Reach for the Stars

 Student-led networking event for industry professionals and students in the Dept of Communication. The event is designed to foster student success, engagement and retention. This has been a successful annual event that started last year. It led to further mentoring sessions and connections for potential field place. The members of the student organizing team also ended getting a job after graduation. 

Level Up - Imagine Ukraine Project (Phase II - 2023)

Imagine: Ukraine Project (Phase II) The Imagine: Ukraine project includes the development of a series of podcasts that focus on Ukraine historically and in the present. Topics include history of Ukraine, activism and Ukraine, culture, art, fashion, political infrastructure, and language. The primary audience is university students in Canada with a secondary audience within the diaspora of Ukraine. The project hosts a series of interviews included within the podcast series which are posted on a newly created and designed website that houses the podcast series, videos, and other information that supports the purpose of the project: to inform Canadian students and others about Ukraine.

Level Up - Imagine Ukraine Project (Phase I - 2023)

Imagine: Ukraine Project (Phase I) The Imagine: Ukraine project includes the development of a series of podcasts that focus on Ukraine historically and in the present. Topics include history of Ukraine, activism and Ukraine, culture, art, fashion, political infrastructure, and language. The primary audience is university students in Canada with a secondary audience within the diaspora of Ukraine. The project hosts a series of interviews included within the podcast series which are posted on a newly created and designed website that houses the podcast series, videos, and other information that supports the purpose of the project: to inform Canadian students and others about Ukraine.

Level Up - Communication and Learning Approaches Study (Phase II - 2023)

Communication and Learning Approaches Research Study (Phase II) This study examines how university students and educators apply their communication and learning styles/approaches in relation to a class/lesson. By comparing these two styles/approaches, the intent is to determine if there are any correlations with respect to the way that they are applied in class/lesson activities. Two student Research Assistants will work on the redevelopment and adaptation of a comprehensive online Inventories that are used to understand how university students and professors apply their communication and learning approaches within a classroom setting (Educators` Application of Their Learning and Communication Styles (EALCS) Inventory (Mazo, 2008)). Also, a new website for this research study will be developed for the longitudinal project.