Undergraduate Student Training

Led by Dr. Amanda Grzyb (Western University), Pedro Cabezas (ACAFREMIN/CRIPDES), and CRIPDES staff, this week-long undergraduate field course in El Salvador focuses on the history of El Salvador, contemporary environmental challenges, and environmental social movements. Offered yearly by Western University’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies, the course includes four weeks of preparatory classes in Canada, an intensive week long field class in El Salvador, individualized research programs, and final presentations to the group. The course ran in Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, and Winter 2020. Enrolment is limited to 15 undergraduate students from across Western University who are selected through a rigorous application process. Contact Dr. Grzyb for more information: agrzyb@uwo.ca. 

February 2018

October 2018

FEBRUARY 2020

Graduate Student Training 

Students, medical residents, and postdoctoral scholars are vital contributors to the Surviving Memory in Postwar El Salvador team. They are valued team members who are directly involved in project development, research and research-creation initiatives, integrated knowledge mobilization activities, and the evaluation of research outcomes. Trainees are co-authors, co-creators, workshop facilitators, field researchers, architects, artists, musicologists, oral historians, data analysts, app developers, filmmakers, transcriptionists, translators, and archivists. Since our beginnings, we have fostered a research environment grounded in equity, diversity, and inclusion. We incorporate training, mentoring, and professional development at every level of our research initiatives while providing strong support for student research. All trainees gain valuable skills and cross-cultural research competencies, benefit from working within a supportive interdisciplinary team, and have the autonomy and encouragement to explore their scholarly interests with careful mentorship. They have access to funding to attend conferences, film festivals, and training seminars. Working in close collaboration with diverse partners across sectors – including Salvadoran communities, municipalities, and civil society organizations – also provides our trainees with transferable skills that are beneficial in both academic jobs and non-academic careers where transnational experience is valued. Prospective postdoctoral scholars and graduate students who are interested in joining the team should contact Dr. Amanda Grzyb by email: agrzyb@uwo.ca.