School of Community and Health Studies

VOLUME 4, ISSUE 1 See where experience takes you. DECEMBER 2013 centennialcollege.ca INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Dean’s Corner…Dr. Rahim Karim Dean’s Corner 1 The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Commitment 2: 3 Sydney J. Harris Drive Innovation and Entrepreneur- Dear Team: ship The 2013-2014 academic year is now in full swing. I do want to take this oppor- Commitment 3: 4-8 tunity to express my appreciation to you for your commitment to our students Offer the Map and and to Centennial College as a whole. This newsletter showcases the service, the Compass accomplishments and successes of our students, faculty and staff.

Commitment 4: 9-11 I talked about the various planning processes underway at our college in the Redefine the Rela- tionship Between last newsletter. Since that time, you may be aware that there have been some Education, Experi- exciting developments. Our esteemed president, Ann Buller, introduced the ence and Employ- new College Strategic Plan - Book of Commitments (2nd Edition – June 2013) ment to the college community at Centennial Day - August 2013.

The Book of Commitments (2nd Edition) outlines the College’s 8 new commit- Commitment 5: 12- Make a bigger 27 ments. President Buller in the Strategic Plan introduction outlines “Now we are Promise to Stu- prepared for the next set of challenges: to be more innovative and entrepre- dents neurial; to further exploit the benefits of technology; to creatively engage our employees; to build more bridges with communities and employers; to see our Commitment 7: 28- graduates do meaningful work and have meaningful lives.” Lead the Conver- 31 sation The Book, in addition to our eight new commitments, lists our three strategic goals as: NEW!!! 32 PD Corner “1. Identify key strategies and metrics that position Centennial as a world class College: student engagement and citizenship; employee engagement; admin- istrative effectiveness; strategic partnerships.

2. Compete for students and partnerships internationally while staying strong

and relevant locally.

Note: the content of the SCHS Newsletter is based on contributions received. If you wish to contribute to the SCHS newsletter, please email at [email protected]

3. Be a leader – in our sector, in Canada and beyond – building on our confidence and bold aspirations.”

Parallel to the development of the Book of Commitments (2nd Edition), has been the development of our Academic Plan – Leading Through Learning (2013-2020) under the guidance of our Vice President-Academic and Chief Learning Officer - Dr Sandra Mur- phy. This Plan is an “exciting new key directional document that provides us with the strategic direction for teaching and learning initiatives at the College. It charts the academic direction that will enable us to be a leader in transformative learning, global citizenship, quality and accountability.” The Plan includes 9 themes which highlight our academic direction.

Both the Strategic and Academic Plans utilized a comprehensive consultation process and area collaboration – I want to express my deep gratitude to you for providing input and support at various forums in creating these documents.

At our School meeting in August, Dr Murphy introduced us to the new Academic Plan. We subsequently talked about bringing to life the various institutional academic priorities from a SCHS focused lens – many thanks for providing this valuable input. This feed- back was further discussed at the departmental level and has served to provide input for the 2014-2015 academic business planning process. The academic division business plan combines input from all schools including school level business plan items and the work of our academic support areas. Initiatives, activities and their associated metrics are very much tied to the academic themes from our Academic Plan mapped on the commitments from our strategic document – the Book of Commitments (2nd edition). The academic division business plan will then roll up into the College Business Plan for 2014-15.

This is truly an exciting time for the College and our School. I am very much looking forward to having our School work collaboratively to bring the Strategic and Academic Plans to life over the coming years.

Wishing you Season’s Greetings and a Happy New Year.

With respect and gratitude,

Dr. Rahim Karim Dean, School of Community and Health Studies

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New book release: Fundamentals of Addiction: a practical guide for counsellors, Edited by Dr. Marilyn Herie and W.J.Wayne Skinner, Foreword by Dr. Gabor Maté Helping people affected by addictions requires—like all good clinical practice—an ability to listen to clients with compassion and empathy, to foster their trust and a positive therapeutic alliance, and to show respect for the person’s autonomy. But it also requires a sophisticat- ed understanding of the increasingly complex issues with which many struggle, insight into how addictions affect specific populations, and information about the latest evidence-based screening, assessment and counselling approaches.

