CFICE News

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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Video: Affordable Housing and Community-Campus Partnerships In Canada Webinar Recording

On June 26, 2019, CFICE and Community Campus Engage Canada (CCEC), in collaboration with New Commons Development, presented Affordable Housing and Community-Campus Partnerships In Canada: Growing the Potential Role (and Response-Ability) of Post Secondary Institutions (PSIs) to Increase Affordable Housing. This webinar explored the affordable... More

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Vidéo (Webinaire): L’Université au service de la mobilisation citoyenne

Le 19 juin, en collaboration avec l’Université Concordia et le Bâtiment 7, Communautés d’abord : impacts de l’engagement communautaire (CAIEC), et Engagement campus-collectivité Canada (ECCC) ont présenté le webinaire intitulé L’Université au service de la mobilisation citoyenne: Collaboration entre l’Université Concordia et le... More

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

NEW BOOK: Moving the Needle on Poverty

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

CFICE & Truth and Reconciliation in Community-Campus Engagement

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, May 1, 2019

Video: Weaving Indigenous Wellbeing, Research and Ethics Webinar Recording and Resources

On April 25, 2019 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST, CFICE and Community-Campus Engage Canada, in collaboration with the National Association of Friendship Centres, the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network, and the Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy (CSELP) presented Weaving Indigenous Wellbeing, Research and Ethics: Community... More

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Community Engagement Event a Success!

On March 27, 2019, the Carleton Community Engaged Pedagogy group (with support from CFICE and others) held their 5th annual Carleton U Community Connections networking event meant to help community members, faculty, staff and students network for future community-campus engagement opportunities. The event was a big success, bringing together 140... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Department of Gender & Women’s Studies – Tenure-Track Position – Apply by May 5, 2019

Trent University invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor to start July 1, 2019, or January 1, 2020, subject to budgetary approval. The successful candidate must possess a PhD in an area of feminist scholarship, have an active research program with... More

Friday, April 5, 2019

Join the CCEC Steering Committee — Apply by April 22, 2019

Call for Applications - Community Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) Steering Committee The mission of Community Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) is to contribute to thriving, just, and sustainable societies by growing connections, capacity, and infrastructure for community-driven collaboration with post-secondary institutions across Canada. CCEC emerges... More

Friday, March 29, 2019

CFICE co-lead places article in The Chronicle Journal

Monday March 25th's copy of The Chronicle Journal, a newspaper published out of Thunder Bay, featured a familiar face: That of CFICE Researcher Charles Levkoe! On the heels of the "Understanding our Food Systems" gathering held in January 2019, Charles and colleague Jessica McLaughlin (co-ordinator of the Indigenous Food Circle), penned this... More

Friday, March 29, 2019

Video: Community-Campus Partnerships for Social Infrastructure Webinar and Resources

On March 21, 2019, CFICE and Community-Campus Engage Canada, with the support of Simon Fraser University, University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation (UWCRC), McConnell Foundation, and the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education, presented Community-Campus Partnerships for Social... More

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Equity Services – An Important Carleton Resource for All (including CCE partnerships!)

By Alexandra Zannis, CFICE Volunteer I often view Carleton University as being an island. Contained within the school borders is a city within a city, complete with its own political organization, economy, and culture. Given that it is surrounded by rivers and is slightly removed from Ottawa’s core, Carleton University also physically embodies... More

Friday, March 15, 2019

Job Opportunity: Manager, Community Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) — Apply by March 31, 2019

Community Campus Engage Canada’s mission is to contribute to thriving, just and sustainable societies by growing connections, capacity and infrastructure for community-driven collaboration with post-secondary institutions across Canada. CCEC emerges from a seven-year SSHRC-funded pan-Canadian participatory action research project that... More

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

FREE Online Course: Towards Co-operative Commonwealth

Today, political, economic, social and ecological crises are deepening, putting life at risk on a global level. Many of us are working toward solutions, that are socially just and ecologically sound. Advocacy for a new economics is growing. But as calls for systems change grow we often work in silos, unaware of each other’s... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Research can be an inaccessible term, and here’s why

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant What does someone do after being forcibly institutionalized for 18 years because they were labelled as having an intellectual disability? In the case of Peter Park, he chose to become an advocate for other people with disabilities to make sure this inhumane treatment wouldn’t happen to... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Call for Chapters: Preparing Students for CCE – Proposals due: March 16, 2019

Call for Chapters Proposals Submission Deadline: March 16, 2019 Full Chapters Due: July 14, 2019 Submission Date: November 6, 2019 Community-engaged scholarship is an equitable and democratic approach to scholarship that seeks to identify and solve community-based problems. Community-engaged scholars aim to serve the public good by developing and... More

