This project built capacity among organizations and groups who support refugees across Canada. The project was led by CCBR in partnership with the Evaluation Capacity Network at the University of Alberta and guided by a cross-stakeholder advisory group. 

This project developed a strategy to strengthen Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations through supporting university students from Northern communities to successfully graduate and return home to help meet their community’s labour market needs.

The evaluation of First Link Care Navigation, a Alzheimer Society program, assessed the impact of Initiative on client outcomes. Over 3 years, CCBR developed and implemented a comprehensive multi-site and multi-method evaluation framework involving clients living with dementia and those connected with their care.

CCBR developed a synthesis report for Food Banks Canada that summarized the 2017 and 2018 Capacity Boost Grant Recipient Reports. Approximately 60-80 reports were summarized each year.

The Travel Training project was designed to increase knowledge and skills for independent travel among people with intellectual/development disabilities. The project was evaluated using document reviews, surveys, focus groups, and interviews. The evaluation was funded by Community Living Toronto.

The purpose of this project was to develop and conduct action-oriented, user-driven, participatory research on how to reduce social isolation for parents and caregivers who stay at home with their children and for isolated seniors.

The purpose of this study was to develop and conduct action-oriented, user-driven, participatory research to test solutions with Syrian refugee youth on issues and challenges that emerged as priority concerns (school integration, family responsibilities and mental health).

CCBR partnered with Mercy Corps, Conrad Grebel University College, and Community Justice Initiatives to conduct youth-led action research within a 26-month program designed to increase community security and reduce violence within four communities in the country of Haiti.

The purpose of this project was to design and conduct a developmental evaluation of an innovative inter-agency collaborative that developed and tested an integrated system of support for people with developmental disabilities/dual diagnosis (DD/DD) accessing homeless shelters. The evaluation was funded by Ontario Local Poverty Reduction Fund via Community Living Brampton Caledon.

CCBR provides secretariat services to Community-Based Research Canada (CBRC). CBRC is  a national champion and facilitator for community-based research (CBR) and campus-community engagement in Canada. As the secretariat, CCBR works on: membership drive, communication through newsletters, website maintenance, programming, including webinars and financial administration.

The Community-Based Research Excellence Tool ( CBRET) was developed by CCBR in response to a SSHRC-funded national summit.  CBRET is a reflective tool to assess the quality and impact of community-based research projects and proposals. CCBR offers CBRET workshops.

CCBR supported Carizon in developing and implementing annual evaluations of the Ontario Network of Community Action Program for Children and the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program. In 2022, in addition to the core evaluation, CCBR conducted a special project, using the lens of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to collaboratively assess how CAPC/CPNP projects can better respond to their changing communities.