Archives: Students

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Making Your Research Accessible to Community Partners

By Erin Martel, Communications RA Did you know that about 75% of academic articles are closed access and require a fee to read them? This paywall is a problem for community-campus engagement researchers because we want to make our research available to everyone, especially our community partners! Knowledge is a resource that should be... More

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

U-Links Community Impact Study Underway

By Erin Martel, Communications RA. At CFICE, we feel good about being part of community success stories--but how can we measure if we've truly made an impact? This is the question that Emily Amon, a master鈥檚 student at Trent University, is tackling with her research on the U-links model and its environmental, social, cultural... More

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Top 5 Terms You鈥檒l Hear in Community Engagement

By Erin Martel, Communications RA. Just getting started in community engagement? Then perhaps you鈥檝e already encountered some confusing terms and phrases. It is common for specialists to invent language that suits their needs, but jargon can create barriers for those looking to participate. We don鈥檛 want anything get in your way鈥攖he point of... More

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

How Community-Campus Engagement Can Help YOU Make the World a Better Place

by Kate Wetterstrand, CFICE Administrative RA As students we鈥檝e all heard the very 鈥榯umblr鈥� quote 鈥淵ou all have a little bit of 鈥業 want to save the world in you鈥�. That鈥檚 why you鈥檙e here in college鈥�. But, did you know that participating in community-campus engagement can actually help you cultivate that ambition and actively... More

Monday, November 25, 2013

Infographic to generate awareness

An example of how research can be mobilized using infographics on twitter.... More

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

University of Nebraska Launches a Community Engagement Library

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) has created the Barbara A. Holland Collection for Service Learning and Community... More

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Ph.D Program in Civil Society & Community Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin鈥揗adison is currently accepting applications for the Ph.D. program in Civil Society & Community Research (CSCR) in the School of Human Ecology. The philosophy of the School of Human Ecology is that human development and well-being are promoted through the interactions between people and the ecological settings... More

Monday, November 11, 2013

International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement

The International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement first issue now available.聽聽 Do you have an article on CSL or community engagement ready for publishing?聽The Editorial Board of聽IJRSLCE聽invites manuscript submissions to the following four sections: Research Articles, Theoretical or Conceptual Articles, Review... More

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

From Tweet to Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article

A blog from the London School of Economics, From Tweet to Blog Post to Peer-Reviewed Article: How to be a Scholar Now聽in which Jessie Daniels discusses the impact of digital media on the scholarship process.  ... More

Monday, October 21, 2013

Invitation to Submit Community- Engaged Works to CES4Health

Submit products of your community-engaged work for peer-reviewed publication and dissemination through CES4Health! CES4Health publishes diverse products of community-based participatory research and other forms of community-engaged scholarship - including聽videos, policy briefs, resource guides and online toolkits.聽 Basically, any product in... More

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Food Secure Canada: What’s Your Bold Food Idea for Canada

Take Action -聽What鈥檚 Your Bold Food Idea for Canada? Parliament Reconvenes on World Food Day (October 16)! As many Canadians are preparing Thanksgiving Dinner, Prime Minister Harper will put the finishing touches on the Speech from the Throne What would YOU announce in the Speech from the Throne? Food Secure Canada is calling on... More

Friday, September 20, 2013

Using Technology for Participatory Action

Bessa聽Whitmore participated in a useful聽webinar on 'participatory video' and 'most significant change'.聽 Visit www.Insightshare.org to view sample videos, photo stories, case studies, hubs.聽 There are also videos which provide an overview of the process of developing... More

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