Question: Im trying to utilize Backbone's view events hash to bind a change event to the current view's collection:

```
events: {
    'this.collection change': 'render'
}

```

as opposed to my current method:

```
initialize: function() {
    this.collection.on('change', this.render, this);
}

```

but this does not seem to fire the event. Are their limitations on binding events to collections using the events hash?

Answer: 
```
events: {
    // hash
}

```

Is for hooking up your DOM events to your view functions.

```
this.collection.on('change', this.render, this);  // Except change is for models

```

in the initialization function is the way to do it, except the `change` event is for models and not collections, unless you have designated a custom change event for the collection that is properly triggered.

What you might be looking for is to bind an `add` `remove` or `reset` event to your collection.
If you were using Marionette views, you can use `collectionEvents` in the way you mentioned. See <http://marionettejs.com/docs/marionette.view.html#viewmodelevents-and-viewcollectionevents>.

```
collectionEvents: {
    'change': 'render'
}

```

If you're using plain Backbone, orangewarp's suggestion of listening to the collection's `change` event using `this.collection.on` is the way to go.