Trent Centre for Community-Based Education

Trent University course inventory

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The Trent University Course Inventory Project (TUCI) was conducted on behalf of the Trent Centre for Community Based Education (TCCBE) during the 2007-2008 academic year to inventory all current and 'on the horizon' courses at Trent, to determine to what extent the community contexts of research, teaching, and learning were addressed within existing university course offerings. The author of this project worked on the TUCI project, as a student researcher to choose and design a research tool.

2007

Historical place names: a case study of three townships in the County of Peterborough

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Creator (cre): Leitch, Ellery, Creator (cre): Premkumar, Subitha, Creator (cre): Watt, Kathleen, Supporting host (sht): Kawartha Heritage Conservancy, Other (oth): Trent University Geography Dept, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
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This research project examines three study areas in the Peterborough County, Curve Lake First Nation, and two municipalities of North Kawartha and Galway-Harvey and Cavendish. The main focus of this project was to examine the names of water bodies and some land forms in the three study areas.

2007

Attitudes toward women in conflict with the law: case study of the Peterborough area

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This is the final stage of a year-long research project produced for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough through the Trent University Community-based education program. This report will summarize the main results that can be drawn from a previous set of interviews.

2004

Greening the Festival of Trees

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Audits were conducted, and results checked to calculate the amount of material that could have been recycled, reused or composted with a goal of working towards zero-waste generation, or a reduction of waste sent to the landfill.

2008

Art gallery education guide

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Creator (cre): Bock, Thalia, Creator (cre): Malakoff, Kristi, Supporting host (sht): Peterborough Arts Umbrella, Other (oth): Trent University Women's Studies, Supporting host (sht): Art Gallery of Peterborough, Issuing body (isb): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
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The purpose of this research project was to interview a Canadian woman artist, and create an education guide for the teachers of grade 5 students coming into the Art Gallery. The appendix is a transcript of the interview with the artist.

2008

County outreach strategy: Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan

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The purpose of this project was to design an outreach strategy for the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan in partnership with the Trent Centre for Community Based Education (TCCBE).

2007

The development of a low cost spay/neuter clinic as a means of controlling the animal population within Peterborough, Ontario and surrounding area

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The primary purpose of this project was to examine [sic] Peterborough's community views on spaying and neutering within the local area and to examine the current status of [sic] participant's companion animals to see if there is a need for a low cost spay/neuter clinic in Peterborough, Ontario.

2001