Dragne, Cornelia2009-10-292009-10-2920072007-09-15Dragne, C. (2007). Background document for the University of Victoria task force on civic engagement. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1806The purpose of the report is to identify and review the best strategies used by other universities to coordinate their civic/community engagement practices, as they are reflected in the literature dedicated to the topic. The focus of the report is on North American universities. The report seeks to: 1)present a brief background on university-community engagement 2)identify universities that promote civic/community engagement, case studies of coordinating models in place 3)identify evaluation methodologies 4)identify principles and structures that could serve as a model for UVic, lessons learned and recommendations in the literatureencommunity engagementstrategiesuniversity-community engagementcase studiescivic engagmentReport