{"id":54675,"date":"2019-03-20T11:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=54675"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:38","slug":"carleton-to-host-annual-community-connections-networking-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-to-host-annual-community-connections-networking-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton to Host Annual Community Connections Networking Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton to Host Annual Community Connections Networking Event\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University will host the fifth annual <em><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityengagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carleton U Community Connections<\/a><\/em> \u2013 an event that promotes community-campus engagement in teaching and research. It will provide campus and community participants with opportunities to engage on a variety of project themes through workshops, discussions and networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Room 252, Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library, Carleton<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: This event is open to the Carleton community and community organizations. Registration is <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityengagement\/5th-annual-carleton-u-community-connections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will help establish connections between Carleton students, faculty, professional staff and community-based organizations. By fostering these connections, Ottawa\u2019s partnership network can be strengthened and grown. Campus-community partnerships will help advance research, support innovation and community development, and create valuable experiential-learning opportunities for students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workshops will be held on themes that include renewable energy and sustainability, health promotion, accessibility, policing and community safety, working with Elders in Indigenous communities, among many other topics. This event will feature a student video competition with a $500 prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityengagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/communityengagement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Newsroom:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/<\/a><strong><br>\nFollow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University will host the fifth annual Carleton U Community Connections \u2013 an event that promotes community-campus engagement in teaching and research. It will provide campus and community participants with opportunities to engage on a variety of project themes through workshops, discussions and networking. 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