Archives: Liz Weaver

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

NEW BOOK: Moving the Needle on Poverty

As one of its last projects, members of the Poverty Reduction Hub collaborated to assemble and self-publish a new book titled Moving the needle on poverty: Snapshots of community-campus partnerships. This book includes chapters from each of the hub's partners, and outlines the different models of engagement used by each partnership to complete... More

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Best Practices for Community-Campus Engagement

by Aimee Coueslan, Engagement Liaison, Rural Development Institute, Brandon University This article was first posted by Aimee Coueslan on Medium.com and is being shared with her permission on the CFICE website. In their core strategic planning, universities across Canada are now identifying community engagement as a core function of research,... More

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

So you want to apply for a SSHRC partnership grant… How can you respectfully involve your community partners?

By Chelsea Nash, Communications Research Assistant Being 'community first' means engaging and involving community partners at all stages of the partnership, even the application process. When the CFICE team was putting together its SSHRC application several years ago, the application process presented one of the first opportunities to put the... More

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Video: Co-Creating the Future of Community-Campus Engagement in Canada

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 CFICE celebrated the launch of a new national network and community of practice called ‘Community-Campus Engage Canada’. As part of this launch, CFICE convened a panel and webinar titled Co-Creating the Future of Community-Campus Engagement in Canada. Moderated by Peter Andree, the webinar had presenters thinking... More

Friday, May 11, 2018

The ABCs of CCE: Sharing Resources

By Chelsea Nash, CFICE Communications RA This is part two of a three-part series on the ABC’s of CCE Partnerships, where we share some of the most important things to keep in mind when engaging in a CCE Partnership. Here, we’ve identified some strategies for sharing resources in a way that empowers the community... More

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Collective Impact and Community Campus Partnerships

by Karen Schwartz, Natasha Pei, Aaron Kozak, Academic and Community Co-leads and Research Assistant of the CFICE Poverty Reduction Hub What is Collective Impact? Collective Impact is the model for effecting change embraced by the Poverty Reduction Hub’s community partners. Kania and Kramer coined the term Collective Impact in 2011, which... More

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Collective Impact

Author: Ted Jackson  On September 24, Liz Weaver animated an all-day Community Collaboration Forum in London, Ontario.  Attended by 170 participants from the non-profit, university and government sectors, the event was organized by the Pillar Nonprofit Network. The event included a panel entitled “Putting Collective Impact into Practice,”... More

Friday, September 6, 2013

Presentation: Poverty Hub Presentation Goes Online

CFICE’s Poverty Reduction Hub has been busy. After a busy year of working with partners in Hamilton, Waterloo, Saint John, and nationally, the Hub has put together a detailed presentation of its work in 2012-2013. You can access the Hub’s slide show on the Vibrant Comminities website. This work was presented at the CUExpo conference in... More

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