Friday, February 15, 2019

S’engager envers les collectivités

Des professeurs et des représentants de syndicats et de groupes communautaires ont partagé leurs réflexions sur la mission sociale des universités. Par Claude Gauvreau Valoriser davantage la mission sociale des universités et lui donner plus de visibilité, partir des besoins des citoyens afin de développer des projets de recherche et de... More

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Intersectionality as a modus operandi for violence against women work

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Kristina Reed, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. Bonnie Brayton has been the National Executive Director of the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN) since 2007 when she... More

Friday, February 8, 2019

CFICE’s PI, Peter Andrée, Receives a Carleton University Research Achievement Award

We are very excited to announce that our Principal Investigator (PI), Peter Andrée, has won a Carleton University Research Achievement Award! The Carleton University Research Achievement Awards are administered by the Office of the Vice-President (Research and International). The purpose of these awards is to recognize outstanding research... More

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Job Opportunity: University College Cork Seeks Civic Engagement Officer – Apply by 12pm (GMT) February 21, 2019

University College Cork (UCC) is seeking applications for the post of Civic Engagement Officer. The appointee will help deliver on UCC’s 5 year Civic Engagement plan. Civic Engagement Officer, Office of the Vice President for External Relations Specific Purpose Whole Time Post (Anticipated duration of 5 years) UCC wishes to appoint an... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Call for Abstracts: Knowledge for a Transforming World – Submit by February 15, 2019

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is seeking abstracts for its upcoming issue: Knowledge for a Transforming World. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is a refereed journal that responds to an emerging global movement of collaborative university-community research initiatives. It... More

Friday, February 1, 2019

Video: Increasing Student and Non-Profit Readiness for Community-Campus Engagement Placements

On Thursday, January 31, 2019, CFICE and Community-Campus Engage Canada, with the support of Trent University, University of Toronto's Centre for Community Partnerships, the Trent Community Research Centre, and U-Links presented Increasing Student and Non-Profit Readiness for Community-Campus Engagement Placements. This webinar explored student,... More

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Job Opportunity: Program Director, Data Policy Coalition – Apply by 10am Feb. 18, 2019

Powered by Data is a nonprofit project on the Tides Canada shared platform. Our mission is to maximize the availability and impact of data for public good, to help build a more equitable world. We pursue this mission through convening, strategy development, education, and capacity-building. We are committed to helping build a data-informed social... More

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

A conversation about disability in the workplace

Conversations about disability in the workplace are long overdue. In this lively podcast, CFICE team members Kristina Reed, Kawsar Mohamed, and Nicole Bedford have a frank conversation about the challenges and rewards of being open to sharing, listening, and working together to make workplaces more accessible to all. Access a PDF version of the... More

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

New CCEC Webinar Series: Building the Community-Campus Engagement Movement in Canada in 2019

Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) presents a new webinar series: Building the Community-Campus Engagement Movement in Canada in 2019 -- An interactive Community Campus Engagement (CCE) Webinar Series offering participants community-campus and student engagement skills, resources and opportunities to connect and grow our national network. The... More

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Transformations through ‘Community-First’ Engagement – New Engaged Scholar Journal Special Issue!

What happens when community-campus partnerships involving diverse communities, community-based organizations, postsecondary institutions, researchers, students, and foundations seek to put communities first in their engagement practices? This is the question that is addressed through a range of perspectives in this issue of Engaged Scholar... More

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

New Year’s Resolution: Be More Community-First

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant With the holidays over and a new calendar started, most of us spend January focusing on getting back into a routine. Many of you may have come up with a traditional New Year’s resolution, like eating more veggies or cutting down on waste- and these are great... More

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Abstracts: Community Impacts of Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice

The Fall 2019 issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) will feature a special section on Community Impacts of Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, guest edited by Charles Z. Levkoe (Lakehead University), Karen Schwartz (Carleton University), Peter Andrée (Carleton University) and Nadine Changfoot (Trent... More

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Tackling poverty, Gender Based Violence and human rights

by Alexandra Zannis, CFICE Communications Volunteer “But why human rights?” I am often asked this question when I say that I work for an anti-poverty organization that champions ending poverty through a human rights framework. Why are human rights so important when we talk about ending poverty in Canada? And who are we talking... More

Thursday, December 13, 2018

In Case You Missed It: December 1st March to End Violence Against Women

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Although the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence may have come to a close, the fight against gender-based violence must continue year-round. A key first step that each and every one of us can take is to listen. Listen to the 1 in 3 women affected... More

Friday, December 7, 2018

Video: Navigating community-campus research partnerships: Introducing a tool to help the process

