ACES Project Launch Webinar. 24th June 2020.

<!-- wp:html --> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CNrP6xzFyfY" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:spacer {"height":20} --> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <!-- /wp:spacer --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>ACES Introduction</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prof. Sylvester Arnab, Professor of Game Science, Principal Investigator of the ACES project, Coventry University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:buttons --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button {"customBackgroundColor":"#0f6495"} --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background" href="https://aces.gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aces-webinar-project-introduction.pdf" style="background-color:#0f6495" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Project Introduction Slides (PDF)</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:spacer {"height":20} --> <div style="height:20px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <!-- /wp:spacer --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator"/> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3>3 country introduction including scope and focus</h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:html --> <p>Dr. Richard Tomlins, Coventry University.</p> <!-- /wp:html --> <!-- wp:buttons --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button {"customBackgroundColor":"#0f6495"} --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background" href="https://aces.gchangers.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/aces-webinar-partner-scope-introduction.pdf" style="background-color:#0f6495" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Partner Scope Introduction Slides (PDF)</a></div> <!-- /wp:button --></div> <!-- /wp:buttons --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul><li><strong>Malaysia</strong>, Dr. Jacey-Lynn Minoi & Dr. Fitri Mohamad, University Malaysia Sarawak .</li></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:buttons --> <div class="wp-block-buttons"><!-- wp:button {"customBackgroundColor":"#0f6495"} --> <div class="wp-block-button"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-background"

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Using play concept to lift youth unity – New Sarawak Tribune, 24.06.2020

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Using a community- centred pedagogical model to build social resilience through Play

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UNIMAS holds first ever Virtual International Research Project Launch on how to build Social Resilience through Play

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Resilience refers to a person's ability to withstand or recover quickly from challenging conditions. As the world learns to adopt and adapt to new normal, social resilience is increasingly becoming more crucial to embrace today. Social resilience is the way communities collectively cope with or respond to external pressures and interruptions, much like what we are dealing with now, with the Covid-19 pandemic. Disruptions may occur due to social, political and environmental changes. To cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, we have had to learn how to protect ourselves and our loved ones, by abiding public health advice.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do we use Play to build social resilience?  A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UNIMAS is investigating how the concept of Play can be utilised as a pedagogy to build social resilience among young people of Asia.  The team, comprising of Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi, AP Dr Fitri

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Call for Participation: Virtual International Project Launch – 24 June 2020

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Resilience refers to a person's ability to withstand or recover quickly from challenging conditions. As the world learns to adopt and adapt to new normal, social resilience is increasingly becoming more crucial to embrace today. Social resilience is the way communities collectively cope with or respond to external pressures and interruptions, much like what we are dealing with now, with the Covid-19 pandemic. Disruptions may occur due to social, political and environmental changes. To cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, we have had to learn how to protect ourselves and our loved ones, by abiding public health advice.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>How do we use Play to build social resilience? A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UNIMAS is investigating how the concept of Play can be utilised as a pedagogy to build social resilience among young people of Asia. The team, comprising of Dr Jacey-Lynn Minoi, AP Dr Fitri

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