Fundamentals of Addiction is intended as an introductory text for college and university addiction courses, and for general counselling and human resources courses that address addictions. This text will be a vital handbook for counsellors looking for up-to- date approaches to a range of addiction issues. It will also be of interest to practitioners across the spectrum of care as a practical guide to helping clients overcome the harm- ful, sometimes devastating, effects of addiction.

For more information: https://www.cavershambooksellers.com/search/1771141476.

“Maximizing Formative and Summative Assessments in Simulation Based Settings” Walter Tavares, Principal Investigator

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Awarded the 2013 Medical Education Research Grant. Duration of funded project: 12 months - (July 2013 to June 2014); Grant Amount: $24,340

The partners are Universities of Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa and British Columbia, as well as the Wilson Centre and McMaster University.

This grant has a 10% success rate and we were one of the lucky few! Simulation-Based Assessment of Paramedics and Performance in Real Clinical Contexts

Water Tavares, aCP, BSc, Vicki R. LeBlanc, PhD, Justin Mausz, ACP, Victor Sun, ACP, BSc, Kevin W Eva, PhD

Commitment2: Drive Innovation andEntrepreneurship Objective: The objective of this study was to seek valididty evidence for simulation-based assessments (SBA) of paramedics by asking to what extent the measurements obtained in SA of clinical competence are associated with measurements obtained in actual paramedic contexts with real patients.

To receive a full copy of this report contact Walter Tavares at [email protected]

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Paramedic certification

exam, Ad-

vanced Emer- gency Medical Care Assistant (AEMCA exam) We recently received the results from the June 2013 Ministry of Health paramedic certification exam (AEMCA exam) and the results were once again great. The provincial average was 77%, we scored 83% (we have never been below the average). The provincial pass rate was 92% and we scored 98.8% (1 failure; that makes only 2 in the last 5-6 years). Massage Therapy Accreditation Council of Canada

Program Coordinator, Lori Copeland has joined the planning committee that is developing the process for accrediting Massage Therapy pro-

Commitment3. the Offer and Map the Compass grams across Canada. The plan is to create a “Massage Therapy Accreditation Council of Can- ada”. A stakeholders meeting took ll take place in Toronto on October 8, 2013 to move this plan forward.

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Development of Mission and Value Statements for Occupational Thera-

pist and Physiotherapist Assistant (OTA & PTA) Program To comply with the accreditation recommendation; mission and vision statements were developed specific to the OTA & PTA program. On Sept. 16th a focus group was held to brainstorm ideas in order to develop and create potential statements. The focus group vol- unteers consisted of alumni (Tamika DeCaire, 2009 and Naomi McKerrow, 2010), new graduates (Angela Cardona and Giselle Thomas, 2013), and current students (Debbie Fitzpatrick, Tim Hoang, Debra Mason and Thusi Rajendram)

All members worked collaboratively to con- struct key representative concepts in developing both the mission and vision statements for the OTA & PTA program by addressing what is our purpose, what do we want to accomplish, why we want to accomplish this goal, who would benefit and how we want to accomplish it.

Next, we divided into two working groups with the task of taking all our great ideas to develop possible mission and value statements. Lastly we evaluated our “works of art”. Not surprisingly, our end results were a true combination, synthesis and refinement of everyone’s ideas.

Recently, on Dec. 2nd, these recommendations presented to the Professional Advisory Committee where the Mission Statement was accepted and a vote was conducted to choose one of the four vision statements developed.

The OTA & PTA Mission and Vision Statements are: Mission Statement To facilitate learning and growth of our diverse students into highly skilled, client- centred, and reflective rehabilitation practitioners. By providing current theoretical knowledge and practical experiences, students will become compassionate leaders

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Vision Statement Improving people’s quality of life by training capable healthcare professionals.

A big thank-you to our wonderfully creative and hard-working focus group. We could not have done this without you! Pat Lee and Karen Koseck

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EPIC study that we conducted with York Region EMS

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Paramedic students at John Moores University in Liverpool, England

From November 10th to the 25th, eight second year Paramedic students visited Liver-

pool England, on our annual exchange program with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). The students took part in delivering lectures in a mini conference and spent a shift as observers with Paramedics in Liverpool. For the first time ever Centennial Facul- ty set up a Multi-Casualty Incident including Incident Command, for the University. Each Centennial student was paired up with a Liverpool student. Working as crews they re- sponded to various patients and incidents set up throughout the school. Everyone had a great experience and are looking forward to the spring when LJMU will visit Centennial.

