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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
As one of its last projects, members of the Poverty Reduction Hub collaborated to assemble and self-publish a new book titled Moving the needle on poverty: Snapshots of community-campus partnerships. This book includes chapters from each of the hub's partners, and outlines the different models of engagement used by each partnership to complete... More
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Across Canada, there is an overwhelming energy among citizens to begin a path of reconciliation and to honour the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action. Indigenous engagement, indigenization of community work or of institutions, decolonization and reconciliation all exist at the forefront of community-campus engagement (CCE) initiatives. It is... More
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
In partnership with CFICE, U-Links has developed a manual and the purpose of this document (Click here for the full CFICE - Campus Community Manual PDF or access the FRENCH version here) is to guide community organization staff as they begin to create research-oriented relationships with university faculty. The goal of these relationships... More
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) is an emerging national network and community of practice focused on strengthening Canadian communities by increasing the capacity, infrastructure and impact of equitable community-campus partnerships of all types, including student experiential learning, community-engaged research, and social innovation.... More
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
In 2012, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the successful funding of the Community-First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) Partnership Grant, valued at $2.5 M distributed over seven years (2012-2019). Co-managed by Carleton University and the Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning (CACSL), the... More
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Indigenous people occupy a delicate and critical space in relation to food security and food system research, and far too often such research has been rejected by Indigenous communities as disrespectful of their culture or even downright exploitive. In “British Columbia,” cross-cultural dialogue has been embraced by the BC Food Systems Network... More
Thursday, October 19, 2017
In Phase I of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project, the Poverty Reduction hub partnered with Station 20 West. Together, they worked on a project that examined community-campus engagement (CCE) at the Station 20 West Community Enterprise Centre. The study explored the effectiveness of the CCE partnership and the... More
Friday, June 2, 2017
On January 18th and 19th, 2017, the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project hosted an important research event for its community and academic partners titled Community Impact: A community/academic symposium for clarifying, sharing and celebrating CFICE’s key messages. This event was held in Carleton University’s... More
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Despite what the name and definition of ‘webinar’ might have you believe (i.e. “web-based seminar”), webinars aren’t just seminars presented in an online environment. Of course, many have jumped on the webinar bandwagon with the idea that they can easily translate an in-person presentation to a webinar platform. But the major difference... More
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
This plain language podcast provides a summary of Gary Martin and Patricia Bellamingie's Climate Change and the Residential Development Industry in Ottawa report. The report is intended to inform and encourage discussions between industry and government policymakers within and beyond Ottawa about climate change, as well as the potential impacts... More
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
This plain language podcast provides a summary of Holly Stack-Cutler’s report titled Community-Campus Engagement (CCE) Brokering, Partnership Tools, and Student Pathways to Engagement: An Environmental Scan. This research was conducted in 2016, in partnership with the CCE Brokering, Student Pathways, and Partnership Tools working groups. The... More
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
The BC Food Systems Network (BCFSN) strives to build and maintain networks inclusive of diversity of cultures including Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. In 2012, with support from Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement’s (CFICE) Community Food Security (CFS) Hub the BCFSN staff developed an evaluation to better understand... More
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