Students create positive change through amazing projects

Oct. 22, 2015

Child and Youth Worker* students at the Orillia Campus are creating positive change!

They are taking part in some amazing projects this semester as part of the Community Projects Initiative through Georgian’s Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.

Here are some highlights:

• Youth Haven Barrie: Students are engaging with youth and staff at the shelter to jumpstart a proposal for a social enterprise that will allow youth to gain employment skills while also supporting Youth Haven’s programs.

• Orillia Museum of Art & History: Students are working with the Youth Arts Council to develop unique workshops for the group and to collaborate on the OPP graffiti project.

• Patrick Fogarty High School: Students are working on an initiative to give high school graduates the opportunity to investigate careers and industries before heading off to college or university.

• Sweet Charity Medical Assistance: Students are helping develop a draft manual to streamline the organization’s program and processes.

• Canadian Mental Health Association – Start Talking About Coping and Drugs: Students are again collaborating on this initiative, with this semester’s focus on family resources for youth in life transitions and how they cope without using illicit drugs.

• Georgian College summer camps: Students are working with the Part-time Studies and Workforce Development team right on campus to develop curriculum for the up-and-coming CSI summer camps at the Orillia Campus.

The Centre for Social Entrepreneurship is part of a larger global movement to develop innovative solutions to real-world social problems using social entrepreneurial skills, programs and projects. Learn more about the Centre for Social Entrepreneurship now.

* The name of the Child and Youth Worker program has officially been changed to the Child and Youth Care program. In addition to the change in program name, new vocational outcomes apply to all Child and Youth Care programs in Ontario and will be effective at Georgian College for the 2016-17 academic year.