Projects 

    CCBR typically has 12-15 ongoing projects and has completed over 400 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

    9013_ Faith-Based Campus Event

    This project involved organizing and holding a two-day event for faith-based campuses and their partners to build their capacity in using community-based research to strengthen ministry service and outreach. The project was funded by Stronger Philanthropy via Crandall University. 

    9019_ Indigenous Mentoring Model
    CCBR worked with St Paul’s University College and the Keewatin Patricia District School Board to develop an Indigenous mentorship model, connecting Indigenous high school students living in Kenora/Dryden with Indigenous post-secondary students/alumni at the University of Waterloo. This work was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education.
    9030_ MCC Ontario Strategic Planning

    CCBR staff facilitated Mennonite Central Committee Ontario’s Staff and Board Work Day entitled “Toward Strategic Goals for MCC Ontario”.

    9036_ Focus Groups London

    The purpose of this project was to prepare and conduct a training session with eight Peer Health Educators in focus group methodology and co-facilitate 24 focus groups with newcomers and immigrants within the City of London. This project was funded by London Health Sciences Centre and Southwest Regional Cancer Program.

    9043_ Mobilizing Christian Reformed Church Congregations for Justice

    CCBR was contracted by the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) to inform and advance the CRC’s justice mobilization efforts, which seek to encourage and enable members and congregations to embrace justice as mission.

    9056_ YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo Strategic Planning

    CCBR facilitated the development of a three-to-five-year strategic plan for the Kitchener-Waterloo YWCA by gathering community and stakeholder input. This strategic plan took effect in January 2013.

    9058_ Consultation for University of Waterloo, Institutional Analysis and Planning

    CCBR provided consultation for the University of Waterloo, Institutional Analysis and Planning in their strategic planning process.

    9081_ Echo: Cancer Screening Project

    CCBR collaborated with Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario to facilitate an engagement process and mobilize knowledge from community-based initiatives designed to increase cancer screening for women. The engagement process supported reflection on practice and the creation of a shared vision of system change, designed to lead to stronger and more effective cancer screening policies and practices across Ontario.

    9082_ Echo: Young Women & Smoking Project

    CCBR collaborated with Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario to facilitate an engagement process and mobilize knowledge from community-based initiatives designed to support smoking cessation during and after pregnancy. This process led to the development of a shared vision for system change and stronger and more effective smoking cessation policies for pregnant and post-partum women across Ontario.

    9091_ Money Matters Project

    This project aimed to foster enhanced community partnerships between banks, borrowers, and service providers to increase Waterloo Region's capacity for healthy financial management practices. CCBR facilitated and documented all the community meetings. This project was funded by KW Community Foundation via The Working Centre.