These opportunities range from student volunteer placements in community organizations to course-based research projects and beyond. The goal is to ensure these opportunities are easily searchable in a central database.

The working group outlines their database in their presentation “Pathways to Collaborating in the Environmental Sector with PostSecondary Institutions”.

Find out more about how the database works and what needs it fulfills by clicking on the images below to download PDF versions of the presentation slides.

CSSE’s 47th Annual Conference will be held from June 2 to June 5 at the University of BC (Vancouver campus). Members of CSSE are invited to submit documents related to their presentation by 1 October 2018 (23h59 Eastern). Proposals received after this date will not be considered.

This conference is being planned in close collaboration with the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) and the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) so that individuals attending one of these conferences will also have the opportunity to attend sessions at the other gatherings.

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Possédant une maîtrise en droit international, Josée-Anne Riverin agit à titre d’agente de développement au domaine communautaire du Service aux collectivités depuis 2011. S’intéressant particulièrement aux enjeux de promotion et de défense des droits humains ainsi qu’aux problématiques relatives aux peuples et femmes autochtones, Josée-Anne a cumulé plusieurs expériences liées aux luttes des femmes autochtones au Québec mais également dans les Amériques ainsi qu’en Asie. Elle accompagne aujourd’hui différents projets partenariaux de recherche, de formation et de diffusion touchant ces enjeux ainsi que ceux relatifs à la participation citoyenne, à la lutte à l’exclusion, etc. | Masters in International Law graduate Josée-Anne Riverin has been employed as a community development officer within Community Services since 2011. She is especially interested in the challenges of both promoting and defending human rights in addition to those affecting First Nations peoples and Aboriginal women in particular. Josée-Anne’s career includes numerous experiences associated with the struggles of Aboriginal women in Quebec, Asia and the Americas. She is currently involved in several research, training and outreach partnership projects that address these issues as well as those related to citizen participation, to social exclusion, etc.

Jill Wyatt is a former educator and high school principal, CEO of the YWCA of Calgary and VP, Community Investments and Collaborations with United Way of Calgary and Area. She has served two terms as a senator of the University of Calgary. She is currently serving as the Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary. Jill’s passion for community building has been a driving force in changing social conditions and creating opportunities for individuals, families and communities. She is a proven leader during times of complex change, working to innovate for greater impact, and helping people develop to reach their potential. | Jill Wyatt est ancienne éducatrice et directrice d’école secondaire en plus d’avoir siégé en tant que PDG du YWCA de Calgary et vice-directrice du projet de Collaboration et engagement communautaire de la région de Calgary, un programme mené par United Way. Jill, qui est motivée par sa passion pour le renforcement communautaire, a pour objectif d’aborder les conditions sociales changeantes et de créer des occasions pour non seulement les individus, mais aussi les familles et les communautés en entier. Grâce à ses compétences et expériences professionnelles en gestion, Jill a su faire preuve de qualités de leadership pendant les périodes difficiles à changements imprévisibles. À ces moments, elle n’a jamais perdu de vue son but ultime d’aider les individus à réaliser pleinement leur potentiel et d’intégrer d’importantes innovations ayant des impacts à grande échelle.

