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ANNUAL REPORT
2019/20
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MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
CCEE IN NUMBERS
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2ND ANNUAL CCEE APPRECIATION EVENT
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CAMPUS, COMMUNITY, AND GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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CCEE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
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IMMEDIATE COVID-19 RESPONSE
pen-alt MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR WELCOME TO OUR FIRST CCEE ANNUAL REPORT! When our team first came together in June 2015, we would never have imagined what we would accomplish in 5 years as it relates to our vision of leading quality experiences in Co-op, Career & Experiential Education in Canada! We also would never have imagined we would find ourselves in a global pandemic which has changed our operations and our approach. We often explain that it is not just one of the individual areas we look to lead in, but how we bring together co-operative education, experiential learning, and career development and education. We are proud that we continue to be looked at as a leader in Canada in this endeavor. Over the 2019-2020 academic year, our team intentionally used our strategic plan as a guide, while also supporting the pillars of Brock’s overall strategic plan that was launched in December 2018. As we came to the end of a very productive and successful year, our operations were disrupted but we continued to offer student centric, purpose driven service. In this report, you will see our achievements in both stats and stories that help paint the picture of our dedicated passion for others’ passions, and the way we use our values to fulfil our purpose of navigating the journey. Please take the time to review our successes, learn more about what we do and how we do it. Finally, a huge thank you to the CCCE team for your passion, dedication, talents, and resiliency. The focus on navigating the journey for all our stakeholders and being purpose driven has made all the difference, not only during the pandemic, but every day, all day. Thank you to our community and employer partners, faculty members, senior leadership, and other administrative departments. Thank you also to our students – the work we do requires an immense amount of support, and each of you shares a part of the success outlined in this report. As we continue to move through the stages of COVID-19, we will stay committed to our mission, vision, values, and purpose with an eye on innovation and adaptability. Wishing everyone continued health, wellness, and success. Sincerely, Cara Krezek Director, Co-op, Career & Experiential Education Brock University
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EMPLOYERS ON CAMPUS
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CAREER
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EMPLOYERS IN CO-OP NETWORKING EVENT
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chart-line NEW INITIATIVES, PROGRESS & INNOVATION INSTITUTIONAL COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK
10K COFFEES
The ten Brock Competencies and the competency-based career readiness framework were finalized and supported at the Committee of Academic Deans and Brock University Senate. The Brock Competencies were integrated into existing career curriculum sessions and innovative competency-based student programming was developed and launched at Co-op Year One Programming. Further work with the Co-op and Experiential Education teams saw the incorporation of the Brock Competencies into the co-op student work-term report and employer evaluation process. This resulted in the creation of the Competency Development Tool; an innovative self-reflection process developed for students to facilitate reflection and competency development during their work-term. Members of the CCEE team worked collaboratively with the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation to create an online module on Skills Articulation using Articulate 360, an e-learning course creation platform. In a cross-departmental initiative, Career Education’s Degree Exploration Guides underwent significant revision and updates were made to integrate the Brock Competencies.
In collaboration with Alumni and Donor Relations, the 10K Coffees platform was launched for students in the Goodman School of Business and Applied Health Sciences. The platform was then expanded to all Faculties and programs allowing all Brock students to network with alumni and build valuable connections for future opportunities.
ORBIS OUTCOME With the implementation of Orbis Outcome, CareerZone technology is now used CCEE-wide, including the launch of the Experiential, Med Plus, and Law Plus modules. The integration of Orbis Outcome included the launch of the Kiosk Module, implemented to support Career Assistants with drop-in and appointment tracking in the CareerZone physical space. The launch also included a Year One Co-op Admission Module to streamline the co-op admission process.
FIT LINK In partnership with the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, CCEE helped launch Fit Link, a co-curricular program for students interested in pursuing a career in health rehabilitation.
TALENT BRIDGE Development and preparation for the Talent Bridge program began in 2019, with the first cohort planned to launch the following academic year. This innovative program was designed to prepare new graduates for a rapidly changing labour market and to connect them with industry opportunities.
EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE Instructors and faculty members took part in the inaugural Experiential Education Institute which gave participants the opportunity to explore experiential learning opportunities in and outside of the classroom while also designing and refining reflective practice activities and evaluations strategies.
SERVICE QUALITY INDEX (SQI) Survey questions were developed and shared with community partners, students and employers. Response highlights include:
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SATISFACTION FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ENGAGED IN EE COURSES
OF CO-OP STUDENTS SAID THAT THE WORK-TERM MET THEIR EXPECTATIONS
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OF STUDENTS WOULD RECOMMEND CO-OP TO A FRIEND
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CO-OP TEAM RESET
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Sparked by increasing co-op student enrollment, greater competition, and evolving complexity of student needs, the co-op reset was envisioned as a proactive response to the urgent need to realign our resources. This allows us to sustain and enhance our competitiveness, continuously meet stakeholder expectations, allow room for growth, and strengthen our partnerships with respective Academic units. Three-quarters of the co-op team members were transitioned into different roles. During this ongoing change management, we continue to monitor efficiencies and effectiveness, working collaboratively on solutions with the team, addressing ambiguities and uncertainties, and intentionally seeking feedback from stakeholders. Through this reset, we hope to fully utilize our competitive advantages and deliver quality co-op experiences to our stakeholders in a sustainable way.
The Co-op team integrated VMock, an online resume review tool, to provide personalized feedback to better support growing numbers of co-op students. The tool was configured and customized based on best practices and resume standards. VMock was first piloted with students enrolled in the Co-op Professional Preparation Course and was operationalized with students on job search.
CO-OP ORIENTATION EXPANDED Co-op students have traditionally experienced both Faculty and co-op orientation events on their first day. In the Fall of 2019, the Co-op team expanded co-op orientation into a month of events to reduce the overload of information for our new students. Over 500 Year One co-op students participated in Co-op Orientation Month.
YEAR ONE OPTIONAL CO-OP PROGRAMMING As part of our strategic priority to enhance our services, the Co-op team developed Year One optional programming to engage more with our incoming students. From October to March, we held co-op related activities available to all Year One co-op students, including a very successful Winter Mixer. We also partnered with academic advising to provide Year One Recruitment Information Sessions to promote co-op education to Year One students who were not currently enrolled in co-op. Due to COVID-19, we shifted to online information sessions in March, which featured:
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UNIQUE EVENTS
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PLUS PROGRAMS Med Plus admitted 65 new and 93 returning students to the program during the 2019-20 academic year resulting in our biggest group yet of 158 students. Law Plus admitted the first cohort of twenty students. The students come from a variety of programs, including, students in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and the Goodman School of Business.
award ND 2 ANNUAL CCEE APPRECIATION EVENT The Brock community gathered to celebrate the 2nd Annual CCEE Appreciation event on Wednesday March 11, 2020 at Heartland Forest. The celebration recognized staff, faculty, and community members who have had a profound impact on student experiences, learning, and success. Of special note was the new Recognition of Innovative Partnerships award that was presented to the Niagara Regional Police by the Career Education team. The celebration also marked an incredible 20 years of service for Med Plus; a four-year non-credit program designed to support students interested in pursuing careers in health care. Med Plus celebrated its 20th anniversary by recognizing the dedicated community leaders who made significant contributions to student success over the years.