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Here is a link with an interesting article about the exchange that was posted on facebook. http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/viewarticle/1139/

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Pre-service Fire Education

On August 13, 2013 students of the Pre-service Fire Educa- tion and Training Program were hosted at the Toronto Fire Services Training Acade- my for their graduation ceremonies. This program at Cen- tennial College is the only one to operate in partnership with Toronto Fire Services. Digni- taries attending and speaking at the ceremony included Fire Chief Jim Sales, Dr. Sandra Murphy, Vice-President Aca- demic and Chief Learning Of- ficer, Centennial College, and Dr. Rahim Karim, Dean, School of Community and Health Studies, Centennial College. The ceremony was opened by the Toronto Fire Services Colour Guard.

We acknowledge the contributions and service of Toronto Fire Services District Chief Health & Safety David Ross, the Academic Coordinator of the Pre-service Fire Educa- tion and Training Program, who passed away suddenly a few days following the students’ graduation. District Chief Health & Safety David Ross will be missed by students

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The Pharmacy Technician program moved

into this new space in Oct 2013

Overview of the newly renovated lab space at the Morningside Campus:

Room 236: Pharmacy Hospital and Long Term Care Dispensing Lab is a shared space where it functions as a hospital dispensing lab and long term care dispensing lab. It is equipped with a unit dose and traditional drug wall, a common work space, two medication carts, prepackaging machines, a narcotic and night cupboard as well as 14 individual student work stations.

Commitment 4: redefine the Relationship Between Education, Experience and Employment and Experience Education, Between Relationship the redefine 4: Commitment Room 238: Pharmacy Aseptic Lab functions as mock anteroom and clean room, where students learn the basics principles regarding aseptic technique. This lab is equipped with three vertical laminar air flow hoods, three surgical hand washing basins and a large stainless steel common area work space.

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Room 240: Community Dispensing and Compounding Lab is a shared space where it functions as a community dispensing lab and compounding lab. It is equipped with a drug wall, running the length of the entire room, a narcotic cupboard, and OTC section, 20 individual student work stations, prescription scanners, electronic balances as well as a common area where the room can accommodate up to 30 students to be used as a combined lecture space and debriefing area.

Progress E2-11 New space! The School of Community & Health Studies moved into their newly renovated offices at the Progress Campus in August. Faculty, staff and students have commented on the welcoming and positive effects of this beauti- ful space for work and collaboration.

Letter of Agreement has been signed between Centennial College and TVO. Centennial and TVO will work together to raise awareness of and about early childhood education (‘ECE’). They will participate in the development of educational content and the cross-promotion of each party’s programs, services and events. TVO and Centennial will work together in the best interest of education and inform Ontarians and other Cana-

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Community & Justice Services Students Give Back to Their Communities On December 3rd, 2013 students in the 2nd year Building Community Partnerships course held a fashion show at the Student Center on behalf of Girls Inc. There was hoop dancing, songs in Ojibway and high fashion all around. On sale was beautifully hand crafted jewelry and “candy kebobs” with proceeds going to Girls Inc.

“Girls Inc. inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold SM through life- changing programs and experiences that help girls navigate gender, eco- nomic, and social barriers. Research- based curricula, de- livered by trained, mentoring professionals in a positive all-girl environment equip girls to achieve academically; lead healthy and physically active lives; manage money; navigate media messages; and discover an interest in science, technology, engineering, and math. The network of local Girls Inc. nonprofit organizations serves 136,000 girls ages 6 - 18 annually across the United States and Can- ada.” http://www.girlsinc.org/about/ about-girls-inc.html

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Community & Justice Services Students Give Back to Their Communities On December 4th, 2013 a different group of 2nd year students in the same Building Com- munity Partnerships course embarked on a two day food and move package drive and fund raiser in an effort to help homeless youths who, without their support, would have a very difficult holiday this year.

