Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
Public forum organizing
The Activist School of the CSFTN (Canadian Student Fair Trade Network) provided a great forum for fair trade practitioners, activists, and academics to meet and discuss fair trade ...
Understanding and creating accessible playgrounds
The purpose of this project is understand and explain the importance of accessibility within a playspace in order to produce a resource guide on how to create a new accessible playground, or update an existing playground.
Assessment of greenroof management, food production, financial support, and educational programs at academic institutions across North America
Land search and purchase by conservation organization
This project summarizes the behind the scenes effort that goes into pursuing land for possible purchase by a conservation organization.
Fostering social entrepreneurship through a unique engagement model
OPIRG's volunteer services: exploring issues of structure, inclusiveness and self-definition
The report explores the relationship between the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) in Peterborough and its volunteers. The report presents and reflects on the main findings and recommendations of a research undertaken in 2004, which was called by last year's OPIRG's Board of Directors.
An introduction to sustainable housing design
Report to Peterborough County and City Councils: November, 1999
The purpose of this project was to help Peterborough Social Planning Council with a survey in regards to housing insecurity in Peterborough City and County. The student was to recode responses to open-ended questions and enter them into a data-base [sic].
Discover our trails!: Peterborough and the Kawarthas
Survey and marketing analysis of Peterborough area educators
Due to school board amalgamation three years ago, the Kawartha Outdoor Education Centre lost its funding from the Peterborough Board of Education. Since this time, the Centre has been struggling to maintain bookings by area schools.