Trent Centre for Community Based Education

This report outlines the use of social media in museums. The report covers the reasons to use social media in a museum setting, effective social media usage, barriers to the usage of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, and tools that can be used to monitor the impact of social media.

Homelessness is a serious problem in North America today. In 1990, women comprised between 15% and 29% of the homeless population and are steadily increasing because of multiple economic, historic and political factors.

This research project is one of the first studies of litterless lunch programs in Ontario schools. Our research project was done in conjunction with Peterborough Green-Up, an environmentally friendly community organization, who enlisted our assistance for this research.

In keeping with Lang Pioneer Village's mission statement of preserving, promoting and authentically recreating the rural history of the Peterborough County, this project has documented the historical connection between the area and the War of 1812. Though the Peterborough area was not the site of any recorded acts during the conflict, several questions have been answered in regards to its impacts on the local history.

Camp Kawartha Environment Centre is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to educating the public of Peterborough County on the importance of environmental education, sustainable living and alternative energy. The educators of the Environment Centre have requested that secondary research be compiled on the Trent Wildlife Sanctuary, the section of land that surrounds the facility.

The main purpose of the evaluation is [sic] to look at the (EAS) program for Foreign Trained Professionals. The evaluation is [sic] to determine the success and relevance of the program in relation to: - [t]he milestones set out in the beginning and - [n]eeds expressed by clients participating in the program.

The project's aim was to assess trends in Natural Heritage Planning and protection across the region of the Land Between; [sic] to gather information on review dates of Official Plans; as well as anecdotal data on development for comparisons across the region of the Land Between.

This report will describe the project [sic] i completed as my contribution to laying the groundwork of the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy. The documented information of heritage and historically designated buildings in the City of Peterborough, Ontario was the step I contributed towards this detailed project.