“Youth Without Shelter is an emergency residence and referral agency serving homeless youth. We are dedicated to providing shelter and support programs for homeless youth ages 16-24. We provide an independent shelter, committed to diverse client- focused services, in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Our programs enable youth to live responsibly and independently in society.” http://www.yws.on.ca/ Many staff and students were overheard asking, “Will you be here tomorrow?” If you are, I will bring some stuff.” And ‘bring’ they did. There was even a surprise visit made by the Centennial Colt!

For all the staff and faculty who came out in support of these events, thank you! We couldn’t have done it without you.

On behalf of the program faculty I want to express our sincerest respect and appreciation for the hard work, commitment and generosity the students of the Community & Justice Services Program have demonstrated this past semester. Espousing the true spirit of building partnerships in their communities, these students pulled together and worked diligently to carry out some fairly large events in a selfless act of helping others realize their potential which, for all we know, could include a trip to college!

We are incredibly proud of them all!!

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Community & Justice Services Students Give Back to Their Communities The months of November and December were busy ones for the students, faculty and even husbands of the Community & Justice Services Program!

On November 26th, 2013 after listening to a riveting presentation by a spoken word edu- tainer, Eric Sirkia, CJS student read a riveting first person account of a young woman’s painful retelling of her sister’s experience in an abusive relationship. Eric spoke with great respect and eloquence, but that was only the beginning. Shortly afterwards, he and fellow CJS students, Will Thompson, Danny Ho, Ackiel Hemmings, and Brandon Langstone, along with faculty member, Chris Pimento, and faculty husband, Darren Ince, donned high heeled shoes of various (all inappropriate) sizes and walked around campus raising awareness of the White Ribbon Campaign and the efforts of millions of men around the world trying to put an end to violence against women. On the side lines cheering these courageous men were the female faculty and students of the Community & Justice Services Program. A true community spirit was evident on this day and the students were quick to express that it was a worthwhile experience. As a program, it has become a cause near and dear to our hearts and we are extending a commitment to take on the challenge of educating as many in the college community as possible in the coming years. One thing was clear on this day, “men walking a mile in her shoes” sure raised a lot of eyebrows, which raised the question, “What are they do- ing that for?” And now, that many more people are aware and that was the point.

But these activists in the making didn’t stop there. In partnership with Carolyn Hyde from the Center for Academic Excellence, Youth Without Shelter, and Girls Inc., they were at it again in December.

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P.R.E.P. Competition

(Physical Readiness

Evaluation for Police)

On November 5th 2013 five students from Centennial College’s Police Foundations Pro- gram – Shanice Szmidt, Andi Hui, Dylan Banks, Kevin Clerigo, Kevin Callender and their faculty, Prof Tim Montgomery, attended the Second Annual Inter- Collegiate P.R.E.P. Competition (Physical Readiness Evaluation for Police) at Sheridan College. A total of five Community Colleges competed and sent teams to these games.

The P.R.E.P. test is one of two physical testing requirements that a candidate must pass before becoming a police officer in Ontario. The second component of this physical testing is the shuttle run. To successfully pass the P.R.E.P. test you complete the course in a time under 2 minutes and 42 seconds. The games at Sheridan College pitted all the students against each other in time trials to see who could successfully complete the P.R.E.P. test in the least time. In addition, after a 10 minute rest the students also needed to get the minimally acceptable score for testing in the shuttle run – a score of at least 6.5 in order to win the competition.

Centennial’s exceptional team came home with a first place finish in the women’s division (Shanice Szmidt) as well as third place finish (Andi Hui). The men finished second (Dylan Banks) and fourth and fifth (Kevin Clerigo and Kevin Callender) respectively. All of our five students then finished the shuttle run with a qualifying score. Amazing results and effort!

We wish to celebrate and acknowledge the hard work and determination of these 5 stu- Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment dents, their very proud teacher as well as the training, conditioning and preparation they receive in the Police Foundation Program at Centennial College. Hearty congratulations to all!

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David Dunmore

Memorial Baseball Tournament

On September 14, several of our Police Foundations students vol- unteered to assist at the David Dunmore Memorial Baseball Tour- nament. They helped keeping the beer tent stocked and performed other physical labour activities.

