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Thursday, October 19, 2017
In Phase I of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project, the Poverty Reduction hub partnered with Station 20 West. Together, they worked on a project that examined community-campus engagement (CCE) at the Station 20 West Community Enterprise Centre. The study explored the effectiveness of the CCE partnership and the... More
Friday, June 23, 2017
How do we ensure our collective impact strategies are viable and leveraged toward success? What criteria can we use to establish whether our strategies address the overall direction and outcomes we're hoping to achieve? Tamarack has the answers to these questions in their new article, released today. This article – Developing Collective Impact... More
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
by Leah Piehler, CFICE Volunteer June 21st is National Aboriginal Day in Canada. Established in 1996, National Aboriginal Day is about recognizing and celebrating the unique and diverse heritage, cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. In order to fully recognize and appreciate Indigenous peoples, CFICE Poverty... More
Thursday, June 15, 2017
One of CFICE’s partnering organizations, The Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship (CSPSC), is excited to release the final report for its first community-based research project. With funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Seed Grant program, The Somali Centre for Family Services of Ottawa (SCFS) invited Carleton... More
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
by Leah Piehler, CFICE Volunteer Businesses in Hamilton, Ont., are proving that a living wage is a win-win for both employees and employers. The current minimum wage doesn’t guarantee a decent quality of life for workers. It focusses mainly on survival needs, but people need more than just food and shelter to live a... More
Friday, May 12, 2017
The Handbook of Community Well-Being Research brings together foundational and leading-edge research exploring dimensions of improving quality of life in communities of place. It explores social indicators and other assessment techniques including from the framework of community perspectives which is concerned with enhancing quality of life for... 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
Thursday, February 16, 2017
The Canadian Poverty Institute and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness are pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Poverty Hub, which will be available in April 2017. The Canadian Poverty Hub will be an online repository of relevant research with respect to the causes and impacts of poverty, as well as policies and best... More
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Poverty means a lot of things to a lot of different people. So does poverty reduction. We challenge YOU to think about what poverty means to you. What can you do to help eliminate poverty? Share your thoughts with us on Facebook or Twitter! https://youtu.be/qZRp12JscmU This video was created by the CFICE Poverty Reduction hub.... More
Monday, November 28, 2016
This plain language podcast provides a summary of Amanda Lefrancois’ report titled Using Campus Community Engagement to Build Capacity for Poverty Reduction. This research was conducted in partnership with Pathway to Potential and CFICE. It explores levels of poverty in the Windsor-Essex County and possible resource networks to reduce... More
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
by Aaron Kozak, CFICE Poverty Reduction Hub RA 1) Power from the sidewalk up you can see the umbrella umbrella sees sun 2) Capitalism money builds access like a bridge on fire behind don’t ever look back 3) Co-creation a leaky basement everyone with different skills we can plug the holes... More
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
by Keegan Hughes, CFICE Volunteer The Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project collaborates with many community partners in order to best serve Canadians. Using a community-first approach allows the project to reach many people in ways that other strategies could not. That is why a partnership with Living SJ, an... More
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