Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
School program coordination
PALS is an after school program initiated by the Trent University Concurrent Education department for students Grades 4 to 8 in the Peterborough area. Recently PALS was in partnership with Kawartha World Issues Centre (KWIC) to coordinate a field trip (to Camp Kawartha) to learn about global environmental issues.
Family violence in four displays: an evaluation report
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the clarity of the Educational Bristol board displays that we created for the Family Violence committee at the Peterborough Family Resource Centre (PFRC) in the fall/winter of 2001.
Memories of a global educator: a reflection on my TCCBE project 2001-2002
Food bank community assessment: Northumberland Fare Share Food Banks and Cobourg Salvation Army Family Services: a preliminary report
Secondary global education program: 2002-2003 : final report
The project consisted of creating two global education workshops intended to engage proactively with high school classes. My position at KWIC was the global education workshop program coordinator.
Marketing research main assignment
Findings of a research project by several Sir Sanford Fleming marketing students to discover what awareness levels young people have around the issues of sexual assault and harassment.
Trans-needs assessment: gender inclusivity
In 2007 the Trent Women's Centre commissioned a project through the Trent Centre for Community Based Education for a student to perform a needs assessment of the trans community at Trent University and within the city of Peterborough. The project outlined that the organization would like to assess how they are currently addressing needs of the trans community and discover ways in which they could improve serviceability to the community.
The barriers between employers of the City of Peterborough and people with learning disabilities in obtaining jobs
The purpose of the present study was to discover if employers in the City of Peterborough were willing or reluctant to hire people with learning exceptionalities, as well as breakdown the barriers that exist.
Invasive species study: the biology, distribution and control of the dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum Rossicum), in Southern Ontario
Dog-strangling vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum), also known as pale-swallow-wort, was introduced to North America in the late 1800s. Since its introduction it has spread through the great lakes basin in southern Ontario and the north eastern United States. If the invasion of dog-strangling vine is to be controlled an organized long term management plan involving conservation organizations throughout Ontario is needed.
The development of a community outreach strategy
This project examines the definitions of community, rural and regional development in a geographical context. It takes these definitions and applies them within the Township of Asphodel-Norwood.