On Thursday, December 7, 2018 CFICE presented Navigating community-campus research partnerships: Introducing a tool to help the process. In this webinar, presenters provided an overview of a self assessment tool, designed specifically for community organizations, that provides information and resources about community-based research with academic... More

Friday, November 30, 2018

From Parliament Hill to Your Desk: Important Initiatives Making Research and CCE Accessible

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant The last time your community-campus engagement (CCE) project held a meeting, was there a push button on the meeting room door so a participant in a wheelchair could access the room? What about a sign language interpreter, or someone available to take notes for the member with... More

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Call for proposals – Perspectives on Experiential Learning Conference — Due January 14, 2019

Curricular and co-curricular experiential learning (EL) opportunities are grounded in an intentional learning cycle with clearly defined learning outcomes. These opportunities actively engage students in creating knowledge and critically reflecting on their experiences, fostering a deeper understanding of how they can utilize what they have... More

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Job Opportunity: Access Program Manager, McMaster Office of Community Engagement – Apply by December 7, 2018

McMaster’s Office of Community Engagement is excited to be hiring a program manager to develop an access strategy to foster and develop pathways for underrepresented groups to post-secondary education at McMaster. Job Summary: Responsible to lead the implementation of the Access Strategy, including the oversight of the project budget, evaluation... More

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Video: Hear my voice: Including community voices at post-secondary institutions

On Thursday, November 22, 2018 CFICE presented Hear my voice: Including community voices at post-secondary institutions. In this webinar, presenters shared some of their experiences and strategies for bringing community voices more fully into the post-secondary sphere. The webinar touched on: How Abbey Gardens has advocated for community voices at... More

Friday, November 23, 2018

Make your research matter (in the real world): 5 simple steps

by Barbara Szijarto, member of CFICE's Evaluation and Analysis Working Group As researchers, we overcome countless hurdles to answer important questions. We care – passionately – about our methods, our data and our findings. We do it because we want to contribute to a better world. We don’t do it just to talk with... More

Monday, November 19, 2018

How communities are using CCE to lead the fight for a Food Secure Canada

by Alexandra Zannis, CFICE Communications Volunteer Since its inception in 2001, Food Secure Canada (FSC) has been a strong voice for food security and sovereignty advancements in Canada. Through partnerships with projects like Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE), FSC has brought their advocacy game to new heights. In contrast... More

Friday, November 16, 2018

Call for Proposals: Canadian Evaluation Society Conference – Apply by Dec. 14, 2018

The 2019 Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) Conference Planning Committee is pleased to invite you to submit proposals for presentations and workshops that will contribute to our conference theme: Bridges. The conference will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from Monday, May 27th – Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 at the Westin Nova Scotian, with... More

Friday, November 16, 2018

So you want to use CCE research for your thesis?

by Kristina Reed, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Conducting a thesis is hard work and adding in a community-campus engagement (CCE) component can make it even more difficult. But the rewards of building deep relationships in your community, and knowing that your work will be relevant, and hopefully, useful, to the community, can far... More

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Perspectives of “community-first” engagement

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant CFICE broadly defines being “community-first” as: “engaging in equitable partnerships to co-create knowledge and action plans for addressing pressing community issues.” For us, being community-first is an integral part of community-campus engagement (CCE), but the trick to really... More

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Gathering feedback on our CCE opportunities database

On October 24, 2018, CFICE Community-Campus Engagement Brokering Ottawa academic co-lead Eileen O'Connor and research assistant Leigha McCarroll attended the School of Social Innovation’s Fall Open House and Networking Event at Saint Paul University. An opportunity for community groups and organizations to connect with students and community... More

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Catalyst for Sustainability: Case Study of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation

A new case study on the work of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation shows how post-secondary educational institutions can build green, social real estate projects, including affordable housing, and incubate scaled social enterprises—all in partnership with community organizations. This report summarizes the experience,... More

Thursday, November 8, 2018

International CCE: Some things to consider

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Often, when we think about the actors involved in community-campus engagement (CCE), we think of our local community-based organizations. However, staying local isn't the only option for meaningful CCE work. You can also participate in important CCE on an international level. International... More

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Job Opportunity: Community-Engaged Education Program Manager — Apply by Nov. 18, 2018

The McMaster University Office of Community Engagement is seeking a Community-Engaged Education Program Manager to expand the community engagement minor and support faculty, staff, students, and community partners in building capacity for community-engaged education. This position oversees and develops the Office of Community Engagement’s... More

Monday, October 15, 2018

Journal Article: People, power, change: three pillars of a food sovereignty research praxis