A brief history on the event is: On Sept 18, 1984 Const. David Alexander Dunmore was killed in the line of duty when he and his partner attempted to pull over a suspect in a stolen vehicle. The suspect stopped and opened fire, hitting Const. Dunmore. The Dun- more Memorial Tournament is a charitable tournament and teams from all over North America partic-

ipate in the event. Teams consist of police officers, firefighters, EMS and this year 224 Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment teams were registered.

All profits from the tournament go to various charities as well as a donation to Victim Ser- vices whose staff are a tremendous help, volunteering their time over the 3 day event.

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It’s all about our students….practicing what we teach! Hand Hygiene Simulation Research between Centennial College and Providence Healthcare

Laura Nicholson and Tara McCulloch from Centennial College and Auroa Wil- son, from Providence Healthcare have joined forces to compare and contrast the utilization of two low cost hand hygiene simulation initiatives to determine the similarities and differences ob- served in subsequent hand hygiene compliance by those responsible for di- rect resident care in the Houses of Providence. Participants from 16 units were randomized to one of three arms with the primary aim of the study being From left to right, Priya Patel, (BScN student research assis- to compare the average percent com- tants), Laura Nicholson, BScN Faculty, Chandecia French pliance between the 3 study groups. A (BScN student research assistants), Tara McCulloch, BScN Faculty secondary aim of the study was to compare the percent compliance between regulated staff and unregulated staff.

The project funded by the Centennial College Applied Research Centre, involved compliance audits at 6 and 12 weeks post simulation intervention and the researchers are now in the process of analyzing the results. Centennial baccalaureate nursing students were

recruited to conduct the hand hygiene interventions and audits. Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment

New simulation studies demonstrate the relationship between the use of simulation in ongoing health care providers professional development and improvements in patient care. The results of this study we hope will demonstrate the benefits of applying simple hand hygiene simulations to reinforce best practices, resulting in safer resident care.

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Memorial Run

On September 26, 2013, Centennial College Police Foundations students were invited to attend the National Peace Officers Memorial Run. We had four students attend and they represented Centennial College in an exemplary fashion as articulated to them personal- ly by Toronto Chief of Police Bill Blair. Our students participated in the ceremonial run from Queen's Park to 51 Division. At 51 Division there was a brief reception and media opportunity before the core runners and bikers began their three day trek to Ottawa.

About The Run The National Peace Officer’s Memorial Run was established in 2005 when the Peel Re- gional Police running team, The Pacers, decided to raise awareness of the annual Police

and Peace Officer’s Memorial Service held annually on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment running team wanted to create a way of raising awareness of the annual service and at the same time pay tribute to those officers who had so valiantly given their lives in service of their Community and Country. For more info: http://globalnews.ca/news/864630/national-peace-officers-memorial-run-begins-today-in- toronto/

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SCHS Rising Star Award Winners 2012-

2013!

From left to right: BScN graduate Sarah Lawrence, Dr. Rahim Karim, Dean School of Community & Health Studies, ECE student Vito Caradonna, ECE student Jamaal Segree

Purpose: Creating a school environment that inspires our students to strive and achieve ever greater personal and professional growth. Fostering a collaborative, creative, solution-oriented school environment where the contributions of all students are recognized, valued and respected.

Our 2012-2013 School of Community & Health Studies Rising Star student winners were nominated by faculty within their program area. Candidate selection was based

on the criteria and on the quality of submission made by their faculty. Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment

Sarah Lawrence received the award in Leadership, Vito Caradonna received the award in Courage and Jamaal Segree received the award in Courage.

Visit our website for information on these and other awards within the School of Com- munity & Health Studies.