Liz Weaver is the Co-CEO of Tamarack Institute where she is leading the Tamarack Learning Centre. The Tamarack Learning Centre has a focus on advancing community change efforts and does this by focusing on five strategic areas including collective impact, collaborative leadership, community engagement, community innovation and evaluating community impact. Liz is well-known for her thought leadership on collective impact and is the author of several popular and academic papers on the topic. She is a co-catalyst partner with the Collective Impact Forum and leads a collective impact capacity building strategy with the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Liz is passionate about the power and potential of communities getting to impact on complex issues. Prior to her current role at Tamarack, Liz led the Vibrant Communities Canada team and assisted place-based collaborative tables develop their frameworks of change, and supported and guided their projects from idea to impact. From 2006 – 2009, Liz was the Director for the Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty Reduction, which was recognized with the Canadian Urban Institute’s David Crombie Leadership Award. In her career, Liz has held leadership positions with YWCA Hamilton, Volunteer Hamilton and Volunteer Canada. In 2002, Liz completed a Masters of Management, McGill University. Liz received Queen’s Jubilee Medals in 2002 and 2012 for her contributions to volunteerism in Canada and in 2004 was awarded the Women in the Workplace award from the City of Hamilton. | Liz Weaver occupe actuellement la poste de co-PDG à l’Institut Tamarack où elle dirige le Centre d’apprentissage de Tamarack. Le Centre d’apprentissage de Tamarack se donne pour objectif l’intégration des innovations avantageuses dans les communautés. Pour ce faire, l’administration s’appuie sur cinq principes stratégiques: l’impact collectif, le leadership en collaboration, l’engagement communautaire, l’innovation communautaire et l’évaluation de l’impact sur les communautés. Liz est connue pour ses idées concernant le leadership et l’impact collectif et a rédigé plusieurs dissertations scolaires de renommée à ce sujet. Liz s’implique aussi en tant que partenaire au sein du Forum sur l’impact collectif. En plus, elle dirige le projet portant sur les stratégies d’amélioration des compétences en impact collectif au sein de la Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario. Liz s’intéresse à la capacité qu’éprouvent les membres de différentes communautés d’influer les problématiques complexes. Avant d’être engagée au sein de l’Institut Tamarack, Liz a dirigé l’équipe de communautés vibrantes du Canada. En outre, elle a donné un coup de main aux panels de collaboration adaptés au milieu à élaborer leurs cadres de changement, et elle a incarné le rôle de guide et d’appui du début à la fin de la réalisation de leur projet. De 2006 à 2009, Liz était directrice de la Table ronde de Hamilton pour la réduction de la pauvreté: le Prix de leadership David Crombie lui a été conféré par l’Institut urbain canadien. Pendant sa carrière, Liz a occupé des postes de direction au sein du YWCA de Hamilton, de Bénévoles Hamilton et de Bénévoles Canada. En 2002, Liz détient une Maîtrise en gestion de l’Université de McGill. En 2002 et en 2012, Liz s’est mérité la Médaille du jubilé d’or pour ses contributions à l’engagement communautaire au Canada, et en 2004 elle a obtenu le Prix des femmes en milieu de travail de la Ville de Hamilton.

Chad Lubelsky works at the McConnell Foundation where he is the program lead for public interest journalism and RECODE – a pan-Canadian initiative to provide Social Innovation tools and opportunities for College and Universities to become drivers of progress and community change. Prior to joining the Foundation, Chad was the Executive Director of Santropol Roulant; developed leadership and community engagement programs for the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation; worked as an Assignment Editor for NBC news in San Francisco; managed global Internet Rights advocacy for the South African based Association for Progressive Communications; and was a Founding Trustee of the Montreal Awesome Foundation. Chad holds a BA in Communications & Master Degrees in Communications and Leadership. | Chad Lubelsky travaille au sein de la Fondation McConnell où il est directeur de programmation pour le journalisme d’intérêt public et pour RECODE. RECODE est une initiative pancanadienne qui cherche à approvisionner les collèges et les universités en matière d’outils et d’occasions en innovation sociale afin que ces deux acteurs puissent solliciter de vrais changements et avancements dans la communauté. Avant, Chad était chef de la direction au sein de Santropol Roulant. De plus, il a créé des projets d’engagement communautaire et de leadership au sein de la Fondation canadienne des bourses d’études du millénaire. À San Francisco, il était éditeur de projets pour le réseau de télévision NBC. Au sein de l’Association pour la communication progressive stationnée en Afrique du Sud, Chad a géré le mouvement de revendication pour l’accès à internet comme droit de la personne. Finalement, il était administrateur au moment de la mise sur pied de la Fondation formidable Montréal. Chad  détient un baccalauréat ès arts en communication, une Maîtrise en communication et une deuxième Maîtrise en leadership.

