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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Plain Language Podcast: Climate Change and the Residential Development Industry in Ottawa, Canada

This plain language podcast provides a summary of Gary Martin and Patricia Bellamingie's Climate Change and the Residential Development Industry in Ottawa report. The report is intended to inform and encourage discussions between industry and government policymakers within and beyond Ottawa about climate change, as well as the potential impacts... More

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Plain Language Podcast and Report: Community-Campus Engagement (CCE) Brokering, Partnership Tools, and Student Pathways to Engagement: An Environmental Scan

This plain language podcast provides a summary of Holly Stack-Cutler’s report titled Community-Campus Engagement (CCE) Brokering, Partnership Tools, and Student Pathways to Engagement: An Environmental Scan. This research was conducted in 2016, in partnership with the CCE Brokering, Student Pathways, and Partnership Tools working groups. The... More

Monday, February 6, 2017

Journal Article: Collaboration for Transformation: Community– Campus Engagement for Just and Sustainable Food Systems

One of the top questions on CFICE researchers' minds over the past four years has been whether or not (and how) community-campus engagement can contribute to building social movements. In Phase I, each of the hubs explored this question in more or less detail. Well the Community Food Security hub now has an answer to... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Podcast: Decolonizing Research and Relationships

The Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty has consistently held the space since 2006 for the generation of a body of knowledge within food systems discourse, that shines a light on the myriad ways that Indigenous hunting, fishing and gathering societies are persisting into the 21st century. While they are among some of the... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Report: Responsibilities and Relationships: Decolonizing the BC Food Systems Network

The BC Food Systems Network (BCFSN) strives to build and maintain networks inclusive of diversity of cultures including Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. In 2012, with support from Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement’s (CFICE) Community Food Security (CFS) Hub the BCFSN staff developed an evaluation to better understand... More

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Report: CFICE Symposium Backgrounder (Preliminary Phase I Findings)

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

Thursday, January 19, 2017

31 Environmentally-Friendly Tips: Storified!

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

Environmentally-Friendly Events – Event Kits Included!

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

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Poverty Is…

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

Friday, December 16, 2016

Report: Community Environmental Sustainability Hub Evaluation Synthesis

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

Plain Language Podcast: Using CCE to Build Capacity for Poverty Reduction

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

Friday, October 21, 2016

Presentation: Sharing CCE Insights with Second Year Social Work Students

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

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