CFICE Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (Food Sovereignty) working group member Charles Levkoe, and CFICE partners Colin Anderson and Josh Brem-Wilson have recently published the article, People, power, change: three pillars of a food sovereignty research praxis. This article shares some of the knowledge gained in Phase I of CFICE through... More

Friday, October 12, 2018

Start the CCE relationship right – opportunities for community and academic partners to think about power

by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant In the initial stages of getting involved in a community-campus engagement (CCE) project, community-based organizations (CBOs) may feel intimidated, or that they have little influence in their relationship with academic partners. This power imbalance may be real or perceived. Within these... More

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

PODCAST & STORY: When Post-Secondary Institutions are ‘Community-First’

Story by Nicole Bedford, CFICE Project Manager and Communications Coordinator and podcast by Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant When it comes to making community-campus engagement (CCE) more equitable, a small policy change by a college or university can make a huge difference. This was the experience of the Community First:... More

Friday, October 5, 2018

Video: Sneak preview of our Research Toolkit for Community Based Organizations

As part of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project, Tara McWhinney, PhD Student and Research Assistant with the Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship (CSPSC), has helped develop a Research Toolkit for Community Based Organizations (learn more about the Toolkit). Developed by the CFICE Tools Working... More

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Video: Finding your CCE Champion Webinar and Resources

On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 CFICE presented Finding your CCE Champion: How to identify, establish, and grow your organization’s connections with post-secondary institutions. In this webinar, presenters from the Volunteer Action Centre in Waterloo Region (VAC) and Laurier University shared their experiences finding, initiating and building... More

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Infographic & Guide: The Process of Successful Community-Campus Engagement

​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

Monday, October 1, 2018

Presentation: A Database of CCE Opportunities

Over the past few months, CFICE's Community-Campus Engagement (CCE) Brokering (Ottawa) working group has been surveying the Ottawa environmental landscape as part of their efforts to develop an online database (and associated app) of community-campus engagement (CCE) opportunities in the environmental sector. These opportunities range from... More

Friday, September 28, 2018

Journal Article: Assessing the Outcomes of Community-University Engagement Networks in a Canadian Context

CFICE Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) member Dr. Crystal Tremblay, has recently published the article, 'Assessing the Outcomes of Community-University Engagement Networks in a Canadian Context' in Engaged Scholar Journal. Focusing on three Canadian inter-organizational networks that bring communities and universities together, Community... More

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Best Practices for Community-Campus Engagement

by Aimee Coueslan, Engagement Liaison, Rural Development Institute, Brandon University This article was first posted by Aimee Coueslan on Medium.com and is being shared with her permission on the CFICE website. In their core strategic planning, universities across Canada are now identifying community engagement as a core function of research,... More

Monday, September 24, 2018

Video: Bringing the University to Rural Ontario Webinar

On August 29, 2018, CFICE partners and co-leads, Jim Blake, Stephen Hill, and research assistant Emily Amon, presented the webinar Bringing the University to Rural Ontario: Brokering Campus & Community Engagement in Haliburton. This webinar, organized by The Rural Policy Learning Commons in partnership with CFICE, U-Links, and Trent... More

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

So You Want to Apply for a SSHRC Partnership Grant…The Challenges and Benefits to Having Many Partners

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant There are many things to consider in advance of preparing and submitting your application for a SSHRC Partnership Grant. This month, CFICE has taken a look back at its own SSHRC application process and we have attempted to share some of the lessons we’ve learned along the... More

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Video: Evaluating Impact in Community-Campus Engagement Webinar and Resources

On Tuesday, September 18, 2018 CFICE presented Evaluating Impact in Community-Campus Engagement: Towards a Community-First Approach. In this webinar, our presenters gave an overview of some diverse approaches to capturing and communicating impact within academic institutions and with their community partners. The webinar touched on: What... More

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Building learning pathways for students to become competent community-based researchers

by Mystaya Touw, Graduate Research Assistant, Student Pathways Working Group The CFICE Student Pathways Working Group is mapping and reviewing the curricular pathways for students. Why? Because findings in Phase I of CFICE suggested that, while senior undergraduates at Trent University are offered the opportunity to pursue community-based research... More

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Including community-campus engagement as part of a thesis

By Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant  Many grad students enter their Master’s degree or PhD with the hopes of helping their community. Community-campus engagement (CCE) is one way students can maximize the community benefits of their research. CCE work requires a significant time commitment, and it can be difficult to... More

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

So you want to apply for a SSHRC partnership grant… How can you respectfully involve your community partners?

