Building connections for community well-being

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Join us for the 6th Annual Community Campus Connections event on February 27, 2020. Continuing to expand community-campus partnerships, this event aims to connect members of the community with Carleton. By making connections, community-based organizations and Carleton are able to collaborate, providing meaningful outcomes that are tangible, relevant, and contribute to the community's well-being.

Join us for a morning of activities including:

- presentation by Provost Tomberlin

- tons of workshops to attend (see the list below)

- free networking lunch

- award announcement for the best student video featuring community-campus learning

- and more!

Hurry, register now! Tickets are limited. For information on speakers, the full agenda, and more, visit www.carleton.ca/communityengagement

Join one of our exciting workshops lead by knowledgeable members of the community and Carleton University!

Workshops A from 9:30am - 10:30am

A.1 Community Engaged Research to Improve Public Safety

Craig Bennell, Carleton University; Simon Baldwin, RCMP

A.2 Student & Community-led Health Promotion Activities

JC Caramillo, Carleton University; Nicole DiBiagio, Carleton Health and Counselling Services

A.3 Engaging Community in Addictions Research

Ariel Fuenzalida, Carleton University; Carol Wu, Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre

A.4 Using 4th Year Engineering Projects to Design Cross-Disciplinary Solutions to Community Problems

Cheryl Schramm, Carleton University; Gerhard Bruins, Species Inc.

A.5 The People's Official Plan for Ottawa's Climate Emergency: Seeking Grassroots Consensus on Climate Solutions and Mobilizing Informed Action on Municipal Decision-Making

Daniel Buckles, Carleton University; Emilie Frenier, Ecology Ottawa

A.6 Intervening in the Financialization of the Herongate Community

Josh Hawley, Herongate Tenant Coalition & Carleton University; Andy Crosby, Carleton University

A.7 Incubator session with the Sustainability Stakeholders Council of Ottawa

Jim Birtch, SSCO; Kevin Partridge, Carleton University; Deborah Conners, Carleton University

A.8 Student Team Projects with Community Partners

John Milton, Carleton University

A.9 Research Collaborations between Carleton University Researchers and the Native North American Travelling College (NNATC): Best Practices 

David Fadden and Sydney Jacobs, NNATC/Akwesasne; Kahente Horn Miller, Carleton University; Anna Hoefnagels, Carleton University

A.10 From Campus to Community

Dwaine Taylor, Carleton University

A.11 Finding Funding for Community Engaged Research

Jackie Kennelly, Carleton University; United Way Eastern Ontario

A.12 Hub for Good: Introducing Carleton’s New Online Portal for Community Engagement

Laura McCaffrey, Carleton University; Leo Solano, Carleton University

A.13 It's All About Reciprocity: Using the Carnegie Classification to Assess Carleton’s Partnership Work

Lorraine Dyke, Carleton University; Nicole Bedford, Bedford Films

A.14 Envisioning 2030: Building Carleton’s Future with the Community

Cathy Malcolm Edwards, Najeeba Ahmed, Dawson Clark, Ruzbeh Irani, Carleton University

Concurrent Workshops B from 11am - 12pm

B.1 Carleton Connects on Accessibility

Adrian Chan, Carleton University; Boris Vukovic, Carleton University

B.2 Making Community Buildings in Ottawa More Energy and Water Efficient Through Student Research

Mary Hegan, Ottawa Eco-Talent Network; Lisa Meyer, Carleton University

B.3 Engaging Communities Around Human Rights Issues at the Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre

Aaron Doyle, Carleton University; Souheil Benslimane, Co-ordinator of CPEP's Jail Accountability and Information Line

B.4 Pragmatic Challenges Facing Small Community Organizations for Student Placements

John Milton, Carleton University; Ottawa River Keepers

B.5 Student & Community-led Food Safety / Food Security Activities

Veronic Bezaire, Carleton University

B.6 Getting Millennial Students to Visit and Think About Museums

Ian Wereley, Carleton University; Adjunct Curator of the History of Energy, Canada Science and Technology Museum

B.7 Initiating Sustainability Plans in Neighbourhoods

Jim Birtch, Ottawa Biosphere Eco-City

B.8 Dilemmas and dramas of Community Engaged Teaching and Learning

Melissa Frankel, Carleton University; David Hornsby, Carleton University

B.9 Better Practices in Student Placement Development and Delivery

Tom Scholberg, Ottawa Community Youth Diversion Program; Niamh O’Shea, Carleton University

B.10 Building and maintaining communities of practice for community-campus engagement

Magda Goemans, Campus Engage Canada; Jesse McClintock, Carleton University

B.11 Scaling It Up: Thinking About Community Engagement for Large 1st and 2nd Year Classes

Tonya Davidson, Carleton University; Nina Doré, Carleton University

B.12 Introducing Carleton’s New Online Community-Based Research Toolkit

Zoey Feder, Carleton University

B.13 Carleton University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee (CUISIC)

Benny Michaud, Carleton University

B.14 Student and Community Organizations: What are the Opportunities?

Karen Hidalgo, Carleton University; Ashleigh Hyland, Community Addictions Peer Support Association

B.15 Working with Children and Youth Through Volunteer Placements

Hiwot Abebe, Catholic Centre for Immigrants Sophia House; Monica Patterson, Carleton University; Sheila South, Carleton University

Who will your next connection be?