Reports Available

1. Better Beginnings, Better Futures: Resident Participation in the Project's Early Years (1993)
   • Full Report (92 pages, 590kb): PDF
   • Summary Report (14 pages, 231kb): PDF
   • Executive Summary (4 pages, 188kb): PDF

Published Articles

1. Nelson, G., Pancer, S.M., Hayward, K. & Kelly, R. (2004). Partnerships and participation of community residents in health promotion and prevention: Experiences of the Highfield Community Enrichment Project (Better Beginnings, Better Futures). Journal of Health Psychology, 9(2) 213-227. Request Reprint
2. Neysmith, S. & Reitsma-Street, M. (2000) Valuing unpaid work in the Third Sector: The case of community resource centres. Canadian Public Policy, XXVI(3), 331-346. Request Reprint
3. Reitsma-Street, M. & Neysmith, S. (2000) Restructuring and community work: The case of community resource centres for families in poor urban neighbourhoods. In S. Neysmith (Ed.) Restructuring caring labour: Discourse, state practice and everyday life. Toronto: Oxford University Press. Request Reprint
4. Reitsma-Street, M., Maczewski, M. & Neysmith, S. (2000) Promoting engagement: An organizational study of volunteers in community resources centres for children. Children and Youth Services Review, 22(8), 651-678. Request Reprint
5. Cameron, G. & Cadell, S. (1999). Empowering participation in prevention programs for disadvantaged children and families. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. 18(1), 105-122. Request Reprint
6. Reitsma-Street, M. & Rogerson, P. (1999). Implementing principles: An alternative community organization for children. In K.A. Blackford, L. Garceau, & S. Kirby (Eds.). Feminist success stories: Célébrons nos réussites feministes Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. Request Reprint
7. Herry, Y., Vincent-LeBlanc, L. et Levesque, D. (1998). La participation de la communauté au sein d'un programme de prévention primaire. Interventions,106, 64-72. Request Reprint
8. Pancer, S.M. & Cameron, G. (1994). Resident Participation in the Better Beginnings, Better Futures Prevention Project: Part I - The Impacts of Involvement. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 13(2), 197-211. Request Reprint
9. Cameron, G., Peirson, L. & Pancer, S.M. (1994). Resident Participation in the Better Beginnings, Better Futures Prevention Project: Part II - Factors that Facilitate and Hinder Involvement. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 13(2), 213-227. Request Reprint
10. Janzen, R., Pancer, S.M., Nelson, G., Loomis, C., & Hasford, J. (2010). Evaluating community participation as prevention: Life narratives of youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 38, 992-1006. Request Reprint