By Chelsea Nash, Communications Research Assistant Being 'community first' means engaging and involving community partners at all stages of the partnership, even the application process. When the CFICE team was putting together its SSHRC application several years ago, the application process presented one of the first opportunities to put the... More

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The SSHRC Partnership Grant: Project Work Plans and Budgets

by Nicole Bedford, CFICE Project Manager and Communications Coordinator You've approached the partners, discussed governance and responsibilities, and now your team is ready to develop a realistic project budget and work plan. For funders like SSHRC, the key word is feasibility. This means they are looking for work plans and associated budgets... More

Monday, August 27, 2018

Community-Campus Engagement Funding: A Project Manager’s Perspective

While a lot of good work can come out of community-campus partnerships, there can be many challenges encountered along the way. Some of the most difficult ones to navigate can centre around funding. Nicole Bedford, Project Manager and Communications Coordinator of the CFICE project, talks to us about some of the challenges CFICE has... More

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

CSSE Annual Conference: Call for Presentations

CSSE’s 47th Annual Conference will be held from June 2 to June 5 at the University of BC (Vancouver campus). Members of CSSE are invited to submit documents related to their presentation by 1 October 2018 (23h59 Eastern). Proposals received after this date will not be considered. This conference is being planned in close collaboration... More

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

DISCUSSION PAPER: CCE Policy and Funding: The Challenge Ahead

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

Monday, August 20, 2018

CFICE VAW Researcher on Justice for Sexual-Assault Victims

CFICE Violence Against Women Hub Steering Committee member Holly Johnson recently wrote a piece for The Globe and Mail on police accountability in sexual assault cases. An excerpt of the article can be found below. To read the full piece, please visit The Globe and Mail. Justice for sexual-assault victims starts with police accountability... More

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

The SSHRC Partnership Grant: Is it the right grant to support your partnership with Canadian academics?

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Grant applications can be long and arduous processes, and can swallow a lot of your capacity and time, which is why it’s important to make sure the grant will suit your needs. Before applying for a grant like the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s (SSHRC) Partnership... More

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Growing Accessible Experiential Learning and Community-Campus Engagement in Canada

by Kawsar Mohamed, CFICE CCEC Administrative Research Assistant As a student with a disability, I am not surprised about the recent findings of Statistics Canada, which demonstrate that unemployment rates among people with disabilities are at least twice the national and provincial levels of all age groups. I was therefore ecstatic when I... More

Monday, August 13, 2018

Community-Campus Engagement Funding: A Student Perspective

What is it like to receive funding to participate in community-campus engagement work? Magda Goemans and Anna Przednowek, two long-time CFICE research assistants, talk to CFICE about how continuous Community-Campus Engagement funding has impacted their experiences. Both speak to how continuous funding allowed them to immerse themselves in the... More

Monday, August 6, 2018

Community-Campus Engagement Funding: A Community Perspective

What's the difference for a community organization between receiving community project funding versus community-campus engagement project funding? What makes community-campus engagements challenging with respect to funding? What opportunities does community-campus engagement funding provide to community organizations? In this podcast, we sit down... More

Thursday, August 2, 2018

TrentU Master’s Candidate Emily Amon studies the effectiveness of Community Based Research

CFICE Research Assistants (RAs) are making waves in community-based research! Emily Amon, an RA with the Student Pathways working group, was recently profiled by Random Acts of Green as a way of highlighting her Master's research on community impact. An excerpt of the article is included below, and you can read the full piece here!... More

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Flipping the Funding Model to Empower Communities

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. Lee Rose is a curious social innovator with an knack for working across systems to drive change. He led the creation and development... More

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Call for Papers: Engaged Scholar Journal Special Issue — Due December 10, 2018

The Engaged Scholar Journal is seeking submissions for a special issue on Community Engagement and the Anthropologies of Health and Wellbeing. Guest Editors: Sylvia Abonyi and Pamela Downe Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching and Learningis Canada’s online, open-access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal... More

Monday, July 30, 2018

Academic Article: Projective Technique Reveals Unconscious Attitudes about Poverty in Canada

CFICE Poverty Reduction hub partners have recently published an article in the Journal of Poverty titled, Projective Technique Reveals Unconscious Attitudes about Poverty in Canada. Terry Mitchell, Colleen Loomis, Alexia Polillo, Brooke Fry, and Mary Mackeigan worked with CFICE as part of the Poverty Reduction hub's Phase I project on shifting... More

Friday, July 27, 2018

Visions for the Future of Community-Campus Engagement in Canada

What should community-campus engagement (CCE) look like for our students, our communities, and our institutions? This is the question that was posed to several panelists at the June 20, 2018 launch of Community-Campus Engage Canada, an emerging network of community-campus engagement practitioners seeking to share learnings and bolster the field of... More

