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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
Friday, April 21, 2017
Fanshawe College is searching for a Research Facilitator to work with the Chair, Community and Industry Research, Centre for Research and Innovation. The Research Facilitator will be tasked to research, identify, analyze, and communicate funding opportunities for research and innovation opportunities. The Research assistant will also coordinate... More
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
The University of Saskatchewan is searching for a Knowledge Mobilization (KM) specialist to assist with a $77.8-million grant entitled Global Water Futures (GWF). GWF is intended to transform the way communities, governments and industries in Canada, and other cold regions of the world, prepare for and manage increasing water-related threats. A... More
Thursday, March 16, 2017
In this paper, titled Information into knowledge: navigating the complexity in the campus community engagement context, the authors draw on two case studies from a current research project investigating the impact of campus-community engagement (CCE) to examine how the fundamental functions for effective knowledge mobilization were used. The K*... More
Friday, March 10, 2017
On Thursday, March 9, 2017 CFICE presented its first webinar in its new webinar series. Titled, Building a better webinar: A view through experience and research into best practices, the webinar presenters, Jeannie An and Jill Bedford, walked attendees through key tips and pointers for creating the best possible webinar to reach your target... More
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Despite what the name and definition of ‘webinar’ might have you believe (i.e. “web-based seminar”), webinars aren’t just seminars presented in an online environment. Of course, many have jumped on the webinar bandwagon with the idea that they can easily translate an in-person presentation to a webinar platform. But the major difference... More
Monday, February 27, 2017
by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA We’ve all attended webinars before. They’re interesting in theory and have so much potential, but in practice, it's often difficult to stay engaged in the topic. That’s why we're doing a webinar on webinars! On Thursday, March 9, from 2-3pm EST, join us for Building a better webinar:... More
Monday, November 21, 2016
by Omar Elsharkawy, CFICE Admin RA Social innovation has become a trendy word that gets thrown around a lot and for good reason. Social innovation is becoming increasingly popular in the community development, and community-campus engagement sectors. To understand what social innovation is and why it’s important for community-campus engagement,... More
Monday, November 14, 2016
by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA Traditional research follows a top-down approach with specific roles in the process: there is a researcher and there is a subject of study. Although the study may follow an empiricist or an interpretivist approach, the researcher has rule over the direction of the study, method selected (mainly... More
Friday, October 21, 2016
On October 3, CFICE's Bessa Whitmore was a guest speaker for a second year undergrad course on Research Methods at Dalhousie University's School of Social Work. During this talk, Bessa shared some of her own experiences with community-campus engagement (CCE) work, including some of the opportunities and challenges she's encountered. The goal was... More
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA Science can be scary. It can be complex, overwhelming, and difficult to understand at times—frustrating even. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Movies and television may have propagated the image of the crazed and frenzied scientist for years, but its time to ditch that stereotype! And... More
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
by Carly Foubert, CFICE Communications RA Within the realm of academia, knowledge mobilization is considered an essential aspect of research, especially in the humanities and social sciences. Universities tap into many knowledge mobilization tips and tricks to access a broader audience and make information regarding programs, events, and the... More
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