Archives: Trent University

Friday, February 1, 2019

Video: Increasing Student and Non-Profit Readiness for Community-Campus Engagement Placements

On Thursday, January 31, 2019, CFICE and Community-Campus Engage Canada, with the support of Trent University, University of Toronto's Centre for Community Partnerships, the Trent Community Research Centre, and U-Links presented Increasing Student and Non-Profit Readiness for Community-Campus Engagement Placements. This webinar explored student,... More

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Building learning pathways for students to become competent community-based researchers

by Mystaya Touw, Graduate Research Assistant, Student Pathways Working Group The CFICE Student Pathways Working Group is mapping and reviewing the curricular pathways for students. Why? Because findings in Phase I of CFICE suggested that, while senior undergraduates at Trent University are offered the opportunity to pursue community-based research... More

Thursday, August 2, 2018

TrentU Master’s Candidate Emily Amon studies the effectiveness of Community Based Research

CFICE Research Assistants (RAs) are making waves in community-based research! Emily Amon, an RA with the Student Pathways working group, was recently profiled by Random Acts of Green as a way of highlighting her Master's research on community impact. An excerpt of the article is included below, and you can read the full piece here!... More

Monday, May 30, 2016

Partners in Action: Trent Community Research Centre

by Amy Richardson, CFICE Communications RA The Trent Community Research Centre in Peterborough, Ont. is just one of the many partners of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project. Since 1996, the Centre has been matching Trent University students with research projects derived from questions in the community. John... More

Monday, April 18, 2016

Student Innovation in CCE Work in Peterborough

by John Marris, Community Co-lead, Community Environmental Sustainability (Peterborough/Haliburton) Hub On April 7th the Trent Community Research Centre, one of CFICE's Community Environmental Sustainability (CES) hub partners in Peterborough/Haliburton, in cooperation with Trent University and Fleming College, hosted the annual Community... 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

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Plain Language Podcast: Dahl Forest Wetlands Report

Based on the report, Herpetiles of the Dahl Forest Wetlands, CFICE’s latest podcast highlights some unique facts about the frogs, snakes and turtles you might see on a Dahl Forest hike. Located in Haliburton County, this 500-acre nature reserve straddles 2.7 kilometres of the nearby Burnt River, revealing highly diverse habitats, flora and... 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

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