While Food Security Day is primarily geared toward students, all are welcome to join! For more details, please visit their ���ǰ� .

Sunday, November 1, 2015,��9:00-11:45 a.m.
Village Leadership Academy
1001 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608

Registration is limited. Visit for more information.

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1. SPRC & McMaster Colleagues Seeking Community Partners for Input to Community-Based Research Toolkit

Colleagues at McMaster and SPRC are putting together a list of 15-20 invitees to attend a workshop which willlead to the development of a community based research toolkit. If you have any names of people across various sectors in the community who have some experience working with academic researchers please pass these suggestions along to Erika Morton at SPRC at emorton@sprc.hamilton.on.ca. They’re seeking a range of voices/perspectives at this workshop.�� Participants will be selected so that this range is assured:

1. Range of roles in research projects (advisory board, collaborator, co-applicant, peer researcher)
2. Range of types of communities (non-profit/social services sector; arts and culture sector; environment; health)
3. Level of experience (from very experienced working with academic researchers to one-time experience)

Please note that peoples experience with academic research can include working with McMaster, as well as other other communities/cities.��If you have any names of potential invitees during the next week that would be much appreciated. Feel free to send these directly to Erika.

2. 100in1 Day Hamilton | June 6

A dedicated team of Hamilton volunteers are working in collaboration to organize a city-wide event taking place on��Saturday, June 6th��called��. 100in1Day is a growing global movement��that is changing how people interact with their cities. Originating in Bogotá, Colombia in 2012, it has encouraged hundreds of one-day community-based interventions in cities around the world. Interventions can include things like street art, urban gardens, beautification projects, social events, improvements in city infrastructure, or simply waving to strangers

All interventions are all being profiled on the same day in a city-wide festival which profiled on an interactive online map. This year, Hamilton will be joining cities around the world, along with Toronto, Vancouver, and Halifax, to strive for 100+ community led projects all being profiled on��Saturday, June 6th. Register your urban intervention at��

3. Trailhead Ontario Conference��–��The Benefit of Trails|June 7-10 2015 @ McMaster

Ontario Trails, McMaster University and Hamilton Burlington Trails��Council are thrilled to be releasing the Trailhead Ontario Conference��2015 Official Program Package. You will find the Program��Package .��Please feel free to contact nature@mcmaster.ca if you have any questions.

What: Skill building workshop led by Liz Weaver, Tamarack Foundation
When: May 26, 2015 9AM to 5PM
Where: C2U Expo Pre-conference , Algonquin College
CACSL and Volunteer Canada Members: $75
Non-members: $180 (Usual price $199)
To register:

Led by Tamarack’s, Liz Weaver this hands on workshop will lead participants through building their knowledge of collective impact, assessing, where and if it fits with their community work, and providing take away tools for moving forward. It is targeted to community leaders, volunteer centres, and community engaged scholars.

This interactive full day workshop will provide participants with an overview of Collective Impact and a variety of practical tools to move from theory to implementation. The workshop will also focus on the engagement of a variety of unique and often overlooked partners in collective impact efforts: volunteer centres, the business community and campus leadership. The participants will identify and discuss the unique contributions that each of these partners can make to advancing a collective community change effort.

Cost : $75/person for members of CACSL or Volunteer Canada; $180/person for all others. Contact CACSL or Volunteer Canada to purchase your membership.
For more information, please contact Geri Briggs at Geri.Briggs@Carleton.ca or pspeevak@volunteer.ca

This intensive professional development program provides advanced doctoral students and early career faculty with background literature, facilitated discussion, mentoring, and presentations designed to increase their knowledge and enhance their practice of community engaged scholarship. Participation in the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop (EESW) is limited and interested applicants must be nominated to be considered for this workshop. Visit: for more information.

• If you have questions or would like more information, please contact EESW Chair, Lisa Townson (University of New Hampshire).

Please browse the�� to learn more about the workshop and how you can become a member of our learning community from from February 23-25 in Toronto, Ontario.

This workshop is best suited to those who have an interest and some basic experience with evaluation but are eager to tackle the challenging but critical task of getting feedback on local efforts to change communities. As a participant of Evaluating Community Impact, you will have the opportunity to:

• Identify the dynamics and patterns of community change;
• Strengthen your understanding and appetite for evaluation; and
• Explore a variety of evaluation approaches and tools appropriate for community change.

Special rates are available for teams registering three or more people.�� today to secure your spot at the 2015 Evaluating Community Impact Workshop!��Registration will be limited to the first 150 people who sign up.

For more information:��

When the��Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning hosted their workshop, participants noted an interest in knowing about publishing opportunities. Where to get published is a challenge for the broad range of CSL knowledge products: Tools, frameworks, infographics, scholarly articles, books, blogs, to mention a few.

CACSL has gathered lists of journals and publishers that are potential dissemination media for your work.

Blogs, Articles, Frameworks, Infographics, Announcements, Events, Videos:

CACSL blog accepts items of interest to those involved in community engaged collaborations: academics, community organizations, students, individuals please feel free to submit your item via the��form.�� You may also highlight your items using Twitter @CSLCanada,��, or the��.

• • We’ve compiled a list of journals related to CE.�� Your additions to the list are welcomed via the submit a resource form.
• • Publishers frequently used by our members are listed.���� Your additions to the list are welcomed via the submit a resource form.

Submit a resource:

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