BROCK ALUMNI CO-OP EMPLOYER AWARD Peter Misek
BROCK CO-OP EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR • Durward Jones Barkwell & Company LLP (DJB), Small & Medium Enterprise Category • Bethesda, Nonprofit Category • Ontario Public Service (OPS), Large (>500 employees) Category
CO-OP STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARDS
MED PLUS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS • • • • • • • •
Dr. Karl Stobbe, MD Jeanne Boc, Physiotherapist Dr. Geoff Gamble, Chiropractor Sean Simpson, Pharmacist Dr. George Beiko, Ophthalmologist Dr. David Dec, MD Dr. Madelyn Law, Brock University Elyse Lappano, Brock University
Zain Virani, Master of Business Economics Co-op Graduate Category Ahmed Jawa, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration Co-op (Undergraduate Category). Ahmed also won the “National Co-op Student of the Year” award presented by Co-operative Education and Work Integrated Learning (CEWIL) Canada Bradley Klassen, Honours Bachelor of Science, Mathematics with concentration in Statistics Co-op (Undergraduate Category). Bradley also won the “Provincial Co-op Student of the Year” award presented by Education at Work Ontario (EWO)
OUTSTANDING SUPERVISOR OF THE TERM AWARD Thirteen of our employer partner supervisors were recognized for their outstanding supervision during the Winter 2019 work-term and three of our employer partner supervisors were recognized for the Fall 2019 work-term.
EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR Mai To (pictured right) was also the recipient of the "Provincial WIL Student of the Year" award presented by Education at Work Ontario (EWO).
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handshake-alt COLLABORATION Collaboration is embedded in the workplace culture of CCEE and has led to enriching opportunities for Brock students, faculty, and staff to build strong partnerships, on and off campus, locally and globally. To us, collaboration means asking for feedback, learning from colleagues, engaging with communities, and sharing knowledge and experience.
CULTURAL HUMILITY WORKSHOPS A workshop was created to support students to grow their cultural humility and bias awareness through a collaboration between the Experiential Education team, the Office of Human Rights & Equity Services, and faculty member Dr. Joe Norris and Mirror Theatre. Using techniques inspired by Augusto Boal’s Forum Theatre, students become better equipped to participate in communitybased experiential learning opportunities while examining power and privilege through embodied theatre techniques.
STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES SURVEY In collaboration with Centre for Pedagogical Innovation (CPI): Understanding the student perception of experiential learning opportunities has provided valuable insights that will inform the strategic direction of both CPI and Co-op, Career and Experiential Education (CCEE). Knowing how students perceive impactful learning experiences will enable us to make informed, evidencedbased decisions about how and where to direct CPI and CCEE efforts and resources to scale-up Experiential Education within and across academic units.
ACADEMICS WITHOUT BORDERS Janet Westbury travelled to Namibia to re-connect with our partners and build new connections with the University of Namibia in Windhoek. Janet was also awarded a contract with Academics Without Borders to work in Rwanda with the University of Global Health Equity in Kigali and Butaro on developing their Centre for Teaching Excellence.
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GAME STUDENTS AT OCULUS START CONFERENCE CCEE provided funding to six students who attended the Oculus Start Conference in San Jose, California. The students presented a video game they developed as part of the GAME program.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TOOLKIT Niagara College lead the development of an Experiential Learning Toolkit in collaboration with colleagues from Brock University and Georgian College. The toolkit, funded through the Career Ready Fund, is intended to support faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners in designing, implementing and evaluating quality experiential learning activities, such as field placements, coops, and service learning.
JOINT ADVISING MEETINGS In partnership with various faculties, the Co-op team held joint advising meetings with academic advising teams for students to review their course planning and to discuss any impacts regarding work-term opportunities. Students also attended the joint advising meetings to discuss how they can maintain their co-op status for the following academic year, and to understand and review their course planning and sequencing for their upcoming co-op job search or work-term.
CONSULTATIONS WITH INSTRUCTORS AND FACULTY MEMBERS ON EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
CO-OP PARTNERSHIP WITH STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES (SAS)
FIELD EXPERIENCE WORKSHOP
The Co-op team established more robust support and a referral process with our partners at Student Accessibility Services (SAS) for co-op students who require accommodations. We completed two case conferences with our partners from SAS to address further supports available for co-op students at any stage in their coop journey.
Career Education and Experiential Education collaborated on ERSC 3P59 – Experiential Learning in Earth and Environmental Sciences to design and deliver pre and post field experience workshops focused on skill identification, action planning, resumé assistance, and reflective practice.
