Projects 

    CCBR typically has 15-20 ongoing projects and has completed over 500 projects since 1982. Each project is guided by our commitment to impacting social change in practical and powerful ways. We conduct research with people not on people, cultivating respect with communities at every step of the process.

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    Projects

    9299_ Working on a Dream: Niagara Region Mental Health Employment

    The purpose of this project was to develop an employer marketing strategy and coordinate a training conference for consumer/survivors and their supporters, to help facilitate meaningful employment for people with mental health challenges in Niagara Region. This project was funded by Niagara Region District Health Council.

    9300_ Community Action Evaluation Kit

    This project was an evaluation in Waterloo Region of a kit designed to provide practical, accessible suggestions that citizens can use to address the root causes of crime in four different spheres of community life (home, neighbourhood, work, and school). The evaluation was funded by the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council of Waterloo Region (CSCPC).

    9301_ Connecting Initiatives
    The purpose of this project was to build an expanded provincial network of people in Ontario interested in building community and connecting people with disabilities with community life and to increase knowledge about concrete approaches that can be used for assessing and building welcoming communities. The project was funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
    9302_ Development of Program Logic Model and Client Tracking and Program Monitoring Tools

    This project involved the development of a logic model for multi-agency program, and tools for tracking and monitoring client intake and referral within program. The project was funded by Dual Diagnosis Resource Service, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

    9303_ Evaluation of Flemingdon Park Resource Program

    An evaluation was done of the Flemingdon Park Resource Program, a Family Day pre-schooler and parent program operated out of the Flemingdon Park Community Centre in Don Mills, Ontario. The evaluation was funded by Family Day Care Services.

    9304_ Evaluation of National Child Benefit Outreach Project

    This project involved evaluation of an outreach project designed to help low income families access the supports they need. The evaluation was funded by Region of Waterloo, Social Services Department.

    9305_ Training and Consultations with Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation

    CCBR provided training and consultations in proposal development and evaluation planning to applicants to the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation for injury prevention and rehabilitation grants.

    9306_ Enhancing Services and Supports for Immigrant Youth in Waterloo Region

    This project involved a needs assessment of immigrant youth (aged 16-20) within Waterloo Region. The project was funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

    9307_ Making a Change Together Handbook and Workshop Series

    CCBR helped develop a resource handbook and workshop series on promoting access to professions and trades for foreign-train people in Ontario. This work was done in partnership with Skills for Change and the Access to Trades and Professions Unit of the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities. It was funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

    9308_ Safe and Sound Project in Waterloo

    This project was an evaluation in Waterloo Region designed to build crime prevention capacity through locality development work with three local neighbourhoods. The project was funded by the National Crime Prevention Centre and Waterloo Region Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council.

    9309_ Peer Youth Health Worker Project

    This project involved an evaluation of a program using a “peer helper health promotion” model for downtown youth. The work was funded by the Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre and Region of Waterloo Community Health Department.

    9310_ Evaluation of Books for Birthdays Program

    This project involved an evaluation of a program that provides new books for children in low income neighbourhoods in Kitchener, Cambridge, and Guelph. The evaluation was funded by Lutherwood CODA.