杏吧原创 CFICE

Image outlining key CFICE abbreviations: CBOs = Community Based Organizations; CCE = Community-Campus Engagement; CCPs = Community-campus partnerships; CES = Community Environmental Sustainability; CFS = Community Food Security; PR = Poverty Reduction; VAW = Violence Against WomenCommunity-First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) is a seven-year -funded action research听project. The goal of CFICE’s research is to strengthen Canadian communities by answering the question:

How can community-campus partnerships be designed and implemented to maximize the value created for non-profit, community-based organizations?

Project work is divided into two project phases:

The 2 Phases of the project: Phase I: Sector-Specific Work听(years 1-4, 2012-2015), which is about gathering the research, and Phase II: Cross-Sector Work听(years 5-7, 2016-2019), which is about applying the research for positive change.

Through both Phase I and Phase II, the project seeks to achieve the following outcomes:

  1. Strengthen public policies and programs in critical areas (PR, CFS, CES, and VAW)
  2. Enhance听non-profit community-based organizations’ (CBOs’) abilities to form community-campus partnerships that achieve mutual goals
  3. Encourage universities and colleges to adopt听a community first attitude when partnering with CBOs
  4. Create more effective and long-lasting partnership opportunities through听government and foundation support
  5. Support听pan-Canadian community-campus engagement (CCE) networks
  6. Recruit multi-generational leaders who can design and implement more effective CCE

CFICE is co-directed by 杏吧原创 University and the . The project operates under the guidance of a and , and with the support of a Secretariat housed at the .

A diagram illustrating the organizational structure of the CFICE project.

To find out more about us, read through our midterm report!

Cover page of the CFICE Midterm Review Report for SSHRC depicting the CFICE logo and title.

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