Archives: community

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

U-Links Community Impact Study Underway

By Erin Martel, Communications RA. At CFICE, we feel good about being part of community success stories--but how can we measure if we've truly made an impact? This is the question that Emily Amon, a master’s student at Trent University, is tackling with her research on the U-links model and its environmental, social, cultural... More

Thursday, February 8, 2018

How ORCID can help your research career!

By Ethan Walker, 0000-0002-2607-6500 Are you an avid researcher hoping to showcase your work? Are you involved with a community project? Are you looking for a way to ensure that you get credit for your research? ORCID can help! What is ORCID? ORCID is a service that is growing in popularity within the research... More

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Humans of CFICE: Abigail Moriah

by Eden Suh, CFICE Volunteer Abigail Moriah has been a member of CFICE's Steering Committee since 2015 and was appointed as the committee's Community Co-chair at the end of 2016. Moriah was introduced to CFICE while attending a forum in Brazil where she connected with fellow CFICE members. The forum aligned with Moriah’s interests in... More

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Intersectionality within CFICE

by Omar Elsharkawy, CFICE Admin RA At Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE), we recognize the need to be intersectional in our work and research in order to address injustices in all forms. CFICE works to optimize the impact of campus community engagement by working on Community Food Security, Community Environmental... More

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Pursuing Excellence in Collaborative Community-Campus Research – 2014 National Summit

Taken from the Center for Community Based Research website: The Centre for Community Based Research together with Community- Based Research Canada organized a National Summit on Collaborative Community-Campus Research. This event was held on November 3 and 4, 2014 in Waterloo, Ontario and brought together over 60 leaders of community-based... More

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Improvisation, community, and social practice

Looking for novel ways of engaging or sharing knowledge?  Check out: Improvisation, community, and social practice - ''The project’s core hypothesis is that musical improvisation is a crucial model for political, cultural, and ethical dialogue and... More

Monday, November 25, 2013

Infographic to generate awareness

An example of how research can be mobilized using infographics on twitter.... More

Friday, October 25, 2013

Evaluation Article: Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty

Eyes Wide Open: Learning as Strategy Under Conditions of Complexity and Uncertainty.  An article that explores "three common 'traps' that hinder foundations' capacity to learn and... More

Monday, October 21, 2013

Invitation to Submit Community- Engaged Works to CES4Health

Submit products of your community-engaged work for peer-reviewed publication and dissemination through CES4Health! CES4Health publishes diverse products of community-based participatory research and other forms of community-engaged scholarship - including videos, policy briefs, resource guides and online toolkits.  Basically, any product in... More

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A Pension Plan for Non-Profit Employees: A Quebec Example that is Working

Submitted by: Ted Jackson  One of the remarkable outcomes of the work of the Service aux collectivites at the University of Quebec at Montreal  is Regime de Retraite, a pension plan for employees of community and women’s organizations in Quebec.  With some 3,000 members and a healthy investment fund, the plan provides the economic... More

Friday, September 20, 2013

Using Technology for Participatory Action

Bessa Whitmore participated in a useful webinar on 'participatory video' and 'most significant change'.  Visit www.Insightshare.org to view sample videos, photo stories, case studies, hubs.  There are also videos which provide an overview of the process of developing... More

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Presentation: CFICE Members Present at GUNI 2013

Todd Barr, Co-Lead of the Community Environmental Sustainability Hub presented Leadership and Collaboration for Regional Economic Prosperity and Sustainable Development - at the GUNI Conference 2013, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, 2013 Edward Jackson, Katherine Graham, and Todd Barr presented, Education &... More

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