Archives: Tessa Nasca

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Including community-campus engagement as part of a thesis

By Kate Higginson, CFICE Communications Research Assistant  Many grad students enter their Master’s degree or PhD with the hopes of helping their community. Community-campus engagement (CCE) is one way students can maximize the community benefits of their research. CCE work requires a significant time commitment, and it can be difficult to... More

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Academic Article: Participatory planning in a low-income neighbourhood in Ontario, Canada: building capacity and collaborative interactions for influence

Published on July 13, 2018 in the Oxford Academic Community Development Journal, this article, Participatory Planning in a Low-Income Neighbourhood in Ontario, Canada, provides an overview of a community-led participatory planning process that sought to involve citizens who are often marginalized within planning processes. The research took place... More

Monday, July 11, 2016

Active Neighbourhoods Canada helps Peterborough’s citizens engage

by Mimi Ye, CFICE Volunteer The Active Neighbourhoods Canada (ANC) Peterborough is a participatory planning project that seeks to find more meaningful ways to engage citizens in urban planning. For Peterborough’s Stewart Street neighbourhood, the ANC Peterborough project empowers community residents and local organizations to collaboratively... More

Monday, March 7, 2016

CFICE-Active Neighbourhoods Canada Peterborough project gathers feedback

by Tessa Nasca, CFICE RA, with Nadine Changfoot, Community Environmental Sustainability hub (Peterborough/Haliburton) Academic Co-lead The Active Neighbourhoods Canada (ANC) CFICE demonstration project is underway in Peterborough, Ontario. The project, which is a part of a national network of twelve projects that use participatory design towards a... More

Monday, January 25, 2016

Community First and Community-Trent Partnerships

by Nadine Changfoot, Community Environmental Sustainability hub (Peterborough/Haliburton) Academic Co-lead, with Annette Pedlar, POST Research Assistant On January 13, Trent University's Masters of Sustainability Studies (MASS) Colloquium featured the work of local community leaders, students and faculty. This event was brought together by the... More

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Todd Barr, former CES co-lead, leaves CFICE inspired for next adventure

By Lily Haines, KMb RA Five years ago, a research proposal landed on Todd Barr’s desk. It happened to be CFICE’s grant application for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, passed along for review. Little did he know, the paper actually marked the beginning of a new chapter in Todd’s life... More

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

ProWalk ProBike ProPlace Conference Reflection

My name is Tessa Nasca and I am a Masters of Sustainability Studies student at Trent University. Through the Sustainability Studies program and the Trent Centre for Community Based Education, I will be engaging in a participatory urban planning project called Active Neighbourhoods Canada [ANC]. The ANC project (a part of CFICE Community... More

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