Archives - Community First ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Thu, 26 May 2016 15:36:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Upcoming Event: BUILDING Community-Campus Food Justice Workshop /communityfirst/2015/upcoming-event-building-community-campus-food-justice-workshop-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=upcoming-event-building-community-campus-food-justice-workshop-2 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:53:00 +0000 http://carleton.ca/communityfirst/?p=1733 On December 4th, between 10am and 1pm, CFICE members Peter Andrée (PI), Chris Yordy (volunteer researcher), and Omar Elsharkawy (Administrative RA) will join activist-academics from University of Ottawa, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, Meal Exchange’s Campus Food Systems Project and others at University of Ottawa for a workshop on community-campus food justice.

During the workshop, Andrée, Yordy, and Elsharkawy, among others, will provide short presentations of their research/project/program activities. Guiding questions for the presentations include: How are you working to address food justice on your campuses, and in your communities? How are you connecting this work to the curriculum on campuses? What are the greatest challenges or opportunities your organization/campus are facing? How can academia contribute to promoting food justice and supporting local community partners? How best can community organizers and researchers contribute to academic teaching, research and campus food justice?

Guest speaker  (UVic and UBC) will also be there to provide an informative presentation on zines as a community-based foodscape mapping tool.

Event Details:
10am-1pm, including a potluck lunch (beverages provided by U of O’s food lab)
Location: GSD 307, just above Nostalgica Cafe, University of Ottawa
Event is by invitation only. Please contact Peter Andrée for more information.

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Working Paper: Rigour in Methods and Evaluation of Community Engagement /communityfirst/2014/rigour-in-methods-and-evaluation-of-community-engagement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rigour-in-methods-and-evaluation-of-community-engagement Wed, 23 Apr 2014 01:56:04 +0000 http://cfice.wordpress.com/?p=523 Early in the CFICE project PhD candidate Chris Yordy took on the task of exploring evaluation of engagement options.
Topics include:

  • Rigour and the Multiple levels of quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Rigour in methods and post-positivist paradigm shifting, and evaluation and
  • Rigour in defining theory of change

Please view the full article here.

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