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Experiential Learning: Museum Of Ontario Archaeology And The Vindolanda Field School, Victoria Burnett Apr 2020

Experiential Learning: Museum Of Ontario Archaeology And The Vindolanda Field School, Victoria Burnett

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

Focusing first on the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, the slides are meant to illustrate the program PastPerfect that I had learned how to use during my time there, as well as a snippet of the Maple Harvest blog post I had written, wherein I would explain the value I had found in writing it and the comments that the Curator made in returning it to me before publishing it. After that is a slide where I would explain the Google Arts and Culture page, what the plans were for me to contribute to it a bit as well as the …


Sasah Experiential Learning: Stratford Festival Archives And Collections Management, Natalie Scola Jan 2020

Sasah Experiential Learning: Stratford Festival Archives And Collections Management, Natalie Scola

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

Natalie Scola discusses her two experiential-learning opportunities: her internship in the Stratford Festival archives cataloguing costumes and her work cataloguing and preserving a private art collection.


Experiential Learning, Elora Sinnott Jan 2020

Experiential Learning, Elora Sinnott

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

In her presentation, Elora Sinnott revisits both her experiential-learning opportunities, one as a research assistant at Western and the other with Art 4 All Kids in London, ON. In describing her opportunities and the results, Elora focuses on the skills she developed, the impact the opportunities had on her career path, and the importance of instilling a love of the arts in children.


My Internship At The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Carina Pagotto Jan 2020

My Internship At The Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Carina Pagotto

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

In her presentation on her Summer 2019 internship at the Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery in Sarnia, Ontario, Carina focuses on the goals and outcomes, challenges, and results of her experience. Featuring photographs she took onsite, Carina discusses learning about the issues faced by museums and galleries, familiarizing herself with the gallery’s collection and reviewing exhibition catalogues, and building an exhibit. She details promoting the gallery through social media and building strong relationships with her supervisors and peers and finishes with a brief discussion of the value of art and of internships.


My Internship With Scrumgenius, Alexandra Wyatt Jan 2020

My Internship With Scrumgenius, Alexandra Wyatt

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

In her presentation, Alexandra Wyatt details her tasks and different roles and the work she accomplished during her internship with ScrumGenius. She discusses what she learned during her internship, including copywriting, vector image creation, and SEO and keyword targeting tactics to help boost the online presence of ScrumGenius and how the internship allowed her to hone many pre-existing skills in writing and content creation and develop new skills that will be very helpful in her future career and life.


The Power Of Community: Reflections From The Education Commissioner Of Active Minds Western, Josh Thompson-Persaud Mar 2019

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 Mar 2019

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 Mar 2019

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 Mar 2019

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 Mar 2019

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 Mar 2019

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.


Editorial Assistant Internship, Noelle Schmidt Nov 2018

Editorial Assistant Internship, Noelle Schmidt

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

For her Community Engaged Learning course, Noelle interned as a Publishing Assistant with Latitude 46 Publishing in Sudbury. She mainly focused on organizing the publicity and events for the company's two Spring releases, and in her final report offers a creative look into her growth as a publicist and the opportunities she had in the role.


Child Marriage In Ghana: A Projectsabroad Internship, Rikki Bergen Nov 2018

Child Marriage In Ghana: A Projectsabroad Internship, Rikki Bergen

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

For her Community Engaged Learning internship, Rikki travelled to Ghana with ProjectsAbroad to volunteer in Ghana for several weeks in the summer of 2017. Accompanied by a friend, the two worked together to study several key issues in child marriage that occur in Ghana, and to produce a list of recommended points of action for future volunteers.


The Walrus Internship, Hina Afzaal Nov 2018

The Walrus Internship, Hina Afzaal

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

Hina interned at The Walrus for her Experiential Learning credit, and herein reflects on the challenges of the job and her personal growth throughout the experience.


Experiential Learning At The Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation, Vicky Qiao Nov 2018

Experiential Learning At The Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation, Vicky Qiao

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

Vicky Qiao spent the summer of 2019 working at the Canadian not-for-profit Yee Hong Community Wellness Foundation, at the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care. While there, Vicky coordinated fundraising events and event planning, and organized a mini-documentary series interviewing 8 individuals, including senior residents and staff, to unearth their immigration stories and experiences. Through this community engaged learning course, Vicky developed strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills while engaging with a network of seniors to share their stories.


An Education In Chisasibi, Margaret Graham Nov 2018

An Education In Chisasibi, Margaret Graham

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

For Margaret's Community Engaged Learning project, she worked with the charitable organization Elephant Thoughts, a collection of teachers and volunteers who work together with Indigenous schools in Canada and internationally to teach summer courses. Margaret was placed in Chisasibi Quebec, on the picturesque shores of James Bay. For the month of July she taught French as a third language in a local high school and herein presents photos and reflections on the experience.


My Experience At The Walrus, Megan Levine Nov 2018

My Experience At The Walrus, Megan Levine

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

Megan Levine interned at The Walrus for six weeks in the summer of 2017 as part of her Community Engaged Learning credit for SASAH. She worked in the Digital Editing department, and while there she was responsible for creating newsletters and problem solving issues that arose in the digital publication space, and she enjoyed the opportunity to learn from the distinguished authors at the magazine. Here, Megan reflects on her learnings while at The Walrus and shares how she developed personally and professionally through her internship.


Irregular Entertainment Internship, Morgan Mcauley Nov 2018

Irregular Entertainment Internship, Morgan Mcauley

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

For her Experiential Learning course, Morgan interned with Irregular Entertainment in Toronto, assisting the General Manager in the summer 2018 production of Greece. In this position, Morgan moved to Toronto and gained valuable experience in many facets of the Industry, such as managing Investor relations and customer services, developing marketing materials, and becoming certified in Google Analytics.


Experiential Learning Courses At The Walrus And Jkuat University, Betty Wang Nov 2018

Experiential Learning Courses At The Walrus And Jkuat University, Betty Wang

SASAH 4th Year Capstone and Other Projects: Presentations

Betty interned at The Walrus and worked at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) for her two experiential learning credits. While at the Walrus, Betty worked in the Events department for two months, and at JKUAT Betty worked with other Ivey students to organize a case competition. In her final report and accompanying presentation, Betty describes both internships in detail and presents a wonderful example of the diverse opportunities available to undergraduate students at Western.