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Reflecting On My Adventures In Experiential Learning, Will Sharpe
Reflecting On My Adventures In Experiential Learning, Will Sharpe
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
This report analyzes and reflects on my experiential learning experiences with the Forest City Film Festival and Western Libraries. I look back at my initial feelings of bewilderment and imposter syndrome and then track my progress as I’m pushed out of my comfort zone and learn the skills I need to excel. My time with the Forest City Film Festival and Western Libraries, as well as my peers’ testimonies, taught me that at SASAH, we all have the skills needed to succeed in our fields — and the experiential learning program is an excellent place to nurture them.
Beyond The Barbed Wire: Pow Labour Projects In Canada During The Second World War, Michael O'Hagan
Beyond The Barbed Wire: Pow Labour Projects In Canada During The Second World War, Michael O'Hagan
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This dissertation examines Canada’s program to employ prisoners of war (POWs) in Canada during the Second World War as a means of understanding how labour projects and the communities and natural environment in which they occurred shaped the POWs’ wartime experiences. The use of POW labourers, including civilian internees, enemy merchant seamen, and combatant prisoners, occurred in response to a nationwide labour shortage. Between May 1943 and November 1946, there were almost 300 small, isolated labour projects across the country employing, at its peak, over 14,000 POWs. Most prisoners were employed in either logging or agriculture, work that not only …
Arete Cel Final Report, Roshana Ghaedi
Arete Cel Final Report, Roshana Ghaedi
SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Publications
Roshana Ghaedi reports on her participation in the Arete project on an isolated North Carolinian farm in the summer of 2019, which she counted as experiential-learning requirement in the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities (SASAH). She explains Arete’s founding pillars and approach to education and details the work and self-reflection she undertook, the concept of self-governance, and the process of developing her presentation on her experience.