Creating a better future for communities through research
News and eventsCCBR is on the leading edge of community-based research. Newsletters, announcements, educational opportunities and upcoming events are all posted right here. Check back often! Settling, Working, Belonging: Moving Forward, a Community Forum
Mar 24, 2010 - Community members from all walks of life are welcome to attend this free forum. Over the past year the Waterloo Region community has been planning how the entire community can work with immigrants and refugees to improve their settlement and integration.
Past eventsNew article - Recovery Focused Outcomes in Mental Health
Feb 18, 2010 - A new article on the development of a recovery focused outcomes framework in the local mental health system, authored by Jason Newberry of CCBR and Allan Strong of the Self-Help Alliance. CURA Conference- December 4th, 2009
Dec 04, 2009 - The Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health CURA study will end with a Conference in December 2009. Cultural Diversity in the Workplace- November 17th, 2009
Nov 17, 2009 - Directors, managers, and change makers in the social services sector: this workshop is for you.
Tuesday November 17th
9am-1:30pm The Making Gains Conference November 2 - 4, 2009
Nov 02, 2009 - CCBR was well represented with four presentations at the Making Gains in Mental Health and Addictions Conference in Toronto. The conference provided an excellent networking and educational forum for consumers, practitioners, researchers, and other community members. Please read on for details on CCBR's participation. Neighbours Pulling Together to Support United Way!
Oct 22, 2009 - Our centre is co-hosting a block party to raise funds for United Way. CUExpo 2011 Kick-off Luncheon
Oct 20, 2009 - CCBR is holding a CUExpo 2011 kick-off luncheon meeting on October 29th, 2009. Everyone is welcome! Conference Presentation: Recovery & Mental Health
Sep 22, 2009 - Jason Newberry (Research Director, CCBR) and Allan Strong (Recovery Education Coordinator, Self Help Alliance) will be presenting on "Building a Recovery Focused Mental Health System" at the 2009 Bi-annual Ontario Conference of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Canada. Helmut Braun Scholarship Presentation
Sep 18, 2009 - The award ceremony will take place at CCBR on Friday September 18th at noon. All are welcome to attend. This is another opportunity for our community to come together and connect over a worthy cause and good food! CCBR presents at the 2009 Living Knowlege Conference in Belfast
Aug 27, 2009 - CCBR's Joanna Ochocka will be presenting at the 2009 Living Knowledge Conference from August 27th-29th at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland. Chiefs Assembly Presentation: Presentation of evaluation finding
Aug 18, 2009 - Andrew Taylor and Sarah Lord will be presenting the results of the three-year Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin Evaluation Project at Tikinagan Child and Family Services Annual Chiefs Assembly in Sandy Lake First Nation, Ontario. The Expanded Database
Aug 05, 2009 - Use this online resource to quickly find CCBR projects, and associated publications and presentations. Recent Publications
Jul 17, 2009 - Our researchers continue to publish and disseminate research findings associated with our research projects. Here is a list of some of our most recent publications. Presentation: Program Evaluation in Complex Systems
Jul 17, 2009 - "How Program Evaluation Can Help Complex Systems Learn", by Andrew Taylor. Social Work Bridge Training Program Graduation
Jun 27, 2009 - Congratulations to the second co-hort of graduates from Wilfred Laurier's Social Work in Waterloo Region Bridge Training Program! CCBR Family Picnic
Jun 14, 2009 - CCBR celebrated yet another successful year of research and collaboration in style at Kiwanis Park. 2009 ALLIES Learning Exchange: Leading with Ideas
Jun 11, 2009 - CCBR's Yasir Dildar was a presenter in the "Marketplace" on the evaluation of councils at the 2009 ALLIES Learning Exchange: Leading with Ideas Event from June 11-June 12 in Vancouver, BC. Presentations at Canadian Psychological Association Convention
Jun 11, 2009 - CCBR's Troy Rieck presented at The Canadian Psychological Association 70th Annual Convention in Montreal, Quebec, from June 11-13th, 2009. Article: Doing Research in First Nations Communities
Jun 08, 2009 - First Nation people are often silenced, excluded, and disengaged from the research process (Bennett, 1982; Brubacher, 2007; Hart, 1999; Mayer, 1994; Mitchell & Baker, 2005; Nelson and Prilleltensky, 2005). As a result, Aboriginal communities are often hesitant to engage in research partnerships, even when they believe that research has the potential to help them recognize their strengths and to utilize their assets (Brubacher, 2007; Mayer, 1994). Although the need for a unique approach when working with First Nation communities is becoming increasingly accepted, there have been few examples of how to actually implement and integrate research into First Nation community development. 2009 CES Annual Conference-Value in Evaluation