CORE COMPETENCIES The process of creating Faculty-specific competencies in alignment with the Brock competencies was initiated with the Faculty of Humanities and the Goodman School of Business (GSB). As part of this collaboration with GSB, CCEE staff participated in the Undergraduate and Graduate Program Learning Goals Formalization process and the AACSB Assurance of Learning to provide insight on career-readiness and competency-based learning. CCEE also collaborated with the Faculty of Education on an EDUC 5Q96 student project centered around the development of Brock competency resources.
FORMAL PROPOSAL PROCESS FOR NEW CO-OP PROGRAMS With support from Senior Administration, the Co-op office formalized a process for proposals of new co-op programs. In addition, new co-op programs are being explored for Sociology and Biomedical/Biology programs. An additional Oenology and Viticulture (OEVI) program offering without co-op is also being explored to accommodate changing demographics of students — the current OEVI program is co-op only.
AUTOMATED CO-OP ADJUDICATION PROCESS To help streamline the adjudication process, the Co-op teamw worked in partnership with the Registrar’s office to implement a new automated co-op adjudication process in DB Brock.
EMPLOYABLE EXPO
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A partnership between Career Education, International Services, Brock University Alumni Association and Student Life and Community Experience, the Employable Expo allowed international students to engage in professional development opportunities. Students participated in round-table discussions where they access job search supports, met industry professionals, engaged with successful alumni and learned about on-campus engagement.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE A survey was sent to CCEE staff members to identify topics the team would like to learn more about moving forward. Topics included a panel to discuss graduate school applications and admissions processes, Talent Bridge and Law Plus updates, and more. A schedule was put together and sessions facilitated, which also included future professional development opportunities, and sharing back on professional development and conferences attended.
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comments-alt EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT CPA DAY INFO SESSIONS The Co-op team delivered three information sessions on Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Day and Rank & Match to BAcc students scheduled for Winter 2020 work-terms.
CRA MENTORSHIP An 8-week mentorship program ran for the first time between Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Goodman School of Business Career Education team. Students completed an application process, pre-departure requirements from CRA, as well as a debriefing meeting with Ashley Chimenti.
HIGHERED AND GOODMAN CAREERS The HigherED platform took over the Goodman gate, promoting resources and opportunities related to international employment for Goodman graduates.
NETWORK SIMULATION EVENTS The Co-op team hosted networking simulation events for students in the Fall and Winter cohorts of the Co-op Professional Preparation Course (Co-op N90) with participation from 36 and 33 employer partners respectively with over 80 representatives participating in total.
EXPERIENCE EXPO All hands were on deck for the inaugural Experience Expo which combined five career fairs for students across the University into one. Whether it was guiding and assisting visitors at the event, or ensuring that guests received credit towards their Experience BU profile, the team pulled together to pull off an amazing event that benefitted hundreds of students throughout the day.
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GOODMAN STUDENTS
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HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH EMPLOYERS INCLUDING ENTERPRISE, TD AND CANADIAN TIRE AT THIS YEAR’S
‘A DAY IN TORONTO’ VISITING AND ENGAGING WITH EMPLOYERS INCLUDING RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL BANK AND TELUS
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CURRICULAR COLLABORATIONS RECL 3P12 LEISURE AND AGING
Students spent three months working with aging adults at Radiant Care Tabor Manor in St. Catharines. Associate Professor, Colleen Whyte designed the course to conclude by presenting “Life Stories,” a collection of short, photo-based biographical books about the lives of the older adults that the students have come to know. The 12-page Life Story books have been produced for Tabor Manor residents, many of whom are dealing with memory loss and will have the books in their rooms to help stimulate conversation and memories as visitors come and go.
IASC 3F93 PROJECT COLLABORATIONS ACROSS DIVERSE PROGRAMS Interactive Arts and Science and GAME Students collaborated with Digital Garage to gamify the onboarding process for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario.
MKTG 4P93 INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
Students worked with multiple community partners on social media strategies and search engine marketing campaigns. In a highly collaborative process, each team was matched with their own partner and worked with a real budget to manage a campaign, deliver recommendations on what worked and how to budget for these marketing efforts in the future. Goodman students partnered with nine organizations including Pathstone Mental Health Association, Integrated Functional Medicine, Willowbank Heritage School and Up360Inc.
