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Listening for the Unheard Voices

Listening for the Unheard Voices. Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE). Presentation Outline. Introducing CFICE Setting the Campus Community Context Role of Evaluation in CFICE Dialogue. Listening for the Unheard Voices: CF:ICE Introductions. Presenters:

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Listening for the Unheard Voices

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  1. Listening for the Unheard Voices Community First: Impacts of Community Engagement (CFICE)

  2. Presentation Outline • Introducing CFICE • Setting the Campus Community Context • Role of Evaluation in CFICE • Dialogue

  3. 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

  4. CFICE Context Funding challenges Persistent Unemployment Climate Change Growing inequality Violence Learn/Research Educate Services Social justice Critical independent thought Community Engaged Pedagogy Knowledge, Experience Connections Post Secondary Institutions Community Based Organizations Community Engagement Social justice Campus Activities Campus Operations Resources, knowledge Betterment of society Community Development Advocacy Poverty Food Security Natural Environment Social and Economic Environment

  5. 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?

  6. 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

  7. DIALOGUE QUESTIONS: • CFICE will be exploring the barriers and enabling factors for Community Campus Engagement to assist Community Based Organizations to achieve their goals • How do you demonstrate outcomes of your organization? • How do you assess the contribution of CCE to meeting the organizational goals? • What gets in the way of CCE and what supports it?

  8. CFICE Steering Committee (Co-chairs) Public and Private Funders SSHRC Project Secretariat (PI/CM/Adr) Carleton University Program Committee (All Hub Co-leads) KMb (Hub Co-leads) Hubs Community Food Security (Hub Co-leads) Community Environmental Sustainability (Hub Co-leads) Poverty Reduction (Hub Co-leads) Violence Against Women (Hub Co-leads) Sub-Projects and Other Activities with Participating National Networks, Community Organizations, Universities, Colleges, Governments and Foundations CFICE ORGANIZATION

  9. CES Hub - Ottawa SLOE-Obates project My role Provide links on campus and in sustainable building community in Ottawa Administration • Goal is to help CBO (SLOE) create green planning for large redevelopment project in Ottawa

  10. Discussion Question for dialogue: • How do you reconcile the evaluation needs on the ground with reporting requirements of funders?

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