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The Power Of Community: Reflections From The Education Commissioner Of Active Minds Western, Josh Thompson-Persaud
The Power Of Community: Reflections From The Education Commissioner Of Active Minds Western, Josh Thompson-Persaud
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
As a mental health advocate, Josh is passionate about advancing mental health reform and increasing mental health literacy in their communities. Feeding from this passion, Josh worked with Active Minds Western (AM), a USC-regulated mental health advocacy club, as the Education Commissioner this year. Josh decided to use the second half of the term in this role as a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) project as they recognized the value in academically structuring and critically assessing their progress toward increased mental health literacy at Western University.
Web.Isod.Es Cel, Aman Kular
Web.Isod.Es Cel, Aman Kular
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
For her CEL, Aman interned at WEB.ISOD.ES in London, Ontario, working on producing a documentary discussing the recent implementation of Basic Income by the Conservative Provincial government. Aman learned valuable research skills and communications skills while working on this project and was excited to work in politics.
Rwanda: Culture, Society And Reconstruction Cel, Misha Apel
Rwanda: Culture, Society And Reconstruction Cel, Misha Apel
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
After taking French 3140B: Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction herself in first year, Misha once again delved into the course this year as a Teacher's Assistant. In her final report and presentation, Misha reflects on the lessons she learned from the course, as well as how the experience has led her to pursue her passion through a highly competitive internship program with the Ontario Legislature and into Law School.
Reflections On The Art Education Program, Devon Lowrie
Reflections On The Art Education Program, Devon Lowrie
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
Devon founded The Art Education Program (AEP) started because of her interest in the transition into a post-secondary level of arts academics from a secondary school level. The AEP aims to ease the transition from high school into university by providing support to students interested in pursuing the visual arts. The outcome of the program became a lot more than a mentorship, but it became an opportunity for participants to critically engage with their own art practice, and professionalize their skills, and created a small community that fostered growth, creativity, and experimentation. Devon designed the AEP to uncover where the …
Archivist At The Grand Theatre, Nicole Barrett
Archivist At The Grand Theatre, Nicole Barrett
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
In her role as archivist for the Grand Theater, Nicole used her community engaged learning credit to research and catalogue the history of one of London's great performance halls. Here, she reflects on the experiences, the skills she gained from the work, and how the course has benefitted her professional development.
Cel At The Grand Theatre, Sarah Ball
Cel At The Grand Theatre, Sarah Ball
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations
Sarah also interned as an archivist at The Grand Theatre for her community engaged learning course, and in her final report reflects on her experiences and professional development from the course.
Woodland Cemetery Cel, Mickey Juranka
Woodland Cemetery Cel, Mickey Juranka
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
In this Final Report of his CEL Experience, Mickey gives an overview of the work he completed for the Woodland Cemetery, reflects on how the skills he's honed through SASAH affected his work, further reflects on the experience of creating and delivering the final presentation, and discusses the impact the work may have on his career prospectives after graduation this spring.
A Directors Perspective Of Iconoclast Collective, Diyana Noory
A Directors Perspective Of Iconoclast Collective, Diyana Noory
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
In February 2016, Diyana co-founded ICONOCLAST with five of her good friends from the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH): Sama Al-Zanoon, Nara Monteiro, Emma Cohen, and Emily Wood. ICON is an arts and culture collective based at Western, and it is funded by SASAH and the Arts and Humanities Students Council (AHSC). Diyana and her co-founders had already been drawn to each other by their shared interests in art, culture, and progressive politics, and they wanted to create a community centered on these values. Here, Diyana reflects on her experiences as Director of ICON for …