COSC 3P97 MOBILE COMPUTING
Computer Science students partnered with the Niagara Catholic District School Board (NCDSB) to build a mental health fitness mobile application. The project builds on foundational work completed the previous year by Brock Nursing students who worked as consultants in building the app content.
SOCI 4P00 THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Students worked with the Niagara Prosperity Initiative (NPI) to collect research from local non-profit leaders as part of a larger grant facilitated by NPI and Brock University.
EDUC 3P45 READING LITERACY & DEVELOPMENT
Tiffany Gallagher facilitated the Brock University Online Learning Lab with local children needing reading support this spring. Parents registered to have their children work online 1:1 with a student in the class.
users CAMPUS, COMMUNITY, AND GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT CAMPUS All CCEE staff had the opportunity to participate in Brock’s Intercultural Certificate for Faculty and Staff. The certificate program was facilitated by Trecia McLennon, Intercultural Communications Coordinator, Office of Human Rights and Equity Services. This was an excellent opportunity to engage in a dialogue specifically relevant to our work and with content tailored to CCEE stakeholders. In addition, Elyse Lappano was received the Med Plus Community Partner award and Sandy Howe received the President’s Distinguished Staff Service Award for Outstanding Contributions.
COMMUNITY Sam Abraham was awarded the Top 40 Under 40 Business Achievement Award by the City of Hamilton. Andrew Bassingthwaighte’s article on Engaging Ethical Advocacy was accepted to the Careering Magazine of CERIC. Career Curriculum Manager Marisa Brown published an article The Power of Play in CERIC’s Careering Magazine. The article discussed the positive impacts of the gamification of career planning and the implementation of LEGO® Serious Play®, mind mapping, and SparkPath challenge cards.
GLOBAL With support from Dan Lonergan and David DiPiertro, the Experiential Education Coordinators (EEC’s) in the Goodman School of Business, Dr. Kai-Yu Wang, Professor and Chair of Marketing, International Business and Strategy was awarded third place for the 2020 Pearson Prentice Hall’s Solomon-Marshall-Stuart Award for Innovative Excellence in Marketing Education by the American Marketing Association (AMA). This award marks the first time that a Canadian university has placed in the competition. Since launching the course in 2016, Wang’s student teams have collaborated with more than 40 community partners with assistance from the EEC’s in Goodman.
STUDENT STAFF RECOGNITION BROCK COMPETENCIES PROJECT Student staff member Danielle Hynes designed and created the Brock Competency Cards in physical and digital formats, then later in the form of an interactive PDF file. Career Assistants also participated in the creation of a bank of competency case studies, written by students to use in the facilitation of career competency conversations.
EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION VIDEO PROJECT Danielle’s work extended to the revision of the work done by Qiu Zexian, the Experiential Education team’s intern from the department of Communications, Popular Culture and Film (CPCF) and the completion of the video project What is Experiential Education at Brock?. This work, completed with oversight from the Experiential Education Marketing Working Group, included extensive filming of experiential courses and the creation of a final, polished promotional video.
CO-OP AND CAREERZONE ON-THE-GO A mobile CareerZone kiosk travelled to various high traffic locations across the university to promote CCEE. Staffed by Career Assistants, CareerZone-on-the-Go provided opportunities to engage students in career-related conversations, provide warm referrals, promote upcoming events and workshops, and offered general information about CCEE programming and services. Similarly, weekly Co-opon-the-Go booths were hosted by Marketing and Communications Co-op Student, Leanne Karat.
SMART START SESSIONS Nick Redekop, Co-op Assistant, hosted Smart Start sessions to share his experience as a co-op student and answer co-op-related questions.
CO-OP RESUME LABS Resume labs for student preparing to go out on their first co-op work-terms were facilitated by our Co-op Talent Development Specialists and Co-op Career Assistants, Anmol Panesar, Luc Comtois, and Diana Oprea, respectively.