Crystal Tremblay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Special Advisor on Community Engaged Scholarship at the University of Victoria. She is a social geographer and community-based scholar activist with over a decade of international experience supporting resource co-governance and livelihood enhancement. She specializes in using participatory video and arts-based methods for community engagement, capacity building and program evaluation working across sectors with higher education institutions, government, and civil society organizations. She is passionate about cultivating new spaces for creative citizen engagement and the co-creation of knowledge leading to environmental and social equity. Crystal has done extensive research and projects on CCE funding, impact and policy in Canada and is eager to support building a long-term movement and infrastructure for lasting change, which benefits communities and incentivizes academia. For more information, please visit her website: . | Crystal Tremblay est professeure adjointe du département de géographie et conseillère spécialisée en engagement communautaire de l’Université de Victoria. Elle est géographe sociale et militante érudite adaptée aux milieux communautaires. Elle détient plus d’une décennie d’expérience internationale en soutien de la gestion collaborative des ressources et en amélioration des moyens de subsistance. Elle se spécialise dans l’emploi de l’enregistrement vidéo participatif, dans l’évaluation des programmes et dans le développement des compétences à travers les organisations issues de la vie civile et des secteurs gouvernementaux et d’études postsecondaires. Elle s’appuie sur des méthodes inspirées des sciences humaines pour promouvoir l’engagement communautaire. Elle est passionnée par les initiatives d’aménagement de nouveaux espaces qui sont dévoués aux projets d’engagement communautaire dynamique et par la découverte collaborative des connaissances qui abordent l’amélioration de l’équité environnementale et sociale. Crystal a effectué des études approfondies sur le financement, l’impact et la politique du CCE au Canada. Elle désire s’engager pleinement dans la construction de l’infrastructure à changement durable et dans le développement d’un mouvement à long terme qui bénéficient aux communautés et qui encouragent la recherche académique. Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez consulter sa page web:

Isabelle Kim is the director of the Centre for Community Partnerships at the University of Toronto. She also teaches graduate courses in the department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning. Isabelle is passionate about the possibilities for learning and social change when connecting students, faculty and community partners. She is glad to be part of the CCEC working group which can play a role in fostering cultures of community-engaged learning and research across Canadian colleges and universities. | Isabelle Kim est directrice du Centre pour partenariats communautaires à l’Université de Toronto. Elle donne aussi des cours d’études supérieures appartenant au Département du curriculum, de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage. Isabelle s’intéresse aux opportunités d’apprentissage et de changement social qui existent lorsque l’on établit des liens avec des étudiants, des membres facultaires et des partenaires communautaires. Elle est fière de faire partie de l’équipe de travail du CCEC. Cette équipe joue un rôle en promotion de la culture et de la recherche en apprentissage par engagement communautaire à travers les institutions d’études postsecondaires au Canada.

Catherine Graham, is currently working with the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) as Director of Research and Policy. She has worked with Aboriginal organizations at the national and provincial, community levels for more than 15 years on issues related to organizational development, the social determinants of health including social inclusion, and health equity. Most notably she served for four years as Director of the Métis Centre of the National Aboriginal Health Organization. Her research interests include Indigenous research methodologies and ethics, the social determinants of health, culturally relevant gender- based analysis, mental wellness, Indigenous identity, and Indigenous governance and policy. Catherine holds a Master of Arts in Legal Studies from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University and she hopes to return to ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ to continue her PhD work in Anthropology where her research will utilize a settler colonial lens to examine the ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers navigate the Indigenous health research industrial complex in order to establish and maintain ethical space. | Catherine Graham travaille présentement avec l’Association nationale des centres d’amitié (ANCA) comme Directrice de la recherche et de la politique. Depuis plus que quinze ans, Catherine travaille en collaboration avec des organisations autochtones aux niveaux nationaux, provinciaux et régionaux sur des problématiques liées au développement organisationnel; aux déterminants sociaux de la santé, tels que l’inclusion sociale; et à l’équité dans le domaine de la santé. Elle était notamment Directrice du Centre des Métis de l’Organisation nationale de la santé autochtone pendant quatre ans. Ses intérêts de recherche comprennent les méthodologies et l’éthique de recherche autochtones, les déterminants sociaux de la santé, l’analyse culturelle liée au genre, la santé mentale, l’identité autochtone, et la gouvernance et la politique autochtones. Catherine est détentrice d’une Maîtrise ès arts en études juridiques de l’Université ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´. Elle compte faire un retour aux études pour continuer sa recherche doctorale en anthropologie, où, en utilisant une perspective postcoloniale, elle examinera les façons à travers lesquelles les chercheuses et chercheurs autochtones et non autochtones abordent le complexe de recherche en santé autochtone afin d’établir et de maintenir une dimension éthique.