Thursday, July 26, 2018

The Important Role of Project Administrators in CCE

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Working with an institution as large as a university can be a daunting, challenging task filled with moving parts and bureaucratic hoops to jump through. For a community organization, tackling the challenges that come with a partnership with a post-secondary institution can be... More

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

A Budding Community-Campus Engagement Hub: The Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation

by Leigha McCarroll,  Research Assistant, Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (Ottawa) Working Group Take a stroll through the echoing hallways of St. Paul University to find a hidden treasure: the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop – a gorgeous co-working space and innovation hub nestled in Old Ottawa East. It serves as a workspace... More

Thursday, July 19, 2018

10 ways to create successful community-campus engagement partnerships

by Alexandra Zannis, CFICE Communications Volunteer Community-campus engagement (CCE) projects are meaningful projects that can have remarkable impacts on our communities, even if they can be daunting at first. Don’t be scared! If you’ve found yourself gearing up to start a CCE partnership and are ready to make lasting change, check out our 10... More

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Academic Article: Participatory planning in a low-income neighbourhood in Ontario, Canada: building capacity and collaborative interactions for influence

Published on July 13, 2018 in the Oxford Academic Community Development Journal, this article, Participatory Planning in a Low-Income Neighbourhood in Ontario, Canada, provides an overview of a community-led participatory planning process that sought to involve citizens who are often marginalized within planning processes. The research took place... More

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Call for Submissions: Reaching Across Borders, Building a Better World — Apply by August 17, 2018

Academics Without Borders, in partnership with Academica Group, invites submissions for a unique new conference, Reaching Across Borders, Building a Better World: The impact of Canada’s colleges and universities on global development. To be held on November 5-7, 2018 in Montreal, the conference is very proud to have the support of Canada’s... More

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

A Greater View of the Landscape: Co-Creating a Brokering Tool for Community-Campus Engagement

by Eileen O'Connor, Academic Co-lead, and Leigha McCarroll, Research Assistant, of the CCE Brokering (Ottawa) Working Group Ottawa is home to a rich cast of academics and community organizations hoping to make the city a little more environmentally friendly. But with countless government departments, 6 post secondary institutions in the... More

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Carleton Hosts Launch of Community-Campus Engage Canada

By Tyrone Burke Photos by Chris Roussakis The ivory tower’s walls are getting a little more permeable. For the past six years, the SSHRC-funded action research project Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) has studied how players on campus and in the community can partner to co-create knowledge and positively impact... More

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Achieving Positive Community Change through Reciprocal CSL Partnerships

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Erin Martel, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. Lynn Sutankayo is a partnership coordinator at University of Alberta's (North Campus) Community Service-Learning (CSL) unit, where she... More

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Expectations and timelines when working with a post-secondary institution

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Post-secondary institutions have specific timelines, long processes for things like ethics approval or grant applications, and generally speaking, a complex power structure that can involve some firm top-down governance. These factors can easily complicate a campus-community partnership,... More

Thursday, June 28, 2018

CFICE/FLEdGE Researchers Talk Food Policy in Europe

by Diana Bronson, CFICE Community Co-Lead and Peter Andrée, CFICE Principal Investigator We recently had an extraordinary opportunity to discuss what is happening on food policy with European experts and organizations, as well as colleagues from around the world, in events in Brussels (29-30 May), Budapest (30 May-1 June) and Brighton (June 4-5).... More

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Ontario Government Work-Integrated Learning Mandate: What does this mean for Faculty, Community, and Students?

By Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Co-op placements and internships, some unpaid, have long been the only way for many university students to put what they’re learning in classrooms into practice. These opportunities provide students with the chance to do a sort of taste-test of their chosen career path before graduation.... More

Friday, June 22, 2018

Developing a Toolkit for Community-Based Research

by Tara McWhinney, Research Assistant, CBO Tools Working Group In Phase 1 of the CFICE project a series of community campus engagement projects looked at how to improve community impacts through collaborative research projects. The need for a toolkit to help guide community organizations on the process of partnering with academics for research... More

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Video: Co-Creating the Future of Community-Campus Engagement in Canada

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 CFICE celebrated the launch of a new national network and community of practice called ‘Community-Campus Engage Canada’. As part of this launch, CFICE convened a panel and webinar titled Co-Creating the Future of Community-Campus Engagement in Canada. Moderated by Peter Andree, the webinar had presenters thinking... More

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

CCEC Roundtables: Creating a Community of Practice

By Chelsea Nash, Communications Research Assistant As the CFICE project approaches 2019—the end of the project—the Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) team has been working hard to keep an eye on the future and explore how best to advance community-campus engagement (CCE) across the country. Eight regional roundtables hosted by CCEC this... More