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briefcase CCEE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE Since unifying CCEE as an academic support unit in 2015, Brock began to emerge as a trailblazer in Co-operative Education and Work Integrated Learning (CEWIL) Canada. Many of the initiatives that CEWIL Canada was looking to support on a national level had already begun at Brock with the University’s investment in resources to expand experiential and career education. Four years later, in October of 2019, Brock welcomed more than 60 representatives from CEWIL Canada for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). During the AGM, Cara Krezek, Director of CCEE was celebrated as she prepared to step into the role of National President of CEWIL Canada.
CEWIL’S RESOURCE HUB
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Brock played an important role in contributing to CEWIL Canada’s Resource Hub, which showcases a variety of WIL activities happening in academic courses across the country. Featured are Brock’s Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Department of Sport Management. This resource was subsequently linked to the Faculty Guidebook on Experiential Education for promotion to faculty.
CO-OP ACCREDITATION The Co-op team initiated the process to obtain co-op accreditation, governed by CEWIL Canada, for all eligible co-op programs which includes 24 undergraduate and 4 graduate programs.
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WIL MONTH
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Our national celebration of Co-operative and Work Integrated Learning was expanded from one week to one month. As part of the celebration, the Career Education team hosted CareerZone Café events including Master Your Interview with InterviewStream, Using LinkedIn for Networking, and A Guide to Summer Job Search. The Experiential Education team also launched a Share your Story contest, offering a gift card every Friday as part of a prize draw for students who submitted testimonials about courses they were enrolled in featuring experiential components.
head-side-mask IMMEDIATE COVID-19 * RESPONSE On March 16th, 2020, Brock campuses closed abruptly due to the COVID-19 global health pandemic. The CCEE team immediately responded by working collaboratively to ensure that our students and staff were safe and had the support and resources they needed to quickly transition to an online learning environment. In the first three weeks of the shutdown, the Co-op team worked to complete over 300 virtual appointments with students and employers. The virtual appointments supported employers through public health guided changes to working conditions for students on work-terms, which included physical distancing, irregular work hours, remote work, and shortened work-terms. The Co-op team supported students to assess their safety, clarify any changes to their co-op programming, provide information regarding current and future co-op terms, and connect students with needed resources and information regarding Brock Emergency Bursaries and government financial aid programs. The Co-op team developed resources regarding onboarding and working remotely, as well as a Co-op COVID-19 – FAQs resource. Career Education began working on Student FAQs and developed student resources and supports regarding tips for working from home as well as presentations related to networking and applying for jobs virtually. The Experiential Education team also worked together to start building a faculty facing online teaching resource page in the Faculty Guidebook on Experiential Education.
ONLINE CO-OP PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION COURSE (CO-OP N90) PILOT With support from Career Education and Career Curriculum Manager, Co-op offered the last three weeks of Co-op N90 online, including virtual employer networking events.
SUPPORTING NEURODIVERSITY THROUGH ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING (SNAP) FROM HOME Inclusive and adaptive physical activity needs are at their peak without community programming for parents to attend with their children and youth. Elyse Lappano and Demi Toms partnered with Ability Online to adapt SNAP program components into an online format.
FINAL PRESENTATIONS SHIFT ONLINE The Goodman School of Business Experiential Education Coordinators supported Assistant Professor of Strategy, Asma Zafar to conduct final presentations so that student groups could still communicate findings to Red Root Retreat, their community partner for the project. This was an example of dozens of courses that shifted to wrap-up projects with community partners virtually.
GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES Koreen Mccullough, Kate Balint and Stacia Heaton were part of a group of Brock employees who made non-medical face masks. Sandy Howe prepared and delivered 150 thank you kits for front line workers. Elyse Lapanno participated in a group that collected and distributed messages of appreciation for community members and front line workers to display in their windows. This gesture of support was also made into an e-booklet and circulated to essential workers.
* This report covers the 2019-2020 academic year. The continued COVID-19 response and changes will be covered in the 2020-2021 Annual report.
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