media kit - C2UExpo 2015

CU
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EXPO
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CITIZEN SOLUTIONS. BETTER WORLD.
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON
May 26-29, 2015
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CU
2
EXPO
2015
SOLUTIONS CITOYENNES. UN MONDE MEILLEUR.
Université Carleton
Ottawa, ON
Du 26 au 29 mai 2015
cuexpo2015.ca
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CITIZEN SOLUTIONS. BETTER WORLD.
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON
May 26-29, 2015
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Contents
About C2UExpo 2015...............................................................................................................................2
Conference Theme and Objectives..................................................................................................2
Conference Slogan...................................................................................................................................2
Key Dates and Deadlines.......................................................................................................................3
Conference Rates......................................................................................................................................3
The History of the CUExpo Series....................................................................................................4
Conference Convenor and Conference Committees...............................................................5
The C2UExpo Coordinating Committee.........................................................................................5
The C2UExpo Program Committee..................................................................................................5
The C2UExpo Mobilization Committee...........................................................................................5
The C2UExpo Communications Committee.................................................................................5
Conference Partners................................................................................................................................6
Conference Logo and Images.............................................................................................................8
Contact Information................................................................................................................................8
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About C2UExpo 2015
Conference Theme and Objectives
C2UExpo (Community, College, University-Exposition)
is a bi-annual Canadian-led international conference
designed to:
• showcase the best practices in community-campus
partnerships worldwide;
• create a space for collaboration around key issues; and
• foster ideas, connections, and frameworks with the
purpose of strengthening our communities.
The overarching conference theme is Citizen-Driven
Policy: Strengthening Community Engagement for a
Better World. Through this theme we hope to:
• Provide participants with a unique opportunity to be
inspired and energized by the successes of communitycampus partnerships, community based research, and
community service-learning;
• Build connections and share ideas through meaningful
dialogue;
• Work in solidarity to build on the cumulative legacy
of the Expo’s networks, partnerships and projects
throughout Canada and the world;
• Build momentum for policy solutions that help civil
society organizations navigate the current environment,
and more effectively assert their interests through policy
development and engagement; and
• Strengthen the growing national movement to deepen
community-campus engagement as universities and
colleges seek to enhance their potential to contribute to
the development of Canada and the public good.
The conference sees upwards of 400 attendees from
all parts of the world and provides a space where
community members, universities, colleges, government,
and nonprofit organizations can work together to share
and cultivate research, knowledge, and relationships over
the 3-day conference program. Activities and sessions
are diverse, ranging from workshops to art activities,
deliberative dialogue to mobile tours, and everything in
between.
This year’s conference takes place at Carleton University,
Ottawa, ON from May 26 – 29, 2015. Befitting its location,
the conference will seek to explore citizen solutions for
a better world by delving into the array of policy work
being done to advance solutions in areas such as health,
environment, food security, and employment.
Conference Slogan
Citizen Solutions. Better World.
Some highlights for this year’s Expo include:
• How-to sessions as well as an issues-based open space
geared toward mobilizing policy action.
• Pre-conference workshops hosted by CommunityBased Research Canada (CBRC), Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health (CCPH), the Canadian Alliance
for Community Service-Learning (CACSL) and Volunteer
Canada, and the Institute for Community Engaged
Scholarship (ICES).
• Pre-and post-conference web conversations.
For more information on C2UExpo 2015, please visit our
website: http://cuexpo2015.ca/
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Key Dates and Deadlines
December 12, 2014
Deadline for proposals, abstracts,
and poster presentations
March 2, 2015
Early bird conference registration opens
April 5, 2015
Early bird registration deadline
April 24, 2015
Hotel Blocks released
May 26 – 29, 2015Conference
Conference Rates
Early Bird
Regular Rate
Day Rate
Academic and Government*$435.00
$485.00
$200.00
Community$300.00$350.00$150.00
Student**$200.00$260.00$100.00
*If you hold an individual membership with CBRC, CCPH, CACSL, Volunteer
Canada, ICES, or CCBR, you are eligible to receive a 15% discount on your
conference registration. Proof of membership is required at the time of
registration.
**Full time students registered at a recognized high school, college, or university
at the time of submission of abstract and/or at the time of registration.
