Archives - Community First ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Videos: Putting Our Money Where Our Mouths Are: The Federal Budget and Food Security /communityfirst/2013/putting-our-money-where-our-mouths-are-the-federal-budget-and-food-security/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=putting-our-money-where-our-mouths-are-the-federal-budget-and-food-security Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:32:21 +0000 http://carleton.ca/communityfirst/?p=603 On February 4th, 2013 Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) officially launched its seven year, SSHRC supported research project aimed at strengthening communities through action research on best-practice community-campus engagement with a panel discussion .  The event was well attended in person and via live streaming by community members, students, faculty, and government. Below are a selection of videos from the event (presentations and discussions).

Terry Audla, Inuit leader and President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), shares a northern  perspective on food security in this followed by a and answer period.

Cathleen Kneen,ÌýEditor, The Ram’s Horn and Chair, Just Food Ottawa shares her perspective on  followed by a.

Peter Andrée, Associate Professor of Political Science, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, shares his perspective on followed by a .

Diana Bronson, Executive Director, Food Secure Canada provides on food security followed by a brief .

Additional Resources

Yordy, Chris. Want amid plenty. 

Community Academic Collaborative: (webinar).

An outcome of the panel discussion was a nation wide set of webinars, one in English, one in French where the UN  Special Rapporteur on Food Security, , shared his findings regarding Food Security in Canada sponsored by .  Over 1000 individuals in over 50 communities in Canada heard his report then followed with a conversation on what that meant for local action thereby erasing the global local distance.

]]> New Publication: Knowledge Synthesis, Transfer and Exchange in Agri-Food Public Health: A Handbook for Science-to-Policy Professionals /communityfirst/2013/new-publication-knowledge-synthesis-transfer-and-exchange-in-agri-food-public-health-a-handbook-for-science-to-policy-professionals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-publication-knowledge-synthesis-transfer-and-exchange-in-agri-food-public-health-a-handbook-for-science-to-policy-professionals Fri, 02 Aug 2013 15:57:05 +0000 http://cfice.wordpress.com/?p=11 Published by University of Guelph, “, “main purpose is to assist a broad spectrum of science-to-policy professionals on how to ensure that relevant and credible research is generated and utilized to inform policy and decision-making in times of increasingly scarce resources and when the value and utility of knowledge is increasingly recognized.”

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