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Wednesday, June 7, 2017
by Leah Piehler, CFICE Volunteer In 2015, CFICE’s Environmental Sustainability (Peterborough-Haliburton) Hub supported the research of Melissa Johnston, a Master’s student in Trent University’s Sustainability Studies program. With the support, Melissa partnered with Abbey Gardens, a community project in Haliburton, Ont., which focuses on... More
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
by Omar Elsharkawy, CFICE Admin RA In January 2017, the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project hosted a symposium to reflect on and evaluate Phase I of their 7-year research project. The first phase officially started in 2012 when the project received a $2.5 million Social Sciences and Humanities partnership grant. With... More
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
by Nadine Changfoot, Academic Co-lead, Community Environmental Sustainability (PBTO-HALIB) Hub Trent University has received a $150,000 funding infusion thanks to the generosity of two change-leaders, John and Thea Patterson, who have created a new endowment fund to support Trent graduate research at Abbey Gardens in Haliburton that puts community... More
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
The Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project has accomplished alot in the first four years of the project. In Partnering for Change, a radio documentary created by CFICE volunteer Julie Bourassa, CFICE partners reflect on the personal and community impacts the CFICE project has had in Phase I. Download a PDF copy... More
Monday, April 24, 2017
Food Secure Canada and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation are jointly releasing the report Purchasing Power: 10 Lessons on Getting More Local, Sustainable, and Delicious Food in Schools, Hospitals and Campuses. The lessons profile what we’ve learned about how to shift institutional food purchasing to sustainability–from defining local, to... More
Friday, April 21, 2017
April 3rd, 2017 The agriculture and agri-food sector is enjoying a moment of exceptional attention. First, Canada’s Economic Growth Advisory Committee pinpointed the sector as a promising area of growth in the so-called Barton Report. Then, the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute and the Public Policy Forum organized a series of meetings across... More
Friday, March 24, 2017
by John Marris, Community Co-lead, Community Environmental Sustainability (PBTO-HALIB) Hub The Trent Community Research Centre (TCRC) presents its annual Celebration of Community Research on March 31, 2017 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Champlain College Great Hall at Trent University. Over 75 students will be presenting research projects... More
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
by Kira Locken, CFICE Volunteer As part of their campaign for clean and accessible public washrooms in the Ottawa area, GottaGo! is now advocating for more public washrooms to be built with environmentally friendly toilets. Founded in 2013, GottaGo! advocates for a network of public washrooms in Ottawa that are easy to find and accessible for... More
Monday, January 30, 2017
by Nadine Changfoot, Katie Caddigan, Jason Hartwick, and Tessa Nasca Katie Caddigan and Jason Hartwick, Stewart Street residents, and Tessa Nasca and Nadine Changfoot, researchers at Trent University and members of CFICE, met to discuss and reflect on what participating on the ANC Stewart Street – Peterborough project provided them six months... More
Thursday, January 26, 2017
by Nadine Changfoot, Academic Co-lead, Community Environmental Sustainability Hub (Pbto/Halib) On October 7, 2016, B!ke Peterborough and GreenUP Peterborough organized a day long Community Conversation informed by the work of the CFICE and Trent supported Active Neighbourhoods Canada (ANC) Stewart Street Neighbourhood Project in Peterborough... More
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Were you so busy last month that you missed our 31 tips for living a more environmentally-friendly December? Well we've got you covered! We've collected all 31 tips here in one place, so you can review them at your leisure! [View the story "31 Days of an Environmentally Friendly December " on... More
Friday, January 6, 2017
If you've been following Jenna Snelgrove's blog posts on the CFICE website, you'll know she's been working hard to research and prepare some pretty unique event kits for CFICE's Haliburton Partners, Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, and Abbey Gardens. Through her work, Jenna has prepared 4 event kits - one for each season. These kits... More
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