Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
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Project Assessment and Evaluation: The Aspire Program [poster]
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Wessels, Emily Amanda, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): John Howard Society Peterborough
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Assessment of the Seasoned Spoon's Educational Workshops and Events
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Davis, Joyce, Creator (cre): Worrad, Emily, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): The Seasoned Spoon Café
Abstract: <p> The Seasoned Spoon is a vegetarian cooperative café at Trent University that sells prepared food to the Trent community and a variety of services to students, staff and community members. Among these services are their nearly 20 workshops and events offered each academic year. The project was a four-month community-based research project to evaluate the workshops and events that the… more
Assessment of the Seasoned Spoon's Educational Workshops and Events [poster]
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Davis, Joyce, Creator (cre): Worrad, Emily, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): The Seasoned Spoon Café
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Project Assessment and Evaluation: The Aspire Program
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Wessels, Emily Amanda, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): John Howard Society Peterborough
Abstract: <p> This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the Aspire program based out of the John Howard Society of Peterborough. This program aims at assisting youth ages 17-25 in achieving their personal career and training goals through mentor-based relationships. Methods of analysis include literature review and semi-structured interviews. A review of academic and grey literature on… more
Evaluating Inclusion: The Progress and Success of the Amigos Program in Peterborough High Schools, as well as Tools and Best Practices for Feedback
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McNamee, Morgan, Creator (cre): Ahanin, Yasaman, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Heads Up for Inclusion
Abstract: <p> This report is the culminating piece of a four-month evaluation of the Amigos school Program of Heads up for Inclusion. The project had two objectives: 1) Evaluate the success of the Amigos school program since its implementation in 2001 from the perspective of teachers, students and parents/guardians of the participants, and 2) To research and provide the host with best evaluation… more
Evaluating Inclusion: The Progress and Success of the Amigos Program in Peterborough High Schools, as well as Tools and Best Practices for Feedback [poster]
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McNamee, Morgan, Creator (cre): Ahanin, Yasaman, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Heads Up for Inclusion
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Impact of Volunteering at the Warming Room (Peterborough) on Civic and Political Engagement
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ramoutar, Bhisham, Creator (cre): Smith, Claire, Creator (cre): Strom, Sarah, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): The Warming Room
Abstract: <p>On any given winter night in Peterborough, Ontario, there are approximately 120 homeless people on the streets and in the emergency shelters like the Warming Room. The Warming Room, through numerous volunteers, provides meals, a safe place to sleep, comfort and support to its guests. This research addresses the Warming Room's goal of providing the volunteers with a more personal… more
Do Trent University Students Support the Divestment From Fossil Fuels Movement? A Methodology Development
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Spiwak, Alaine, Creator (cre): Dergacheva, Kristina, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Climate Justice Trent
Abstract: <p>This paper explores the divestment from fossil fuels movement, which is a recent socioenvironmental movement aimed at pressuring Canadian universities and colleges to dissolve current investments, stocks, or bonds in the fossil fuel industry. This divestment campaign took place at Trent University from 2012-2015, but was unsuccessful in their lobbying for full fossil fuel divestment. As… more
Telling the Story of T.C.R.C. Research
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Thiessen, Sabina, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre
Abstract: <p>The topic of this project is the discipline of university-based community-based research, more specifically within the context of the Trent Community Research Centre. Its purpose is to review the archive of TCRC projects to find those of notable quality that may be highlighted at the TCRC's 25th anniversary conference, and to uncover what trends have developed within TCRC projects… more
Determining Barriers to Enrollment in the Ontario Electricity Support Program in Peterborough City and Country
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hamilton, Victoria, Creator (cre): Tarakai, Laila, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): The Energy Cost Work Group, Peterborough Ontario
Abstract: <p>The rising costs of hydro places a financial burden on low-income households. The Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP) was launched to help relieve the pressure of these rising costs in Ontario. However, within the City and County of Peterborough there has been low enrollment in the subsidy program, representing a missed opportunity for individuals struggling with energy poverty.… more