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The History of the CUExpo Series
Community-campus partnerships are an important
vehicle through which practical and pressing issues facing
society can be researched and addressed. They provide
the opportunity for faculty and students to work directly
with knowledgeable community groups to bring about
positive change through research and learning. This
approach involves creative methods of engagement to meet
community needs and to produce results that are important
and useful to community, academics, and policy makers.
When the idea of community-campus partnerships was
in its first stages of growth, researchers and community
groups alike had very few resources available to them
to which they could turn for guidance. The CUExpo
movement began in Canada to address this dearth, and
provided individuals involved in community-campus
partnerships with a forum through which they could share
experiences, strategies, and ideas.
The first CUExpo was held in Saskatoon in 2003, and the
conference has since been held every 2 years in different
provinces, including Newfoundland, Ontario, British
Columbia, and Manitoba.
C2UExpo is a collaborative affair, and is organized jointly
by communities, universities and colleges, government,
and non-profit organizations.
CU Expo 2011
Bringing Global Perspectives to Local Action
Waterloo, Ontario
Centre for Community Based Research
Wilfrid Laurier University
http://communitybasedresearch.ca/cuexpo-2011/
CU Expo 2008
Connecting for Change
Victoria, British Columbia
Office of Community-Based Research
University of Victoria
http://web.uvic.ca/~cuexpo08/index.php
CU Expo 2005
Leaders in Urban Change
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winnipeg Inner City Research Alliance
University of Winnipeg
No website available.
Previous CUExpos
in Canada include:
CU Expo 2013
Engaging Shared Worlds
Corner Brook, Newfoundland & Labrador
Community-University Partnerships
Grenfell Campus, Memorial University
http://www.cuexpo2013.ca/Pages/default.aspx
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CU Expo 2003
Partnerships, Policy and Progress
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Community University Institute for Social Research
University of Saskatchewan
No website available.
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Conference Convenor and
Conference Committees
Edward T. Jackson is the C2UExpo 2015 Conference
Convenor as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the
Carleton Centre for Community Innovation. He previously
served as founding Director and Chair of the Centre as
well as Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Affairs)
in the Faculty of Public Affairs. His teaching and research
interests have included program management, program
evaluation, community-university partnerships, local
governance, regional economic development, social
enterprise and social finance and impact investing. With
the Centre, he has recently led research projects evaluating
the microloan program of Alterna Savings and Credit Union
and investigating the role of post-secondary institutions
in Eastern Ontario in advancing inclusive and sustainable
regional economic development. Professor Jackson also
serves as Principal Investigator of the Community First:
Impacts of Community Engagement project, a seven-year,
SSHRC-funded initiative examining how campus-community
partnerships can be designed to be of optimum benefit
to community-based non-profit organizations in the fields
of poverty reduction, food security, the environment and
violence against women. Since 2012, the project network
has grown to over 300 engaged scholars and students and
civil society practitioners working across seven Canadian
provinces. Professor Jackson is also the President of Jackson
and Associates and a thought-leader and practitioner in
program evaluation, engaged philanthropy, social finance,
social enterprise, gender equality, and higher education.
The C2UExpo Coordinating Committee is made up of the
following members:
Cathy Edwards (Chair), Carleton University
Geri Briggs, the Canadian Alliance of Community
Service Learning
Ken Carter, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Sylvie de Grosbois, L’Université du Québec à Montréal
Linda Hawkins, University of Guelph
Maeve Lydon, Community-Based Research Canada
Edward Jackson, Carleton University
Zach Marshall, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Joanna Ochocka, Centre for Community Based Research
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Paula Speevak-Sladowski, Volunteer Canada
Martin Taylor, University of Victoria
Jane Trakalo, Algonquin College
Faye Ziegeweid, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
The C2UExpo Program Committee is made up of the
following members:
Michael Johnny (Chair), York University
Suzie Addison-Toor, Georgian College
Todd Barr, Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
Geri Briggs, the Canadian Alliance of Community
Service Learning
Leslie Brown, University of Victoria
Victoria Calvert, Mount Royal University
Stéphane Cardinal, University of Ottawa
Lisa Erikson, University of Saskatoon
Bojan Fürst, Memorial University
Edward Jackson, Carleton University
Alison Taylor, University of Alberta
Crystal Tremblay, University of British Columbia
Chris Yordy, Carleton University
Adje Van de Sande, Carleton University
The C2UExpo Mobilization Committee is made up of the
following members:
Geri Briggs(Chair), the Canadian Alliance of Community
Service Learning
Christine Ackerley, Carleton University
Jesse Cressman-Dickenson, Hub Ottawa
Emily Hayes, Somerset West Community Health Centre
Krista Jensen, York University
Marion McCahon, Government of Newfoundland
Kimberly Olson, Government of Newfoundland
The C2UExpo Communications Committee is made up of the
following members:
Beth Gorham (Chair), Carleton University
Christine Ackerley, Carleton University
Geri Briggs, the Canadian Alliance of Community
Service Learning
Julie Carl, Carleton University
Cathy Edwards, Carleton University
Jen Elliott, Carleton University
Greg McDonald, Carleton University
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Conference Partners
Many dedicated people from community organizations, local
colleges and universities, and international networks have
been involved in planning and implementing C2UExpo 2015.
