Archives: Tara McWhinney

Friday, December 7, 2018

Video: Navigating community-campus research partnerships: Introducing a tool to help the process

On Thursday, December 7, 2018 CFICE presented Navigating community-campus research partnerships: Introducing a tool to help the process. In this webinar, presenters provided an overview of a self assessment tool, designed specifically for community organizations, that provides information and resources about community-based research with academic... More

Friday, October 5, 2018

Video: Sneak preview of our Research Toolkit for Community Based Organizations

As part of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project, Tara McWhinney, PhD Student and Research Assistant with the Centre for Studies on Poverty and Social Citizenship (CSPSC), has helped develop a Research Toolkit for Community Based Organizations (learn more about the Toolkit). Developed by the CFICE Tools Working... More

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Video: Finding your CCE Champion Webinar and Resources

On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 CFICE presented Finding your CCE Champion: How to identify, establish, and grow your organization’s connections with post-secondary institutions. In this webinar, presenters from the Volunteer Action Centre in Waterloo Region (VAC) and Laurier University shared their experiences finding, initiating and building... More

Friday, June 22, 2018

Developing a Toolkit for Community-Based Research

by Tara McWhinney, Research Assistant, CBO Tools Working Group In Phase 1 of the CFICE project a series of community campus engagement projects looked at how to improve community impacts through collaborative research projects. The need for a toolkit to help guide community organizations on the process of partnering with academics for research... More

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