Listening for the Unheard Voices
Community First:
Impacts of Community
Engagement (CFICE)
1. Introducing CFICE
2. Setting the Campus Community Context 3. Role of Evaluation in CFICE
4. Dialogue
Presentation Outline
Listening for the Unheard Voices:
CF:ICE Introductions
Presenters:
• Geri Briggs, Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning/
Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement
• Jane Hennig, Volunteer Action Centre of Kitchener-Waterloo & Area
• Gary Martin, PhD, Community Environmental Sustainability Hub
• Chris Yordy, PhD Student Researcher
• Elizabeth Whitmore Professor Emerita School of Social Work
CFICE Context
Climate Change Growing inequality
Funding challenges
Persistent Unemployment
Community Based Organizations
Post Secondary Institutions
Social justice Learn/Research
Services
Advocacy
Educate
Community EngagementCommunity Engaged Pedagogy
Campus
Activities Campus Operations
Social justice
Social and Economic Environment
Violence
Food Security Natural Environment Poverty
Community Development
Betterment of society
Critical independent thought
Knowledge, Experience
Connections
Resources, knowledge
CFICE Purpose
More Successful, Innovative, Prosperous, and Resilient Communities
Question:
How can community campus partnerships be designed and implemented to maximize the value created for non-profit,
community-based organizations?
How we’ll get there
Carleton University and the CACSL co-manage CFICE. Five self-managing research hubs carry out the work:
• Poverty Reduction, Vibrant Communities Canada
• Community Food Security, Food Secure Canada
• Community Environmental Sustainability, the Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
• Violence Against Women, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
• Knowledge Mobilization, Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning
Policy and program change:
• Universities and Colleges
• Governments and Foundations
• Community-Based Organizations
– Strengthened Public Policies and Programs – Strengthened CBO Partnership Capacities – More Effective Partnership Policies in and
Performance by PSE Institutions
– More Appropriate, Sustained Partnership
Support by Governments and Foundations
– Critical Mass of Multi-Generational Leaders
– Pan-Canadian Networks
CFICE will be exploring the barriers and enabling factors for Community Campus Engagement to assist
Community Based Organizations to achieve their goals 1. How do you demonstrate outcomes of your
organization?
2. How do you assess the contribution of CCE to meeting the organizational goals?
3. What gets in the way of CCE and what supports it?
DIALOGUE QUESTIONS:
Public and Private Funders
Carleton University SSHRC
Community Environmental Sustainability (Hub Co-leads)
Program Committee (All Hub Co-leads) Project Secretariat
(PI/CM/Adr) CFICE Steering Committee
(Co-chairs)
Poverty Reduction (Hub Co-leads)
Sub-Projects and Other Activities with Participating National Networks, Community Organizations, Universities, Colleges, Governments and Foundations
Violence Against Women (Hub Co-leads) Community Food
Security (Hub Co-leads)
KMb (Hub Co-leads)
Hubs
