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BHER and CityStudio Vancouver partner to offer new work-integrated learning experiences to students in small municipalities across Canada
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The Business + Higher Education Roundtable and CityStudio Vancouver Society are excited to announce a partnership that will facilitate the launch of six new CityStudios across Canada, which are innovation hubs focused on engaging students in service-learning opportunities at the municipal level in underserved areas. This partnership is made possible with support from the Government of Canada. “Canada’s continued prosperity depends on young Canadians having access to the experience they need to succeed, especially as our Government works toward a strong and resilient economic recovery,” said the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. “Our government is proud...
For Matthew Rosenfeld, a student in the Primary Care Paramedic program, the experience was a great way to apply concepts and procedures learned in the classroom into a real life scenario.
“The interaction with the other agencies was an incredibly beneficial experience. Inter-agency communication can be difficult, and this scenario allowed us to identify and correct some issues,” says Rosenfeld.
Primary Care Paramedic student Jenna Gliddon says the experience helps her and her classmates prepare for a career in emergency services.
“We do lots of practice scenarios throughout the program but to be able to use all of our resources in a life-like emergency situation, this gave us a taste of what to expect in those kinds of situations while on the job,” says Gliddon. “To be able to work alongside RPS and STARS was beneficial, especially considering we will be working with them in our careers at some point.”
Matthew Rosenfeld, student at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
