CFICE’s Tools and Resources

Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) is a leading resource for all your ‘community-first’ community-campus engagement (CCE) research and tools needs! To browse our collection of tools and resources, use the tag links below to see tools and resources that align with the type or subject of the data you seek.

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Food Security
Environmental Sustainability
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Violence Against Women
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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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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