This webinar explored how to work in community-campus engagements to shift and support social infrastructure development in Canada.

The guiding questions for this webinar included:

• What kinds of social and green real estate projects are possible?
• How can we structure effective community-campus governance and project-management bodies?
• What combination of financial instruments and sources can be used to finance social infrastructure?

Video Link and Resources

If you missed out on the day-of presentation, not to worry. We’ve made it accessible below.

You can access some additional resources below.

1. Andrew Petter: The new community builders: universities, colleges and institutes are vital source of social infrastructure: 
2. Catalyst for Sustainability: The Achievements, Challenges, Lessons and Prospects of the University of Winnipeg
   Community Renewal Corporation: 
3. Maximizing the Capacities of Advanced Education Institutions to Build Social Infrastructure for Canadian Communities: 

Presenters

Moderator, Edward (Ted) Jackson: Ted Jackson is a university professor, management consultant and author specializing in community-university partnerships, social finance, social enterprise and program evaluation. A former associate dean and tenured faculty member in public policy at �Ӱ�ԭ�� University, he has advised foundations, development agencies, governments, universities and non-profits in all regions of the world.

Andrew Petter,��C.M., Q.C., President of Simon Fraser University: Andrew Petter is President and Vice Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. From 1991 to 2001, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia and held numerous cabinet portfolios, including Advanced Education and Intergovernmental Relations. Since becoming President, he has overseen the implementation of a Strategic Vision that seeks to distinguish SFU as Canada’s “engaged university defined by its dynamic integration of innovative education, cutting edge research, and far-reaching community engagement.” In 2018, he was appointed to the Order of Canada in recognition of his national leadership in advancing university-community engagement and higher education.

Sherman Kreiner, Managing Director of UWCRC and UWCRC 2.0: A community economic development practitioner for nearly 40 years, Sherman Kreiner has served as Managing Director of the University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation since 2005 and of its associated non-profit, UWCRC 2.0, since 2016. He has led the construction of more than $200 million in green, social real estate projects, including a mixed-use, mixed-income residential tower, and the growth of a food-services social enterprise with 100 employees. A former member of the Board of Regents of the University of Winnipeg and a founding director of the University of Winnipeg Foundation, in 2013 he received UW’s 100th Convocation Award for exemplary service to the University.

Since the initial phase of the Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement project (CFICE), Edward Jackson has played a crucial role in its launch. Known to many as Ted, Professor Jackson has helped to make CFICE what it is today, and continues to pioneer a future focused on community and university collaboration.

Before working with CFICE Ted Jackson spent more than two decades as a faculty member for �Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s School of Public Policy and Administration, co-editing books and authoring articles on campus-community engagement. In 2011, Jackson worked with Cathy Edwards and Geri Briggs and submitted a proposal resulting in a $2.5 million partnership grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

For the launch of the first phase of CFICE Ted Jackson took on the role of Principal Investigator. The core partnerships of the project were sector-specific, focused on poverty reduction, food security, environmental sustainability, and violence against women. These partnerships still exist within CFICE today and continue to evolve.

Reflecting upon his time with CFICE, Ted noted many great memories. However, there is one memory in particular that stood out: he recalls the first off-site meeting of CFICE, held in a non-profit housing project, Beaver Barracks, downtown. That moment for Ted was a special one, being with non-profit leaders, professionals, and students all working towards a common goal: maximizing the benefits of collaboration. From the very beginning of the project, Ted recognized the potential CFICE had in bridging the gap between universities and communities. For Ted, CFICE has been an opportunity for the project to demonstrate leadership and innovation and help others understand how to fulfill the needs of both universities and communities through strong partnerships.

As his mentor, Paulo Freire, has said, “People must be the authors of their own history.” Thats been the inspiration behind Ted’s work with CFICE, as well as various other projects.  And continuous learning is key, too.  His dedication to ongoing learning is a factor in his own achievements, he says.

Today, Ted Jackson keeps busy while focusing on his many new projects. Working internationally, Ted has travelled recently to Rwanda and Kenya in support of sustaining youth employment as well as to South Africa and Ghana for impact investing to help involve the national private sector. Ted currently serves as the president of E.T. Jackson & Associates Ltd and advises many high-profile organizations and companies on their development. Ted Jackson’s work has also earned him several awards such the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship as well as �Ӱ�ԭ�� University’s Teaching Excellence Award.

If you are interested in reading about Professor Jackson’s writing on community and education collaborations, you can find them here.

© 2015 Christina Pasqua

On October 7, the Developing Future Leaders program at �Ӱ�ԭ��’s Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies brought together scholars and community leaders to discuss the challenges,��opportunities, strategies, and best practices for attracting and training the emerging generation of leaders.

Kicking off the day-long conference CFICE’s past Principal Investigator, Edward Jackson, spoke about community-campus partnerships, leading a conversation on “.” Later, CFICE’s current Principal Investigator, Peter Andrée, spoke as part of a session titled, “Expanding the Conversation: From Community to University”. In , he described the CFICE project in more detail,��including articulating the plans for CFICE’s transition into Phase II, and discussing how these new directions may be relevant to organizations working on projects with student participants in the Ottawa area. He also shared some first hand learnings from his experiences as co-lead of the Community Food Security hub during the first two years of CFICE.

Established in 2010, the Developing Future Leaders Program is a pilot initiative that funds the placement of interns in partner agencies in the Jewish Community. The goal of the program is to help build the capacity of community groups while also providing students the opportunity to develop key leadership skills. Since its inception, the program has placed more than 80 students in the community. For more information on the program, visit the The Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies.

Edward Jackson, Principal Investigator for CFICE presented “: How Community Campus Partnerships Can Help Renew Local Economies” to the Annual U-Links Celebration of Research Fleming College, Haliburton