Monday, June 18, 2018

Journal Article: Building Sustainable Food Systems through Food Hubs: Practitioner and Academic Perspectives

Food hubs are engaged in a diverse range of activities in the food system, from managing the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of local food to addressing a broad range of social, economic, and ecological concerns. While most food hubs are responding to some key elements within the food supply chain, many address issues that... More

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

PODCAST & STORY: When Governments are ‘Community-First’

Story and podcast by Nicole Bedford, CFICE Project Manager and Communications Coordinator Sometimes it’s hard to trace the direct impact that government programs have on our communities. This is partly because on-the-ground projects leading to community change often receive funding from many sources, including private donors, industry partners,... More

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Call for Presenters: Canadian Rural and Remote Housing and Homelessness Symposium 2018 — Apply by June 22, 2018

The Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) would like to invite you to attend the Canadian Rural and Remote Housing and Homelessness Symposium 2018, which will be held October 24-26, 2018 in Canmore, Alberta. The Alberta Rural Development Network, in conjunction with the Alberta Rural Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (ARCH2), is proud... More

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Key Ingredients of ‘Community First’ CCE: Shared Aspirations, Values and Goals

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. This month, CFICE was happy to speak with Isabelle Kim, the Director of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Community... More

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

The Benefits of Working with Post-Secondary Institutions

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Entering into a partnership with post-secondary institutions (PSIs) can open a lot of doors for community-based organizations (CBOs), including access to certain funding opportunities, increased capacity, and the creation of new and collaborative networks with shared goals. CCE partnerships... More

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Journal Article: Brokering Community-Campus Partnerships – An Analytical Framework

CFICE Academic Co-lead Charles Levkoe and Researcher Holly Stack-Cutler have recently published an academic article on a community-campus engagement brokering framework. Abstract Academic institutions and community-based organisations have increasingly recognised the value of working together to meet their different objectives and address common... More

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Call for Contributions: Engage 2018 — Submit by June 18, 2018

Campus Engage is now inviting expressions of interest to contribute to this year's Engage Conference, which will be held in Edinburgh on the 29th-30th November. The call is open for applications between the 12th April and the 18th June 2018. Framing new futures for public engagement At the Engage Conference this year we’ll be exploring... More

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

What is Community-Campus Engagement?

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications RA Taking a community first approach to community-campus engagement (CCE) is a cornerstone to the work CFICE does, but it’s impossible to be community first without the input and participation of community organizations. Community-based organizations (CBOs) such as non-profit, non-governmental, or charitable... More

Monday, May 21, 2018

Springing into Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC): Looking back at CFICE’s blossoming Legacy

by Antonella Pucci, Former CCEC Administrative Research Assistant This Spring 2018, the legacy of CFICE is blooming with the creation of Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC) and its regional and national roundtables. CCEC is hosting a series of regional roundtables across the country, as well as another national roundtable. The purpose of these... More

Friday, May 18, 2018

Top 5 Elements of a Successful CCE Partnership

Written by Mitchell White-Richard, CFICE Volunteer and edited by Alexandra Hine, CFICE Administrative Research Assistant Since the beginning of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project, we have been working with our partners to study how to improve community-campus engagement partnerships. Community-campus engagement... More

Thursday, May 17, 2018

The ABCs of CCE: Sharing Power

By Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications RA This is part three of a three-part series on the ABC’s of CCE Partnerships, where we share some of the most important things to keep in mind when engaging in a CCE Partnership. Here, we’ve identified some strategies for sharing power. This article draws from interviews and focus... More

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

CFICE’s CCEC Hosts First Regional Roundtable in Toronto

by Isabelle Kim, CFICE CCEC working group member, and Director of the Centre for Community Partnerships at University of Toronto Community-Campus Engage Canada (CCEC), the legacy of the CFICE project, is a national network of community engagement practitioners. CCEC works with CFICE to host national and regional roundtables to bring together a... More

Friday, May 11, 2018

The ABCs of CCE: Sharing Resources

By Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications RA This is part two of a three-part series on the ABC’s of CCE Partnerships, where we share some of the most important things to keep in mind when engaging in a CCE Partnership. Here, we’ve identified some strategies for sharing resources in a way that empowers the community... More

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The ABCs of CCE: Sharing Responsibilities

By Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications RA This is part one of a three-part series on the ABC’s of CCE Partnerships, where we share some of the most important things to keep in mind when engaging in a CCE Partnership. Here, we’ve identified some of the main things we’ve found important to consider when taking... More

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Embedding an Ethic of Community Engagement in PSIs

