Community Service Learning (CSL) Program
The Community Service Learning (CSL) program provides community service and engagement service learning experience to the undergraduate dental students through placements in community sites and low cost primary clinics in South Western Ontario. The CSL programs also provides free of cost ‘one course of dental treatment’ such as fillings, extractions and root canals to address the high unmet acute dental treatment needs of equity seeking community members such as living with HIV, high risk youth with housing and addition crises, Refugees and newcomers to Canada, Indigenous community members, LGBT+ and others.
The CSL program has the following goals:
- To provide person centered and trauma informed care to our equity seeking community members.
- To provide students a unique oral health outreach opportunity that compliments their dental education.
- To address the high unmet oral health treatment needs of equity seeking community members such as living with HIV, high risk youth with housing and addition crises, Refugees and newcomers to Canada, Indigenous community members, 2SLGBTQ+ and others.
- To establish a strong relationship with our local and international community partners through dialogue and community engagement.
- To provide evidence informed and community based oral health interventions to address the unique oral health needs of our community partners.
If you would like to know more about our program or would like to get involved, please contact Dr. Abbas Jessani.