Chaired by: Peter Andrée, PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University. Prof Andrée’s research focuses on the politics of food and the environment. He practices, and teaches, community-based participatory research methods. | Événement présidé par: Peter Andrée, détenteur d’un doctorat, est professeur et président associé du département des sciences politiques de l’Université de ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´. Sa recherche porte principalement sur les politiques agroalimentaires et sur l’environnement. Il pratique et il enseigne les méthodes de recherche participatives au niveau communautaire.

• Being a community-based broker
  • Introducing the Trent Community Research Centre (TCRC) and how the TCRC brokers community-based research opportunities
• Being a campus-based broker
  • Introducing the McMaster Office of Community Engagement and how McMaster brokers community-based research opportunities
• Discussion: Reflecting on the similarities and differences between community and campus-based brokers

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• Being a Community-Based Broker
• Being a Campus-Based Broker
• McMaster University’s

Presenters

John Marris completed his PhD in Canadian Studies at Trent University in 2013, and has been the executive director of the Trent Community Research Centre since October 2015 previously working for the TCRC as director of community-based research since September 2014. John brings a wealth of community research and teaching experience to the Centre, alongside his established relationships with Trent University faculty and students. John has a history of community development work both in Peterborough, Ontario and over a twenty-year period in the U.K. As part of his work at TCRC John is part of a number of collaboratives that address mental health, addictions, social justice and youth issues in the Peterborough community. He has a specific interest in youth engagement and the use of creative practices in community development.

David Tough has a double role at the Trent Community Research Centre, co-ordinating students’ work on the Centre’s research projects and conducting his own research on Community-Based Research. He brings to this work a lot of experience in teaching, research, scholarly writing, and journalism, and a deep familiarity with the social and cultural landscape of Peterborough. David is a scholar of inequality, taxation, and the welfare state who has a PhD in Canadian history from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University and whose first book, The Terrific Engine: Income Taxation and the Modern Political Imaginary in Canada, 1910-1945, will be published by UBC Press in 2017.

Dave Heidebrecht Since graduating from McMaster’s Masters in Globalization Studies program in 2010, Dave has worked directly with academic, non-profit, and community organizations to help them work towards their goals. In this time, Dave has collaborated with local, national, and international groups to foster and support organizational strategies that produce positive, sustainable, and effective change. Especially interested in the intersections between environmental, political, and social issues facing our global society, Dave is very excited to be working with the Network for Community-Campus Partnerships to strengthen relationships amongst colleagues — both at McMaster and in the community — who are working to address these issues in our communities.

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Speakers:

Larry McDermott A member of Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, Larry McDermott served as an Ontario municipal politician for 28 years including as the first national rural chair of FCM. He is currently Executive Director of Plenty Canada, a non-profit organization devoted to environmental protection and healthy communities, and Co-chair of the Canadian Environmental Network Biodiversity Caucus. He served as a commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 2009-2016.

Pat Mooney has more than four decades experience working in international civil society, first addressing aid and development issues and then focusing on food, agriculture and commodity trade. In 1977 Mooney co-founded RAFI (Rural Advancement Fund International, renamed ETC Group in 2001). He received The Right Livelihood Award (the “Alternative Nobel Prize”) in the Swedish Parliament in 1985 and the Pearson Peace Prize from Canada’s Governor General in 1998. He has also received the American “Giraffe Award” given to people “who stick their necks out.” The author or co-author of several books on the politics of biotechnology and biodiversity, Pat Mooney is widely regarded as an authority on issues of global governance, corporate concentration, and intellectual property monopoly.

Lauren Baker, PhD, has over 20 years of experience working on food systems issues. Her experience ranges from researching agricultural biodiversity in Mexico to negotiating and developing municipal food policy and programs. Lauren has consulted on farm to fork initiatives and food systems policy development across Canada and globally.Lauren’s expertise lies in sustainable food systems, food systems policy, food security, city-region food policy and planning. Lauren has worked with diverse clients to develop strategic plans, feasibility studies, undertake research, program planning and evaluation, and advise on policy development

Dr. Donald E. Buckingham is the President and CEO of The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI). He has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1988. In his career, he acted as a private lawyer, government lawyer, law professor, author and consultant in the areas of agricultural law, food law and international trade in agricultural products. Dr. Buckingham’s previous roles include Chair of the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal. He also worked as Legal Counsel at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). Dr. Buckingham taught courses as a law professor at three universities and conducted research on agriculture law, food law, constitutional law, administrative law, international law and tort law. For the past three decades, Dr. Buckingham also provided legal counsel to both federal ministers and civil servants grappling with legislative and regulatory matters in the industry, as well as being a lawyer with the Halifax firm of Patterson Kitz.