Environmental Scan of Workplace and Vocational English as a Second Language Programming
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Archer, Amy, Creator (cre): Vanaselja, Heli, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Peterborough Partnership Council of Immigration Integration
Abstract: <p>Peterborough Ontario is looking at ways to improve immigration integration within the community. This environmental scan explores current and innovative practices of workplace and vocational English as a Second Language (ESL) programming for small urban cities to determine if such a program could fill this need. The broader literature and prior studies maintain that there is a need to… more
Environmental Scan of Workplace and Vocational English as a Second Language Programming [poster]
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Archer, Amy, Creator (cre): Vanaselja, Heli, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Peterborough Partnership Council of Immigration Integration
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Sexual Assault Prevention Education for Boys and Male Youth
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Nairismagi, Erika, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
Sexual Assault Prevention Education for Boys and Male Youth [poster]
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Nairismagi, Erika, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
Evaluation of Immigration Integration Programs in Peterborough: Speakers Bureau and ESL Forum
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Izgerean, Alexandra, Creator (cre): Chui, Lai Ming, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Peterborough Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration
Evaluation of Immigration Integration Programs in Peterborough: Speakers Bureau and ESL Forum [poster]
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Izgerean, Alexandra, Creator (cre): Chui, Lai Ming, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Community Research Centre, Supporting host (sht): Peterborough Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration
Sustainable food sourcing: an analysis of forward contracting feasibility in a local context
Year: 2012, 2012
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Ciccale, Ryan, Creator (cre): Garcia, Diego, Supporting host (sht): The Seasoned Spoon Café, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
Abstract: <p>Locally sourced food is a more sustainable, more ecologically friendly alternative to mainstream methods such as buying through a large scale food distribution wholesaler. Accessing local producers affords the buyer a greater degree of power over how their produce is grown, harvested, stored and transported and so on. When interacting with a producer, buyers have options; they may… more
Community-based education: the effects of TCCBE and U-links projects on host organizations and communities
Year: 2011, 2011
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McDermott, Alicia, Creator (cre): Phan, Linh, Creator (cre): Queeley, Maritza, Creator (cre): Ryan, Claire, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community Based Education, Supporting host (sht): U-Links, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies
Abstract: <p>Despite the popularity of community-based education (CBE), the effects of CBE projects on host organizations and their targeted communities have not been well examined. The Trent Centre for Community Based Education (TCCBE) and U-links have facilitated more than 1000 projects since the 1990s in [sic] Peterborough and Haliburton area [sic].</p>
Building the Four Pillars: approaches for meaningful and effective community participation in the Peterborough Drug Strategy's consultation process
Year: 2011, 2011
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Phillips, Christopher Chang-Yen, Creator (cre): Cockburn, Amanda, Creator (cre): Kidd, Marissa, Creator (cre): Knight, Jennifer, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education, Supporting host (sht): Peterborough County-City Health Unit (PCCHU)
Abstract: <p>The Peterborough Drug Strategy Task Force is in the process of developing a community based consultation strategy, with the purpose of developing a relevant and evidenced based drug strategy for Peterborough. The purpose of this report is to review available existing community consultations in Ontario linked to the development of a community drug strategy, and to compile research on… more
The Greater Peterborough Area community vitality indicator project
Year: 2011, 2011
Member of: Trent Community Research Centre Project Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Chung, Melissa, Creator (cre): Barke Doka, Jesse, Creator (cre): McNamara, Emma, Creator (cre): Robinson, Julia, Supporting host (sht): Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, Other (oth): Trent University International Development Studies, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community Based Research
Abstract: <p>The collaborative work undertaken constitutes preliminary research to determine the availability of data and information to successfully carry out a Vital Sign report for the Greater Peterborough Area. The goal of this report is to survey the amount and types of relevant information and data that is available for both the city and county of Peterborough.</p>