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Kath Murray, Registered Nurse and End of Life Care Expert WHO Definition of Palliative On Monday, October 21, 2013, Kath Murray, a Registered Nurse and Care (from http://www.who.int/ End of Life Care expert, visited our School of Community and Health cancer/palliative/definition/en/) “Palliative care is an approach Studies at Centennial College. Kath met with our faculty and PSW stu- that improves the quality of life dents to discuss hospice palliative care and integration of this important of patients and their families facing the problem associated aspect of care into student education. Kath also visited us last fall, with with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and a presentation on End of Life care issues to our PSW, PN and Para- relief of suffering by means of medic students and Faculty. We were very fortunate to entice Kath, and early identification and impec- her husband Ted, to visit our school again, while they were travelling cable assessment and treatment of pain and other prob- around Ontario to attend several relevant personal support network, lems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual. Palliative care: community and hospice palliative care conferences. This year, Kath  provides relief from pain provided an education session to all of our Personal Support Worker and other distressing symp- students and faculty, identifying the changes in the way we are dying toms; this century and the implication for PSWs and the Ontario health care  affirms life and regards dying as a normal process; system. She enlightened us with some sobering facts, including statis-  intends neither to hasten tics on our aging population (for example, by the year 2017, our Canadi- or postpone death; an population will have more people over the age of 65 then under the  integrates the psychologi- cal and spiritual aspects of pa- age of 15 and by 2031, 1 in 4 Canadians will be over the age of 65!). tient care; She posed the critical question – targeted specifically towards our stu-  offers a support system to help patients live as actively as dents - who is going to be here to provide care for us, as we are all ag- possible until death; ing (workers included)? She commented that nearly 100% of resident  offers a support system to in long-term care will require end-of-life care. While PSWs provide over help the family cope during the patients illness and in their own 70% of the care for these residents, it is clearly essential that our front- bereavement; line health care workers be well prepared to provide quality hospice pal-  uses a team approach to address the needs of patients liative care while working in long-term care. and their families, including bereavement counselling, if Kath Murray has developed many excellent resources for palliative indicated; caregivers, including books, study guides, DVDs, podcasts and instruc-  will enhance quality of life, and may also positively influ- tor resources. Our PSW Program will be reviewing these resources with ence the course of illness; the intent to integrate them into the PSW curriculum this winter. Please is applicable early in the

course of illness, in conjunction see Andrea Leatherdale for copies of these resources if you would like Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment with other therapies that are to review them yourself. You may also visit intended to prolong life, such as chemotherapy or radiation www.lifeanddeathmatters.ca for additional information on workshops therapy, and includes those and resources. investigations needed to better understand and manage distressing clinical complications.”

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News from the Practical Nursing...

Practical Nursing graduate pass-rate for provincial registration exams which were writ- ten in May 2013 was 95%.

The third Practical Nursing Pinning ceremony was held on August 29th to celebrate our students who are just entering their pregrad semester. We honored 80 students and this event was attended by student family and friends, faculty, Dean-Dr. Karim, VPA-Dr. Murphy and President-Ann Buller

Personal Support Worker

Our PSW program was awarded $165,000.00 in grant funding through SIM One and the provincial government in the winter of 2013. This money is targeted to teach our PSW students to work with clients within their homes. We have partnered with our OTA/PTA lab to further enhance the 'home' environment for student experiential learning. We utilized this funding to purchase equipment such as home oxygen sets, mod- els, paralysis and physical limit suits. This equipment arrived over this summer 2013.

Terry’s Run

UTSC hosted their second annual “Terry’s Run” on October 10, 2013 and once again, the third year massage therapy students treated the runners who needed assistance with

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Mentorship Program –

Meet and Greet

On Sept. 9th, the Occupational Therapist Assistant and Physiotherapist Assistant (OTA & PTA) Program launched its first annual Mentorship Meet and Greet. The turnout for this volunteer program was amazing, with over half of the students from both years participating. A pair of 2nd year students was teamed up with four 1st year students. In this student-led program, 2nd year students provide assistance to the 1st year students to help them successfully navigate through the program by providing insight, direction, motivation, support and education. Our future plans include expanding the current Mentorship Program to include more facilitated teaching/ learning exchanges between the 2nd and 1st year students in the upcoming semester. Last year, 2nd year students provided an educational mentorship session on transferring and ambulating patients with multiple lines and tubes, which was a huge success. As such, we will be adding more sessions to the teaching/ learning exchange on topics such as effective environmental set-up and preparation, wheelchair seating

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Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Collaboration (IPC):

Prof Amit Lahiri (School of Business) and Prof Blair Fewster (School of Community and Health Studies) have been collaborating on initiatives to provide students in the School of Business and the Community Development Work program with the opportunity for dialogue and exposure to the principles and applications of social enterprise. This IPE collaboration has included bringing together students from the SOB course, Corporate So- cial Responsibility & International Development (INTL 710) and students in the CDEV course, Global Persepectives in Community Development(CDEV314) in October 2013 for a joint learning and critical dialogue session. In addition, Profs Lahiri and Fewster have been acting as faculty mentors for a newly formed student club: the CCSAI Social Exchange Enterprise Club. Thus far, over 20 students have joined this innovative and cross-disciplinary, peer-to-peer collaborative. This exciting work represents cutting edge theory and practice in both business and community development, in addition to being an enriching IPE opportunity encompassing the "global classroom". For more information check out: www.thesocialexchangeproject.ca.