Discussant:

Catherine L. Mah MD FRCPC PhD is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. She is also appointed at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Mah directs the Food Policy Lab, a multidisciplinary program of research on environmental and policy determinants of healthier consumption, with a focus on health-promoting innovations in the food system. Her current research is supported by CIHR, the SSHRC-funded FLEdGE research partnership led by Wilfrid Laurier University, and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council-funded Healthy Stores 2020 project led by Monash University. She is a former member of the Toronto Food Policy Council and was a founding member of the St. John’s Food Policy Council.

Co-hosts:

Peter Andree, PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University. Prof Andrée’s research focuses on the politics of food and the environment. He practices, and teaches, community-based participatory research methods.

Diana Bronson joined Food Secure Canada as Executive Director in March 2012 and has worked to strengthen FSC as the national voice of the Canadian food movement.  Diana is trained as a political scientist and sociologist and has a professional background in journalism (CBC radio) and international human rights (Rights & Democracy) as well as international climate and technology negotiations at the UN (ETC Group.)

• Ending Generational Poverty through CCE – Cathy Wright
  • How benefitted from CFICE support in developing a city-wide collective impact initiative
• Building a national food movement – Diana Bronson
  • How (FSC) worked in partnership with CFICE to advocate for a National Food Policy
• Advancing Rights for Women with Disabilities – Bonnie Brayton
  • How the (DAWN) worked with CFICE to build tools for critical policy work in Canada
• On a Journey of Reconciliation – Colleen Christopherson-Cote
  • How the prioritizes reconciliation and decolonization in its community work

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Presenters

For the past thirteen years, Cathy Wright has been a key catalyst in the poverty reduction efforts in Saint John, New Brunswick.  Prior to moving into semi-retirement, she served as executive director of Living SJ, a dynamic network of leaders from business, government, non-profits and low income neighbourhoods, focused on ending generational poverty.  She supported the development and implementation of this growing network as it applied a collective impact approach to four game changing priorities – education, health, employment and neighbourhoods –  impacting the lives of individuals and families living in poverty. As both a professional and a volunteer, Cathy has contributed to changing social issues at the local, provincial and national levels.  Her work, primarily in the non-profit sector in poverty reduction, social planning, and adult literacy, is guided by the necessity of diverse partners working and learning together. Cathy is a recipient of the 2017 Vibrant Communities Canada Legacy Award and the Canada Volunteer Award.

Diana Bronson joined Food Secure Canada as Executive Director in March 2012 and has worked to strengthen FSC as the national voice of the Canadian food movement.  Diana is trained as a political scientist and sociologist and has a professional background in journalism (CBC radio) and international human rights (Rights & Democracy) as well as international climate and technology negotiations at the UN (ETC Group). Diana’s research, policy and advocacy work has centered on supporting social movements around the world, critically reviewing and educating around international trade and investment agreements, looking at the impacts of Canadian mining companies, and assessing the social and environmental impacts of emerging technologies. She has participated in many international negotiations on human rights, climate change, biodiversity, technology and sustainable development over the past two decades. She also worked in a senior position on Parliament Hill from 2006-2008. She lives and works in Montreal.

Bonnie Brayton has been the National Executive Director of the DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN) since 2007 when she established a national head office in Montreal. This national, cross-disability feminist organization has focused on advancing the rights of women with disabilities and deaf women in Canada and Internationally for the past 30 years. Through DAWN, Bonnie helps highlight key issues and advocate for policy changes for women with disabilities in the employment sector to the justice sector, and everything in between. In 2014, as part of Canada’s 150th year Celebration of the Charlottetown Conference Ms. Brayton was named a Visionary, one of 23 Women in Canada, and in January 2015 was named one of Canada’s 40 Women Change Makers by Canadian Living Magazine. In 2016, she was appointed for a two-year term as a member of the Federal Status of Women Minister’s Advisory Council on Gender-Based Violence. Bonnie is also the President of Coup de Balai – Clean Sweepers, an innovative social economy organization providing home care services to people with disabilities and seniors in her Montreal community. Bonnie has also served as the Vice-Chair of the Feminist Alliance for International Action and was a member of the Steering Committee of La Maison Parent-Roback, a Quebec feminist collective in Montreal from 2008-15. Ms. Brayton lives in Montreal with her partner Delmar Medford. She has two adult daughters, Leah and Virginia.