Jun 02, 2009 - CCBR's Andrew Taylor was a presenter at the 2009 CES Annual Conference- Value in Evaluation in Ottawa from May 31st-June 3rd, 2009. 2009 CPSA Conference-May 27-29, in Ottawa
May 27, 2009 - CCBR's Rich Janzen, joined colleagues from Laurentian, Queen's and the University of Western Ontario for a roundtable discussion on Integration and Inclusion in Ontario Cities at the CPSA Conference in Ottawa from May 27-29th, 2009. Presentations at The Canadian Sociological Association
May 26, 2009 - CCBR's Elin Moorlag and Joanna Ochocka were presenters at The Annual Meetings of the Canadian Sociological Association 2009 at Carleton University in Ottawa from May 26th-29th, 2009. New Pilot Programs addressing Homelessness in Waterloo Region
May 07, 2009 - The Hospitality House and At-Home Outreach Pilot Programs are two new programs funded through the Aging At Home Strategy (AAH) of the Waterloo-Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WW-LHIN) from October 2008 until March 2011 to address homelessness in Waterloo Region. CCBR is heading the evaluation of these initiatives. Engaging Ethnoculturally Diverse Youth in Volunteerism
May 07, 2009 - Volunteering and community service have different meanings in different languages. This project explores Canadian assumptions about youth volunteering and the barriers, challenges and opportunities faced by youth from various cultural backgrounds. Survey on Mental Health & Addictions Planning
May 06, 2009 - The Honorable David Caplan, Minister of Health in the Province of Ontario has decided to develop a 10-year strategy to steer the course of the mental health and addiction system. Over the months of April and May, the Minister is consulting with service providers and consumers through the Local Health Integration Networks.
Information sharing on Autism Services in Waterloo Region
Apr 20, 2009 - CCBR's Andrew Taylor will be joining Extend-A-Family on April 20th for a discussion surrounding the sharing of research findings and information about Autism services in the Waterloo Region. Free Film Screening- More than a Haircut: The Barbershop Project
Apr 16, 2009 - More than a Haircut: The Barbershop Project. This documentary film features Afro-Caribbean fathers discussing parenting in the Eglington Avenue West neighborhood in (Toronto, Ontario). The screening will be held on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at the Reel World Film Festival, Carleton Cinemas. The cost is $5.00. CURA Roundtable Discussion-April 15th, 2009
Apr 15, 2009 - From Innovative Research to Innovative Solutions: Bringing Diversity in Mental Health from the Margins to the Core.
This invitation only roundtable discussion takes place at the Wellesley Institute in Toronto, April 15th/2009.
KDCHC's Demonstration Project-Hiring Mental Health Navigators
Apr 03, 2009 - The Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre's CURA Demonstration project is hiring 7 part time (contract position) Mental Health Navigators. The deadline for applications is April 8th, 2009. CUPP Conference II- University of Brighton -April 2009
Apr 02, 2009 - Joanna Ochocka, Executive Director of CCBR, will be presenting at the CUPP Conference II, April 2nd & 3rd at The University of Brighton. CURA Leadership & Theatre Demonstration Project
Apr 01, 2009 - Starting in April 2009, The Centre for Community Based Research will begin a one year CURA demonstration project involving the development and delivery of 14 locally-tailored theatre and leadership events across Ontario. KDCHC's Demonstration Project Graduation- March 26th, 2009
Mar 26, 2009 - The Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre's CURA Demonstration Project is celebrating the Graduation and Final Presentations of the Volunteer Leadership Training component of the project on March 26th, 2009. Social Innovation Conversation
Mar 25, 2009 - On December 8 2008, the Centre for Community Based Research, Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, and Waterloo Region sponsored a one day event highlighting exciting initiatives in Waterloo Region. On March 25 2009 we are hosting a follow up conversation. "Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin" Research Project Trip
Mar 23, 2009 - CCBR's research team (Andrew Taylor, Sarah Lord and students Nora Love and Cindy Nault) to travel to Sioux Lookout for a two-day Steering Committee Meeting on March 25th and 26th, 2009. Reflections of a CURA Demonstration Project
Jan 19, 2009 - Mental health services are struggling to respond to Ontario's growing cultural and racial diversity. Research has shown that members of many minority groups find it difficult to access mental health services, receive adequate diagnosis and treatment, or experience services that are culturally inappropriate and demeaning. Clearly new innovative solutions are needed to ensure that publicly-funded mental health services are effective for today's multicultural society.
