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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
by Ash Coutu, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Does the thought of including community engagement in your courses sound intimidating? Don't fret. There's no need to reinvent the wheel when there's already a wealth of resources out there waiting to be used! Our team at CFICE has combed through the internet and put together a... More
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
by Jasmine Law, CFICE Vounteer Food connects us all. Believe it or not, food is tied to the economy, environment, and to social justice and democracy. It’s so central to our lives that one in eight jobs in Canada are related to food systems, not to mention that it has a daily connection with... 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
Thursday, February 2, 2017
by Amanda Wilson, Community Co-lead of the CCE Brokering (FS) Working Group --- This article was first posted on Food Secure Canada's Website January 26, 2017. Link to the full article here --- January 18-19, 2017 CFICE (Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement) held a two day Symposium in Ottawa to reflect on the... More
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
The Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty has consistently held the space since 2006 for the generation of a body of knowledge within food systems discourse, that shines a light on the myriad ways that Indigenous hunting, fishing and gathering societies are persisting into the 21st century. While they are among some of the... More
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
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
On January 10, 2017, Dr. Charles Levkoe of CFICE's Community-Campus Brokering Working Group chatted with CBC's Lisa Laco about sustainable food systems. In the interview, Charles touched on his role as a Canada Research Chair, the food movement in Thunder Bay, and how community-campus engagement contributes to building sustainable food systems in... More
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Start 2017 off right by updating yourself on all the work that has been going on at the Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS)! This newsletter is full of information about new articles, books, other publications, food studies events, projects, and other initiatives that are taking place in the Canadian food studies community. Of... More
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
On Wednesday October 5th, the Food Research Collaboration (FRC), an initiative in the UK that brings together academics and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) around food issues, held a workshop to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in working in community-campus partnerships (CCPs). The event was a success, with participants... More
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
The Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project extends a hearty congratulations to Dr. Charles Levkoe, who was named as the new Tier II Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at Lakehead University. The appointment was announced by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, on December 2, 2016. In this... More
Friday, December 2, 2016
November has been a busy month for our partner, Food Secure Canada. Check out what they've been up to in their work to advance Food Sovereignty in Canada! 1) PROOF Conference: Advancing Food Insecurity Research in Canada (November 17-18, 2016) On November 17 and 18 in Toronto, almost 200 researchers and advocates from Canada and... More
Friday, November 11, 2016
by Colton Brydges, Ottawa CCE Brokering working group RA A city like Ottawa presents so many opportunities and challenges for people or groups who want to promote social change. There are countless government departments, 3 universities, 2 colleges (and even more in Gatineau), and third sector organizations of all sizes and functions, from large... More
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