Colleen Christopherson-Cote is the coordinator for the Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership and the community co-lead for the Evaluation and Analysis working group of CFICE. She lives and works within Saskatoon, Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Métis. The interconnect between all three partnerships provides her with the opportunity to catalyze, convene and coordinate community-based work to drive change and build capacity around improving the lives of vulnerable people in Saskatoon. Fostering new and existing community-campus relationships is a core priority of her work, understanding that engaging community throughout research processes is integral to successfully reducing poverty. Colleen is committed to the implementation of UNDRIP and the TRC Calls to Action in both her professional and personal life, recognizing that reconciliation is essential for an equitable, just society.

Moderator: David Peacock is the Executive Director of Community Service-Learning in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, Canada. His research encompasses global service-learning, student equity policy and practices in higher education, curriculum theory, community-university engagement and ‘first generation’ university students’ participation in experiential learning programming. David is active in developing Canadian networks for community-engaged learning and research.

• Skills employers seek
• Resume tips and pointers
• Interview tips and pointers
• Skills gained through teaching and research assistantships
• A case study for how to translate scholastic skills in to jobspeak

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The following items were shared by the presenters:

• Post-Secondary Jobspeak: How to translate your student experiences into job skills employers desire Presentation PPT (PDF document) –Includes list of additional resources
• Translating Your Skills Workbook (MS Word Document)

Presenters:

Anna Przednowek is a PhD candidate in ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University’s School of Social Work and a research assistant with CFICE’s Violence Against Women hub. Prior to pursuing her PhD, she worked for over 14 years in South-Western Ontario including the Six Nations Reserve, with children and youth labelled with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and adults and seniors with a label of dual diagnosis of Developmental Disability and mental health concerns. In 2008, Anna began her clinical work in a community based setting, providing supportive counselling and behavioural interventions to individuals with complex behavioural needs and their paid and unpaid caregivers. Her passion for this work, and the complex problems faced by these individuals and their families, led her to complete a Master of Applied Disability Studies degree (2010) and a Master of Social Work degree (2012). During her years of practice, she has conducted many training workshops and consultations on positive interventions to familial caregivers, foster parents, volunteers and professionals in daycare settings, primary and secondary schools, community residential settings, hospitals, treatment facilities and nursing homes.

Ashoka Patel is a Co-op Consultant with Algonquin College Cooperative Education and is responsible for all the co-op programs in the School of Business. In this role, Ashoka develops co-op job opportunities that are full-time, paid, at least four months in duration and related to Algonquin’s co-op programs of study. He also helps students prepare for the workplace in advance of their placements. Ashoka joins Algonquin College from the Pinecrest Queensway Employment Ontario office. He brings 10 years of experience providing employment counselling to multi-barriered youth, engaging in employer recruitment, and securing job placements for youth and adults. Ashoka has a Masters of Educational Counselling Degree from the University of Ottawa.

Magda Goemans (moderator) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies. Her research interests include studies of urban nature, disaster mitigation, and climate change adaptation in Canadian cities. Magda’s doctoral work involves a critical analysis of urban ecological sustainability policy discourses in Halifax and Ottawa in the current era of climate change adaptation. Magda has previously worked in the field of sustainability consulting, and has contributed to two federal reports on neighbourhood-scale efforts in Ottawa to reduce household greenhouse gas emissions.

• The Bonner Student Development model (USA)
• University of Ottawa’s various models of engagement
• Trent University’s embedded research assistantships

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• Eileen O’Connor’s presentation slides (PDF)
• Stephen Hill’s presentation slides (PDF)

Presenters:

Robert (Bobby) Hackett joined the Bonner Foundation in 1992 as Vice President and Director of the Bonner Scholars Program and assumed the role of President in July, 2010. Prior to joining the Bonner Foundation, Bobby worked at the Telesis Corporation, an affordable housing developer in Washington, D.C. He also served as managing director of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) during its first three years of operation. In addition, for the past twenty years, Bobby has been associated in various capacities with the Youth Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan organization that researches and reports on policies and programs relating to young people. Bobby received his bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1985 and a masters in public and private management from Yale University’s School of Organization and Management in 1990.