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

Friday, May 4, 2018

Call for Abstracts! Special Section: Community Impacts of Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice

The Fall 2019 issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) will feature a special section on Community Impacts of Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, guest edited by Charles Z. Levkoe (Lakehead University), Karen Schwartz (Carleton University), Peter Andrée (Carleton University) and Nadine Changfoot (Trent... More

Friday, May 4, 2018

CFICE Welcomes Rhonda Ferguson to the Team

Rhonda Ferguson is a postdoctoral fellow with Lakehead University and Food Secure Canada. She has been researching the relationship between agricultural trade, food security, and human rights throughout her postgraduate work. Rhonda has joined the CFICE team as part of the Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (Food Sovereignty) working group.... More

Thursday, May 3, 2018

CFICE Hosts Series of CCE Regional Roundtables

From May 1 - June 19, CFICE is hosting a series of regional roundtables with co-hosting institutions and organizations across Canada. The purpose of these roundtables is to engage in cross-sectoral, multiple stakeholder discussions about community-campus engagement in Canada. The ideas generated at these regional roundtables will contribute to a... More

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Changing the Ways Post-Secondary Institutions Serve their Communities

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Erin Martel, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. This month, we hear from John Marris, Executive Director of the Trent Community Research Centre (TCRC). John brings a wealth of... More

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Video: Making Connections, Building Relationships: How community and campus-based brokers facilitate community-based research opportunities for students

On Thursday April 26, 2018 CFICE, the Trent Community Research Centre and McMaster University's Office of Community Engagement co-presented Making Connections, Building Relationships: How community and campus-based brokers facilitate community-based research opportunities for students. Moderated by David Tough, the webinar had presenters John... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

PODCAST & STORY: When Students are ‘Community-First’

Story by Kate Wetterstrand, CFICE Administrative Research Assistant; Podcast written and recorded by Kira Locken, CFICE Communications Volunteer When Natasha Pei got a Research Assistantship (RAship) with the Poverty Reduction hub of CFICE in 2013, she never could have predicted the impact it would have on her career trajectory. She attributes her... More

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Impact Strategy Assessment Checklist for Grant Applications

In January 2018, York University and the KT Core of Kids Brain Health Network partnered to assemble a checklist for assessing the completeness of knowledge mobilization strategies for research projects and grant applications. This checklist can be used by individual researchers, project teams, and/or impact practitioners.This checklist can... More

Friday, April 13, 2018

Call for Papers: Special Issue in Engaged Scholarship for Resilient Communities – Due Nov. 1, 2018

The journal Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760; index by *Scopus*) is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Engaged Scholarship for Resilient Communities". Prof. Richelle Winkler and Prof. Angie Carter are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. Local and community-scale practices show potential for addressing critical social and... More

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Fostering Positive Community Engagement in Post-Secondary Institutions

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Erin Martel, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. This month, we hear from Cathy Malcolm Edwards, a research facilitator at Carleton University who focuses on social innovation. Having... More

Monday, April 9, 2018

Call for Proposals: People, Place, and Public Engagement Conference — Submit by May 11, 2018

Are you interested in public engagement? Are you part of a community-university partnership? Is public engagement part of your work or research/teaching? The organizers for People, Place, & Public Engagement encourage you to look at their call for conference presentation proposals, and to submit yours by May 11, 2018 through the Office of... More

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Video: Governing A Food Policy for Canada: Challenges and opportunities for innovation

On Friday March 23, 2018 CFICE and Food Secure Canada co-presented Governing A Food Policy for Canada: Challenges and opportunities for innovation. Featuring leading academic, industry, civil society and government thinkers, the panel presentation explored the challenges and opportunities surrounding the development of Food Policy for Canada,... More

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Making Your Research Accessible to Community Partners

By Erin Martel, Communications RA Did you know that about 75% of academic articles are closed access and require a fee to read them? This paywall is a problem for community-campus engagement researchers because we want to make our research available to everyone, especially our community partners! Knowledge is a resource that should be... More

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

CFICE SC Co-lead Karen Schwartz Appointed Interim AVP (Research and International)

Reposted from Carleton University The Office of the Vice-President (Research and International) (OVPRI) [at Carleton University] is delighted to announce the appointment of Karen Schwartz as Interim Associate Vice-President (Research and International) for a one-year term commencing July 1, 2018. Dr. Schwartz is currently acting in this role,... More

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Food Secure Canada won a government contract and your community organization can too!

by Ethan Walker, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Back in February, you may have seen the announcement that Food Secure Canada (FSC) won a government contract to coordinate a Northern Food Systems Study funded by the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Typically, government contracts are given to academic... More

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