Positive Space Training in the Child and Youth Worker program

During the week of October 16, two wonderful new opportunities were brought to the CYW program students. First, students in their second year piloted Positive Space Training. This was the first time that the amazing team who brings the training to staff members has been able to facilitate this valuable learning for students. The second year

students were introduced to appropriate terminology, some general history about Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment LGBTQ issues, and the application of this learning in real life work with colleagues and clients. The students brought a great perspective to the topics covered and engaged in challenging discussions about the issues.

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'Random Act of Kindness'

On November 7th 2013 and December 4th 2013, the Child and Youth Worker faculty,

under the leadership of (Sue Wells, Community & Health Studies) opened their kitchen doors (in E2-11) and provided breakfast to over 300 students at the November 7th event and 600 students at the December 4th event. We wanted to acknowledge the struggles of some students during their time with us, many often struggle financially just to attend school. All breakfast items were donated by our faculty and college within the School Community & Health Studies .

Every student that received breakfast was asked to do one 'Random Act of Kindness' to others (the sky is the limit as to what they do).

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More pics from the ‘Random Act

of Kindness’ event….

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Police Games, October 2nd 2013 Letter from the Premier The Centennial College Police Games

Committee and the Centennial College Police Foundations Alliance held their Bi- Annual Centennial College Police Founda- tion Games on October 2nd 2013 from 8:30am to 12:00pm at Centennial College, Progress Campus. The Police Games are organized by students in the Police Foun- dations Program. The games test the physical abilities of the current students who are aspiring to become future law en- forcement personnel. We hosted various events such as the Shuttle Run, 100M Dash , 2 Mile Run, Bench Press and Tug of War. Paramedic Student Honour Guard, October 23, 2013

The morning of October 23, 2013 marked a proud moment for the Paramedic Program as the newly formed Paramedic Student Honour Guard marched into the gymnasium at Pro- gress campus for the Centennial College Police Foundations Games. This was the inau- gural event for the paramedic student honour guard and it was evident that students' hard work and dedication paid off nicely as they marched in formation as part of the opening ceremonies for the games. The students have been enthusiastically training for this mo-

ment for weeks, often in cold, windy and rainy weather in the parking lot at the Morning- Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment side campus. Aside from sharpening their drill and marching skills, it's clear that the experience has (and continues to) instil a sense of pride, closeness and comradery among the paramedic students. The students are enthusiastic to continue to represent the paramedic program and our college through continued service in the future.

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Dual credit being offered in Skin Care Practices 1

Esthetician Program will be offering a dual credit course ESTH-111, Skin Care Practices 1 for secondary school students in Winter 2014. This course was developed with Centre for Academic Quality. Mental Health

Mental Health continues to be an issue that affects so many people with 1 in 5 Canadi- ans being diagnosed with a mental health condition before the age of 17 (Kinark Founda- tion, 2008). To this end, the CYW program has several classes that capture issues related to mental health throughout their curriculum. During the week of October 16, students in first year mental health courses were invited to attend a presentation on mental health by two engaging speakers. Alicia Raimundo has spoken at various institutions and has a Ted Talk about her experiences dealing with her own depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation's as a youth. She was riveting! Many student’s commented about how powerful it was to hear her story. The students were then walked through how to engage youth with mental health which was framed around the work of Mind Your Mind. This London Ontario-based organization has an interactive website and youth engagement team that works directly with young people encountering mental health on several levels using social media, advocacy work and community-based support. The students were challenged to work together to evaluate their learning through an interactive activity to complete the presentation.