Eileen O’Connor is an Associate Professor in the School of Human Kinetics. She obtained her PhD in History, and was a postdoctoral fellow in Health Sciences, University of Ottawa (2004). Dr. O’Connor was interim-Director of the Research Centre for Sport in Canadian Society (RCSCS) at uOttawa 2014-2015, and is member of several research groups on the history of health, sport or gender studies. She is an engaged scholar in the field of experiential learning and sits on the academic advisory committee of the Centre Michaëlle Jean for Global and Community Engagement at uOttawa, the advisory board of the Work-Integrated Learning toolkit supported by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), and through community-based research projects such as CFICE. Eileen is recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2007; the uOttawa Community Service Learning, Outstanding Achievement Professor Award in 2009; an OCRI National Capital Educator’s Award in 2010 and a uOttawa Excellence in Education Prize in 2016. She holds the 2017-2020 TLSS Chair in University Teaching from the University of Ottawa, with a focus on Work-Integrated Learning.

Stephen Hill is an associate professor in the School of the Environment at Trent University. He’s interested in understanding policies and actions for preventing climate change, particularly how we produce and consume low-carbon energy. He is also involved in community-based research and work. Stephen spent nearly a decade studying and working in Alberta before finding his home at Trent University. He was the 2011 winner of the T.H.B. Symons Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2011 winner of the CMHC Excellence in Education Award (Sustainable Practices). He’s a social scientist but approaches his research and teaching from an interdisciplinary perspective. His background spans a range of fields including a post-doctoral fellowship in the Haskayne School of Business (University of Calgary), a PhD in environmental science from the Faculty of Environmental Design (University of Calgary), and undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering (Queen’s) and biology (Queen’s). He is also a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario.

Nadine Changfoot, Associate Professor in Political Studies at Trent University and graduate faculty in Sustainability Studies, Canadian and Indigenous Studies, and Theory, Culture, and Politics. She engages in collaborative, participatory research with arts, environmental, disability, and healthcare communities. Her research includes: 1) methods and ethics of arts-based research creation for multimedia storytelling to tackle negative representations of disability and improve accessibility and inclusion; and 2) complex cross-sectoral partnerships that include the state, non-profit sector, and aggrieved communities for neighbourhood influence and environmental stewardship. She was Academic Co-lead of the CFICE Community Environmental Sustainability (Peterborough-Haliburton) hub in Phase I of the project, collaborating with Abbey Gardens, Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, and GreenUP, and continues to participate as part of the Evaluation and Analysis working group.

• How faculty can assist in the development of equitable CCE principles and practices
• How faculty can support students in developing long-term CCE relationships and projects
• How faculty can support strengthened institutionalization of community-driven CCE
• Community partner reflections on these community-first recommendations

If you missed out on the day-of presentation, have no fear. We’ve made it accessible below. You can also check out the resources our presenters shared below!

Note: Audio is excellent. Video feed is rough due to connection issues during recording.

Resources:

The following reports and publications highlight our learnings from specific CFICE community-campus engagement projects or are resources that were mentioned in the webinar:

• Read about the results of our partnership work with Station 20 West in Saskatoon in their report, Impacting Community Strength and Sustainability
• Towards a critical service learning in geography education: Exploring challenges and possibilities through testimonio
• Collaboration for Transformation: Community– Campus Engagement for Just and Sustainable Food Systems
• Building effective relationships for community-engaged scholarship in Canadian food studies
• Engaged Pedagogy and Transformative Learning in Graduate Education: A Service-Learning Case Study

Presenters:

Nadine Changfoot, Associate Professor in Political Studies at Trent University and graduate faculty in Sustainability Studies, Canadian and Indigenous Studies, and Theory, Culture, and Politics. She engages in collaborative, participatory research with arts, environmental, disability, and healthcare communities. Her research includes: 1) methods and ethics of arts-based research creation for multimedia storytelling to tackle negative representations of disability and improve accessibility and inclusion; and 2) complex cross-sectoral partnerships that include the state, non-profit sector, and aggrieved communities for neighbourhood influence and environmental stewardship. She was Academic Co-lead of the CFICE Community Environmental Sustainability (Peterborough-Haliburton) hub in Phase I of the project, collaborating with Abbey Gardens, Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, and GreenUP, and continues to participate as part of the Evaluation and Analysis working group.

