Archives: Aligning Institutions

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

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

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

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

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, January 3, 2018

Engage 2017! through Canadian eyes

by David Peacock, Michelle Nilson, Peter Andrée Canadian community-campus engagement practitioners can learn a thing or two from the Brits, but we have some ideas to offer them too. On December 6-7, 2017, we (Michelle Nilson, Peter Andrée, and David Peacock) represented Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) at the National... More

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