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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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
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
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Story by Kate Wetterstrand, CFICE Administrative Research Assistant; Podcast written and recorded by Kira Locken, CFICE Communications Volunteer When Natasha Pei got a Research Assistantship (RAship) with the Poverty Reduction hub of CFICE in 2013, she never could have predicted the impact it would have on her career trajectory. She attributes her... More
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
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
Friday, October 23, 2015
Tamarack Institute is hosting an upcoming workshop Oct. 27 - 29, 2015 in Montréal, Québec entitled Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes. This workshop is suited to those who have an interest and some basic knowledge and experience with evaluation and are eager to tackle the challenging but critical task... More
Monday, February 9, 2015
Campus community research partnerships are exciting and challenging, says Liz Weaver, Vice-President of Tamarack. For the last three years, Liz also co-led the poverty reduction hub of Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement, or CFICE. Under her co-leadership, the hub researched big issues in poverty, including living wage, the stigma of... More
Thursday, January 8, 2015
The Tamarack Learning Center highlighted an article about CFICE entitled "Community Connections". This Carleton Alumni article features the Poverty Reduction hub and their project that tackles the opportunities and challenges around implementing a living wage. Please click here to go to the full... More
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Almost two years ago Tamarack launched its 1,000 Conversations Campaign to explore people’s experiences of community across Canada. This journey has introduced us to many incredible people who shared beautiful stories of communities coming together in times of need and opportunity. These stories, and the insights they have generated, have been... More
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Banned in Europe, Blessed in Canada: Hundreds of Pesticides Under Review Hosted by: The David Suzuki Foundation and Équiterre ENGLISH: WEDNESDAY MAY 7, 2014 FROM 1:30 TO 2:30 PM ET FRENCH: WEDNESDAY MAY 14, 2014 FROM 1:30 to 2:30 PM ET You're invited to join the David Suzuki Foundation and Équiterre for a webinar as they discuss an... More
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes This June 2-4 the Tamarack Institute will host Evaluating Community Impact: Capturing and Making Sense of Community Outcomes, a multi-day interactive workshop in Halifax, NS, designed specifically for leaders who have basic evaluation training and a desire to take their... More
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
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
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