Field placement Symposium 2023

Tue. Sep. 19, 2023

On September 8th, the MDP Field Placement Symposium took place. It was opened with welcoming greetings from Dr. Shauna Labman, ED Global College; Dr. Todd Mondor, President and Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Pavlina Radia as Provost and Vice-President, Academic; Dr. Manish Pandey, Acting Dean of Graduate Studies and Dr. Chantal Fiola, Interim Associate Vice-President, Indigenous.

Fifteen MDP students shared with a packed house their field placement experiences, ranging from agriculture in India, a community health survey in Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to evaluation work in Winnipeg. The complete list of presentations are below:

 Strategic Planning & Evaluation with Leading 4 Impact - Jessica Boucher-Cowie

Implementing Options Bytown's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) - Molly Damiani

Waste Minimization in First Nations Communities- Mohammed Crossman-Serb

Niaqunngittuq: My Academic Journey of Inuit Cultural Connection- Alice Egbedeyi

My Field Placement at Sunshine House - Sage Broomfield

Connecting the Dots: Navigating Health Self-Governance from an Indigenous Landscape - Stacey Woods

A Delve into Manitoba First Nations Education System - Eric Lewis

Decolonization in Action: Towards Indigenous Data Sovereignty - Amber Balan & Bunmi Afolabi

Indigenous Spiritual Biography Project - Shane Patterson

Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Work Placement - Daniel Nychuk

First Nation Information Governance Centre - Shannon Bear

Tribal Farmer Development in India - Katherine Rempel

My time at the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease (NCCID) - Rick Harper

Recreational Programs for Children with Disabilities - Md Abul Kashem

For more information on the placements see here.