagement citation from 2015 to 2020. The publications captured represents engaged research by UWC scholars from all faculties, support units, divisions and centres at UWC. How to gain Access The link https://ceudatabase.uwc.ac.za/portal Takes you directly to the UWC CEU Databases To view the Community Engagement Programmes, click on the left menu bar for, Public Access, Staff Access, and Executive Access. Follow instruction. You will access to both Community Engagement and Scholarship of Engagement (SoE) Databases

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