The force of an activist-scholar: Labour and community engagement

This article highlights the impact of Vincent Mosco’s life work on the author’s labour-oriented scholarship and activism. Drawing on Mosco’s extensive oeuvre, the discussion emphasises that labour considerations must forefront critical analyses of community-based forms of experiential learning. These curricular, hands-on experiences of community engaged learning are geared towards fostering the public good and premised on an ethos of reciprocity with community partners. The article focuses attention specifically on the Canadian university ecosystem and the ways in which Mosco’s work offers invaluable insights into our understanding of how to advance such public good praxis within neoliberal institutions of higher education.