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

2. 1.Introducing CFICE 2.Setting the Campus Community Context 3.Role of Evaluation in CFICE 4.Dialogue Presentation Outline

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

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. 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:

8. 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 CFICE ORGANIZATION

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

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