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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

Friday, May 4, 2018

Call for Abstracts! Special Section: Community Impacts of Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice

The Fall 2019 issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) will feature a special section on Community Impacts of Engaged Research, Teaching and Practice, guest edited by Charles Z. Levkoe (Lakehead University), Karen Schwartz (Carleton University), Peter Andrée (Carleton University) and Nadine Changfoot (Trent... More

Friday, May 4, 2018

CFICE Welcomes Rhonda Ferguson to the Team

Rhonda Ferguson is a postdoctoral fellow with Lakehead University and Food Secure Canada. She has been researching the relationship between agricultural trade, food security, and human rights throughout her postgraduate work. Rhonda has joined the CFICE team as part of the Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (Food Sovereignty) working group.... 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, May 2, 2018

Changing the Ways Post-Secondary Institutions Serve their Communities

In CFICE’s “Conversations With” series, we interview community-campus engagement (CCE) practitioners to get their insights on CCE. Interview conducted by Erin Martel, CFICE Communications Research Assistant. This month, we hear from John Marris, Executive Director of the Trent Community Research Centre (TCRC). John brings a wealth of... More

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Video: Making Connections, Building Relationships: How community and campus-based brokers facilitate community-based research opportunities for students

On Thursday April 26, 2018 CFICE, the Trent Community Research Centre and McMaster University's Office of Community Engagement co-presented Making Connections, Building Relationships: How community and campus-based brokers facilitate community-based research opportunities for students. Moderated by David Tough, the webinar had presenters John... More

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

PODCAST & STORY: When Students are ‘Community-First’

Story by Kate Wetterstrand, CFICE Administrative Research Assistant; Podcast written and recorded by Kira Locken, CFICE Communications Volunteer When Natasha Pei got a Research Assistantship (RAship) with the Poverty Reduction hub of CFICE in 2013, she never could have predicted the impact it would have on her career trajectory. She attributes her... More

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Impact Strategy Assessment Checklist for Grant Applications

In January 2018, York University and the KT Core of Kids Brain Health Network partnered to assemble a checklist for assessing the completeness of knowledge mobilization strategies for research projects and grant applications. This checklist can be used by individual researchers, project teams, and/or impact practitioners.This checklist can... More

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