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Friday, April 5, 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
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
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, November 13, 2018
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
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
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, May 17, 2018
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
Friday, May 11, 2018
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
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, November 7, 2017
The 2016-17 academic year was one of significant achievement for the Trent Community Research Centre. After a modest year in 2015-16 with only one full-time staff member focused on projects, September 2016 saw the appointment of the Centre’s first post-doctoral fellow. Dr. David Tough joined the Centre on a 4 day-a-week contract to take on... More
Monday, September 25, 2017
by Trent University Two of Trent University’s brightest young alumni were honoured at a special luncheon hosted by Trent President Leo Groarke on Tuesday, August 22, at Alumni House, which brought together Peterborough-based alumni from across five decades of Trent history to celebrate the impact of Trent alumni on the Peterborough community. At... More
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Compiled by Nadine Changfoot, Academic Co-lead, Community Environmental Sustainability (PBTO-HALIB) Hub Congratulations to Tessa Nasca as the new Community Coordinator for TCAT’s Active Neighbourhoods Canada project! Tessa brings a background in active transportation advocacy and urban design, and is dedicated to creating more accessible and... More
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Trent University is accepting applications and expressions of interest for up to two graduate students for a research project involving community-based research as a means to assess how sustainability in the region of Haliburton County is promoted through campus-community partnerships. The community partner for the project is the U-Links Centre... More
Friday, June 9, 2017
by Magda Goemans, CFICE Evaluation and Analysis Working Group Research Assistant This blog post is one of several that will take a look at some of the inspiration behind recommendations that CFICE is developing for funders, post-secondary institutions and others following our evaluation of Phase I of the project. I have spent the last... More
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