Connected Learners

Program

Professors for core courses

current knowledge of industries

community relationships

Professors for other courses

Transferable skills

Critical thinking

communicaiton

leadership

teamwork

All relate and translate to the working/community industries and core courses

National and Global

students study a trend in their program

gather research to analyze and sythesize

use soft skills to generate a report that outlines their research and what that means for their future career

Students have social events to interact with, and showcase their own and other cutlures

cross cultural interactions and experiences within day to day activities

Community

student placements

Assignments and reasearch

students make connections to people with relevant expertise

relate to what they are and will be doing with their diploma

students gain a real understanding of the industry in the real life world around them

Institutional

career councilling

heath resources

community partnerships

placements

shareholders and board of governers

student governing bodies

placements

INTERCONNECTED

Interdisciplinary learning

Project Based Learning

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