Archives: Charles Levkoe

Friday, March 29, 2019

CFICE co-lead places article in The Chronicle Journal

Monday March 25th's copy of The Chronicle Journal, a newspaper published out of Thunder Bay, featured a familiar face: That of CFICE Researcher Charles Levkoe! On the heels of the "Understanding our Food Systems" gathering held in January 2019, Charles and colleague Jessica McLaughlin (co-ordinator of the Indigenous Food Circle), penned this... More

Monday, October 15, 2018

Journal Article: People, power, change: three pillars of a food sovereignty research praxis

CFICE Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (Food Sovereignty) working group member Charles Levkoe, and CFICE partners Colin Anderson and Josh Brem-Wilson have recently published the article, People, power, change: three pillars of a food sovereignty research praxis. This article shares some of the knowledge gained in Phase I of CFICE through... More

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Expectations and timelines when working with a post-secondary institution

by Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications Research Assistant Post-secondary institutions have specific timelines, long processes for things like ethics approval or grant applications, and generally speaking, a complex power structure that can involve some firm top-down governance. These factors can easily complicate a campus-community partnership,... More

Thursday, June 28, 2018

CFICE/FLEdGE Researchers Talk Food Policy in Europe

by Diana Bronson, CFICE Community Co-Lead and Peter Andrée, CFICE Principal Investigator We recently had an extraordinary opportunity to discuss what is happening on food policy with European experts and organizations, as well as colleagues from around the world, in events in Brussels (29-30 May), Budapest (30 May-1 June) and Brighton (June 4-5).... More

Monday, June 18, 2018

Journal Article: Building Sustainable Food Systems through Food Hubs: Practitioner and Academic Perspectives

Food hubs are engaged in a diverse range of activities in the food system, from managing the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of local food to addressing a broad range of social, economic, and ecological concerns. While most food hubs are responding to some key elements within the food supply chain, many address issues that... More

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

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

Story and podcast by Nicole Bedford, CFICE Project Manager and Communications Coordinator Sometimes it’s hard to trace the direct impact that government programs have on our communities. This is partly because on-the-ground projects leading to community change often receive funding from many sources, including private donors, industry partners,... More

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Journal Article: Brokering Community-Campus Partnerships – An Analytical Framework

CFICE Academic Co-lead Charles Levkoe and Researcher Holly Stack-Cutler have recently published an academic article on a community-campus engagement brokering framework. Abstract Academic institutions and community-based organisations have increasingly recognised the value of working together to meet their different objectives and address common... More

Monday, March 12, 2018

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

Story by Ethan Walker, CFICE Communications Research Assistant; Podcast written and recorded by Kira Locken, CFICE Communications Volunteer Engaging in community-first campus-community engagement (CCE) is an opportune way for faculty to achieve their goals as researchers and teachers. Charles Levkoe, an academic co-lead for CFICE’s CCE Brokering... More

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Journal Article: Community Service-Learning in Graduate Planning Education

CFICE Co-Investigator, Charles Levkoe, recently published an academic article with colleagues Abigail Friendly and Amrita Daniere titled Community Service-Learning in Graduate Planning Education. Published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research January 2018, the article looks at how planning programs involving graduate-level students... More

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Partners in Action: Sharing the Table Manitoba

By Carly Foubert, CFICE Volunteer Sharing the Table Manitoba is a CFICE community partner whose relationship with CFICE developed within the Community Food Security hub. It is a network of individuals ranging from food producers such as fishermen and women and farmers, to food consumers, with the aim of creating a space for discussion and... More

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