We develop strong community-campus partnerships by putting community FIRST.
Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE) is a research project that studies how community and campus players work together to positively impact their communities.
For CFICE, being community first means engaging in equitable partnerships to co-create knowledge and action plans for addressing pressing community issues.
Through community-driven projects, CFICE participants test community first approaches to community-campus engagement (CCE). These collaborative approaches build healthier, more democratic and longer-lasting community-campus relationships.
Our research has generated a wealth of community-first stories and resources that you can use to make your CCE work more effective. Learn how by checking out our tools and research or contacting us for more information.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Video: Affordable Housing and Community-Campus Partnerships In Canada Webinar Recording
On June 26, 2019, CFICE and Community Campus Engage Canada (CCEC), in collaboration with New Commons Development, presented Affordable Housing and... More
On June 26, 2019, CFICE and Community Campus Engage Canada (CCEC), in collaboration with New Commons Development, presented Affordable Housing and Community-Campus Partnerships In Canada: Growing the Potential Role (and Response-Ability) of Post Secondary Institutions (PSIs) to Increase Affordable Housing. This webinar explored the affordable housing crisis... More
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Vidéo (Webinaire): L’Université au service de la mobilisation citoyenne
Le 19 juin, en collaboration avec l’Université Concordia et le Bâtiment 7, Communautés d’abord : impacts de l’engagement communautaire (CAIEC), et Engagement campus-collectivité... More
Le 19 juin, en collaboration avec l’Université Concordia et le Bâtiment 7, Communautés d’abord : impacts de l’engagement communautaire (CAIEC), et Engagement campus-collectivité Canada (ECCC) ont présenté le webinaire intitulé L’Université au service de la mobilisation citoyenne: Collaboration entre l’Université Concordia et le Bâtiment... More
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
NEW BOOK: Moving the Needle on Poverty
As one of its last projects, members of the Poverty Reduction Hub collaborated to assemble and self-publish a new book titled Moving the needle on poverty: Snapshots of community-campus partnerships. This book includes chapters from each of the hub's... More
As one of its last projects, members of the Poverty Reduction Hub collaborated to assemble and self-publish a new book titled Moving the needle on poverty: Snapshots of community-campus partnerships. This book includes chapters from each of the hub's partners, and outlines the different models of engagement used by each partnership to complete work towards... More
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