The following are the reflections from Alida Abbott; Project Coordinator from the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre overseeing a CURA Demonstration Project entitled, "Strengthening Mental Health in Cultural Linguistic Communities".
Read more... The Live Safe Play Safe Evaluation Project
Jan 19, 2009 - The purpose of Live Safe Play Safe (LSPS) evaluation was to examine the implementation and outcomes of the LSPS project. The LSPS project is an innovative sport and games-based program for health promotion and HIV / AIDS education and prevention among children and communities affected by war, poverty and disease. The project aims at promoting health, building life skills, and fostering peace among youth and children in communities. Training workshop for REPAS Pekine, Dakar
Jan 19, 2009 - The final leg of the trip to African took Jonathan to Pekine, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal where CCBR is exploring a partnership with Reseau de Recherche Participative en Afrique au Sud Du Sahar (REPAS). The purpose of the visit was to organize a training workshop in participatory action research methods for members of REPAS, and further explore partnerships opportunities with the organization. The workshop was jointly-facilitated by Jonathan and Lamine Kane, the spokesperson for REPAS. Barbershop Evaluation Project
Jan 19, 2009 - Staff at the Macaulay Child Development Centre wanted to do something different for Black History Month in February 2006 and organized the Barbershop Project as a one-time event.The Centre's staff's intentions were to "counteract" negative images of black fathers' and the stereotyped absenteeism in their children's lives.
Community Basis - Volume 5 now available.
Jan 12, 2009 - Volume 5 of Community Basis is now available! Social Innovation and Community Change
Dec 08, 2008 - Sponsored by the Centre for Community Based Research, Social Innovation Generation at the University of Waterloo, and Waterloo Region, this event will feature displays, panel discussions, and dialogue about how we can enhance social innovation and community change in Waterloo Region. Hear about research-inspired innovations from Waterloo Region and talk with leaders from outside the Region who will reflect with us about our community change work. Social Work in Waterloo Region Bridge Training Program Graduatio
Nov 29, 2008 - Congratulations to the first co-hort of graduates from Wilfred Laurier's Social Work in Waterloo Region Bridge Training Program! 5th Annual Diversity and Wellbeing Conference
Nov 20, 2008 - CCBR's Joanna Ochocka and Sarah Marsh presented at the 5th Annual Diversity and Wellbeing Conference: The Diverse Faces of Mental Health, in Calgary, Alberta. Igloo Symposium- November 19-20, 2008
Nov 19, 2008 - Joanna Ochocka, Executive Director of CCBR, presented at the inaugural IGLOO Symposium, November 19-20, 2008 at CIGI (Centre for International Governance Innovation). Canadian Innovations in Recovery
Nov 07, 2008 - CCBR's Jason Newberry spoke about "Recovery evaluation with consumers, case managers and system in Waterloo and Wellington" at this recent event. "Community Outcomes"-October 21, 28 & 29, 2008
Oct 21, 2008 - CCBR's Andrew Taylor and Peggy Hastings-Weston joined the United Way of Greater Simcoe County on October 21st, 28th and 29th in North, South and Central Greater Simcoe County for 3 full day Community Consultations. Helmut Braun Memorial Scholarship Award Presentation
Oct 17, 2008 - Congratulations to Gabriel Rodriguez, this year's recipient of The Centre for Community Based Research's Helmut Braun Memorial Scholarship Award. Sub-Saharan African Participatory Research Network
Oct 13, 2008 - A Participatory Action Research Workshop held in Dakar, Senegal on October 13th, 2008. How Community Impact Happens
Sep 29, 2008 - Andrew Taylor and Rachel Fayter discussed some of the outcome evaluation work that CCBR has been involved with in collaboration with the United Ways of Peel and Waterloo Region, while highlighting the challenges that many non-profits face when attempting to measure the community impact of their work. Reflections from the Road: A Trip to Tikinagan
Aug 21, 2008 - The Mamow Obiki-awahsoonwina Research Project is well into its second phase. The research project was initiated in 2006 by Tikinagan Child and Family Services, a First Nation-run child protection agency that works with 33 First Nations across Ontario's far North. Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowina is the model based on traditional First Nations approaches to child welfare that guides the work of Tikinagan. The research project team, made up of Centre researchers and Community Researchers from Northern First Nations, recently made several trips into Northern communities to do interviews with First Nations families. The following are the reflections from Sarah Lord, Centre Researcher, from a recent trip into two communities. Somali Muslim Hate Crime Summit
