Partnership and Engagement

Giselle Aiabens holding beaded pin of red dressGiselle Aiabens, Indigenous enrolment advisor, displays a beaded pin created in a workshop she led Tuesday for staff in the Welcome Centre. Participants will wear their beadworks in the shape of a red dress in the period leading up to Red Dress Day. “It’s a learning opportunity for these members of our community, and a teaching opportunity for them to spread awareness of its significance,” Aiabens says.

Observances to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

Red Dress Day is a day of remembrance.
Jeinner WilletArt professor Jennifer Willet will head to Ottawa in May as part of a national delegation to meet with parliamentarians. Photo by Justin Elliott.

Artist to join scientists in engaging lawmakers

Art professor Jennifer Willet will head to Ottawa in May as part of a national delegation to meet with parliamentarians.

Bailey Packet, Katherine Beaumont, Robynne Hay, Josh Taylor, Rachel Weston, Kamsiyochukwu Otue, Olivia Mouawad, and Ghadi TrekiNursing sessional instructor Katherine Beaumont, second from left, and third-year students Bailey Packet, Robynne Hay, Josh Taylor, Rachel Weston, Kamsiyochukwu Otue, Olivia Mouawad, and Ghadi Treki prepare personal care product donations. Absent: Mackenzie Pawluk.

Placement program prioritizes pre-teen personal care

For Faculty of Nursing sessional instructor Katherine Beaumont, her third-year students, and Grade 6 teachers at West Gate Public School, providing self-care teachings along with essential personal hygiene products for pre-teens in need reaffirms the idea that great things happen when you work together for a common good.

As part of the BScN students’ school health education placement program, lessons included fun and immersive games intended to engage and punctuate the importance of personal hygiene, oral health, hand washing, bathing, and self-esteem.