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Ontario’s Mandatory High School Community Service Program:

Ontario’s Mandatory High School Community Service Program:. Impacts on Student Attitudes & Behaviour Regarding Civic Engagement. Co-investigators. Steven Brown (WLU), Mark Baetz (WLU), Maureen Drysdale (UW). Kimberly Ellis-Hale (WLU), Joanna Everitt (UNB), John Goyder (UW),

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Ontario’s Mandatory High School Community Service Program:

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  1. Ontario’s Mandatory High School Community Service Program: Impacts on Student Attitudes & Behaviour Regarding Civic Engagement Co-investigators Steven Brown (WLU), Mark Baetz (WLU), Maureen Drysdale (UW). Kimberly Ellis-Hale (WLU), Joanna Everitt (UNB), John Goyder (UW), Carol Gregory (Conestoga), Ailsa Henderson (UTM), Paulette Padanyi (UG), Mark Pancer (WLU)

  2. Research Objectives • To compare attitudes & behaviour regarding community service within the Ontario double-cohort • Does mandating service introduce more students to the Third Sector? • Does it stimulate or inhibit future involvement • To identify qualitative aspects of the high school community service experience that affect subsequent attitudes and behaviour regarding civic engagement

  3. Research Design • Online survey of 4th year double cohort students at WLU & U. of Guelph • Produced a sample of 794 student respondents • Online survey of 1st year students at 4 post-secondary schools – Conestoga College, WLU, UW & UG • Produced a sample 1478 student respondents

  4. Preliminary ResultsWas the Mandated Service a First Introduction to Community Service?

  5. Preliminary ResultsWould the Student have Volunteered without the Requirement?

  6. Preliminary ResultsDid R Continue to Volunteer after Requirement?(1st year Sample Only)

  7. Next Steps • Address our research questions through analysis of these surveys • Re-contact the student samples as they make their way through 2nd year university and beyond • Design research to assess the longer-term value of the high school community service experience

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