Jul 12, 2008 - CCBR has partnered with the Somali Canadian Association of Etobicoke and held a community forum on hate crimes. International Community Psychology Conference in Lisbon
Jun 05, 2008 - Four CCBR presentations were made at the 2nd International Conference on Community Psychology in Lisbon, Portgual. "Community Basis" - Volume 3 now available
May 06, 2008 - The spring issue of our quarterly newsletter "Community Basis" is now available! Article: Consumer Participation on Mental Health Agency Boards
May 04, 2008 - by Jason Newberry. Over the past few decades Ontario's mental health system has been undergoing a slow transformation. Based on sustained citizen advocacy efforts and the appearance of several key policy documents and recommendations in the late 1980s, there have been efforts to establish a mental health system that is more holistic and person-centred in its approach, envisioning collaborative efforts between mental health services, community services, self-help and mutual aid, and natural supports. A strong policy recommendation within these efforts was that mental health consumers, individually and collectively, needed a strong and consistent voice in all aspects of the system. A narrower component of consumer voice has been the membership and participation of consumers on governing boards and associated committees of mental health agencies. Community University Expo 2008
May 04, 2008 - CCBR had 7 presentations at this international conference in Victoria, British Columbia. Waterloo Launch of UCP-SARnet
Apr 18, 2008 - Success at the Waterloo launch of the University Community Partnership for Social Action Research Network (UCP-SARnet). Sharing the WRIEN Story
Apr 17, 2008 - Presentation about the Waterloo Region Immigrant Employment Network (WRIEN) to the Municipal Immigration Committee. Presentation to Peel Volunteer Administrators Network
Mar 19, 2008 - Conference Presentation entitled: You're Closer to Demonstrating your Impact than you Think: How Logic Models Can Save You Time and Reduce Your Stress. Article: "Stories from the Road"
Feb 04, 2008 - In May and June, 2006, Rob Case and Kristen Roderick traveled to Kenya to conduct an evaluation of the Association for the Physically Disabled of Kenya (APDK). They spent three weeks traveling across the country interviewing staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries of the program. The following are excerpts of this trip, based on Kristen's journal entries. A Vision for a Community Research Ethics Board (CREB)
Jan 31, 2008 - CCBR hosted a community meeting to discuss the need and vision for ethical review of community based research in Waterloo Region. Program Evaluation as a Management Tool
Nov 21, 2007 - Program Evaluation as a Management Tool for Organizations Serving Children and Youth:
Presentation by Andrew Taylor at the "Putting it All Together" Conference in Hamilton. Workshop on Program Planning and Evaluation in Cambridge
Nov 09, 2007 - A workshop in Cambridge entitled The learning loop: An introduction to the cycle of program planning & evaluation.
Workshop on Program Planning and Evaluation in K-W
Nov 07, 2007 - A workshop in Kitchener-Waterloo entitled: The learning loop: An introduction to the cycle of program planning & evaluation.
Interview: Jack Styan of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
Nov 01, 2007 - Jason Newberry, a Senior Researcher at CREHS, interviews Jack Styan, Executive Director of Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN), about his organization's approach to developing social networks for people with disabilities and how this approach links to the concept of resiliency. 25th Anniversary
Oct 31, 2007 - CCBR celebrates its 25th anniversary with a new name and a new look. Evaluation Shouldn't be Boring: Conference Presentation
Oct 22, 2007 - Andrew Taylor delivers a workshop at the Older Adult Centres' Association of Ontario 2007 provinical conference in Oakville, Ontario. Workshop in London: Understanding Outcome Evaluation
Oct 19, 2007 - First in a series of three workshops hosted by United Way of London & Middlesex. Champions of change
Sep 25, 2007 - CCBR was identified as a "Champion of Change" and presented the "Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health" diversity initiative at the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (WWLHIN) symposium. Seminar in Spain
Sep 21, 2007 - CCBR work is featured at the 2nd European Community Psychology Conference on immigrant integration. |
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