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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
On January 18 and 19, 2017, representatives from each of CFICE's Phase I hubs and Phase II working groups, came together in Ottawa to discuss the findings of the project to date. The event celebrated CFICE's impact in communities across Canada and also looked at what recommendations could be carried forward in Phase II to... More
Friday, December 16, 2016
Over the course of 2016, CFICE's hubs engaged in a systematic evaluation to figure out what we've learned from Phase I of CFICE. This evaluation report synthesizes and summarizes the findings from the Community Environmental Sustainability (CES) Ottawa Hub, lead by Patricia Ballamingie at Carleton University. The creation of this report involved... 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
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
This plain language podcast provides a summary of Larissa Barry-Thibodeau's thesis titled Community Connectivity: Cultivating Sustainability, Influence and Place in Old Ottawa East. This research was conducted in partnership with Sustainable Living Ottawa East (SLOE) and CFICE. It explored the strengths of facilities, amenities, and services... More
Friday, September 30, 2016
On September 13, 2016, Food Secure Canada released it's report titled Paying for Nutrition: A Report on Food Costing in the North. Completed with the support of CFICE's Community Food Security Hub, this report leaves no doubt that food prices in the north are outrageous in comparison with the rest of Canada. With many... More
Monday, September 26, 2016
[Link to report below] The City of Ottawa, Canada’s capital, is growing and transitioning. Growth is fueled by an influx of new residents attracted by the region’s employment prospects and quality of life. Growth is also fueled by a development industry operating on a decades-old model of low-density planning, and by consumers who prefer... More
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
This plain language podcast provides a summary of the Campus Food Systems Initiatives Study. This study was conducted in partnership with Meal Exchange and Ryerson University and explored the process of starting, maintaining, and involving community partners in student-led campus food systems initiatives. Download a copy of the podcast... More
Friday, April 29, 2016
In the winter of 2015, when the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project was in the preliminary stages of planning its transition to Phase II, the Community Food Security (CFS) Hub prepared a discussion paper to synthesize collective reflections from hub partners on their proposals for action priorities to be... More
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
CFICE's latest podcast is based on Action Research Change's Report on the Implementation of Domestic Violence Death Review Committee Recommendations 2007-2011. The report highlights the lack of action from ministries and organizations to help end violence against women. Download a copy of the podcast transcript. Podcast written and... More
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Closing the Loop: Community Engaged Pedagogy in Business Courses is a CACSL and Carleton Raven's Den-funded CFICE evaluation project that looks at the impact on Sprott School of Business's community partners of adopting a community service learning approach to pedagogy. Over a number of years and across a variety of courses, Sprott has... More
Friday, March 18, 2016
Since its establishment in 2012, social justice and environmental sustainability have been at the heart of Community Food Security (CFS) Hub work. The collective research we have been involved in with our community and academic partners across Canada has highlighted the need to better understand settler colonialism and its implications for food... More
Friday, March 11, 2016
Wondering what the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project has been up to for the past four years? Well you're in luck. We just completed and submitted our SSHRC Midterm report on February 29, 2016 and it's chock full of details about CFICE's activities and learnings from Phase I! Click on the... More
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