Charles Levkoe, Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems at Lakehead University, has been involved in community food security and food sovereignty efforts for over 15 years and has worked as a community-based researcher, operated an organic farm and led programming with non-profit organizations across Canada and in the Middle East. His research uses a food systems lens to better understand the importance of, and connections between social justice, ecological regeneration, regional economies and active democratic engagement. Working directly with a range of scholars and community-based practitioners across North America and Europe, he studies the evolution of the broader collective of social movement networks which views the right to food as a central component of more sustainable futures. Charles Levkoe integrates his research and teaching through community engaged learning pedagogies and supporting students, community partners and scholars to be actively involved in knowledge cogeneration. In Phase I of CFICE, he worked as the Academic Co-lead of the Community Food Security hub and has continued his work as the Academic Co-lead of CFICE’s Community-Campus Engagement Brokering (food sovereignty) working group.

Colleen Christopherson-Cote is the coordinator for the Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership, Saskatoon Early Years Partnership and the community co-lead for the Evaluation and Analysis working group of CFICE. She lives and works within Saskatoon, Treaty 6 territory and the homeland of the Métis. The interconnect between all three partnerships provides her with the opportunity to catalyze, convene and coordinate community-based work to drive change and build capacity around improving the lives of vulnerable people in Saskatoon. Fostering new and existing community-campus relationships is a core priority of her work, understanding that engaging community throughout research processes is integral to successfully reducing poverty. Colleen is committed to the implementation of UNDRIP and the TRC Calls to Action in both her professional and personal life, recognizing that reconciliation is essential for an equitable, just society.

Peter Andrée joined the political science department in January, 2007, after a meandering educational journey from the natural sciences, through philosophy and community development, to environmental studies, geography, and now political science. Prior to arriving at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, he was based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, undertaking post-doctoral research on rural and food system sustainability in Australia. He completed his PhD in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto in 2004. He is currently Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Political Science at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University. He is also cross-appointed in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and in the Institute of Political Economy. Prof Andrée’s research focuses on the politics of food and the environment. He practices, and teaches, community-based participatory research methods, and is also the Principal Investigator of CFICE.

• What is plain language writing?
• Why is it important?
• How do I write in plain language?
• Where can I find additional resources?
• Conclusions

If you missed out on the day-of presentation, have no fear. We’ve made it accessible below. You can also check out the resources our presenters shared below!

Resources:

Access a PDF copy of the webinar slides.

Access an MS Word copy of CFICE’s Plain Language Editing Checklist.

Access an MS Word copy of CFICE’s Perfect Blog Post Template.

Access an MS Word copy of CFICE’s Target Audience Template.

Access a PDF copy of the webinar resource list.

Check out our How-To Video on Plain Language writing too (includes additional download with Readability Statistics instructions at the bottom of the post).

Presenters:

Nicole Bedford has worked in the field of communications for over 10 years. During this time, she has honed her ability to write clearly for many different audiences. She applies this skill in her role as the Project Manager and Communications Coordinator of Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE). In her free time, Nicole enjoys playing improv games, shooting and editing films and promo videos, and solving the world’s problems over drinks with friends.

Carly Foubert is the Communications Research Assistant for Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE). Carly’s educational training is in Communications and Journalism. For the past two years, she has used her writing skills to share CFICE’s research through stories, podcasts and more. In her spare time, Carly enjoys skiing, reading, and visiting with family.

Katalin Koller has over eight years’ experience as a project manager in First Nations education, a sector where securing external funding, managing intricate partnerships, and creatively composing project ideas is not only a matter of success, but also of survival. Keenly interested in social and environmental justice, Katalin embraces a holistic perspective shaped by her time working at the Province of New Brunswick and more recently, as a collaborator to Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey Nations in not-for-profit community development. After coming to Ottawa in 2013 and spurred by her passion for decolonizing education, she joined the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) project as the Research Associate for the phase 2 working group Aligning Institutions for Community Impact (AICI). AICI’s mandate is to support institutional culture change in post-secondary education toward enhanced community-campus partnerships in the co-production of knowledge. Katalin is a PhD candidate in geography with a specialization in political economy at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, studying the geographies of cross-cultural reconciliation enacted in spaces of solidarity.