Canada’s Capital University, Carleton University is a dynamic
research and teaching institution dedicated to achieving the highest
standards of scholarship.
http://www.carleton.ca/
A Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded,
pan-Canadian Partnership initiative, Community First: Impacts of
Community Engagement (CF:ICE) aims to strengthen Canadian
communities through action research on best-practice communitycampus engagement.
http://www.carleton.ca/communityfirst/
A Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council-funded,
pan-Canadian Partnership initiative, Community First: Impacts of
Community Engagement (CF:ICE) aims to strengthen Canadian
communities through action research on best-practice communitycampus engagement.
http://www.carleton.ca/communityfirst/
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit
membership organization that promotes health equity and social
justice through partnerships between communities and academic
institutions.
https://ccph.memberclicks.net/
The Canadian Alliance for Community Service-Learning(CACSL)
supports, educates and networks to ensure the effective growth of
Community Service Learning (CSL) in Canada.
http://www.communityservicelearning.ca/en/
Situated across campuses in Ottawa, Pembroke, and Perth,
Algonquin College provides hands-on learning programs, with a
specific focus on technology and workplace needs.
http://www.algonquincollege.com/
The Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (ICES) draws on
strong traditions of community engagement and socially responsive
research within the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
(CSAHS) at the University of Guelph to foster collaborative and
mutually beneficial community-university research partnerships.
http://www.theresearchshop.ca/
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Conference Partners (continued)
The UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social
Responsibility in Higher Education is currently held by Dr. Budd Hall
and has been hosted at the University of Victoria since it was first
established in 2012. Dr. Hall shares this Chair with Dr. Rajesh Tandon.
http://ring.uvic.ca/news/public-administration-home-new-unescochair
Volunteer Canada is the national voice for volunteerism in Canada.
Volunteer Canada works to increase and support volunteerism and
civic participation through collaborating with volunteer centres, local
organizations and national corporations to promote and broaden
volunteering.
http://volunteer.ca/
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Les services aux collectivités de l’UQAM existent depuis 1979.
Depuis plus de 25 ans, l’UQAM met à la disposition des groupes
communautaires, des groupes de femmes et syndicats un ensemble
de ressources et de moyens pour appuyer leur action et renforcer
leur capacité d’agir.
http://www.sac.uqam.ca/accueil.aspx
COEP (Comitê de Entidades no Combate contra a Fome e Pela Vida
– the Committee of Entities in the Struggle against Hunger and for
Life) is a Brazilian social mobilization network that works with public
and private organizations to promote initiatives aimed at human and
social development.
http://www.coepbrasil.org.br/portal/publico/home.aspx
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Conference Logo and Images
CUExpo 2013
The conference logo can be downloaded here:
http://cuexpo2015.ca/media/media-kit/
Photos: Tom Cochrane.
Images from past conferences can be downloaded from our
website as well (see above link). Please note that any images
from CUExpo 2013 must be credited with the following:
“Photo credit: Tom Cochrane.”
Contact Information
For more information on C2UExpo, or to schedule an
interview, please contact:
Beth Gorham
Manager, Public Affairs
Department of University Communications
[email protected]
613 520-3660
To connect with us on social media:
Twitter: @cuexpo
https://twitter.com/cuexpo
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/cuexpo
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