To see more on Alicia Raimundo, her Ted Talk can be found here: http://

Commitment 5: Make a Bigger Promise to Students to Promise Bigger a Make 5: Commitment www.youtube.com/watch?v=blSkkwcy4uo To visit the Mind Your Mind website, you can follow this link for more information: http://mindyourmind.ca/ Reference: Kinark Foundation (2008). Children's mental health facts. Retrieved from http://www.kinarkfoundation.org/ mentalhealthfacts.aspx

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Article from Metro News follow along with the Metro News digital feature on the Metro News app or online at metronews ca features from classroom to career success HELP DEVELOP Metro (Toronto, ON) YOUNG MINDS

The Centennial College early childhood care program is a two year post secondary program providing training to those interested in working with infants toddlers preschool and school age children in a variety of early childhood settings.

The course content helps students acquire knowledge and skills essential to work as a professional in settings including childcare centres Ontario Early Years programs and full day learning kindergarten.

The program offers participants in class opportunities to develop an understanding of

Commitment 7: Conversation the Lead Commitment content related to child development curriculum development working with families and the important role of interactions and relationships says Pauline Camuti Cull co ordinator early childhood education program Centennial College Progress campus Supporting the student experience is the opportunity to apply what is learned in the classroom in a variety of field placement experiences.

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follow along with the Metro News digital HELP DEVELOP feature on the Metro News app or online at metronews ca features from classroom to career success Metro (Toronto, ON) YOUNG

MINDS...cont’d

Students work with young children to put the skills they have learned in the classroom to the test The critical skill of developing safe and enriched environments which optimizes the child s growth and well being is core to all elements of our practice Camuti Cull says Centennial College operates two state of the art childcare centres as part of the program

One is located at the Progress campus and the other at the East York Civic Centre. The field of early childhood education is currently experiencing a transformation it is immersed in transition Camuti Cull says Current shifts in service delivery will increase opportunities for employment in kindergarten programs where our students are hired as teaching assistants in before and after school programs She adds that graduates find employment in their lab school facilities daycare centres including City of Toronto agencies the Toronto District School Board and Ontario Early Years programs.

The increased need for professionals continues to be affected by current research and

evolving trends. Commitment 7: Conversation the Lead Commitment

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Dr. Erlinda Palaganas

On September 18, 2013 Dr. Erlinda Palaganas Presi-

dent of the Philippine Nursing Research Society and an active leader of the Philippine Nurses' Association visited Centennial College School of Community and Health Stud- ies. A number of our faculty, along with Chair, Ellen Bull and Dean, Dr. Rahim Karim accom- panied her on the tour of the paramedics, massage therapy, es- thetics and nursing labs. Dr Palaganas is currently a Professor at the University of the Philippines in Baguio City where she has an on-going research program involving indige- nous minorities in the

Cordillera Region of the Commitment 7: Conversation the Lead Commitment Philippines. She is currently the co-Lead of the Philippine Team under a broader CIHR-funded project, "Source" Country Perspectives on the Migration of Highly Trained Health Personnel: Causes, Consequences and Responses (http://www.healthworkermigration.com/about- us/source-country-studies.html) , working with principal investigators both from the Uni- versity of Ottawa and Dalhousie University.

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Police Foundations featured in the Toronto Star

Our Police Foundations program was featured in the Toronto Star. Please make a point to share this link with our students.

This is wonderful exposure for our outstanding program! Many thanks to Prafulla, Bruce and the Marketing team.

http://www.thestar.com/sponsored_sections/onthemove/2013/11/04/police-foundations-

front-and-centre.html Commitment 7: Conversation the Lead Commitment

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Professional Development corner

The SCHS PD committee was awarded $27,000 by COLT for the 2013/2014 fiscal

year. The committee has awarded funding for over 30 PD requests this year! Fac- ulty have used their PD to attend conferences, speak at conferences, attend work shops and courses. Faculty have travelled locally within the province and internationally to represent the college.

Please review the model on how to apply for PD funding. Please note that there are funding caps for individual PD requests: Local (GTA), Ontario & Canada - $1000.00 and USA/International- $1,500.00.

Please note: Travel Request Forms must be completed for out-of-province travel prior to the PD event. Additionally, a completed Out of Province Professional De- velopment Report Back form must accompany your claim requests after you have participated in the PD.

We look forward to reviewing your PD applications!

http://www.centennialcollege.ca/healthstudies/professionaldevelopment Professional Development Committee update

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